UPDATE BELOW:
I have been doing my household bill-paying over at my old office (the business that I closed almost two years ago). I have a computer set up with QuickBooks and the filing cabinets were already there but I would like to bring this home and free up the space for something else.
My copy of QuickBooks is too old (they support it for three years) and I didn't feel like buying another copy for just expense tracking and check printing - it does a lot more than what I need. I am looking at a free alternative called GnuCash. The Gnu part of the name is a bit of fun computer history from one of the more colorful characters (two links: Gnu and rms). Try this here for a month or two and see how it goes - looks pretty nice at first glance.
UPDATE: Was nosing around while eating a salad and it looks really nice and clean. I had a copy of Quicken from about five years ago installed and it found the data and imported it as slick as can be. I had since closed out these accounts (pre-divorce) so I can play around and delete transactions and write checks for large sums with impunity. It will print on the standard QuickBooks check format - this is a good thing as I can order these from Costco Business (through a third-party vendor) for very cheap (under $40 for 500 checks). Looks good so far...
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