Happy Books LLC: Simplifying Bookkeeping for Small Business Owners

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL - For Ruth Muchendu Michaels, bookkeeping is about more than just crunching numbers; it’s about a lifelong love of problem-solving and supporting others.

Ruth has been a proud Panama City Beach (PCB) resident since 2021. She first fell in love with the area years earlier while visiting her in-laws. Ruth and her husband loved it so much, they packed up their life in Japan to make PCB their permanent home.

The seed for Ruth’s business, Happy Books LLC, was planted when she was just a young girl helping her father with his work. As a field manager overseeing multiple coffee farms, Ruth’s dad often tasked her and her sister with reviewing the number of harvested coffee beans. “He would sit me and my sister down with calculators and have us go over the numbers handed to him by the various farms to make sure they matched up,” Ruth recalls. “We loved doing this as it was a challenge, and we always got to sit on his office chair."

Years later, that same attention to detail reemerged when Ruth began managing the books for her husband’s business in late 2021. What started as a practical solution soon reignited that childhood spark. Encouraged by how natural it felt, Ruth became a certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor in 2023 and opened Happy Books LLC to support other local business owners.

Happy Books is dedicated to helping small businesses save time and money by taking over their bookkeeping tasks. This frees up entrepreneurs to focus on what they do best: growing their company.

“I’ve always loved organizing and paying attention to details,” Ruth says. “I feel happy doing it, which explains my company name, Happy Books LLC.”

With a passion for helping fellow entrepreneurs and a personal connection to every spreadsheet, Ruth brings warmth, efficiency, and care to every client she works with. Happy Books may be small, but Ruth is making a big difference, one balance sheet at a time.

If you're a small business owner looking for reliable bookkeeping services, you can learn more about Happy Books LLC and book a free consultation at https://www.happybookstoday.com/.