Happy February!

Seems like the groundhog was right... we have been continuing to have winter weather and it doesn't seem like it's going to end any time soon. Guess that's what we get for living in the midwest, but as I was telling someone (who lives elsewhere) the other day: All my stuff is here!

I ran across a good one the other day, or at least I got a kick out of it, and I thought I'd share it with you. You can click on the following link for a Dilbert cartoon that I got a kick out of. Keep in mind that I don't necessarily advise using Dogbert's recommendations, but he may have a good idea there!

Well, they've done it to us again - with the signing of the Economic Stimulous Package, Congress has given us another reason to file tax returns when we didn't otherwise need to. If a person doesn't normally earn enough income to require filing a return, they are still required to file a return for 2007 in order to be eligible for the rebate checks. If you or a friend or relative needs to file a return in this fashion, I will, just like last year, prepare this return for you for free. All you have to do is ask.

In this month's newsletter, I have outlined a couple of things that are new in the financial planning world. This is certainly not an exhaustive listing of new laws and the like, but rather just a couple of things that I thought you might find interesting. Let me know if you have any questions about them!