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1. I have executed an estate! Never wanted to, didn’t ask to, but now almost 10 months after my mother’s death I have met with lawyers, talked with insurance companies, retirement funds, and probate courts and lived to tell about … Read the rest

When my mom died last year she left us with several annuities. These were the type of tax-deferred annuities that when they were distributed, the taxes had to be paid on them. So my sister and both saw spikes in … Read the rest

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• Healthcare overhaul won’t stop premium increases – latimes.comtags: areyousorryyet?
  • The new law doesn’t prevent rate hikes such as Anthem Blue Cross’ double-digit increase last year. ‘It is a very big loophole,’ says Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is pushing

HT to Jean at Catholic Fire for introducing me to Real Catholic TV

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In 1958 my mother got married and moved across the country. These are the letters written to her, mainly by her mother, between 1958 and 1960. Others in the series are in my del.icio.us file.

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• Interest Rates Have Nowhere to Go but Up – NYTimes.comtags: finance
  • Even as prospects for the American economy brighten, consumers are about to face a new financial burden: a sustained period of rising interest rates.
  • That, economists say,

Outside my window…
It looks very promising- blue skies, moderate temperature!
I am thinking…
got my taxes done.  Surprisingly, figuring the city tax was more difficult than the other two- probably because you can’t do the city on Turbo … Read the rest