Financial Focus

As the year winds down, your thoughts might drift to the future. And, as part of that future, you may be thinking of where your financial assets will end up. You’ve worked hard to accumulate them, and you’ll certainly need some of them to support your retirement, but what about the rest?

The Lord and the Church

We are entering a time where many people tend to focus on a New Year’s resolution. Many will focus on things like better health, losing weight or even a more fulfilling life at work or at home. I would like to mention another option. Really, it is two options – the Lord and the church.

The 501:

Cheapskates have more fun. So do blondes. One of my blonde college schoolmates rode shotgun with me, Texas to Arkansas and back. Guys kept honking and waving. Her name was Judy. “What’s the deal?” I asked her, regarding all the unexpected attention. “It’s the hair,” she said matter-of-factly.

Capital Highlights

Retiring senator named Secretary of State Retiring state Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, has been named the next secretary of state by Gov. Greg Abbott. She replaces John Scott, who announced his resignation effective at year’s end.

Capital Highlights

Patrick lays out legislative priorities Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick outlined his goals for the upcoming legislative session, calling them “general concepts,” according to the Austin American-Statesman.

The 501:

Birdhouses are good for lots of things. Sometimes, birds even live in them. Tip: If you want to attract a bird family to your birdhouse, build it from weathered wood and leave it unpainted. That advice comes from my husband, who’s been keeping an eye on our three backyard birdhouses for years.

Financial Focus

To achieve your financial security, and that of your family, you will need to create a comprehensive strategy. But for this strategy to succeed, you’ll need to guard it from various challenges – and that means you’ll need to build in different layers of protection.

Financial Focus

Now that it’s the holiday season, gifts are probably on your mind – and you might intend for some of those gifts to go to charities. Although your intentions are good, you could be shortchanging both your recipients and yourself with your method of giving.

The 501: Have a head for key fobs?

You’re getting warmer! Remember when other children would say that when you were getting closer to finding something hidden? If they said “colder” instead, you knew you were headed in the wrong direction. Great times. To recapture the fun, lose your car in a parking lot.

Ponder Points

After 81 years, it remains difficult to forget the atrocities committed by Japanese captors against American soldiers. The Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, thrusted the United States into World War II with a sense of foreboding a long and bitter struggle in the Pacific.