by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog
As is my habit, this email is being composed on Monday … and today happens to be good ol’ Cyber Monday. I say “good ol” because, well, the days are long gone when the actual rationale behind it was true: remember — everyone had dial-up at...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
You know how Thanksgiving as a federal holiday got its start, don’t you? I’m not talking pilgrims here … but more about why we all have a few days off this week. Smack in the middle of horrendous civil war, President Lincoln proclaimed the last...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog
I think there are two components to our shared reaction about the events in Paris on Friday. On one hand, we have the grief… Seeing those gruesome images, imagining the regular families whose lives have been forever upended … it’s all so immeasurably...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
So, last week I wrote you about your holiday spending, and making sure that you don’t find yourself caught up in all the merchandising and hooha — specifically of the retail variety. (Let’s ALL get caught up in the transcendent beauty of the season,...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 11, 2015 | Blog
It’s hard to believe, but Thanksgiving is this month. The October Classic is in the books (congrats to the KC Royals), and parents everywhere are enjoying their parental “Candy Tax”. It feels like a seasonal page has truly been turned. And right...