Many states have enacted legislation to make back-to-school and off-to-college shopping a little easier on families by giving them a break on paying sales taxes. Some states exempt you from sales taxes on clothing, shoes, and school supplies. Others allow exemptions on computers, other electronics, and sports equipment. One state exempts all TPP (tangible personal property), and one state is giving families a three-month tax holiday on “food and food ingredients” this year. Read on to find out if your state participates in Sales Tax Holidays, and what qualifies for […]
Gifts that Give Back , Season of Giving
Buying this Coffee Can Help Those Living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
I’m not a musician, but I’m in love with one. I watch Tom Buckovac’s YouTube channel with my fiancé. Tom, also known as “Uncle Larry” is a session guy in Nashville, Tennessee. He created his channel, which was originally called “The Corona Lessons” and has since been renamed “Homeskoolin’” in 2019, during the height of the Covid lockdowns. In a recent video, Tom featured Greg Voros, who is the Repair Shop Manager at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. Greg shared with Tom’s audience that he is living with Multiple Sclerosis, and […]
Getting Into the Spirit!
Getting Creative for Christmas
In October of 2020, I decided that if the 2020 year was going to feel like six years, I wanted two of them to feel like Christmas. I was missing my grandkids, who I didn’t see as much due to social distancing. I was feeling isolated, and like a lot of people, I began to feel sad (which is an understatement). To combat this feeling, I threw myself into preparing for Christmas. Getting into the Christmas spirit was harder during 2020, but I put up the tree and started searching […]
