Oops...it makes sense to go back and read my own BLOG posts!

It never even occurs to me to go back and read my own BLOG for good ideas!

Well, I was looking back at postings from March and I found one reminding myself that the girls have some US Government Bonds that are in their name that they can get tax benefit from if they utilize them for education.

In fact, this is exactly why my mother gave them.....for college!

Now that Kim is a senior, she needs to spend them this year on school.....or pay taxes on them when she ultimately cashes them in. I will have to talk to our accountant (Terry Strout) and ask him how we have to document their use as being for education. (Can we cash them in and just dump the money into checking and then write checks of an equal or greater amount for education expenses....and how do they define those anyways?)

So I guess I've learned something by reading my own BLOG.......if others come out with even a small bit of insight, I suppose I am doing something good. (at least I would like to hope so)

Mom's Money Podcast.......

I discovered this Podcast while surfing the Personal Finance BLOG world, and I listened to Podcast #7 about 1/2 way through and found it kind of interesting. I think I'll at least sample the other 6 shows and perhaps subscribe to it if I continue to like it.

It seems to be a fairly common and average person who discusses personal finance questions that most people will have, but don't feel comfortable talking about. She drags those topics right out and bares her soul.

As I said, I just scratched the surface with the small segment of show I heard....but I think I liked what I heard enough to suggest that you might want to give it a listen.

The web address is:
http://momsmoney.com/blog

Useful Websites.......Compare Home Heating Oil and Auto Fuel Prices online

The internet has made communications so much better.....from person to person, and especially from customer to business.

The internet is a force multiplier.....it makes competition stronger because it allows people to have a lot longer "reach" out to even more suppliers.

The New England Oil website allows you to look up the prices charged by home fuel oil suppliers in New England. I have not used it, but if the numbers are at all current, it sounds like a great idea.

GasBuddy.com does the same thing for gasoline prices, and I have used that site a lot...and it works well.

But this depends on you and all the other users.....we all put the prices in....so if it isn't right we can all collectively look in the mirror for the reason.