Choosing new windows for your home is a tough job.  There are so many different windows that have so many different options, the process can become very confusing.

Why not let the experts give you some help.  Jones & Associates is West Texas’ largest volume replacement window contractor.  Last year alone, we installed over 5,000 windows in homes just like yours.

We have a staff of experienced estimators who can look at your home and hear what you want to achieve, then make the perfect product recommendation to meet your needs.  Jones & Associates is this region’s premier dealer of Simonton Brand windows.  They were awarded the “JD Powers” highest award for customer satisfaction.  All of their products are energy star rated and have excellent warranties.

Installation is also a critical component of a successful window replacement project.  The installation crews that work with Jones & Associates have an average of 14 years of home improvement experience.  Their specific talents and desire to “do the job right” allow us to offer a full 10 Year Labor Warranty.

We feel like we offer the homeowners the perfect combination when considering replacing their windows.  A company with a 26 year track record of pleasing customers, expert consultation, excellent product selection and proven installation.

What are you waiting for?  Contact Jones & Associates today for your free no-obligation estimate.  We’ll also be happy to explain our 100% financing.  1-800-658-2060

Believers who have invited Christ into their lives are supernaturally allowed to participate in His crucifixion AND His resurrection.  Christ lends us His righteousness so that we are found innocent before God and supplants within us His eternal life.  No longer are we bound to a life of sin or have the need to fear death.  That is the good news of the gospel and gives believers cause to celebrate!  If you are a believer, celebrate and bask in the love that has been lavished on you by God.

If you have never taken the step of inviting Jesus into your life and feel led to learn more about a relationship with Him, act now!  Call someone you know who is a believer or a local pastor and ask them to tell you more. Jesus not only wants to bless you with eternal life with Him, but also wants to live in and through you now.

Forgive me if you are offended by a spiritual message in what is normally a business communication, but frankly, as badly as I want to serve your home improvement needs, your spiritual state is of much greater importance than whether you ever buy siding, windows, or a metal roof from our company.

Have a great Spring and please call me if I can be of service to you!

     Happy Tax Time! Our tax filing deadline is quickly approaching. I hope that you got a big tax refund and that it’s already in the bank.  Speaking of taxes…how do you feel about the portion of your income that you send to Uncle Sam? Most people I know are “none too happy”. I think we all question the wisdom of some of the spending decisions and feel that a lot of money is being wasted. I wish Congress would give full budget authority to a group of eight or ten West Texas farmers. They could go through the budget line by line and change anything that didn’t make sense. If that happened, we’d not only have a GREAT farm bill, but we could balance the budget in a New York minute.

     It seems that political people on both sides of the aisle are waking up to the fact that we have a spending problem. Once the majority of the public comes to that same realization, then we will have some meaningful reform. I do know what would bring about an overnight tax revolt. If the majority of the public payed their taxes the same way self-employed folks do, there would be rioting in the streets. As employees, people are accustomed to seeing a little piece come out of every payroll check. It’s like having a wound that oozes blood. The wound bleeds constantly, but not real bad. However, most self employed people make estimated quarterly tax payments. This means that four times a year they sit down and write a sizable check that should represent 25% of their tax liability. This is NOT perceived as an oozing wound, but rather an arterial bleed that could result in death. In other words, a wound that is worthy of a tourniquet. Whoever thought up the system of having employers collect taxes from their employees was pretty smart. That system is not only efficient, but it lulls taxpayers into never feeling the full impact of their total tax bill. It’s kind of like the story of the frog in the cook pot. The frog never feels the incremental increase in the temperature of the water until it’s so hot it cooks him.

I guess I could gripe all day. However, when all the dust settles I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in the work, high taxes or not. God Bless the USA!

• Shortest president: James Madison, 5’4”

• Tallest president: Abraham Lincoln, 6’4”

• Heaviest president: William Howard Taft, about 300 pounds

• Oldest president elected: Ronald Reagan, 69

• Youngest president elected: John F. Kennedy, 43

• Youngest president to serve: Theodore Roosevelt, 42, taking the oath of office after the assassination of William McKinley

• The biggest bill. The highest U.S. denomination was the $100,000 bill, bearing the likeness of Woodrow Wilson and issued in limited numbers in 1934 for Federal Reserve Bank transactions. The largest bill in public circulation was the $10,000 bill, bearing the face of Salmon P. Chase.

• The smallest bill. Paper money was first introduced in the U.S. during the Civil War to combat a shortage of coins. Bills were printed and distributed in denominations of 20 cents, 25 cents, and 5 cents.

• Groovy coins. A dime has 118 grooves along its edge; a quarter has 119. Ridges originally were added to make counterfeiting difficult; today they mainly serve the purpose of helping people with impaired vision to identify coins by touch.

• Change for a dollar. There are said to be 293 different combinations of coins capable of making change for one dollar.

• The weight of wealth. One million dollars in one-dollar bills would weigh about 2,040 pounds; in 100-dollar bills, that cool million would weigh in at about 20.4 pounds.

• Old vs. new money. A dollar bill typically lasts about 18 months in circulation before being “retired.” Five-dollar bills endure for about two years. Fifty- and hundred-dollar bills hang on for nine years.

accomplishment. We were blessed with another good year in both our family and our business. Most people that I know are facing this new year with some uncertainty. We are experiencing a divided

government and a degree of fear of the unknown. At this writing, we are still uncertain if we will fall off of the “fiscal cliff.” No one can accurately predict what will happen if we do OR if we don’t. It’s easy to get caught up in thinking about all of the “what ifs.” In uncertain times, I think it’s important for us to concentrate on some of the unchanging things that we can always rely on. Foremost, if you are a believer, you are not going to experience one thing that has not passed through the filter of our Savior, Jesus Christ. That’s not to say that our walk will be easy. We still experience illness, relationship problems, financial setbacks and any other calamity that is common to man. But for us, there can be benefit from even the negative things in life. The Apostle Paul wrote that all things work to our good and have the potential to mold us to be more and more like our Savior. So, if we do face hard times, let’s commit to loving the Lord and to be that helping hand to those around us. Jesus said that all the law and all of the prophets are hinged on these two things. If God is for us, who can be against us?