Random thots on a random day

[susandennis]

How can it be so wet out now for so many days and yet my scalp is the very definition of dry??!!!

I stopped at the grocery on the way home - the big Japanese grocery is just where my bus lets me off - pretty handy. I bought:

• 1 bag of 6" flour tortillas
• 1 box of spaghetti
• 1 jar of mayonnaise
• 1 package of English tea biscuits

I didn't plan it that way - I really only went in for the tortillas but when I got home and pulled it all out of the bag, I felt very international.

My office mate spent the past two days getting set up for the next baseball season. She has season tickets and she was offered better seats. She sure got good ones. I'm ready for baseball to start any time. But, I guess it's only fair to do Christmas first.

I cashed in on some of my Sirius stock today. It has more than tripled in price since I bought it and I'm not emotionally attached to it - I mean radio is never going to be donuts... Sirius is never going to be Krispy Kreme.... So I sold most of it. I hung on to 50 shares just for old times sake. I sunk the proceeds into Costco. In my little Ameritrade account I am currently in the green after having spent the best part of this year and maybe more in the red. Not bad since I have no clue what I'm doing and I pretty much use the monkey approach to investing with this account.

I had pho for lunch and I can still taste it. Now I remember why I am not a huge fan of Viet Namese food. Probably lose a peg there on my internationality.

It seems like I had more to offer here - I kept thinking of little bits all day but now that I'm here, I can't remember them! Geesh.

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

Are the English tea biscuits the sort you dunk in your tea?
Plain and round?
And what is pho,please?
x

[susandennis]

Actually, I need to snap a photo of these biscuits for you. They almost taste and look like the plain round ones - they even have the scalloped edges but they are rectangular. And the packaging is Asian. I'll snap one tonight to show you.

And pho is a Vietnamese beef noodle soup. It's a hot broth of some kind with scallions and clantro and seasonings. They boil it up and plop in really light rice noodles to cook. they boil it up again and plop in meat to cook and then serve. (You can, of course, get it without the meat.)

Here's a picture. I always think it looks delicious and then when I have it, I'm reminded that there is some funny after taste that never seems to go away.

[treebreeze.livejournal.com]

You are indeed Madame United Nations of the Grocery World.

[minimac.livejournal.com]

M and I have tossed around the notion of dabbling with the stock market but we wouldn't have the first clue where to start...Ameritrade sounds like a good place to start maybe?

[susandennis]

You know, I think it is a good place to start. Here's their current starter deal. But, don't get hurried in if you aren't ready. They always have some kind of a starter deal. But, before you do that, I have an even better idea.

The best way to start, I think is to 'practice'. Take an imaginary $2,000 and pick 3 or 4 stocks that interest you - companies you like or what ever. Then 'pretend' invest your $2,000.

Go to Yahoo and click on Finance and set yourself up a stock portfolio (you have to register but it is free). Also, the Yahoo finance pages are full of good and simple info that might also help you get started.

Anyway, set yourself up a portfolio. Plug in your 3 or 4 stocks that you spent your pretend $2,000 on and watch them for a month or so... I love watching the differences day to day.

Go for it!

[minimac.livejournal.com]

Great idea! I'm going to set up a "bogus" portfolio this weekend....thanks!