Stress

Why is it the older you get the more stress you have? I need to develop better coping for day to day stress. You know, the dress the kids, get to activites, cook the meals, clean the house, pay the bills kind of stress. Any suggestions would be helpful! I am already looking into Yoga and kick boxing.

Metronatural

$200k worth of investment and this is the new slogan of the Seattle Tourism industry...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/289518_metronatural21.html

I am sorry I hate it, why not just stick with the Emerald City or one of the other contenders? I also liked the "Life is different here" because it is...

And now they will spend $300k to promote it.

American Families

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061015/ts_alt_afp/afplifestyleussociety

Interesting article on what is to come with regard to shape of the American family. Wonder if this will shake up trusts and estates law? Remember the academics asking whether t & e law was law trying to shape families or adapting to the shape which they take?

fees for nothing

Today I was shocked after initiating a stock trade in my FUN stocks account and having over $300 disappear. In addition to the enormous loss I took on the FUN stocks - (FUN stocks are not necessarily a good investment!), I found out something new about ETRADE. If you do not make a trade each quater or have a balance higher than $10k they charge you $40 per quarter. I haven't made a trade in roughly two years, so they ate up $300. Would it have cost me $40 to make a trade each quarter? No. It would have cost me $20, but because I did not trade I was penalized. Needless to say I am closing this stock account and moving it over to Fidelity, where I will most likely roll my 401k over as well, that way they won't charge me in addition to the general losses I take on my FUN stocks. For those of you who don't have FUN stocks I encourage you to try buying some. Take a company whose product you like and use/or have read about and buy some stock! My parameters are simple. No more than $500 in any given stock and no more than $10 a share. I have had winner like Netflix and losers like ROXIO (Napster), in all I like the process - except for the fact that once again, I find myself having spent $300 on NOTHING!