Junior World Hockey

Don and I are watching the Gold Metal Juniors World Hockey Championship game.  Canada versus Sweden. 

I kind of like the color scheme.  It’s really easy to tell the two teams apart with the red, black with white flourishes for the Canadian Team and then pretty sky blue and bright yellow for Sweden.

Don had our whole day organized around this event. 

I made us some clam onion chip dip and am sitting here with him, blog to you. 

Canada is leading 1-0 after the first period which has just finished, so that means Don will have a 15 minute break to chat and gaze at me lovingly, so I’m off!  I’ll write more in the next period.

Oh… never mind.  He just switched the channel and is now catching up on the Pittsburgh - NY Rangers game (2nd period P-0, NY R-1)

I guess the loving gaze will have to wait until after the hockey is over.

The chip dip was really good, but now my mouth tastes of onions.  It makes me want to go upstairs to the fridge and get myself some more.

I am going to finish this blog, then I’m going to read my Richard Russell’s Remarks to see what he has to say about the markets.  Yesterday he had a picture of a bull in the left hand corner.  Kind of gave me a little jolt.  I got used to seeing that snarling bear in that spot. 

Oh hey, and for all of my bloggers who are a little nervous about debt, or how they are going to manage things in the upcoming year, Suze Orman is going to be on Oprah on Thursday and whoever tunes in will be able to download a free e-copy of her new book, 2009 Action Plan: How to keep your money safe.

I like Suze, have read quite a few of her books over the years.  They really helped when I was first trying to handle my own finances, because they were written in a way that was easily accessible, in terms I could understand, and they didn’t make me break into a sweaty panic attack.  I find she writes in a way that women can understand.

That being said, it is really important, that you never take anyone’s advice absolutely.  If I had taken all the advice from all the investment books that I have read, I would be a h__l of a lot poorer than I am right now. 

It’s not that the people that write these books are trying to screw the poor well-meaning people who buy their books.  They really believe what they are writing.  However, nobody knows everything. 

When making an investment you always need to check with your belly, look at the upside and the downside, know yourself and only make investments that you understand and feel comfortable with.  And if someone is trying to sell you something that doesn’t make logical sense to you.  DON’T do it.  Maybe later you’ll understand it and feel comfortable doing it, or maybe it was a stupid investment and the person who was trying to talk you into it, would get a big commission if you said yes. 

That’s how a lot of people got into this mortgage/foreclosure mess.  Trust your gut.  If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Also, I imagine Suze is going to talk a little bit about what’s coming down the pike via the credit card companies.  Pay attention to what she says about this!  Don’t hide your head in the sand, because I have read about this coming credit card storm from many very reliable sources.  And believe me, it’s coming.  Figure out what you need to do so everything doesn’t collapses around your head.

Phew!  I didn’t know I was going to go on a financial rampage.  I’ve really been trying hard not to.

I better sign off.

Love, Meg xo

Posted by Meg Tilly on Monday, January 05, 2009 in