Yesterday was Valentines Day. It was the day to tell the special person in your life how much you love them.
The important person in my life gave me a very sweet present. She wandered down to Wilmar Chocolate Shoppe (known for very high quality chocolate) and bought 4 large, scumptious strawberries that were freshly dipped in dark chocolate. Ummmm good! How do you top that for sweetness? Thank you special Valentine.
Last week I made some financial predictions. Some say it came off very negative. Uh, uh, uh. For example, I predicted interest rates long term are headed up. If you are going to borrow money, there will never be a better time. I gaurantee that rates are hovering around their bottom. They may fluctuate by a half or quarter of a point, but rates are very attactive right now. I predicted inflation is going to “kick in”. If you buy an asset with intrinsic value (i.e. property, home, gold), inflation will carry it’s value forward and protect your investment with steady appreciation. The key Grasshoppers is to take advantage of the financial trends. I am just tellling you what the obvious trends are.
I got my notice to renew my drivers license. I’ve heard they revoke “old people’s” driving privledges. Something about not being able to react, see, hear or “passing out” due to medical problems. Nope. I got my renewal and I’m good for 8 more years. Somebody mentioned that I might experience a “slow down” by state employees at the DMV because of labor issues. It took me 15 minutes to get my picture taken, eyes tested, pay my fee and collect my new wallet size license. It couldn’t have gone better.
I am now faced with dealing with troubling issues of the day. Tiger Woods spit on the green Sunday during a golf tournament and the officials had a “cow” because of his disrespect for other golfers who might have to hit their ball over the spot where he spit. This is a major golf issue. Tiger agreed to pay a large fine for his grievious error. Sunday night Lady Gaga arrived at the Grammy’s in a specially designed egg breathing from compressed air tanks. This is an important statement relative to her new song. You’ve got to be kidding me. Gaga is a marketing genius but the relevance to anything is beyond me. So forgive me, I need to go somewhere quiet to contemplate these great issues and ponder solutions.
Hug the person you love.
Love,
Dad