Some pics of my apt

Since I've been completely MIA the past several weeks, I figured I should update. I'm all moved into my apartment! My mom, dad and brother kindly brought my furniture down and helped me move in which was a great help. I've done some decorating things but my apartment is currently a MESS. Once I get it all clean and most everything in its place I will take pictures, but here are a few:

Partial view of my tiny patio

My new cactus garden! Not sure yet where it'll fit into my design scheme, but its precious. I hope I don't kill it... the aloe vera my uncle dug up for me isn't doing so well... And supposedly you can't really kill aloe vera.

My tv and stereo!

Buying shares on the stock exchange next week...

I moved into my new apartment this weekend and there isn't much in it, that will be a story for another post as I move in furniture this coming weekend and decorate.... I also bought a plant and received one from my uncle for my new patio, yay!

Today as I was watching TV I saw a commercial for CSX. Now, I've been contemplating buying individual stocks for some time now, but I don't have thousands of dollars to play with. But after having dinnertime conversations with my uncle about stocks and funds he invests in and why, I have thought about what companies I might be interested investing in for the future. I've mentioned before how much I love ING Direct and they have Sharebuilder (which I may or may not love, we will see) which I decided to try out for buying stocks. I'm only doing a small amount of money (maybe enough for 2 or 3 shares so nothing too risky for either loss OR gains) but decided to invest in CSX. It's an international transportation company (with some fantastic advertising). I did some research and since I believe that energy is headed toward more renewable resources and energy efficiency anyway, this would be a good choice.

So I set it up and the purchase should be going through this week! Very exciting. And who knows, maybe I will like individual stocks and add that to my portfolio instead of doing solely mutual funds.

Happy Sunday!