Don't forget the camera...

I've never have been much of a picture taker person. When my kids were growing up, I always forgot the camera for special events. I'm not going to be so forgetful anymore.

I've found another real good reason to take pictures.

Bob doesn't remember too much about the last 4 years being with me. He knows everything before that time. :( I took him to the coast yesterday to jog his memory on stuff that we've done over the past four years. We went to the Harley store. Once we got there, he remembered he bought his motorcycle there. He also remembered some of the people and where they sat at their desks.

We went to a variety of Capes to look at the sea lions. Previously, he was always amazed at seeing sea lions in the wild. He remembered those places too.

But, showing pictures to someone with "amnesia" is a perfect reason to not forget the camera before a catastrophic event happens.

All is well on the western front...

Sorry, I have become so laxed with my blogs lately. I'm driving myself insane trying to plan a wedding, start a new career, keep up with my online teaching, take two online courses for learning how to read market charts, and keep my kiddos on the right track. Whew! MS? Who has MS? I don't have any time for MS.

Bob is doing very well. Right when I think he's not going to remember to do something, he surprises me, and it's already done. Geesh...

Did you ever know there is a million ways to read market charts? If you get the readings right, you can be a successful trader. Being the perfectionist that I am, I'm going to get it down to the science it seems to be. WATCH ME!

Coffee, the miracle liquid...

After Bob's stroke, his personality has become very mellow. He doesn't take any medications that slow him down. People are misinterpreting Bob's mellowness for not being "with" it.

Bob drank an entire pot of coffee before his stroke, but after his stroke he'd drink maybe one or two in the morning. I don't drink coffee, so I don't know the "real" effects that it has on the body. I can only observe the increased speed in the drinker's movements and speech. However, I believe it is a under-estimated drug. A friend of ours suggested giving Bob an entire pot of coffee again to see if that would wind Bob up. So, I did that very thing everyday this week. And, amazingly enough, it worked. Bob was thinking and talking normally. He wasn't as mellow.

I take that back...

I need to recant what I said in my previous blog. The news does play a part in which way the markets move. They move because of people's reaction to the news. When you can read what a person's reaction might be to the news, then you're a step ahead. Behaviors drive the market.

However, as a trader to not react to the news, one needs to take the emotion out of trading and stick to fact-the charts.