I FOUND IT!!!

Okay, so everything that I do takes DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS!! I have been obsessing about getting a new toilet seat since last summer. I went to the hardware store yesterday, I bought one, and I installed it. ALL BY MYSELF! I am so proud that I just wanted to take a photo and facebook it. I stare at it everytime I walk by. I AM PROUD!! I even tried it out. When I was growing up, my Dad installed the toilet seats. In my adult life, mommy installs the toilet seats, buys oil tanks, and tries to figure out how to invest $$. I am 36 and just about ready to embark on this adventure. Just so you know, home improvement, weight loss, and investments all have a lot in common. When you get in control of one or the other, some other things just fall into place. So I joined weight watchers 4 weeks ago, I have lost 7 pounds, then I finally got the toilet seat, and now my confidence is soaring, so I hunted down the roth. When one thing is working, it all seems to work. In a previous post I mentioned that I had started a pathetic ROTH IRA through my little part time job. I started it last July when my kids were in summer camp for 20 minutes and I had a minute to start a retirement account. I have been wondering since last July where this money is and how much I have, and where it is located. Well, guess what?? I FOUND IT! I wanted to take a picture and facebook it! "Look- it's my fidelity account!" I even have a user name and password, which I don't remember ever creating. The point is, I am taking control. I even started on-line banking, as if this is a new invention. On Thursday, our good friend Bern got divorced. It was sad, and happy and a cause for drinks and celebrating. After some liquid cheer, I bring up the on-line banking- do my friends know that this exists? That you can pay a bill without a stamp and a check? They were so bored that I was even bringing this up. Bern has never eaten chicken on a bone or cooked a potato, but she can totally pay all her bills on-line. I compare it to the invention of the lightbulb, and they have been at it for years. Why didn't anyone tell me? I felt sort of dumb...Like I said, at 36 I am still learning to be a grown-up. I am just learning to bank on-line, to install toilet seats and I am working my way up to the purchase of stock. Then I will be a real woman, when I bank on line and purchase stock. I am almost there! Christine had me sign my name to some sort of banking document to set up a bank account. It's going to be truly real any day now!