Last year I dressed up as static electricity (black pants/shirt, then safety pinned bits of cloth all over.) I think I got that idea from one of Amy D's books. So now it's getting to be a bit more than a month away from the next dress up occasion, and I'm at a loss as to what would be inexpensive, easy and adult/school appropriate.
I'd love any ideas. 
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Can I just say that I think Monday's are going to be my least favorite day of the week this school year? All because of one class. Ugh.
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Still in the process of reading through M Mustache's blogs. I used it today as an example of what a blog was to my 7th graders - they were giving FB as an example of a blog.
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No money has been spent since Thursday. I will probably have to get more cat litter before the week is out though - the people taking care of Kari this summer were much more generous/liberal with the cat litter than I generally am. So what would have probably lasted me til December, is now completely gone (except for barely enough left in the box to last another day or two - tops.) Oh well, I can't complain.
I was planning on making an appointment for Kari's claws to be clipped next Thursday. But that is Pet Day - we have a half-day of school, but it is a more than full day for us staff. Some required OSHA meeting starting at 2 pm ... so very likely it will be a 4pm or later ending of the day. Ugh. So, I'll make the appointment for the following Thursday.
Other than the cat litter though, I don't forsee any spending for the remainder of September.
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My stock fell another $3 today, thanks to the whole market falling 100 pts. I guess I need to find my acct# and pw info for this account, and then figure out how to sell stocks. Then decide if I should move the money to an IRA at TROWE (where I have a ROTH and a Traditional), or open one at Scottrade where the stocks are right now. Can you buy and sell individual stocks in a ROTH? I need to research that I guess.
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My teacher friend and I went on our 4+ mile walk yesterday. Along the way we saw two different herds of wild horses. They are so beautiful. We also went by the local public high school where we'd been told we could walk on their track. We chickened out on trying to find it (still lots of kids, etc. around) but on our way out we ran into one of my 8th grade boys from last year with a group of his friends. (He was the *cool* kid in our 8th grade group. I got him hooked on reading, and he in turn infected the rest of the class. 
) He actually acknowledged me, which impressed me quite a bit - considering he was with a group of high-school buddies and not by himself.
We skipped our walk today due to intermittent and sudden violent downpours throughout the day and evening. Tomorrow no rain in the forecast, so we should be walking again.
Inexpensive Halloween Costume idea?
September 26th, 2012 at 02:23 am
September 26th, 2012 at 03:15 am 1348629342
I love clever, easy, funny things. Usually something that mimics a recent news story. How about someone with binoculars or a camera watching for the space shuttle do a fly over to it's exhibit location (we just had this in Los Angeles). Mark up a plain T shirt like a souvenir 'Endeavor Spotter' or something.
Good luck!
September 26th, 2012 at 03:48 am 1348631293
Simple and easy - like!
September 26th, 2012 at 12:42 pm 1348663320
September 26th, 2012 at 02:31 pm 1348669909
Yes - you can buy and sell individual stocks in a ROTH, but if you intend to do so, keeping it at ScottTrade probably makes more sense. T Rowe does not have stock trades (or charges a lot for them). I was researching them all recently. Vanguard you can buy and sell stocks but you have to open a separate account - it's a pain. I just remember ruling out T Rowe as it wasn't one of the better options.
Just another thing to think about - is it really best to keep this money in stocks? I think it's awesome to move it over to an IRA, for sure. Good idea! But, Dave Ramsey so often poses the question, "If you received this money in cash, would you go out and buy this stock?" If you would, so be it. But otherwise, maybe it's best not to keep it in stocks. Just some food for thought.
September 26th, 2012 at 05:15 pm 1348679727
September 26th, 2012 at 11:28 pm 1348702087
MM,
If I'd received it in cash, would I have put it in stocks? Most likely not, no. My family (dads side) *strongly* feels that this particular stock the money is invested in is going to go through the roof ... eventually. I've put some of my own money in this stock, but nowhere near the amount the others have (percentage or figure wise.) I'm wanting to move a little bit of the money into an IRA because I think right now when the stock is lower than the June 6 price point, that it would be financially advantageous. But at the same time I feel like it would be kind of dishonoring my dads memory to put the money into something else that he hadn't wanted. A year from now if the stock still hasn't "sprung" then maybe I'll do something differently. But not right now - if that makes any sense.
September 26th, 2012 at 11:30 pm 1348702208