Paralysis by analysis

I've got some money in an IRA and have planted it in TD Ameritrade after comparing the choices and meeting with a rep there.  My intent was to put together a pie chart of a portfolio, buy the different products and track them and make a few bucks over a 10 year horizon.

Whew, the theory is fine and I did something similar when I was with Prudential and had the initial 401k in their system but I became quickly overwhelmed.  Were I 25 it would be easy.  Buy an index S&P and a few side items and forget I had the money at all.  40 years later, presto.

But with a 10 year horizon, just long enough to need some growth (the likelihood of Dana and me living for another 20 years is pretty good) and therefore some risk, it is far more complex.  So after a week of analyzing the situation I bailed and wrote my TD Ameritrade contact and asked what his managing the money would cost.  

Hopefully I'll be able to learn enough so I'll not need to pay him forever.  Much as I hate giving up a percentage I'm guessing it is the right thing to do.

Sigh.

Bad eggs

When we had the three chickens I loved finding them fun food to eat.  We experimented with everything and the chickens had a good time too and proved it by gracing us with excellent eggs.  Hard shells.  Big strong yokes. Wonderful taste. I never knew how important what we were feeding them was until today.  We received a gift of a dozen and a half eggs and they are terrible.  I don't know what she is feeding them but the shells are thin, the yokes invariably break and I just threw out some scrambled eggs I had made from them.  They did not taste good at all.

So here's to you Anne, Barbara and Molly.  I hope you are eating well.