Books, Stocks, House Offers, Orthotics and a Reward!

As can probably be inferred by the lack of updates, the last couple weeks have been super busy. I keep on looking forward to a time when I won't constantly on the go...but I don't see any breaks coming up. For this reason, I've decided to take a day during February to sit at home and watch movies. I've been renting movies from Zip Kiosks, and there are a bunch of films out now I'd love to see...and just haven't had the time.

One hobby I constantly find time for is reading. I average a little over a book a week. My recent reads consist of West by West (amazing insight into the warped mind of one of my heroes) and the Strategic Dividend Investor (lots of theory, not a lot of practical examples).

Speaking of stocks, in the last couple weeks, I sold my shares of CAE since they weren't paying a meaningful dividend, and used the proceeds to top up my TFSA for 2012. I also bought some Telus as their dividend and earnings guidance for the next two years made them extremely attractive to me as a dividend growth investor.

After touring 13 houses, my girlfriend and I made an offer this past week on one we really like. It's a bit of a complicated situation, but we'll know by Thursday if the house is ours. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high, but it would be nice to put two-thirds of this stressful situation behind us. Currently, I'm in the process of cleaning up my condo to get it ready for sale in three weeks time.

I'm happy to report that my orthotics seem to be doing the trick for my various lower body injuries. Who knows, maybe I'll even be able to start some speed, agility, and quickness training if the orthotics continue to do the trick.

Decided to end with the high-light of last week. After I picked up my orthotics, I stopped at a Tim Horton's on Baseline on my way home to treat myself to a honey cruller. While on the way in, I noticed a Visa card on the ground, so I brought it in with me to give it to the cashier. The cashier comped my order and called me a good samaritan. Doing the right thing pays off every time :)