Grandma Oma's World

Today I am embarking on another adventure. I am heading to Moscow, Russia where I will meet my friend G. I will fly out of Buffalo NY and my friend G will fly from Seattle and we will meet at the Moscow airport. After spending a night in Moscow, the plan is to go to Pavlovski Passad, a small town outside Moscow, to meet his friend S and his family. We should spend a couple days with them and than we will spend a few days visiting Moscow. The next plan is a trip to Kiev, than I will head to Budapest and my friend G will return to Moscow. However, all the plans are still pretty open and everything might change depending on how we feel.

Today I had to pull out the first stock that, my than husband and I bought on November 22, 1968. The company, Allegheny Power merged with First Energy Corporation  and now I must mail them the old  certificates. A look at the certificates brought back a flood of memories. My first memory was how we were barely 5 months married and we already started investing. We spent $316.18 for 12 shares. In those days this was a lot of money. I remember how young and how timid we were while talking to the investment broker. Why did we buy those shares? I believe because my sponsor to the United States, Peg and Ran suggested that a utility company would be a good choice. And, they were right: throughout  the years the company paid good dividends, it grew and it split several times.  Also, these certificates brought back the memory of the first apartment in Baltimore, MD,  then the memory of meeting one of my best friends H, and the memory of  starting my first job as a...