Let's see a little about me... I was born in Louisiana, I grew up with two brothers.....  ahaha.
I have read over a few of the posts, I must say this is very nice.
Back to my intro. My name really, truly, honestly is Fleurde-Lee. I am here because I am fed up with the 8-5, with the nagging boss. I did my time with the county and now I am looking for freedom with money. I am currently also studying to get my insurance sales license for the State of Arizona. 
I will share that ages ago my mother was putting her small pay raises into the stock market. When she talked with her broker, he told about a small penny stock and if she wanted to invest in it. (My mother liked being in control of her money.) She told the broker, as long as it is not McDonald's. Well this small penny stock now gives her very nice checks in retirement. Those penny stocks were to Apple Computer.