Atlantic Power Corporation (ATP) and New York law firm Levi & Korsinsky

We have beautiful sunny day here in Montreal so I going to write a little something before hitting downtown. I am trying to lose weight before the summer hit for good. It really cannot hurt so I am going to exercise a bit more. I was thinking of a gym membership but hey, it cost more than a $500 per year.. So if I cannot get slimmer just by walking, I am going to stay the way I am.

A few years ago, just before hitting back to New Brunswick - it was just 2 years ago actually, I was working at several jobs at the same time so I didn't walk downtown like I used to because I was working most of the time. From, my experience, its possible to lose a great deal of weight just by watching what I eat and by walking. But I really need to walk everyday.  I find it stupid to spend money on a gym membership knowing it cost so much. And I really need to watch my expenses. Its my mom birthday this weekend and I spend a good one hundred bucks on flowers. Not that I regret, but its another expense. I don't feel like asking my brother is part on the bouquet because he lived in Ottawa and his rent is terribly expensive. I am the big sis right, I can handle it all.

Its another reason why I did not reactivated the DRIP. I am always in need of money, there's always something. Like right now, I am in deep need of a new hair coloration. I taught of getting my natural color back, but I look at my roots, and ohhhh the natural color slowly began to show up. I had been coloring my hair for years now. I find I look better with a touch of magical red.

As for my body, in case you wonder, I am not extremely fat, I have very nice asset actually, but you know, for the health and everything, it will be better for me if I lose weight. And I never insisting on it before because I didn't really care, but I would like to be like before. Overworking had been a real huge problem. I am now not working as much today,  but I am thinking of freelancing more. But for that, I definitively need to work more... BUT, as you know, I had been reading all over again Derek Foster books. I began with the Healthy Boomer and I am now at the Idiot Millionaire.

As he said, it is a lot more easier to spend less than to work more... So I started getting more organize lately. I am usually frugal, but I guess I lost myself among the way. I am more tired at some point, so if I don't cook my lunch for 5 days during the weekend, it will never get done. For the past couple weeks I had been quite good on this, I only ate out a couple of times. I know what I have to do to save money, its just a matter of discipline, at this point. When I am done with work, I really don't feel like cooking or doing anything else. I walked my way back home and once home, I removed my makeup, I get into something comfortable, I eat a quick something, usually cereal or toasts and I open my laptop, check on my blog and stocks. That's why you something only get new comments. I sometime don't have anything new to say or I am just too tired. I am sometime at bed by 9:30. On good days, I stay up until 11. It depend.

I am just now wondering why I am writing this. LOL. I guess I really just want to write something because getting ready and go play in the sun.

Here's something maybe more interesting.

My non-registered portfolio is at $123 906. I am in a positive territory: +0.03%, +$33.77!!!
WOWWWWWWWWWW

Finally.

I have some cash available for a new investment. I talked about getting into BEP.UN stocks, but I decided to get some ABC stocks of Derek Foster. At first, the stock was not appealing to me at all because its dividend was only of 1%. But now that Derek Foster answer my first question, I understand a bit better his interest in that stock. That ABC stock is probably less volatile than BEP.UN stock anyway.

Now that my non-registered portfolio is in a positive zone, I have to focus on quality stuff. I probably invest in ABC inside my non registered portfolio to give a boost to my margin value, but I haven't figure it out yet. For now, I have left $15 656.99 in my margin value. For now, I am exceeding the 15k. Its a shame not to take advantage of the TFSA... So let say that my margin value has enough juice. In case of an emergency, I have a 15k available on 2 TD credit lines to save the margin.

I may have not paid attention, but the money used on the margin is exceeding the 52k. Ugly ugly. That need to go down to 50k if I want to keep a minimum balance. I will need to exercise a lot more so instead of trying to find some new stocks to invest in, for the next 2 months, I will just pay off my margin. The dividend money will also help me to decrease the margin.

My investment in DGI went up a little. ATP doesn't seem to be in good shape and I am seriously thinking of selling it and declare a capital loss on it. I enroll this week in the law suite against ATP with Levi & Korsinsky, LLP. I strongly suggest to any ATP investors to enter in. It made a great deal of sense what the law firm is saying. Once you complete the online form, they will send you an emaiol with another form. That one explain that it is absolutely free to join. Also, it doesn't matter if you are Canadian. I asked the question because Levi & Korsinsky is based in the US and have no office in Canada. I fax the form and I was told that if anything else was needed, they will contact me.

For this law suite to move forward, Levi & Korsinsky need the maximum investors possible to enroll. They need to  have the maximum shares possible. I own a bit more than 200 shares, not a big amount, but if all small investors enroll in the law suite, it could make a difference.

I never been afraid to battle for my rights and here's your chance to fight again like a sexy cougar. Enroll now if you had been holding ATP.