Lesa and Shawn have some extra money so we decided we wanted to invest it for a period of time rather than buy....oh....say....more motorcycle gear. :)

So, being MacMacs (well, *one* of us is) we decided we'd put our money where our mouths are.

We are now officially the newest Apple Shareholders!

It was dead simple. We opened an account on eTrade.com ($12.99/transaction) and bought the stock online.

Lesa is a little disappointed that there weren't streamers and balloons dropping from the ceiling in celebration or that Steve Jobs didn't *immediately* call (after all, he has our number now!) but hey....we didn't buy *that* many shares. :)

We're both pretty confident that, in the short term (read Monday at noon) Apple stock will rise and, even in the longish term (say, 18 months) it will rise even further.

So, officially, we bought Apple stock at today's closing price of $69.59. Let's see where it stands after Steve Job's Keynote on Monday! :)