I hope all of my U.S. friends are having a good Memorial day! Above are enchiladas and buffalo chicken wraps. I’m not sure what we’re doing today. We were supposed to go to the lake and spend our whole weekend at the Boy’s friend’s vacation house. But instead we’re watching the Boy’s parent’s zoo. They… … Read more
I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was a pretty good weekend for me. Life seems to be going really good and falling into place quite nicely. Had a girls’ night on Friday, hung out with the boy and his friends on Saturday after our 6 year dinner, and then I was extremely lazy… … Read more
Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. It went by way too quickly. I feel like this whole year has gone by pretty quickly also. I guess that’s what happens when you’re getting older! On Friday, we stayed in and had people over. On Saturday we went out and spent only $20…. … Read more
Happy Monday everyone! For some of you this will probably be a short week because of Fourth of July, but I only get Wednesday off. Still a shorter week than usual though! I took my work test on Saturday. It went ok but it didn’t go the greatest. It’s a 3 hour long test so… … Read more
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I did a lot this weekend, but it was all fun stuff and mostly relaxing. Oh yeah. WOOHOO I’m going to Vegas for 5 days next week! My countdown for this will be over soon as well. I’m meeting up with a couple of bloggers while I’m there,… … Read more
My monthly Extraordinary Lives series is something that I’m really enjoying doing. First up was JP Livingston, who retired with a net worth over $2,000,000 at the age of 28. Today’s interview is with Tanja Hester, who retired at the end of 2017 at the age of 38. You probably know her from the amazing blog… … Read more
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ― Benjamin Franklin Excuses are what holds a person back. I know this because I hear excuses nearly every single day, and I have made many of my own as well. People make excuses all the time, but then claim that it’s… … Read more
Hello! Here is a guest post from a reader of mine, Alberto. Alberto is sharing his story on how he saved $149,000 for retirement by the age of 30. Enjoy! Sometimes I can’t believe I actually saved that much for retirement before I even hit my 30s. It’s surreal to me thinking how far I’ve… … Read more
Are you interested in financial independence and/or early retirement? Today, I’ve asked some of the top personal finance experts to share their personal and best early retirement tips. Early retirement may sound like a dream, but there are more and more people who are trying to retire early as part of the FIRE movement. FIRE… … Read more
Hey everyone! Happy Monday. The weekend went by too quickly, yet again. Hope all of you fathers enjoyed Father’s Day! We took our engagement photos on Thursday night, and it went well! I was super nervous but our photographer was awesome. My sister helped us out and watched the dogs so that we could take… … Read more
