Dinner from last night! Today is my birthday! Finally the big TWO-THREE. I had friends come in town on Saturday and we had a little party at our house then went downtown to bars. It was fun plus I spent nearly nothing, so it was a win-win and a lot of fun. We’ve haven’t been… … Read more
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
Hello! Here’s a guest post from a reader, Nick. Nick was feeling stuck a few years ago and wasn’t making progress on his student loans. He ended up researching a lot about salaries and the cost of living for English teachers in China and realized that he would be able to save far more money… … Read more
Do you often find yourself at the end of the year with unused vacation days? If so, then you are essentially working for free. According to CNN, 23% of workers surveyed said they used all of their vacation days in the previous 12 months. That means that 77% of people had unused vacation days! Also,… … Read more
Hello! Today, I have a great debt payoff story from Nolan Martin. Nolan is a military officer who successfully paid off $100,000 in debt in just 40 months. Below is his story. We were incredibly anxious to get our lives started together. Fresh out of college and new to the military life, I convinced my wife,… … Read more
