Financially Independent, Retired Early(ish) at 57.
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I told the dogs that David30 was coming for dinner. Poppy and Scout immediately went to wait for him to arrive. Obviously, Jeffrey didn’t have the foggiest idea of what I was saying. What’s top of my mind: I’ve hit triple digits with this series! I’m not going to lie… I stole the idea for […]
I’ve written about the nitty gritties of the ‘No Spend Days’ chart HERE, way back in 2018, then HERE in the middle of 2020. That last one was funny because I was congratulating myself on an 18-week streak of silver weeks. I never dreamed I’d get to 61! For the TL;DR version: I have a […]
It turns out that when you’re living through 2 lockdowns and you’re not that fond of online shopping, you can really make a “No Spend Days” chart go crazy. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, I keep track of my spending by using this chart. Every day that I don’t put my […]
I’ve had an emergency fund for the last 2 decades. When I left my husband 22 years ago with $60 cash in my hand and with 4 boys under 5 to support, the first thing I set myself to achieving was building a $1,000 ‘buffer zone’ (as I called it then) to provide some security […]
Yesterday I took Scout down to the beach. We’ve been avoiding it since she had a lump removed from her back a week ago, but it’s healing nicely and her little jacket hides it away from the sand. We arrived around 10:30, just when the classes at my old work would crowd through the halls […]
Look at the colours of the rocks up above Standley Gorge. This was my first hint that I might be going to see something special. First off – crisis averted! My bus buddy is Eve, a lovely woman from Canberra. She’s had an interesting life, having done farming, truck driving (she can back up a […]
What’s top of my mind: How lucky I am. This photo is from yesterday, when I asked Georgia if she wanted to come to the beach with the Little Woofs and me. It was a crisp and clear winter day, just perfect for a beach walk. In years gone by, I would have been in […]
What’s top of my mind: Getting the house and garden to rights. I’ve finally got my strength back after that nasty bug I picked up in Alaska. I’m looking at all that has to be done before I disappear on my next holiday. Fortunately, I have until September, so the situation isn’t dire, but I’ve […]
What’s top of my mind: Nothing. It’s a very calm and peaceful place at the moment, my mind. Where I’m going: to the backyard. Yesterday I finally felt energetic enough to go out into the backyard and do a day’s gardening. I cleared out both patches of warrigal greens and chopped and dropped the last […]
Here is the last view from our balcony. What a beautiful sight to wake up to. I don’t think that any awakening will top our first morning in Banff though, when Megan pulled back the blinds and said, “It’s SNOWING!” That was a great moment. We went down to breakfast and while we were there, […]
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