We hit our lowest retirement spending this month. Our spending was very bare bones given the stay home stay safe order in Washington state. The whole chaos was hard. I was very much looking forward to being normal after being on a modified bed rest. The COVID-19 virus also brought some anxiety in our family. […]
The Monthly Expenses of an Early Retiree – February 2020
Our second son, Adam Henry or AHP completed our little family on February 15, 2020. I made it to term at 39 weeks and 3 days. AHP was born at 7 lbs 12 ounces and 20.5 inches long As of this writing, we already survived one month with 2 kids, and a month of sleep […]
9 Practical Wedding Gifts That We Used All The Time
9 things that we received from our wedding that we used all the time
5 Year History of my Amazon Purchase and How it Showed where I’m at in my Life
I don’t like to go to malls or grocery stores or department stores. Whenever I go, I have specific things that I need to buy and I’m usually in and out. These days, we go to the mall to utilize their indoor play area for MBP, especially on winters, but I don’t buy anything. Shopping […]
The Monthly Expenses of an Early Retiree – January 2020
The first month of the year is over. We finally got rid of our very high health insurance premium. The expenses for this month reflected that. We are also on the “waiting for baby #2 mode”. I’m now passed 37 weeks as of this writing. Although 37 weeks is still consider early, it is safe […]
2019 Early Retirement Reflections
It has been 6 months since we officially quit our W2 employment, called ourselves “retired” and moved out of the city. We are financially prepared and has been very conservative with our estimates. I’m not worried about the financial aspects going into retirement, but I was / am worried about the emotional toll that it […]
The Monthly Expense of an Early Retiree – DECEMBER 2019
December is quite the opposite of November in terms of our spending. If November is low, December is high and the highest since we retired. This is expected because of the holidays. In December 2019, we spent $8,748.80 Gifts It is the holidays and the highest line items we have is our holiday gifts specifically […]
Early Retirement Spending – November 2019
November is surprisingly an inexpensive month for us. Most of what we buy are starting to become a routine, with the exception of those one time expenses. Our November Spending is $3,512.61 Health Care Health insurance is still the biggest expense for this month and will continued on until December. With our projected low income […]
5 Books for your Toddler
It’s the holidays and you are searching for that elusive books that your toddler/niece/nephew or any other kid will love. Books that you are hoping that they don’t already own because you want to be a pretty cool caregiver. Here are the top 5 books that MBP loves. We discovered these from the library. He […]
The Cost of a NICU stay
November is prematurity awareness month. According to March For Dimes “the preterm birth rate in the United States has worsened for a third year, rising to 9.93 percent in 2017. Premature birth and its complications are the largest contributors to infant death in this country and globally.” MBP was born prematurely at 28 weeks and […]