July 26 was officially my second month of tracking my weight. I’m still on the right track, but I can tell that I have more days of giving in to cravings. I have a hard time saying no to sweets. First the numbers. I weigh 116.8 lbs on June 26. I weigh 111.6 lbs on […]
June Projects – Face Masks and Christmas Stockings
I kept myself “busy” last month. I’ve been mindlessly eating whenever I have “free” time and being busy prevents me to accomplish my goal of losing the baby weight. We don’t get a lot of free time with an infant and a toddler but it seems that whenever I have some, my instinct is to […]
The Post Baby Weight Loss Challenge – Month 1
Last May, I seriously started tracking my weight. I was on my highest weight post baby #2 and I know that I’m ready to lose the baby weight I gained since baby #1. I added another 25 lbs while I was pregnant with baby #2. I lost 10 lbs about a month after giving birth. […]
The Monthly Expenses of an Early Retiree – June 2020
It is still hard to believe that the first half of 2020 is over. It was the quickest and yet the slowest year at the same time. AHP is officially out of the newborn phase and we celebrated MBP’s 3rd birthday in the middle of the pandemic. Spending wise, in June we spent 1,812.03 Preview […]
The Monthly Expenses of an Early Retiree – May 2020
In May we spent, $2,059.62 Groceries – $623.89 Food is still our biggest spending. My husband shops at Costco, WINCO and Amazon for our groceries. He goes every two weeks, or longer if we can. Home Insurance – $537.72 We also renewed our home insurance for the year. Surprisingly, I got an e-mail from our […]
The Monthly Expenses of an Early Retiree – April 2020
We incurred many one time expenses for this month and our spending is A LOT higher than usual. In April we spent $8,666.55. 529 College Plan – $3200 Our contribution to the kids 529 college plan was high for this month. I opened AHP’s 529 account with a one time contribution of $3000. Vanguard has […]
The Monthly Expenses of an Early Retiree – March 2020
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 […]