Today I'm going to wrap up the details on our recent trip to Grand Cayman.In case you've missed any part of this series, you can start with Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1.As you'll see, we shifted into cruise control and simply relaxed our last couple of days.Now, let's continue on with our journey... Sunday, January 14 I was wakened at 6 am today by the house … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 3
Today I'm going to continue sharing about our recent trip to Grand Cayman.In case you've missed any part of this series, you can start with Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1.Now, let's continue on with our journey... Thursday, January 11 This was the best day of the trip.We didn't do much in the morning -- just sat around and chatted. We had hamburgers for … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 2
Today I'm going to continue sharing about our recent trip to Grand Cayman.In case you missed the first post in this series, check out Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1.Now, let's continue on with our journey... Monday, January 8 When we were planning our trip to Grand Cayman (after we had already selected the dates) we found a site that listed all the cruise ships … [Read more...]
Grand Cayman Trip and Tips, Part 1
As I detailed last week, we took a trip to Grand Cayman in January.Over the course of a few posts (which I'll spread out a bit) I'm going to detail what we did, give some tips for making the best of a trip to the island, and throw in a few pictures for fun.I'll list the events by day and put in tips where they seem appropriate. How We Roll Before I get into specifics, … [Read more...]
Retirement 18-Month Update
When I gave my one year retirement update I said that I'd probably only give updates once a year or so.But I've been so busy since I retired that if I wait a year then my update post would read like a book! ;)So I'll be giving semi-annual updates just to keep you in the loop.To make this summary easier to read, I've put my thoughts into categories.Here's what's … [Read more...]
2017 Financial Year in Review and 2018 Forecast
At the end of each year I like to dig into my finances to do a bit of a review.Since I have all my numbers in Quicken, it's pretty easy.And I thought you might find the results interesting -- so I'm turning it into a post!As a reminder, 2017 was my first full year of retirement, so it provides a good insight into how our finances might play out over the rest of our … [Read more...]
Our Latest Timeshare Adventure
Has anyone ever taken a timeshare deal?It usually goes something like this:The timeshare company gives you some sort of great deal/offer In exchange you agree to listen to a pitch about their company and what it offersObviously this must work because companies keep doing it.And what's really the risk anyway? Often the offer is something that costs the … [Read more...]
Why I Bought Rockstar Finance
It's my pleasure to announce that I have purchased Rockstar Finance.If you're a blogger or deep into the personal finance blogosphere, you likely know what Rockstar Finance is.If you're simply kinda interested in personal finance and reading a few blogs, you might not.So in this post, I'll tell you what Rockstar Finance is, why I bought it, and where it goes from … [Read more...]
My Jobs, Last Three Jobs Before Retirement
Last time in this series I shared the events that led to an interesting work transition for me.This time we'll wrap up the series by highlighting the last three jobs I had before I retired (two of which you know a lot about already.)As usual, these three feature a lot of twists and turns, so hold on to your seats. Best Job of My Life After the transition detailed in … [Read more...]
An Investment Gone Bad
This site often seems like a brag-fest to me.Many of the posts are about how I did this well or did that well.Of course, I have had my successes and they are worth learning from.But as we've seen now and then, I've also made a lot of mistakes.Fortunately these have been limited in number and not that large. But they do happen and are just as worthwhile to learn … [Read more...]
