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It’s a super special edition of Cost Per Serving today. It’s a dish we assembled during our trip in Peru! So before you read about the whole trip next week, you can “whet your appetite” with this tale of tastes. Chinchero is a beautiful little Peruvian town, so far not ruined by tourism, at the … Read more
The first stock I ever bought was after my junior year of college. I was 20 years old and had a job as a bookkeeper for an old lady who had a tiny tax return and apartment rental business. I say “tiny” because she had about two tax clients and one apartment. Basically, she had … Read more
Hey everyone. Exciting news today. We’ll be talking about CDs (Certificates of Deposit) and how I’m thinking about using them! We haven’t owned any CDs for probably ten years. It was one of the first investments I made after graduating from college. Back then, you could get a one-year CD that paid over five percent! … Read more
In a fantastic mark of my own procrastination, I’ve never talked about my relationship with Lending Club here in depth. For those of you who still haven’t heard of them, Lending Club facilitates lending from one person to another person. Instead of holding onto deposits and lending them out to whoever they choose as a … Read more
First off, I want to mention that I’m part of the enormous discussion about early retirement tips and inspirations over at Jeff’s Sustainable Life Blog. I’m somewhere in the middle of that there. —————————————————————– If you own a so-called “exotic” animal, this is a special report you must read! Rabbits must be one of the … Read more
Today I come to your seeking penance and absolution. Oh great personal finance blogger in the sky, forgive me for I have sinned! I spent $40 on a pencil! No, that is not some trick of math. It’s not some military contract gone awry where toilet seats cost their weight in gold. No, I paid … Read more
When I talked about fun things to do in the winter to keep your brain happy, I mentioned, somewhat sarcastically, shoveling all of the snow in existence. I don’t know if someone out there took me at my word or what, but I came home from work last week to find this in our backyard: Ladies … Read more
Can you believe it? It’s been two years now since we bought our rental property! In 2015, we had been maxing out our retirement accounts and looking for a new type of investment. Going by all the early retirement blogs I was reading, it seemed like the next step was adding rental property to our … Read more
Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to meeee. Happy birthday to me. Hey everybody. It’s Norm’s birthday today! Whadja get me? Something good I hope! Didja set a place at the table for me, too? Whatya makin’ for dinner? To celebrate my birthday, every home in America sets a table for … Read more
Back in February I took off for a quick trip to Norway. When you’re living the DINK life, you can see a billboard advertising $99 flights to foreign countries and take them up on the offer! Norway was a place I had been wanting to visit for years. You should go there too… but be … Read more