In addition to travel and financial updates, I decided to try and reflect on life that is happening (which is not all about money and travel). This is my second edition of the life update 
October was the first full month without Kid 1. We missed him yet the life went on. I continued […]
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I am so excited about this!! I convinced my DH to travel to Turks and Caicos for his birthday in Feb of next year, and I am planning to reduce the costs substantially using credit card rewards! So, what will the trip involve? Dates: – Feb 5th to Feb 13, 2022Itinerary: – Fly Delta to
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Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? After the downer September came a better October! The markets behaved much better that last month, which made up for the declines we’ve seen in September. And that’s a good news, despite the fact that one of
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In addition to travel and financial updates, I decided to try and reflect on life that is happening (which is not all about money and travel). So today’s post will be the life update Actually, September was a big month for us. Our eldest son (we’ll call him Kid 1 in future posts) went
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Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? September was a downer! The market giveth, the market taketh away… Despite our making a dent in Mortgage and college costs, as well as normal additions to pre- and post-tax accounts, the net impact of September is
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It’s time to discuss the last few days of the epic road trip, during which we covered five national parks, a few state parks and several states The last few days were spent in Wyoming, exploring the two famous National parks: Grand Teton NP and Yellowstone NP. Coming from Colorado, our first stop was
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Oh, Colorado, what a delightful state it turned out to be! While we haven’t spent much time there, it’s the place I want to come back and explore much more thoughtfully and deliberately. If you remember, we just finished our exploration of parks near Moab and start driving to Colorado, with our first hotel stay
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There are so many things to do in Utah! It’s an amazing state, full of natural wonders and breathtaking landscapes. This time we focused on a few parks around Moab area: Arches National Park, Canyonlands NP – Island in the Sky, and Goblin Valley State Park. We arrived at Moab on July 10th and spent
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Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? August was a typical month – no bonuses, two paychecks, no additional benefits (like ESPP purchases). That’s what we should expect to happen in seven out of twelve months (we get DH’s semi-annual bonuses in July and
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Ok, the time for the first financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? July was a great month to make a progress. Dear Husband (DH) received his semi-annual bonus, which went a long way towards closing the gap between where we are today and the prospect of retiring early in
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