Posted on November 18, 2017
Personal update: changing directions
So this is the entry where I lay out all the ridiculous stuff that has happened this fall. As you know, we were merrily swimming along saving for our goals to buy the house we live in and… Read More
Posted on October 5, 2017
Managing life’s roadblocks
We’ve all been there: roadblocks in life, roadblocks in work, roadblocks in love. These often-sudden changes are those that completely knocks you off course, knocks the wind out of your sails, and then leaves you picking up the… Read More
Posted on September 2, 2017
August savings update – End of summer edition!
Note: Our financial goals for 2017 include saving $18300 to buy back my pensionable years for my defined benefit pension as well as save $50000 which will make us mortgage-free at the beginning of 2018. It’s time once… Read More
Posted on August 3, 2017
Monthly savings update – July edition
Note: Our financial goals for 2017 include saving $18300 to buy back my pensionable years for my defined benefit pension as well as save $50000 which will make us mortgage-free at the beginning of 2018. As I previously… Read More
Posted on July 12, 2017
June savings update & life update
This post should be my budget post, part II. Alas, it isn’t! My apologies but I had to review all our numbers with Mr. Tucker’s new job and since then I have had to revamp my numbers. I… Read More
Posted on April 20, 2017
Free Lunch!
HEY GUYZ, LOOK: A FREE LUNCH! Let’s venture in and see what is inside! As the old adage goes: there is no such thing as a free lunch. Still, that doesn’t stop businesses from offering free lunches –… Read More
Posted on January 12, 2017
Ahead of the game?
Note: Our financial goals for 2017 include saving $18300 to buy back my pensionable years for my defined benefit pension as well as save $50000 which will make us mortgage-free at the beginning of 2018 I socked away… Read More
Posted on November 2, 2016
To every season, turn, turn, turn…those goals into reality
Don’t tell anyone but I love all the seasons. I grew up having all four seasons fleetingly spread across the mere 12 months of a year and I still love them all. Sure, sure, I am one of… Read More
Posted on June 14, 2016
Are you a failure?
The beauty of living in an old neighbourhood Since I was 18 I have been obsessed with personal finance. I was young, poor, living on my own and happened to come across the Tightwad Gazette II. From there… Read More
Posted on November 21, 2015
Getting Hygge with it
It’s so cold in this country Every road home is long … It’s so cold in this country You can never get warm – The North by Stars We’ve been pretty lucky (but not, like, in the global… Read More
Posted on October 26, 2015
Lessons learned & a little life update after a crazy month
Sure, it’s pretty but it also means winter isn’t far behind… Well I haven’t written anything over the past 30 days mostly because I was busy just surviving. It’s been a heck of a merry-go-round here in Bungalowville… Read More
Posted on August 11, 2015
Ain’t no drama like HVAC drama
Hey, do you have any of these pamphlets in English? Maybe with definitions? If there is one thing that I have no clue about, it’s HVAC anything. I have general knowledge about many things and the rest I… Read More
Posted on June 16, 2015
In which we explore the harrowing world of HVAC and finance
Earlier this spring our old, crumbling heating system decided to die a slow death. Slow because it still works and we’ve been using the AC but it means we do have to replace it. To be honest, I… Read More
