Summer is officially here, with three days in a row of 85 degree temperatures. While I realize that isn't crazy hot for those of you who live in actually hot places, the Pacific Northwest doesn't regularly see temperatures this hot for very long, and so many places (especially homes) don't have built in air conditioning.…
When it comes to thinking about making environmentally friendly, money saving choices at work, almost everyone starts with the commute. Biking, walking, using public transit, telecommuting, and moving closer to work all save money and are better for the environment, but what happens once you start your work day? We live just six miles from…
Week two of back to work after our vacation, and I'm still doing catch up from the time away, at least when it comes to work. Another bonus to a reduced schedule though is that I've had enough time to get things in order at home so we can get ready to go out of…
May was a very different month for us financially because we spent the second half of it on vacation on the East Coast. Thanks to some travel hacking, we didn't have to pay for the plane flights as well as a couple of hotel nights, but we were gone for a full two weeks, which…
We returned from our two week road trip last weekend, and we're back at work this week. Two weeks is the longest we have ever taken off work at one time (outside of having our son, which doesn't quite count as "vacation"), and I have to say that I'm hooked. I'm hopeful that we can…
I've been blogging for most of a year and have written well over 100 blog posts, and I have no plans to quit any time soon. However, I also have no grand plans of turning this blog of mine into a full fledged business, or even a side hustle. I've come close to the 25,000…
We're wrapping up our two week road trip up the East Coast, and it's been a heck of an adventure. With each stop, we've wished to have an extra week or two to explore the area, and the last few places were no exception. Acadia National Park, in particular, is somewhere that deserves a weeklong…
I've alluded to our cheap wedding and honeymoon a couple of times, but I had never gotten around to writing out the details of what it took to make it happen. When I got asked to write a guest post for Millennial Money Man though, I realized it was the perfect opportunity to finally recap…
We're halfway through our big road trip up the East Coast, beginning with Georgia and ending in Maine. We've gotten to see some pretty awesome stuff along the way so far, and I'm updating my Instagram as we go if you're interested in seeing some of the places we're visiting. With each stop, we've said…
If you haven't yet heard about Chief Mom Officer's Women on FIRE series, it is an awesome list of Wednesday posts featuring women who are pursuing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). In a part of the internet where it seems like most of the big stories center around the men pursuing financial independence, Liz at…