Lifestyle

Frugal Friday Dog Toy

I love our pets, but this year we have spent over $6,000 on our pets this year.  We have two birds, two cats, and now a dog.  I haven’t calculated the exact amount we have spent on our pets, because anything we buy on Amazon goes into our “general...

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First DIY Project at the New Home

My first Do-It-Yourself (DIY) project was the result of us adding our newest family member earlier this year, our dog Ansel.  He is an always happy dog with tons of energy.  Unfortunately he loves to chew, is quite rambunctious and we have two cats as well.  As a result...

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We Bought a House

I’ve been in the process of drafting some articles on our house hunting adventures, but I am going save those for another day now as we have just gone into contract for a house. Since the site is called California FIRE I am hoping no one will be too...

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Why I took a $30,000 Pay Cut in my Job

I previously wrote about my experience with FU Money (or in my case FU Power).  Again, I didn’t quite get the outcome I was hoping for, but I still had a good outcome.  Part of that outcome was a change in jobs. On the surface it looks like a...

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