Fare Thee Mel

Personal finance blogger Joe at Retire By 40   recently posted a list / review of all his Amazon purchases for 2019. I thought it would be f...

Recently, I discovered Swagbucks .  Swagbucks is a rewards site where you can answer surveys, browse online and shop, all while earning poin...

Every September our YMCA holds a Member Appreciation Picnic barbecue in their pavilion. A f ew weeks ago a notice was up that the picnic was...

The other evening I was out toiling in my yard edging along the gardens, back patio and driveway. Meanwhile, the lawn service guys were park...

My husband and I have been taking advantage of the nice summer weather to do some fun activities. In the last couple of weeks we went to two...

Although today is a Saturday it is the one month anniversary of the date I started my new job . I have to admit that I struggled a little th...

June is over and that means that 2019 is halfway over as well. My main accomplishment for the month of June was getting a new job. Check. ...

Yesterday I wrote a long post about my annoying, miserable bosses. Then I reread it, fine tuned it, added a picture, previewed it, reread it...

Books Author Herman Wouk died last week. He was nine days shy of his 104th birthday. His major works include The Caine Mutiny which won the...

I was reviewing my 2019 year to date spending and was surprised at how much we spent on food. Here’s the chart (I use a plain old excel spre...

I just finished reading Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living by Elizabeth Willard Thames. This book ...

It’s “thrifty Thursday”, and that means it’s time for a finance post. I went back into the financial archives to look at my utilities spendi...

If you are the one person I know that has “supposedly” unlimited money you can skip this post. As for everyone else, you need a plan for you...

Happy Spring! According to the calendar anyway. The weather is doing its usual - one day nice then two days crummy. I am so ready to put the...

This was a busy week- at work and at home! One errand was restocking the pantry after vacation. Our grocery bill is our second highest expen...

We are heading to the airport in a couple of hours. The weather here in Florida is a lot cooler today with expected high of 68. Of course t...

This is a screenshot of an email I received the other day. I had to look up Watkins Glen Racing because I’ve never been there.   It’s automo...

No, I don’t mean getting fired vs. traditional retirement! FIRE is an acronym for Financial Independence, Retire Early.   This movement has...