Wednesday W’s #38.
What’s top of my mind: Finishing the dishcloths for Tom30. There’s a week to go before Tom30 gets the keys…
Wednesday W’s #37.
What’s top of my mind: How lovely it is to have my days back. Oof. Term is done. The first…
Wednesday W’s #36.
What’s top of my mind: Jeffrey waking up earlier than the alarm. When I retired back in 2020, it took…
How much is enough?
What a time to be alive! Only 5 more days to go before I walk out the door having finished…
Thursday W’s #35.
What’s top of my mind: Only 6 days to go! Just one more week before the school holidays. I still…
I went back to work to see what it’s like- so you don’t have to!
I was searching through “school memes” to find an image for this post and then I saw this one. It’s…
Wednesday W’s #34.
What’s top of my mind: He was found guilty! Over the course of these Wednesday W’s I’ve mentioned that I’ve…
Little Adventures #16 – Norf Melbourne. August 2022.
Yesterday I had yard duty at the traffic lights on East Boundary road before school, so I thought I’d wear…
Wednesday W’s #33.
What’s top of my mind: It’s HUMP DAY! Today is the midpoint of my 7-week stint of working full time…
Wednesday W’s #32.
What’s top of my mind: One of the loveliest things about driving to work. When I don’t have to be…
The Sunday blues.
Well, well, well. Here’s an emotion I never thought I’d feel again. When I retired in 2020 I put away…
Wednesday W’s #31.
What’s top of my mind: Do I go to Aldi after posting this? I’ve pulled out some roast pumpkin from…
Do bad things come in threes?
So as you know, last week I not-so-cleverly put my phone in the washing machine and put it through a…
What my phone has taught me about Financial Independence.
Yesterday I got to work and realised that I left my phone at home. That wasn’t a big drama –…
Wednesday W’s #30.
What’s top of my mind: how nice some people are. I’m taking classes for a friend of mine who has…
Little Adventures #15: Creswick and Ballarat. July 2022.
Finally – the girls’ weekend arrived! Working towards Financial Independence involves a lot more things than money. One of these…
Wednesday W’s #29.
What’s top of my mind: Today’s the day!!!! My car is packed, I have a shopping list of food to…
Don’t believe a word of it!
When people whine and say that “kids should be taught personal finance in schools!!! Wahhh wahhh!” you can tell them…
Wednesday W’s #28.
What’s top of my mind: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH. I was so happy this morning, when the news came out that masks are…
Adult kids – helping with a house deposit.
“Kids. Can’t shoot ’em, can’t tie ’em to a tree!” said one of my American friends in a heavy Southern…
Wednesday W’s #27.
What’s top of my mind: Making Ryan27 get his driving licence. He hates driving. Can you imagine? But he has…
Little Adventures #15: Manly Beach. June 2022.
So this is the photo Tom30 sent me at 4 PM on the first day of my holiday. I was…