Frugal Freedom

I didn't realize it had been so long since I had written. 2023 was a whirlwind of spending. First, I amused myself with online shopping for shoes and a dress for my nephew's wedding. Not the neph...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2024/01/where-did-2023-go.html

 Now that one rental house is sold, I technically have enough money in the bank to retire with a $2,000/month allowance until I am old enough to access my 401K. There are a few things that make ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2022/10/whats-plan-now.html

That was an exhausting summer. I know summer isn't officially over but I'm calling it done. The two bedroom rental was trashed, of course. Yes, I know that is my fault for not inspecting it once ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2022/09/busy-summer-months-of-sweat-equity.html

I turned 50 this week and I'm not retired yet. Something must be wrong. Or not. Plans change. Lifestyle inflation happens. I can retire at a basic level, I just don't want to quite yet. I work fr...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2022/05/is-it-still-early-after-50.html

It's a very windy day here in Arizona. Still sunny and 70's so I'm not complaining. My last tenants of the snowbird season arrived on Tuesday. Hopefully, they will have a great time and no proble...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2022/03/spring-and-wind-and-bills.html

 Another year full of hope and promise. So far this year I have gotten a raise, my sister agreed to let me buy her half of my house and my neighbor, who I live with during the winter, adopted a ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2022/01/happy-2022.html

 Hello from the downhill side of 2021! It's been a generally uneventful year, just the way I like it. I have been keeping busy with my regular job, doing eBay sales for our animal shelter and wo...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2021/11/autumn-2021.html

Hello to my friends in internet-land! I want to check-in to let you know that I am alive and well.  I hope you are all too. It's been almost a year since I posted last. The world sort of implod...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2021/01/new-year-update.html

A lot of things have changed and not just in my head this time.  The biggest thing is that my office closed ahead of schedule.  We had to be out by November.  I now work at home and my positio...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2020/02/im-still-around.html

Hello again.  Everything has changed and nothing has changed.  That's because most of the changes have been in my head, as in, my ever-changing plans for the future.  Since my last post, I wa...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/08/making-hybrid-plans.html

I started this post back in March.  I need to update it again. ---------------------- Let's take a look at my financial freedom/semi-retire early plan again.  I admit it, I am a total scaredy...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/05/budgets-and-plans.html

I just returned from my mother's funeral in Washington.  As my aunt put it, "It was a fun time on a sad occasion."  It was good to see the family mostly all together.  My co-worker looked aft...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/05/which-direction-to-go.html

I had a post written for last week but my mother took a turn for the worse and my priorities changed.  She hadn't opened her eyes when I visited for two weeks prior.  She was sliding down in he...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/04/the-journeys-end.html

Spring is here and there are a million things to do.  I have a list of things that I would like to get done before it gets hot and I hide inside for 4 months (June through September).  The top ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/03/spring-projects_25.html

Trench dug, conduit in, trench filled.  Progress!  Sounds easy and simple.  What actually happened was: Day 1- bought pvc pipe, rented mini-excavator, trench was dug in under 15 minutes by ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/03/learning-hard-way.html

Things are finally starting to move forward out at my property again.  Some of you may recall that I put around $10k into the old mobile home in 2015 so that my nephew and I could live within t...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/02/progress-on-tiny-house-sort-of.html

My goal each week is to go straight home after work as much as I can.  This week is already filling up.  Typically, I visit my mother on Tuesdays and Thursdays and I feel bad when errands get ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/01/a-typical-week.html

I forgot to mention the status of my 2 rental houses.  Let's review: House 1:  4 bedrooms/2 bathrooms.  Under property management at a cost of $100/m.  The tenant moved out at the end of ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/01/rental-update.html

It's been a while for sure.  I think about my blog every once in a while but the lack of exciting news in my life seems to keep me from writing a post.  Plus, one of the main reasons for this ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2019/01/playing-catch-up.html

I took mom to the lake this weekend.  Not much happening there. I don't know about you but to me these weeks are just flying by.  Now that I don't have a mortgage, I need to get serious ab...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2018/05/hello-again.html

The house has sold! It took 5 months of work on weekends and holidays and days off, but it is finally over.  After paying back the money I borrowed from my mother for the installation of air...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2018/03/sold.html

Maybe if I work on this synopsis of the last few months a few minutes a day, I will catch up. The move: As you know, my mother bought a house and we both moved in mid-August. It has been non-...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2017/10/maybe-if-i-work-on-this-synopsis-of.html

I'm still here! Yes, I moved in with mother and everything has been on over-drive ever since.  I have a lot to catch up on but I am trying to type this on my little phone. My home computer is st...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2017/10/bumps-in-road.html

Moving day tomorrow! The wall project got approved by the HOA architectural committee and my handyman has been working on raising the wall from 4' to 6' this week. The sliding glass door isn't i...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2017/08/moving-in-maybe.html

Yes, I am still here and doing fine. Things are chaotic with the new house and renovations. We finally got the keys on the 14th and I brought a load of stuff down to put in the closet because I ...

http://www.myfrugalfreedom.com/2017/07/slow-progress.html