The Vines Go Camping
BY Ms. Vine
Monday October 14, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
Over the summer, we tried out a short camping trip. This was an item on my 101 tasks list. We also wanted to see if camping could be a frugal form of vacationing in the future for us. We had a great time, but I’m not sure if it’s all that frugal for us. We... Read More
A real-life perfect day / The Vines see Hamilton
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 23, 2019 0 Comments Uncategorized
The title is a mischaracterization because this day felt almost perfect and our career jobs kept it from being true perfection. We frequently experience this kind of almost-perfect day. Rather than bring us down, this encourages us. We love that we haven’t let great be the enemy of perfect. We love that we aren’t letting... Read More
August 2019 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 16, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Progress Update, Uncategorized
The weeks and months fly by so quickly. Having 56 months to go before we are ready to pull the plug on our careers sounds like a lot. But then, each month when we reach the last day I think “Already? Another month is over?” Our spending had a planned spike in August with our... Read More
Why we’ve decided to pay off our mortgage early
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 9, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Uncategorized
I mentioned in prior articles that we decided to pay off our mortgage early. When we first embarked on our financial independence journey, we didn’t plan to do this. And in fact, we have not yet started making extra principal payments to accomplish this goal. I’ll get to why in a bit. But first, here... Read More
July 2019 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 2, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Progress Update, Uncategorized
This month has been full of summer fun. To free up the weekends, we’re working extra hard Monday through Friday. It’s tiring. We’re worn out. Our budget is also a bit busted from all of that summer fun, too.  This exhaustion has us thinking about whether we’re making the right choices. We are balancing a... Read More
Our Endless Summer Project: A year of chasing beaches
BY Ms. Vine
Monday August 26, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
Now that it’s summer, we’re all about the beach. Both of us grew up near some of the most amazing beaches in the USA. We stumbled upon this article one winter day. We both thought how amazing it would be to spend a year chasing an endless summer at the best beaches all over the... Read More
Why treating weekends like vacations has not cured our Sunday Scaries
BY Ms. Vine
Monday August 19, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
This summer, inspired by an article on Manrepeller, we decided to treat our weekends like vacations.  https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/05/curing-sunday-scaries.html At least for the summer. Or rather, like staycations. Instead of using the weekend as a time to catch up on all of the work (both paid and unpaid) that’s not getting done, we’ll simply enjoy the time.... Read More