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01-17-2016, 05:46 PM
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Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by rec7
A nice ranch like your old house.
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Yes, and no steps, thank goodness, because my knees can't handle them easily any more. Just right for me. 
It might not be everybody's dream house and I can imagine the HGTV set turning up their nose at it. But for me, it's just perfect and feels like home.
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01-17-2016, 06:44 PM
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#182
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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All right! What is saving money for, if you cannot use it to buy some happiness when it is available and affordable?
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"Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities" - Voltaire (1694-1778)
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01-17-2016, 06:49 PM
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#183
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by NW-Bound
All right! What is saving money for, if you cannot use it to buy some happiness when it is available and affordable?
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 I agree! I am looking forward to many, many happy years living here.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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01-17-2016, 06:50 PM
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#184
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Santa Paula
Posts: 4,076
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I just got my CC annual statement and was shocked to see I charged 20K more than I took in last year. Now I have to figure out where it came from LOL
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Retired Jan 2009 Have not looked back.
AA 60/35/5 considering SS and pensions a SP annuity
WR 2% with 2SS & 2 Pensions
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01-17-2016, 09:27 PM
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#185
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2014
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Heck, I download every couple of weeks and track monthly. Now I can even compare to the same month of 2015. Yes, I AM a financial control freak.
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01-17-2016, 10:31 PM
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#186
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Originally Posted by athena53
Heck, I download every couple of weeks and track monthly. Now I can even compare to the same month of 2015. Yes, I AM a financial control freak.
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I download and track expenses monthly. Then I forecast future months and anticipate upcoming expenditures. I don't consider myself a financial control freak.
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01-17-2016, 10:43 PM
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#187
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 5,214
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Your house looks wonderful. The timing, the location, the condition of the house (especially the elderly friendly part) all worked out for you like a dream.
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01-17-2016, 10:56 PM
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#188
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,532
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I can see why it would be your dream house. Very nice.
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01-18-2016, 08:17 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Originally Posted by tmm99
Your house looks wonderful. The timing, the location, the condition of the house (especially the elderly friendly part) all worked out for you like a dream.
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Originally Posted by Dreamer
I can see why it would be your dream house. Very nice.
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Thank you, both! I am so pleased and surprised that others can see why this is my dream house, even though it is neither a mansion nor the type of home we see on HGTV at all.
Once the workmen are finished with my yard make-over, gate in the fence, and other exterior changes, it will be perfect for me. The inside is perfect for me, and living next door to F has been wonderful for both of us.
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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01-20-2016, 12:54 PM
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#190
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Collin County, TX
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Both retired in 2009. At the time dh was 54 and yours truly 51. DH receives a small non cola'd pension.
2009 Projected WR.....0 (dh worked part of that year, we had to take no reserves)
2010 Projected WR....3%......Actual 2.71%
2011 Projected WR....3%......Actual 3.27% (health issues)
2012 Projected WR....3%......Actual 2.87%
2013 Projected WR....3.5%...Actual 4.94% (new car)
2014 Projected WR....3.5%...Actual 2.68%
2015 Projected WR....3.5%...Actual 3.57%
2016 Projected WR....3.0% (dh will start getting SS in June of this year)
There will always be 'surprises'......
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01-21-2016, 09:52 AM
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#191
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
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I went a tiny bit over on my spending. I also went a little bit over on my eating and drinking. I enjoyed all these slight excesses and regret nothing.
So I'm hunkering down for January. Spending only for essentials, dieting, and tea-totaling.
Ten more days and I'll be back to my hedonistic ways!
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01-21-2016, 12:58 PM
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#192
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by W2R
Thank you, both! I am so pleased and surprised that others can see why this is my dream house, even though it is neither a mansion nor the type of home we see on HGTV at all.
Once the workmen are finished with my yard make-over, gate in the fence, and other exterior changes, it will be perfect for me. The inside is perfect for me, and living next door to F has been wonderful for both of us.
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What makes a house a dream house to me is how closely it matches what I want. It sounds like this house matches what you want very, very closely.
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01-21-2016, 05:30 PM
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#193
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Bushnell
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I spent more money in 2015 than any other year of my life, and I still came in $3k under budget. This despite some big trips such as 6 weeks in Europe and 3 weeks each in Hawaii and SE Asia. Almost 1/2 my spending went towards travel.
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01-21-2016, 05:43 PM
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#194
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 125
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still working so numbers will change after retirement, but came in 20k under my planned budget despite international travel, a very good year
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