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Vincenzo · 05-13-2007, 01:01 PM

Mwsinron,

Thanks for letting me know about ehealthinsurance. I'll check it out.

Mwsinron & REWahoo,

Yeah, I had a feeling my estimate for health insurance was too much. In general, my wife thinks my retirement plan is too rosy and so lately I've been ultra-conservative in some areas of my planning. I might bring that down a bit based on the feedback I've gotten here.

TromboneAl,

Thanks for the feedback. Just to clarify a thing or two - we hardly ever eat out (except for when we go on vacation, of course). I don't think buying a small house in the country is in our future as I'm not exactly Mr. Handy and a house, I'm sure, always requires maintenance. Plus, we don't want to be bothered with shoveling snow, raking leaves, cutting bushes, painting fences, etc. although in retirement I might feel otherwise. As for going on more modest trips? My wife is frugal and we both live simple lives but my wife feels (and I tend to agree) that there's just too much beauty out there to see. But we don't fly first-class, but coach. We don't stay at five-star hotels but at modest accomodations. Regarding the wine - yeah, I suppose I could find cheaper wine. A Trader Joe's opened up near us and I was hoping to find good, cheap wine there but, alas, this Trader Joe's didn't sell alcohol.

rmark,

Yes, I keep telling DW that the wine is for medicinal purposes - doctor's orders, I tell her

Ha,

Yeah, we live pretty simple lives. We do catch a show every now and then but off-Broadway stuff. We catch a concert every so often. But we don't do the "urban lifestyle" stuff all that much. Don't know that we're house-poor.

Walkinwood,

We live in Northern New Jersey. Property taxes - Doh! I knew I forgot something. And insurance too! Good grief! Time to hit another bottle of Chianti!

05-13-2007, 01:01 PM	#10
Vincenzo Dryer sheet wannabe Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 24	Mwsinron, Thanks for letting me know about ehealthinsurance. I'll check it out. Mwsinron & REWahoo, Yeah, I had a feeling my estimate for health insurance was too much. In general, my wife thinks my retirement plan is too rosy and so lately I've been ultra-conservative in some areas of my planning. I might bring that down a bit based on the feedback I've gotten here. TromboneAl, Thanks for the feedback. Just to clarify a thing or two - we hardly ever eat out (except for when we go on vacation, of course). I don't think buying a small house in the country is in our future as I'm not exactly Mr. Handy and a house, I'm sure, always requires maintenance. Plus, we don't want to be bothered with shoveling snow, raking leaves, cutting bushes, painting fences, etc. although in retirement I might feel otherwise. As for going on more modest trips? My wife is frugal and we both live simple lives but my wife feels (and I tend to agree) that there's just too much beauty out there to see. But we don't fly first-class, but coach. We don't stay at five-star hotels but at modest accomodations. Regarding the wine - yeah, I suppose I could find cheaper wine. A Trader Joe's opened up near us and I was hoping to find good, cheap wine there but, alas, this Trader Joe's didn't sell alcohol. rmark, Yes, I keep telling DW that the wine is for medicinal purposes - doctor's orders, I tell her Ha, Yeah, we live pretty simple lives. We do catch a show every now and then but off-Broadway stuff. We catch a concert every so often. But we don't do the "urban lifestyle" stuff all that much. Don't know that we're house-poor. Walkinwood, We live in Northern New Jersey. Property taxes - Doh! I knew I forgot something. And insurance too! Good grief! Time to hit another bottle of Chianti!