I've been a lurker for a while. I thought I'd introduce myself. DH and I are 40 and have a 7 and 4 yr. old that we homeschool. We are simple livers, or how ever you would say that. OK fine, call us cheap. We don't care
Dh's last day was friday. It'll take some getting used to, but we have a lot of house projects to finally complete before we can sell, and a new community to find and land to buy and a sustainable, natural (read cheap and green) house to build, and 2 kids to rear, so I think we'll have our hands full and keep ourselves busy. I think it'll be about a 2 year transition time, which I'm not thrilled about, but probably not a bad thing in this housing market.
I don't really have any questions, I just wanted to delurk and say hi now that we're officially ER. I should say my DH doesn't like the word retire for us because that seems to imply a lot of money and the ability to do whatever you want. ( And everyone gave him a hard time ((meaning lots of questions and not much comprehension)) at work when he used to word.) We are doing this on the cheap to get out of a time consuming career and be able to live our lives with our children for the short time they are under our care. (ANd yes, we've got the spreadsheet from hell and the spreadsheet guru to get us through. DH was in budgeting and we've been planning this for 10 years, though it's seen several changes along the way.)
Thanks for the wonderful forum. I've enjoyed all the reading about others.
Dh's last day was friday. It'll take some getting used to, but we have a lot of house projects to finally complete before we can sell, and a new community to find and land to buy and a sustainable, natural (read cheap and green) house to build, and 2 kids to rear, so I think we'll have our hands full and keep ourselves busy. I think it'll be about a 2 year transition time, which I'm not thrilled about, but probably not a bad thing in this housing market.
I don't really have any questions, I just wanted to delurk and say hi now that we're officially ER. I should say my DH doesn't like the word retire for us because that seems to imply a lot of money and the ability to do whatever you want. ( And everyone gave him a hard time ((meaning lots of questions and not much comprehension)) at work when he used to word.) We are doing this on the cheap to get out of a time consuming career and be able to live our lives with our children for the short time they are under our care. (ANd yes, we've got the spreadsheet from hell and the spreadsheet guru to get us through. DH was in budgeting and we've been planning this for 10 years, though it's seen several changes along the way.)
Thanks for the wonderful forum. I've enjoyed all the reading about others.