DisneyDreamer
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- Feb 23, 2019
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Greetings from snowy rural Oregon! I'm DisneyDreamer, a 51 year old, newly single, public school teacher originally from New England. How did I end up here in the OR mountains? I'm a former military spouse. (A 20/20/20 spouse, meaning retained my military benefits and healthcare. Yeah me!)
I am hoping to retire early at 55 as soon as school gets out for the summer in 2023. I will have a small PERS pension. I also have a 1.2 million (mostly Vanguard) portfolio, a paid for OR vacation home (400K), and am living in a 150K 104 year old cute-as-a-button Craftsman with 109K remaining on the mortgage. No alimony and that's fine by me. I'm on my own and proud of it.
My dream is to move (back to) to Central Florida (Celebration, ideally!) near Disney. I've lived in FL twice during my military spouse days and I loved it. Work part time at Disney or substitute teach for more flexibility.
During a snow storm this past Presidents Day weekend, I crunched the numbers and think I can make this dream a reality. Sell my two houses. Pay cash for a Florida house. Healthcare is taken care of. Get my Disney annual pass. Live the dream.
I'm here to get inspired. Greetings to all! (Now excuse me, I have to go shovel snow. Again!!!)
I am hoping to retire early at 55 as soon as school gets out for the summer in 2023. I will have a small PERS pension. I also have a 1.2 million (mostly Vanguard) portfolio, a paid for OR vacation home (400K), and am living in a 150K 104 year old cute-as-a-button Craftsman with 109K remaining on the mortgage. No alimony and that's fine by me. I'm on my own and proud of it.
My dream is to move (back to) to Central Florida (Celebration, ideally!) near Disney. I've lived in FL twice during my military spouse days and I loved it. Work part time at Disney or substitute teach for more flexibility.
During a snow storm this past Presidents Day weekend, I crunched the numbers and think I can make this dream a reality. Sell my two houses. Pay cash for a Florida house. Healthcare is taken care of. Get my Disney annual pass. Live the dream.
I'm here to get inspired. Greetings to all! (Now excuse me, I have to go shovel snow. Again!!!)