I love listening to classic rock and roll. It was the music that played on the radio stations when I was in my early teens, and it has left a lasting impression on me. I often noticed that many of the groups had a title track song on their first album with the same name […]
Spending
How the Number 5 is playing a big role in our lives
Have you ever heard that sometimes things happen in 3’s? An example is when we get 3 bits of good or bad news all in a short period. Sometimes you read about a recent second celebrity death and soon another will pass away. For us it seems that the number 5 is playing a positive […]
Remodeling: We completed our kitchen!
We have been a bit quiet lately on the JOMY website. If you follow our blog, you know that the past six months have been very busy. We sold our home, downsized to something smaller, and then hurled ourselves headfirst into months of remodeling projects. Our updates to the blog have been less frequent due […]
What if our future expectations are completely wrong?
Recently, I spent time with my youngest daughter, celebrating her graduation from high school. We shared some awesome moments and father-daughter conversations. I attended her high school graduation and took keepsake photos of the event. The next night, we had a party for her with about fifty of her friends and family. The night of […]
My Finely Tuned Spending Justification System
None of us is born with an instruction manual providing answers about how to live our lives. For that matter, even if we did have a manual, what would we do during those early years until we learned how to read? Many of us tend to spend our entire lifetimes trying to figure out the […]
Remember When Filling the Gasoline Tank Was a Budget Buster?
One of the many benefits of getting older is remembering experiences from earlier years. I remember buying my first car, at age 16, for $300. It was a 1966 VW bug with an air-cooled engine. I immediately set off to do the required maintenance work to the vehicle and add my own personal touches. The […]
What Is a Mortgage, Really, and How Do I Get One?
I would like to share with you today a guest post of mine on Angry Retail Banker (ARB) from last month. The topic we decided on was reviewing the steps needed to get a real estate mortgage, from the perspective of those people that have never gone through the process before. ARB is an excellent […]
How We Upsized Our Cruising Experience (Hint: On the Cheap!)
We learned a few cruising experience secrets recently… the ones that “those fat cats on Wall Street don’t want you to know.” (I always cringe when I hear statements like that. It is usually some “click bait” trying to get you to read a sponsored site about a service you didn’t realize you needed—or even […]
Here’s $25K. Now Go Spend It!
When the Powerball jackpot recently surged to $1.5 billion, “Powerball fever” swept across much of the country. On the news and across social media, many reported on what that much money (even after taxes) could buy, and the extent to which it could change a person’s life. I believe this helped people escape from the […]
Challenges with a Remodel: Our Experience with the Downsized Home
The last few weeks have been quite chaotic while working through the upcoming sale of our home and the new purchase of our downsized residence. We encountered several challenges with home inspection items of the home we are selling. This took weeks to resolve. We took on some quick remodel projects on the new residence, […]