Author: Mr. Groovy
Building Groovy Ranch: Update 19
Not much to report this week on Groovy Ranch. We got our builder, Terry, and now we’re just formulating a contract. Terry gave us a boilerplate contract to review and we’re basically satisfied with it. There are just a few things that we’re not comfortable with. The lawyer who handled our land purchase is addressing…
How To Be Less Spendy
Last week, during one of my daily constitutionals, I had some great thoughts. First, I came up with a pithy way of describing the connection between wallet management and financial independence. Here it is. Feed your desires, starve your savings. Starve your savings, kill any hopes of achieving financial independence. Then I needed some pithy…
Building Groovy Ranch: Update 17 (We’re Back!)
Hello, groovy freedomist! It’s been a long time since my last post and a lot has happened. So I’ll dispense with the flowery introduction and get right to business. Here we go. Stats on the Sale We sold Groovy Home on May 10 for our list price of $250K. We brought Groovy Home ten years…
The Mysterious Ways of Frugal Father Jamison
Hello Groovy Freedomists! Just one more week until Mrs. Groovy and I start getting our blogging mojo back after selling our home and moving. And do we have stories for you! In the meantime, we’ve got an awesome post for you from one of our favorite bloggers, Brent Truitt. Not only is Brent a fabulous…
Should Medical Tourism Be On Your Radar?
Imagine this scenario. You go into a pizzeria for a pepperoni slice and a coke. But there are no prices. When you ask the young lady at the counter what the pepperoni slice and coke will cost, she doesn’t know. In fact, no one who works there knows. The only way to tell is to…