Category: Retirement
My HSA Just Got Better
A few years before I retired, my company decided to broaden its health insurance options by introducing a high-deductible policy that was accompanied by a health savings account (HSA). Since I had no chronic ailments and wasn’t prone to accidents, I decided to give the high-deductible policy a whirl and take advantage of an HSA’s…
What to Expect from Early Retirement
Oh, it’s Saturday Oh, it’s Saturday High nigh nighny and a ha cha cha —Spanky, upon discovering that the weekend has arrived and he doesn’t have to go to school Our Aussie blogger friend Frog Dancer Jones is retiring next week. Bully for her! She’s a wonderful person, and she really does deserve to own…
We Discovered an Obamacare Wrinkle That Lowered Our Monthly Premium to Zero for 2020
Mrs. Groovy signed us up for Obamacare for 2020 and stumbled upon an Obamacare wrinkle that we’ve never seen before. Apparently, members of a family need not all be covered by the same plan. In other words, Obamacare allows a husband and wife to have different plans. What I’d like to do now is show…
What I Like and Don’t Like About Retirement
Last week I wrote a post about the state of our finances three years into retirement. But in that post, I never pointed out what I liked and didn’t like about retirement. Today’s post aims to correct that dreadful oversight. Here we go. Three Things I Like About Retirement No Shortage of Things to Do…
The System Works! Or Does It?
Mrs. Groovy and I have now been retired for three years. And I must say that we are kicking this retirement thing’s ass. Here’s the skinny on our retirement thus far: Since retiring, our net worth has increased by $190,000. That works out to an average increase of $63,000 per year. Between my pension and…