Our New Home
We bought a welcome mat. And a house where we can place it.
Please join me on a tour.
Coming to America
For years we have comfortably resided abroad, enjoying a royal lifestyle that included fine dining, a deluxe apartment in the sky, a nanny, quality affordable health care, and frequent visits to the country club. And for the most part we even lived in a COVID-free oasis.
So of course we abandoned all of that and returned to the US.
Playing With House Money
Twice in my lifetime I have sauntered up to a Vegas craps table with a crisp new $100 bill, taken the dice in my hands, and rolled my way to big money – free flight and hotel nights thanks to Lady Luck. (*)
On both occasions, once well ahead, I very carefully tucked a $100 chip into my wallet. Going forward, win or lose, I was playing with house money.
Now… thanks to a robust stock market I’m once again playing with house money. Literally.
Greed, Lust, and the Best Laid Plans
It’s June already! Normally at this time of year we would be packing our bags and setting off to explore the world. Ahh, Europe!
Last year our range was limited due to an expanding family and covid, so we adventured locally.
Now, in the year Twenty Twenty-one, our schemes have seemingly gone awry.
Go Curry Cracker Coin (April Fools)
Odds are that by now you have heard of Bitcoin or some of the other higher profile cryptocurrencies, e.g. Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, etc…
Today I want to introduce you to the latest and hottest cryptocurrency, Go Curry Cracker Coin!
GCC Business Review 2020
2020 was our 8th full year of life beyond work. After all this time I still feel it is pretty nice.
This year was a bit more disorganized than most, simply because the year was more chaotic – a global pandemic and the birth of our 2nd child may have been contributing factors. As such, 2020 content was more wide than deep. Topics covered include:
- The CARES Act and other tax related gobbledygook
- Life during a pandemic
- The emotional bits of losing a sh#t ton of $$$
- The Award Travel Series – a whole bunch of great travel hacking help and inspiration
- Some fun lifestyle choices we have made – country club, 2 kids, nanny, etc…
Each year we’ve also shared detailed income and blog traffic data – I always suspected that during a big recession readership and income on a blog such as this would plummet. If there are no capital gains, there isn’t much interest in tax optimization. If you can’t or won’t travel, travel hacking isn’t the most exciting topic.
Let’s just say that I was pleasantly surprised on both counts.
