Posted in Goals, Health, Personal Finances, Travel on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How did I do on my November goals? Let’s see:
Travel. I had planned a six-day roadtrip for four adults through California and wanted to stick to a budget of $1000. Because I’m actually still away I haven’t done the final sums, so I’ll dedicate a post to that next week. STILL IN PROGRESS
Financial. I wanted to put [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Movies/Documentaries on November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week we watched The Bucket List on DVD again. For those that haven’t seen it, it’s about two strangers who meet each other in hospital, where they are both told they have only months to live. They decide that there are things in life that they would like to do and see before they kick [...]
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finances, Travel on November 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We are currently enjoying our road-trip around California. The trip will total about 1400 miles, and to reduce the amount we spend on travel we made a little bit of an effort to employ some good new habits.
Things we did before we left to improve our fuel efficiency
Car tune up. Having clean oil and air filters improves fuel efficiency. Before we [...]
Posted in Personal Finances, Simple Living on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The joys of car ownership.
Three days before we planned to head off on our big roadtrip around California my husband organised his usual inspection of our car. He ensured the oil, filters and tyres were in good order before our trip of over a thousand miles. He booked the car in for a wheel alignment to ensure [...]
Posted in Frugal, Travel on November 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A little while ago I posted my list of medium-term travel goals. This week I’m off to try and tick off a few more of my ‘must see’ places:
Yosemite National Park, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Sequoia National Park, California, USA
Big Sur Drive, California, USA
My biggest challenge is to try and do this trip on a [...]
Posted in Financial Freedom, Goals, Inspiration, Personal Finances on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was tagged by Money On My Mind. Here are 6 things you don’t know about me…
In my life I’ve been a cleaner, waitress, surf shop assistant, kitchen cabinet maker, student, landlord, photographer and an aerospace engineer. I’ve rarely worked only one job at a time. As a teenager I worked three jobs in addition to going [...]
Posted in Frugal, Green Living, Personal Finances, Simple Living on November 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In the last few months, we have made a real effort to turn a darker shade of green. I mean, I’ve always recycled, minimised water usage and turned off the lights, but recently we’ve stepped it up a notch. All these changes have been really easy to implement and although they are great for the [...]
