Moving to Jubail, Saudi Arabia!
Making to Big Move! So starting August 9th, I started my grand move to Jubail Saudi Arabia. I would like to say that everything went smoothly, but I don't really want to lie to you dear readers. Final Farewell Before I left, Lindsey and I had a birthday celebration...
Summer of 2017 – A Holding Pattern
Please check out our page about things we like. Here you will find our recommendations on finance, saving money, and products that we like and use personally (this will be added to frequently). The Summer of Nothing Much So as we said in an earlier post, we are...
Investing for Beginners (Part 1)
Disclaimer: This post is not meant as a brag that we seem to have a lot of money. In fact it is quite the opposite! We have come to retirement planning a bit later than we should have. If we were going to be living in the States, we probably would have taken the...
Fleecing teachers — Take Control of your Retirement!
I have been fleeced before. When I was working in Egypt (2008-2010), I thought that it was time to figure out my retirement. It just so happened that a retirement advisor came to our school to sell retirement plans. Wait sell you a retirement plan? Well...
Out With the Old, in With the New
Hey where have you been? First of all, to the 7 people who read this blog, I apologize. It has been a busy month here for us. Not only are we winding down the school year (and in charge of 3 weeks of IB exams!), but we are having to pack up our house, sell things,...
Becoming Houseless
Wait your guys are getting thrown out onto the streets!? No! Houseless! not homeless! So in the last post, we kind of dropped a bombshell about moving overseas (specifically to Saudi Arabia). In the past few weeks, we are now dealing with the implications of our...