Wintering In Spain … The Cost
by *UPDATE – So, it’s 2023, how much has the cost of wintering in Spain gone up since this original analysis was written in 2019 you …
Author: Greg McCaughey
The Case For Wintering In Spain
Yes, winter can be fun … when you’re young. When you’re older, not so much. The places we Canadians typically head off to have lovely …
When to Take Your CPP? … My Take on It
*Updated Feb 26, 2021 to include link to GofC website re: CPP sharing. It seems that everyone writing about retirement has become fixated on when …
Airline Gift Cards … Good Idea … Mostly
If you read my last article about the use of reward miles to book international travel you will know that we have decided to redeem …
Striking a Budget and Tracking Your Expenses – Part 3 of 3 – My Expense Items and Categories with a Little Bit of Income Tracking Talk Thrown In
I can’t really recall exactly when I decided that we should start tracking our expenses and setting a budget every year. But it did turn …
Striking a Budget and Tracking Your Expenses – Part 2 of 3 – The Basics of Budgeting and Tracking (Updated)
The first task is to figure out exactly how much after tax income you will have coming in for the year. This tells you how …
Striking a Budget and Tracking Your Expenses – Part 1 of 3 – Everyone Should Be Doing It
Beginning to strike a yearly budget and track our family expenses, many years ago was far-and-away the single most important money decision we have ever …
It’s Important To Us All
What! I was supposed to save money for retirement? Nobody told me! I suppose that it would be hard for any of us to claim …
The Blog Launch!
The race has been run. Battles have been won and lost. The champagne corks have been popped, and the empties returned for refunds—every penny counts …
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This blog will reflect the efforts of one Canadian to share his experiences with retired life in all of its wonderful manifestations and machinations. It …