Cha-Ching! That’s the sound my phone makes notifying us of an eBay sale. It’s sweet, sweet music. Just as we have in our lives and…
Gathering Magic – How we started a side gig that helped us retire early
I have always loved garage sales. During several months a year (garage sale season), for decades now, driving around scouring through other people’s “stuff” on…
Why did we do this? What inspired us to pay off all of our debt and retire early?
Just over 10 years ago, we found what was supposed to be our “forever” home. It was on a quiet street in a nice, older,…
Follow us on Instagram! MKAlmostThere
As we are traveling, we have limited time and opportunity (along with a lack of quality wifi) to post to our webpage. You can keep…
Re-Tired
I once heard it said, “I was tired yesterday, and now I’m tired again today…I’m Re-tired.” Funny, but Kristi and I have been nothing but…
Debt Free!
As we started our debt-free journey, we used the “Dave Ramsey” snowball method. This method of debt reduction pays off debts in order from lowest…
Mike & Kristi, Summer 1979
We met in 1979 when we were in middle school, attended the same high school, and remained life-long friends. We did not date each other,…
We’re Almost There!
We are Mike and Kristi, and we spent the last decade getting out of debt, saving money, and becoming financially independent so we could retire…