A female primary care physician opines on money, travel, fitness, and other topics to be determined
Lately, the PiN household has joined the modern, electronically connected world. By that, I mean, I have started forwarding articles to Mr. PiN that I think he would enjoy. Or that I want him to do something about.
I thought I might share some of the articles that I thought interesting enough to forward. After going through all the links, I will concentrate on the personal finance and travel-related articles I sent in the past year.
Continue reading “Monday Melange, May 2021”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 2 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #134 And Friday Firsts”Right now, I love my bed.
There is little I enjoy more during the 5,000th day at home, than sliding into my collection of freshly cleaned sheets, deluxe pillows with just the right degree of softness, and my personal comforter.
Before the pandemic, Mr. PiN and I would sometimes consider the merits of going away for the weekend, and decide to stay home because our house, mostly our bed, was just too luxurious to leave. Now that we cannot leave, we are very happy to have the current sleeping set-up already arranged.
However, I was not planning to write a whole post about how lovely the bed is. More, I was thinking about the financial issues that affected how we built this treat we get to enjoy nightly.
Continue reading “Making A Bed You Want To Lie In”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 2 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #133 And Friday Firsts”When I look around the internet, it seems everyone loves real estate. I can hardly peruse a personal finance blog feed without tripping over someone extolling the virtues of investing in rentals.
Why is it, then, that the PiN household isn’t doing the same?
Continue reading “Why We Don’t Invest In Real Estate”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 2 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #132 And Friday Firsts”I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018. I had just cut back my hours from full time to 90%, and wanted to use my new free time wisely. Some of that time was to relax, but I also wanted to improve my fitness, make my home a more pleasant place to stay, and work on becoming a more well-rounded human being.
My last update was in January 2021, with a number of wins, and several misses.
So how have I done with my new goals? Read on for the latest update, covering the first 3+ months of 2021.
Continue reading “Future Me, April 2021”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 2 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #131 And Friday Firsts”In the past few months, I have been checking my investment portfolio, and seeing it increase. A lot. This has sparked thoughts of retiring much earlier.
After working many weeks in the hospital this winter, I am quite tempted. The thought of staying home, sleeping in, not worrying about COVID exposures from people who can’t be bothered to wear their mask properly–it’s all quite alluring.
Maybe I can think about retiring soon? My nest egg is growing on steroids this year. And yet…
Continue reading “Rising Tides”I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 2 years, and plan to continue doing so.
I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.
Continue reading “Fitness Log #130 And Friday Firsts”