November 20, 2019
I was wondering if after all these *months* you’d like to meet. Hello. Can you hear me? Actually, I should ask, do you remember me? I know it’s been a hot minute since I posted last. Let’s just say that life got in the way. Now, I have a million and one ideas of things that I want to post…
February 6, 2019
Hey there waffle tribe, today’s post is an “in case you missed it” post. Last week I had the amazing opportunity to guest post over at Physician On Fire’s site. And let me tell you, it was an absolute honor. Physician On Fire was one of the first FIRE blogs that I started reading and I immediately became hooked. Even…
January 23, 2019
This year I’m stepping it up. Pushing myself to the next level. Moving on up in the world. Rising to the challenge… I think you get the picture. The December Minimalist Challenge In December, Mrs.1500 and I completed the Minimalism Challenge in which we purged over 496 items in total from our house. It was awesome! Technically, the challenge is…
January 9, 2019
Whenever I mention any of my volunteer work, it never fails that I always get asked one question. How do you find placements or organizations to volunteer with? And I usually initially respond with “Do your research!” There are a lot of spammy volunteer organizations out there, so you definitely want to pick one that is reliable and trusted”,…
December 5, 2018
Back in August, I was decluttering like a champ. I was inspired, motivated, and crushing J$’s declutter challenge. I successfully eliminated one item per day for an entire month. My house was getting lighter and lighter by the minute. Everything was going swimmingly, until… well, life got in the way. We had some friends come into town, we went out…
November 21, 2018
My First Medical Mission I was nervous as I packed up the last bit of supplies into the duffel bag and zipped it shut. The bag was full of medical supplies, including gauze, syringes, tape, drains, among other items that I would be taking to Ayacucho, Peru to assist the team of medical professionals during our week of volunteering. …
November 7, 2018
First, The Background The waffle’s have a microwave. It’s a glorious little device that sits in our kitchen day in and day out. There’s really nothing fancy about our microwave. It’s white, typical size, has a bunch of buttons, but when it comes to heating up food, it gets the job done. It’s also been in our family for…
October 24, 2018
The Beginning Before I jump in, I wanted to give a shout out to the Happy Philosopher, since this post was born out of a chat I had with him at last year’s FinCon. It’s funny how a simple mention of a story while talking with a friend can lead into a full on discussion about life. Thanks HP for providing…
October 10, 2018
Changes on the Path the FI Since starting on the path to financial independence, there have been a lot of changes in the waffle household. Fortunately for you, most of these changes I have already written about. These changes include how I: reduced my phone bill learned to compost started decluttering cut back on my carbon footprint started a…
September 5, 2018
This past month, I’ve been up to something. Something that has been needed to get done for awhile and I just could never quite find the time or energy to do it. That all changed when I read J$’s post on July 24th. He was getting rid on one item a day for 30 days and challenging his readers to do…