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Investment Re-balancing – Part Two

Investment Re-balancing – Part Two

The process to consolidate my 403b took far longer than I had anticipated.  The funds from Plan sponsor 2 were finally released in early April.  I had provided them with a mailing address to send the proceeds, but requested that if a different address was 

Investment Re-balancing – Part One

Investment Re-balancing – Part One

As I hopefully get closer to being able to retire, I began taking a deeper look at where and how my retirement funds are invested. I have been with the same employer for 43 years and over that time period, the company has used different 

Applying for Social Security

Applying for Social Security

As I mentioned in my Reboot post in January, my husband decided to retire unexpectedly (“I quit my job today”) last October.  He was already on my health insurance so the major impact was going to be the loss of his income on the budget. 

Lasagna

Lasagna

I have had a request from one of my husband’s friends for my Lasagna recipe, so it will be my first attempt to post a recipe. With only 2 of us at home now, I have modified how I prepare my American style version of 

Recipes

Recipes

I am planning to add recipes to this blog and already have had a couple of requests.  Please bear with me as I explore the best ways to do this.  I am going to start with the basic version of Word Press Recipe Maker and 

Reboot

Reboot

I am hoping to start making regular posts to this blog.  In the category of “Life marches on…”, the last 3 years have been very challenging: unexpected extra costs for the house repair, staffing shortages at work, health issues, and now the COVID-19 pandemic and 

Decluttering – Getting Started

Decluttering – Getting Started

Last August, I had started re-organizing the kitchen and had pulled everything out of the pantry to repaint it and rearrange the cabinets.   Also, the contents of our family room had been moved to the living room so we could remove the carpet and replace 

Hello world!

Hello world!

Welcome to Baby Boomer Pragmatist.  This purpose of this website is for me to share the steps and processes that I will be going through as I move towards retirement.  Initially, I will be focusing on reducing the clutter in my life, financial adjustments, health