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  • We Got Here With A LOT Of Help From Our Friends (And Family)

    We Got Here With A LOT Of Help From Our Friends (And Family)

    We have been living quite a whirlwind for at least a month and a half. From packing up our home on Sarah Way where we lived for 17 years, to saying our goodbyes to the familiar and trading it for the unknown, to getting our furry friends ready for a lengthy journey. Days blended, time…

  • Chaos!

    Sorry about the lack of updates, life is complete chaos. I’ll give a very brief update now, but we should be back on track next week. At our farewell party (which was a BLAST thanks to everyone who hung out with us) Michelle sprained her knee which put her on crutches for just about a…

  • May Retirement Status

    May Retirement Status

    Retirement: I did it! It feels like it has been months since my last day as a 911 dispatcher (instead of just over three weeks). I’ve spent a large portion of that time doing first hand research into becoming an “international shipping and packing consultant”. Thanks to my great friends (and Michelle who stopped in)…

  • A Calculated Risk Or A Risky Gamble?

    A Calculated Risk Or A Risky Gamble?

    One of our goals with FinazzoFun is to share our adventures in a realistic way; we don’t want to share the good things, the pretty pictures, and the laughs without also sharing the shitty days, dirty beaches, foibles and follies. Today I want to dig into some of the nitty gritty about the visa application…

  • 2022: An Approximate Timeline

    2022: An Approximate Timeline

    One of the most common questions people are asking right now is “when?!”, so, without further ado I present our estimated timeline for the rest of the year. All events are subject to change based on fate, whimsy, and the cascading effects of other changes. 5/5: We finally chose an international shipping company, signed our…

  • April Retirement Status

    April Retirement Status

    Car: One of the first things we did in April was sell our 2015 VW Convertible. It had pretty low mileage, about 45,000, and was in great condition. We used Carvana and the process was super easy. The only downside was that we had to drive it to Salem, which is a 3.5 hour drive…

  • Why Portugal?

    Why Portugal?

    “How did you choose Portugal?” is one of the most common questions people ask about our upcoming move. When we started looking at early retirement options some of the major factors were: cost of living, location, cultural transition, weather, healthcare, and safety. Let’s go through those bits! Cost of Living For a variety of historical…

  • Furry Friends Will Travel More Than 5,500 Miles

    Furry Friends Will Travel More Than 5,500 Miles

    We have been crazy pet people for pretty much always. We don’t have human children, and our furry kids are very important to us. At the largest, our brood was up to ten pets. We have owned cats, dogs, a hedgehog, bunnies, and a guinea pig. When we started planning for early retirement and an…

  • March Retirement Status

    March Retirement Status

    Michelle and I have been working hard to make our dream of early retirement come true ASAP. Since this is our first post we’ll go into some history and extra details about the process. If you want more specific info about anything, post a comment and we’ll do our best to answer all your questions!…