About Me

jIM

I am a 35yo married and father of twins. I will update the photos once in a while. They were born 3 months early in March of 2008 and went through a tough first 4 months. They are now doing well.

Retirement checkpoints
( ) $1.5 M needed age 53 2026
( ) $750k needed age 45 2018
( ) $375k needed age 37 2010
( ) $180k needed age 29 2002

I had 200k before the drop in 2008. I need to set aside around 200k in next 2.5 years to get early retirement.

[ ] max 401k for me
[ ] max 401k for wife
[x] max Roth for me
[x] max Roth for wife
[x] start taxable portfolio
[ ] 3 months expenses in EF
[ ] 9 months expenses in taxable account
[ ] open college savings account for kids
[ ] dividend income equals half of annual expenses
[ ] pay off 2nd mortgage by 2013
[ ] pay off 1st mortgage by 2026
[ ] finance next car for 3 years or less
[ ] pay cash for my next car around 2016
[ ] start a TIPs 10 year bond ladder by 2016.

Twins update- ebay helps

August 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

I will post more pictures once my wife gets them transferred to CD.

In meantime the growth of both boys has been nothing short of amazing.

DS1 was born 2 lbs 14 oz, was discharged at 5 lbs. 5 lbs was 5th percentile for weight of premature babies. He weighed in at 11 lbs 14 oz last week, which is 87th percentile for premature babies at his age.

Once he is 100 percentile that means he is not "premature" and can start being compared to normal babies (born at 37 weeks or later).

DS2 was born 2 lbs 6oz and discharged at 6 lbs. He was 3rd percentile weight at discharge. He weighed in at 9 lbs 10 oz today and that is about 67th percentile. Doctor was pleased enought that his formula's calory intake was reduced from 26 to 24. Doctor said in one month he will probably be moved to a more normal formula (like the one his brother uses).

Formula for DS1 costs about $15/can in store and we have been getting it for $5-$10/can on ebay.

Formula for DS2 costs about $35/can in stores and we get it for about $15-$19/can on ebay.

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8 Responses to “Twins update- ebay helps”

Cheryl Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 01:23 pm

Congrats! I have twins too--they are now 3 1/2 years old.
thriftorama Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 01:31 pm

Hmmm. I never thought of buying formula on eBay. Why are people selling it so cheap?

I'm glad your beans are doing well.
sounderella Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 02:03 pm

Yay! I'm so glad to hear they're getting so big! I'll also store the mental note about formula on Ebay for the next one.
princessperky Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 03:00 pm

Glad to hear they are doing well!
compulsive debtor Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 07:54 pm

When the Midge was a baby, we used to call that formula liquid gold. Glad to hear the twins are doing so well!
boomeyers Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 08:25 pm

How cute! I love that baby smile!! Can't wait to see more pictures!!
my english castle Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 07:36 am

That's the cutest photo! Congrats!
livingalmostlarge Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 09:15 am

So cute!

jIM_Ohio is Investing to retire early

Instead of making retirement a question, make it a sport- can I do it and how fast?

Twins update- ebay helps

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