It’s been several years since I first posted my roasted salsa recipe, but what’s worth doing once is worth doing again. Especially when it saves money!
For the next five days I’m going to be completely offline — The Tako family is going camping in the mountains without access to the internet. So, I won’t be posting to Mr. Tako Escapes on my regular schedule …
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Everyone likes to think they’re normal. We wake-up every single day and tell ourselves this little white lie of normality.
“I live a normal life. I work a normal job. I earn a normal income. I live in a normal home and save a normal amount of money. Life is pretty good”
Why do we tell ourselves this lie? I think it’s because being normal is comfortable. No one criticizes normal…
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It’s summer and the weather is HOT. The Pacific Northwest has been setting record temperatures for the last couple of days, with highs in the low 90’s Fahrenheit (roughly 32C).
After a long hot commute home from work and school, I can imagine most families don’t feel like firing up a stove or oven to make dinner. I frequently see my friends and neighbors hopping into their air conditioned lazy-mobile and driving to a nice air conditioned eatery of their choice…
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Hello, Mr. Tako is my name and financial manipulation is my game. At least in May it was.
Yep, it’s time once again for another monthly financial update, and this one is a doozy! If there was a theme to the month of May, is has to have to been “financial manipulation” because our numbers look completely crazy this time around…
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It’s been awhile since I’ve done a food post here at Mr. Tako Escapes, but that doesn’t mean food isn’t ultra-important here at Chez Tako! Behind the scenes I’m making delicious meals on a budget that hovers around $500/month for four people.
I’m still a big believer in controlling the way we purchase, prepare, and consume food. It’s an important way to build wealth…
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Most of the time when I write one of these monthly income and expense reports I say, “The month flew by!” But this time around the month of April just drug on… and on … and on. It seemed like April lasted 2 or 3 months instead of the usual 30 day period.
I have no idea why…
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Today’s post is about food. If you’re allergic to pictures of food, this probably isn’t the post for you. Instead, you could try reading something I wrote about investing, saving, or even dividends.
For everyone else, let’s talk about food! For our family, food is an important part of how we reached financial independence…
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If you’re a parent (or a soon-to-be parent) and you’re interested in financial independence, you’ve probably noticed a certain demographic is missing from our little community — Lots of kids.
That’s right, children! If you scour the rockstar finance directory you’ll find 1471 personal finance blogs (as of the time of this writing). Of those blogs, you’ll find that the vast majority of them don’t have families…
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Woohoo! Today marks the two-year anniversary of MrTakoEscapes! Yes, I’ve been blogging for two full years now! With 206 posts published, I figured somebody would have tried to stop me by now!
In celebration of this personal milestone, I decided to take a little break from my usual posts and celebrate with the ultimate in decadent beverages…
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