The New Adventures of Fortune

Today has not gone as planned.

I was due to meet a friend for coffee this morning but she had to pull out Bit disappointed as I particularly wanted to talk to her about how she runs her B&B. I haven't mentioned this yet but the new house has a self-contained annex. It's possible that a family member may want to rent it from us but, if not, we could run it as a holiday let. Any money made would be used to OP :T

Popped to the P0st 0ffic£ to send off the solicitor's info and the Fleabay item.

Checked the car insurance and there are a few updates I need to give them but the cost looks fine. I am in the unusual position that my car is increasing in value as time goes on.

Having an extra few hours available prompted me to do something with the rhubarb. I didn't use much last year and ended up giving most of it away. Not this year. I have made:

• Rhubarb Crumble Muffins. I used double cream and yoghurt instead of buttermilk as that's what I had. Next time I'd reduce the oven temperature a little and cook them for longer if necessary. 200c fan is a little too high and I only caught the tops before they scorched. Mr F has quality tested them already
• Banana, Rhubarb and Ginger Loaf. This is a completely new recipe to me and Mr F hasn't got round to testing the outcome yet. I'll be popping it in the freezer for the weekend as the DSs are coming to stay
• Rhubarb Cordial. Added a couple of frozen raspberries to the mix to enhance the colour.

I'll probably make a rhubarb and pear crumble for pudding at the weekend too. Then I'll have really done the plant justice

Whilst mid-rhubarbing a shelf in one of the kitchen cabinets collapsed :eek: Broken crockery everywhere :eek: Fortunately it was only the cheap and nasty everyday stuff which I want to replace anyway and I managed to salvage most items.

I spent a lot of money last night. The things we need for the new house include a cooker, a fridge and a vacuum for wood floors. I particularly wanted a Dy$0n F1uffy although I was balking at the cost :eek: Discovered that Dy$0n have a promotion on at the moment and are offering £150 off :T Still expensive but I applied the MSE mantra (If you're not skint: will you use it? is it worth it?) and decided it was a good buy. Particularly as there will be more rooms to vacuum in the new place as well as an annex :eek: Will be posting some FB sales items tomorrow to see if I can recoup some of the cost

Having a quick coffee break now before starting on the on-line grocery shop. Then we'll have to get the paperwork together for the IFA as we're meeting him tonight. It'll be a quick supper as we're seeing him at 6.30. Fortunately, there is some Veg & Cheesy Rice Bake left over from last night so that will just need popping in the microwave.

Hope you're week has started well

Fortune x

Moneyfordreams wrote: »

We rent our top floor via @irbnb. Too simple to set up really. Register through FB, upload a load of pics, write a description and house rules.... which mostly are tick boxes, and go live.

Will definitely be looking into @irbnb Money. May come back to you when the time's right for some insights if that's ok. I also have a niece who works in the holiday let business so will give her a shout as well. We have some renovation works to do on outbuildings when we move in so will get those sorted first. We will need to use the annex for storage until those are completed because we have no attic space either!

Fortune x