Countdown to Freedom

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Evening, fabulous evening and definitely feeling at one with the world at the moment. Maybe something to do with three glasses of wine :eek:

We ate outside by the beach. Beautiful evening, sound of the waves, warm night and just the two of us.

Hi Mint1955, yep we are away at the moment. We came over to do a few jobs before the season gets going. Well worth it and lovely to have a few days, just the two of us - queue song :T

GoldieGirl, I cannot imagine how it will feel to me MF. We seem to have dragged it with us for years :eek: It almost seems to be in touching distance now. 17/18 months to go AMAZING.

Tilly x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Back to reality now.

We have benefitted from a few days away together. All the jobs we wanted to do are complete, plus a few others *thanks Mr T*

Menu plan at home has worked well - this evening it's HM chicken curry . DS will be sorting it out and we can arrive home and have an early night

I need to update my signature - lost another 1lb - seems slow going and I am physically going into a SW class next week.

It has been a real joy planning a few things for when we are both retired. I can't wait to see the mortgage drop under £100k still seems a long way off but as of this month we will be back to OPs. Not entirely true, OPs to the MOS pot, rather than capital reductions. We want the flexibility of an emergency pot

There are a few pieces of kit we'd have to buy here but all can be second hand. There's a lot of land and we want to be able to grow most if not all of our veg. Mr T seems to agree to me having chickens :T. I can't see myself having pigs but there's enough room - not sure how our hounds would cope . Don't worry folk, this is just general musing rather than confirmation we are starting a small holding - although a friend of ours has less land and has a couple of dexter cows and a handful of pigs.

Can't be doing that - whilst I have someone here who would feed the chickens, they draw the line at other livestock.

I'd better get a move on, packing to be done.

Tilly x

muddywhitechicken

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Mr T seems to agree to me having chickens :T.

Morning Tilly

"seems to agree" would be good enough for me - quick, buy the coop before he changes his mind :rotfl:

MWCx

gallygirl

Can we help name them, can we, can we, can we :j:j:j:j

I think I'd better get in touch with Helen as I think stick insects is all we'll have room for :rotfl:

Pearla*Merle

The future plans sound so exciting! :T

Have you ever come across Our Life In The Country? I think you'd like it, the blog charts their progress to finding a small holding and there's lots of veg growing, money saving and chicken (& pig!) keeping in there. I didn't start out with dreams of a small holding but I have them now. :rotfl:

The lady also runs a supplementary blog about her £365 in 365 days shopping budget, seriously inspiring stuff

Habibiboo

:wave:

Glad you've had a good time Tilly, great to know that all the MF planning is going to bring all your fun in the sun days closer too!

Safe trip back

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi Pearla-Merle, thanks for the link. Looks like a good read on a number of fronts

I like their chicken coop/house :)

Morning GG, if I ever get to the point of having chickens, we could all name them :T

Brizzle, there are times when I'd love to click my fingers and have the mortgage gone . Sadly we just have to keep plodding through the £00s :eek:

Mint1955, Mr T is definitely enjoying his new job - great to see him back to his old self.

Morning GoldieGirl, I completely agree about having a goal. Mr T and I chatted about what we'd be doing when we have moved/retired. A few ideas but nothing concrete. For now, we just have to keep clearing down the mortgage

Squirrel, I hope you are enjoying your holiday and can relax. It really sounds like some of your colleagues don't like accountability - unless I've misunderstood the problem.

MWC, I do believe the chickens will be a goer now . I'll be coming to you for chicken advice :):)

Watty, I love hearing the sea and it costs nothing. A bottle of water, a good book, hat and I'm happy. I really can sit and watch/listen for hours

Habibiboo, back safe and sound and ready for the day ahead :J

Thank you all for posting, I really do appreciate it and Mr T and I have enjoyed being away. Spends were very reasonable and all the lessons we have learnt over the last six months will be staying.

Best wishes Tilly x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Good morning, pasta bake for dinner using the last of the turkey from Xmas

RM surveys are on a roll - I'm glad Mr T set up a good system - mum thinks we are a bit mad doing it but you never know, maybe I can teach her how to pack/label them

Under two weeks to payday for me and three weeks for Mr T - very much looking forward to money shuffles .

This saving malarkey is addictive

Have a good day, Tilly x x x

Radish72

I'm back on the RM starting this week, so this week I'm doing the training, at least this time they actually sent a booklet explaining what you are supposed to do

So now I have 2 more books of stamps

Thistlewhistle

Hi Tilly,

Did I read you were going to physically come to a SW group. If so, that's amazing!! If I can help, please shout up!

T:D

Ps we've just brought out a Fakeaway book which is full of favourite takeaway recipes. It's awesome!!