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Peonie

Pammy I add spinach to bolognaise sauce and it's lovely, plus the red and green makes the food look interesting - food for the eyes.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi Pammy, in the right season, do you grow your own kale? I have not tried smoothies like this but could happily give it a go. Thanks for the heads up and I will put some on my shopping list. Do you tend to use bananas as the base? I am just wondering about quantities, handful of kale/spinach perhaps per person?

Thanks, Tilly x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hey, I have another star thingy, no idea what that's for but thank you MSE.

Not sure where today has disappeared to. I checked FD but offset still not showing up. I have called them and they say it will be visible in the morning. It takes about 48 hours for this to happen.

Looking forward to seeing it for real. I have set up a new spend diary given the drive to pull the MF day forward. DH and I decided we needed to see things in a new format so I have a lovely new set of pivot tables. How sad am I

Hope everyone's weeks are going well. Soon be Wednesday and half way through

Best wishes Tilly x

pammyj74

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi Pammy, in the right season, do you grow your own kale? I have not tried smoothies like this but could happily give it a go. Thanks for the heads up and I will put some on my shopping list. Do you tend to use bananas as the base? I am just wondering about quantities, handful of kale/spinach perhaps per person?

Thanks, Tilly x

I use a big handful of kale or spinach per smoothie. I do tend to put a whole banana in each one and then either frozen berries and a pear or orange. The berries help make the smoothie purple instead of going green lol. I also sometimes add pineapple or melon depending on whats on offer at the time. (oh and yogurt makes it taste nicer) You just have to experiment lol.

Lois_E

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Looking forward to seeing it for real. I have set up a new spend diary given the drive to pull the MF day forward. DH and I decided we needed to see things in a new format so I have a lovely new set of pivot tables. How sad am I

That's the wonderful thing about the MFW board. You can talk about spending diary pivot tables and there's no need to apologise for being sad. I have lovely pivot tables for mine, too, with stacked bar charts for both income and spending.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

I can just imagine the talk at a summer MFW BBQ - pivot tables, cashback sites, survey sites - how many other people find this stuff fascinating :rotfl: I love my pivots and dare I admit it - I have graphs too :T

Tilly

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Thanks Pammy, I wouldnt have put enough in so thanks for the advice. I will be giving it a go for me and the kids. Sounds like a good first thing drink/breakfast. I did some research today about putting grains etc in. Really interesting

Tilly x

Lois_E

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

I can just imagine the talk at a summer MFW BBQ - pivot tables, cashback sites, survey sites - how many other people find this stuff fascinating :rotfl: I love my pivots and dare I admit it - I have graphs too :T

Tilly

Oooh graphs. Now those are the real stuff. I only really like pivot tables because I can make graphs with them. I have a financial "master spreadsheet" and I've just counted - 11 graphs total:
1) Total assets over time - sum of all bank accounts minus CC
2) Total I owe the world - mortgage plus loans minus total assets
3) Mortgage and loans over time all the way from when I first got them to now
4) Close-up of part of graph 3 so I can see even little OPs making a difference
5) Mortgage projection into the future all the way to MFD
6) Pie chart to show how much of my house is equity, mortgage, FL1 and FL2
7) Same kind of pie chart but showing how it was when I first bought the place, for comparison
8) Stacked bar chart showing where my income comes from, month by month
9) Stacked bar chart showing where my outgoings go to, month by month, on the same scale as (8) and lined up with it, so I can compare
10) Line graph of utility usage over time
11) Line graph of utility spending over time

I didn't make all of those to start with, of course. I started with a few, and then every so often I get struck by an idea for another one.

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi Lois, you have just made me and DH laugh. We are so similar. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

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Lois - wow on the graphs!! :rotfl: *hangs head in shame at having no idea what a pivot table is or how to even make a graph*!

Enjoying reading your diary Tilly- especially the gardening- have garden envy of anyone with a garden and am looking forward to some grow-your-own action in the future!!
well done on the wt loss too thats great! is that just from cutting out alcohol?