Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

That would just be too much temptation LauraJo and I'm easily distracted as it is :rotfl:

Mr MWC is also WFH today but he is much more focussed!

Eggy bread (made with a hot X bun loaf that has been in the freezer since Easter) and maple syrup for lunch.

muddywhitechicken

Eggs IN 7
Eggs OUT 5 (little Beryl and Gladys eggs used for lunch)

Lawn mowed, half the chicken run dug out, flower beds tidied :T

Puy lentil, spinach & bacon soup with goat's cheese toasties for dinner.

muddywhitechicken

£8.31 interest earned on both flexdirect accounts :T

Bills paid and money transferred to savings, MOP to be made tomorrow

edinburgher

£8.31 interest earned on both flexdirect accounts

Bills paid and money transferred to savings, MOP to be made tomorrow

Good times - and your dinner sounded delicious

muddywhitechicken

edinburgher wrote: »

Good times - and your dinner sounded delicious

The soup was delicious Ed.
You can find the recipe in post #390, page 20 of my diary.

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

The soup was delicious Ed.
You can find the recipe in post #390, page 20 of my diary.

Sounds nicer than the pea & ham soup I made yesterday - peas, cooking bacon, stock cube, onion & garlic :rotfl:

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning, you're up blinking early GG :eek:

MWC, I think Aunt Tilly, Auntie Natty and Auntie GG need a progress check on Miss LRH. Has she put on weight with all the lovely food she's having? Is she putting the other chickens in their place, or does she have a very gentle nature?

Finally, I love the idea of doing my hours over 4.5 days - plus that would stop me working too many hours perhaps. Will have a think about that

Have a glorious day and I hope the rain stays away.

Best wishes Tilly x

gallygirl

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Morning, you're up blinking early GG :eek:

Up at 2.30 with em...... let's just say feeling a bit warm .

I agree - update on LRH please. DS and gf thinking of getting a place - DS has always wanted chickens so am hoping he will get some . All the fun with no work for me :T.

muddywhitechicken

As requested, a chicken update:

Miss Beryl is a very confident and naughty chicken. She frequently jumps a 4' fence into my part of the garden. She has a routine: 1. scratch behind the gooseberry bush (fine); 2. mooch around the lawn (fine); 3. dig in the gravel (fine as long as she's flicking gravel back towards the house and not on to the lawn); 4. trash the flower beds (not fine). She now refuses to let me pick her up and I have to bribe her back to the chicken garden with mealworms. She still lays small cream eggs but makes such a fuss about doing so that you would think she is laying an egg the size of an ostrich's :rotfl:

Miss Gladys is bottom of the pecking order (and still occasionally gets a peck from Miss B and/or Miss H ) She is not as confident as the other 2 newbies but seems happy. She still lays small green eggs, quite often after lights out and I find them in the run the next morning.

Miss LRH is a darling and she still likes cuddles She is also a very greedy chicken and jumps up at the treat bucket before I get a chance to throw them a couple of handfuls. She now lays "proper" size brown eggs.

I'll try to get some photos later.

muddywhitechicken

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Finally, I love the idea of doing my hours over 4.5 days - plus that would stop me working too many hours perhaps. Will have a think about that

I've been doing it for a couple of years now. It started as a summer hours scheme (June-September) but my line manager let me (unofficially) do it all year round. After a few years of terrible work-life balance survey results, my employer has just extended the scheme