Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

Further advance update:

April 2008 : £106,190, redemption date = April 2028
July 2013 : £66,070, redemption date = August 2024

Aimmg to pay this off within 3 years and then we can concentrate on paying the interest only original mortgage :T

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi MWC, apologies for hi jacking your thread to have couscous discussions.

GG, you've reminded me that my mum has an old conical strainer thing. Will need to check that out

Mr T used oil to separate the grains then put boiling water in - worked well

Tilly x

muddywhitechicken

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi MWC, apologies for hi jacking your thread to have couscous discussions.

No problem Tilly

muddywhitechicken

Popped to Sainsbury's earlier to buy a few things that I couldn't get yesterday - expected to spend ~£10, actually spent £36.22... :doh: I'm blaming Mr MWC and his £4 toothbrush :rotfl:

Other things done today:

Deadheaded and weeded garden - lawn to be mowed after dinner -
Got annoyed with the squirrel who keeps digging the plants out of my pots :mad:
Lots of laundry
Went for a walk with Mr MWC - hard work today due to the heat and the fact that my legs ached before I started!
Mr MWC and I decided to try the 5:2 diet for July :shocked:

Alchemilla

Some people at work doing that diet quite successfully.

muddywhitechicken

Alchemilla wrote: »

Some people at work doing that diet quite successfully.

I suspect that Mr MWC will find it easier and be more successful than me - I'm normally a grazer

nattypants

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with the 5:2 MWC. It does seem to work for people.

muddywhitechicken

nattypants wrote: »

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with the 5:2 MWC. It does seem to work for people.

Fingers crossed - first fast day on Tuesday - all this talk about dieting has made me hungry!

Eggs IN 5 (well 6 really but I dropped one )
Eggs OUT 18 (12 to neighbours, 6 for dinner)

Frittata and salad for dinner followed by yummy chaunsa mango and fresh lime

muddywhitechicken

I knew our work IT system was antiquated but an e-mail sent today informing us of an upcoming upgrade informed us "That’s right, we’re entering the 20th century of computing!"

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

muddywhitechicken

Eggs IN 7
Eggs OUT 0

N/wide have a competition to win £500 by submitting a photo of the best feature in your garden - hmmm, now I wonder what I'll take a photo of...

Another £500 MOP today
Even without this OP, the FA redemption date had been readjusted to May 2024 :T

Absolutely delicious dinner tonight - scandi-style salmon salad (radish, fennel, granny smith apple and walnuts mixed with creme fraiche, dill and caraway seeds, topped with beetroot and honey-roast salmon flakes) served with a toasted onion bagel :drool:

I have lots of gooseberries in the garden so I think I'll make a batch of green gooseberry & elderflower jam on Friday and possibly some elderflower cordial