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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • pixiedust09
    pixiedust09 Posts: 270 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Loving the pics. Your house is lovely.:)
    MFW 142- Oct 1999 £55,0000, Jul 2013 £27,593.17 Oct 2013 £26,531, Dec 2014 £22,600, Dec 2015 £20,190, Jan 2016 £19,944.19 Mar 2017 £16,944.76 Decluttered 207/2018
    Smile it confuses people :)
  • Cloudy here today - the only time the sun has come out was as I was struggling to walk home from town with too much shopping :doh:

    Mr MWC is at a Vietnamese cookery course today - lucky me :rotfl:

    Things I need to do:

    - stop watching the cricket, and

    - put shopping away
    - find ice cream maker... it's under the stairs somewhere!
    - clean bathroom
    - clean chicken coop
    - marinade meat for tomorrow
    - make ice cream
    - make meringues
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Yet again, fab photos MWC. Yes, I agree get rid of Mr MWC's 'stuff' and tell him that from now on in all rooms are for photographic use only, and must not be lived in UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE :D
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • nattypants wrote: »
    Yet again, fab photos MWC. Yes, I agree get rid of Mr MWC's 'stuff' and tell him that from now on in all rooms are for photographic use only, and must not be lived in UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE :D

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Today I have learnt that... when popping out to the garden at 6 am in just a dressing gown (to let The Girls out of their run) don't get distracted and start deheading the flowers... I have a really nasty insect bite on my inner thigh and another one a little higher... :o

    An egg neutral day:

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 5 (ice cream & meringues)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Despite taking anti-histamines for hayfever, Mr MWC has developed an allergy to a) Vietnamese food, b) beer or c) something else... his face and especially his left eye are really swollen this morning :(

    3 weeks into the 5:2 diet and I have lost 5 pounds :T

    Today's plan

    - do the things I didn't do yesterday (clean bathroom, clean chicken coop)
    - tidy/dust/hoover the living room
    - touch up the paint in the downstairs loo (we scuffed the walls hanging David Bowie)
    - laundry
    - pack bag for business trip on Monday/Tuesday and charge ipod
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Piccies are lovely MWC - agree with natty MrMWC is not allowed to live or make any mess in there now!! :rotfl:

    Poor him though with allergic reaction- hope he feels better soon!!

    Well done on the wt loss despite it being too hot to eat I have been filling up on ice cream so lost none! doh! ;)
  • is of the smallest room in the house :D

    Note the freebie MB handwash & lotion!
    It is a happy coincidence that Aladdin Sane's make-up perfectly matches the hand towel :rotfl:
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    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Lovely!!! I love, love, love David Bowie also so fab choice of decor :T

    PS is the hand towel matching so perfectly that I can't see it :D

    PPS hope the hayfever and Mr MWC swelling have subsided X
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • Today's food diary:

    2 x weetabix, 1% milk & 2 tbsp stewed apple
    1 maple syrup meringue
    4 x HM Vietnamese fresh spring rolls with lime & chilli dipping sauce
    Pulled pork (slow-roasted and then finished off on the BBQ), ciabatta roll, HM BBQ sauce & yummy HM coleslaw (sweetheart cabbage, carrot, celery, shallot & apple with a mayonnaise, horseradish and yogurt dressing)
    Brown bread ice cream, maple syrup meringue & blueberries

    Several cups of tea, 1 large glass of water, 1 glass of wine & 1 cup of coffee

    Eggs IN 6
    Eggs OUT 11 (5 more used for meringues and vanilla ice-cream, 6 given to neighbour)

    Mr MWC is much less puffy :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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