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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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:wave: Hbbb
More of a resemblance with the cow's backside :rotfl:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 1 (pastry glaze)
Mr MWC made Christmas leftovers into JO's turkey & leek pie with chestnut & sage puff pastry and served it with sprouts!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 0
My replacement tax rebate cheques arrived today :j so £750 MOP'd along with another £1,250 from the current a/c
We're on target to be <£120,000 by the middle of March :cool:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »
We're on target to be <£120,000 by the middle of March :cool:
How is MWC?A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effortMortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
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Thats a fantastic achievement, £120,000! Well done you :j2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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Just catching up.
Well done on your Feb targets - even though you didn't quite get to where you wanted to be you still did GREAT!!!!
Good to see freezer contents going down - doing the same myself!
MCIMortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
OP's to Date £8500
Renovation Fund:£511.39;
Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)0 -
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 2 (pancake batter)
I received confirmation of my pay rise/bonus/LTI today - pay rise effective immediately, bonus paid at the end of this month :T:T:T
HFW's winter stir fry for dinner for the last time until DecemberMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Ay up MWC YAY :j to pay rises and bonuses - and subsequent mortgage busting I'm sure
Boo to last time for the winter stir-fry - but think of all the lovely grub that you'll get to munch on/try out in between now and December:D:D Always a silver lining dear thing
:D
Love to the 'girls' and have a great day, won't you?
GreyingPounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend October 2025 £173.75/£200
Non-food spend October 2025 £35.96/£50
Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.200 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »I :heart2: autumn/winter food - squash, root vegetables, pulses, slow-cooked meat, soups...
I've been looking through my RC cookbooks and drooling :rotfl:
On the menu soon:
Parsnip & thyme soda bread - tick
Split pea & ham soup - tick
Sausage & root veg stew
Oxtail with cinnamon & star anise - tick
Shin of beef with ginger & soy
Pot-roast pheasant with chorizo, butter beans & parsley
5-root soup with bacon - tick
Thyme and caramelised onion mash
Squash & fennel lasagne
3-root boulangere with big baked mushrooms - tick
Spelt salad with squash & fennel - tick
Roasted parsnip, puy lentil & watercress salad -tick
Warm salad of mushrooms & roasted squash
Porotos granados
Parsnip & ginger soup
Chestnut & sage soup
Pearl barley broth - tick
Cannellini bean & leek soup with chilli oil - tick
Oven-roasted roots frittata -tick
Mushroom risoniotto
Leek risotto with chestnuts - tick
Winter stir-fry with Chinese five spice -tick
Roasted roots with apple & rosemary
The split pea & ham soup is first - just off to defrost a gammon shank and soak some yellow split peas
So we made just over half of the recipes on my wish-list
I'll need to make a spring recipe list this weekendMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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