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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Habibiboo wrote: »
    I don't really get the joke about novelty tomatoes but I'm sure it will ketchup with me! :rotfl:

    GROAN :rotfl:

    Novelty = double the price!

    Black Russian - deep purple/black
    Yellow pear - err yellow!
    Orange brandy wine - light rosy pink
    Green tiger - green stripe
    Rambling red stripe - red/green

    And I was already growing sungold (orange)

    So far the squirrel has left them alone...

    Still no official news on the promotion... although we went out for lunch on Friday and my boss bought champagne to celebrate a permanent contract for my colleague (the third party) and my promotion

    Mr MWC has asked me to bake him a banana cake so that is my job for this evening along with a batch of cookies (blueberry/pistachio/white chocolate chip/lime) for a friend's birthday. I'd better get a move on as I also need an early night :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    :wave:

    Thanks for the tomato explanation ... I think some of Mr. Hbbb's are orange this time around!

    Good luck with tonight's baking ... let's hope for no burned bottoms on the cookery front tonight! x
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
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    Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    edited 11 June 2014 at 8:36PM
    I haven't burnt anything yet!

    Preserving pan has been scrubbed clean and hopefully I'll be able to buy some goosegogs at the farmer's market tomorrow :) Still annoyed with myself that I ruined the homegrown ones though :(

    Eggs IN 4
    Eggs OUT 3
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
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    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    Habibiboo wrote: »

    Good luck with tonight's baking ... let's hope for no burned bottoms on the cookery front tonight!
    I have a burnt bottom :o
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    I have a burnt bottom :o

    TMI GG, TMI :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
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    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • edinburgher
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    Those are some nice shares Mr MWC (when they eventually vest).

    I read a cracking newspaper article yesterday about a slacker AOL employee who stuck around for 5-6 years and got $2.5 million :D
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,204 Forumite
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    I need to work for AOL. I could do nothing and make a fortune :) Somehow I suspect it wouldn't work. Back to the daily grind!
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • greent
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    GROAN :rotfl:

    Novelty = double the price!

    Black Russian - deep purple/black
    Yellow pear - err yellow!
    Orange brandy wine - light rosy pink
    Green tiger - green stripe
    Rambling red stripe - red/green

    And I was already growing sungold (orange)


    I've grown the yellow pear and black Russian before - nice varieties. Wasn't fussed (personally) on the green stripey ones though. Sungold are ok too :) xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Alchemilla
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    Can you re brand the burnt jam as coulis?
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    edinburgher wrote: »
    Those are some nice shares Mr MWC (when they eventually vest).

    IF they vest ed, Mr MWC told me this evening that he has applied for another job...

    He gave the recruiter a long list of reasons why he didn't want the job and the recruiter still phoned back and talked him into applying!

    Maybe they'll offer him the job and make him an offer he can't refuse :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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