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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Morning Hbbb :wave:
The walking combined with portion control!
Mr MWC is the real star - he bought 34" waist jeans yesterday for the first time since he was at school (25 years+ ago) :TMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »Morning Hbbb :wave:
The walking combined with portion control!
Mr MWC is the real star - he bought 34" waist jeans yesterday for the first time since he was at school (25 years+ ago) :T
:wave:
Ahhh, yes, portion control will do it too!
I do a version of the 5:2 fasting (in our version we have a homemade soup on the day), I often skip lunch, we don't have puddings, but I've either stood still with weight or put it on. I fear that medication, sedentary work situation and my generous portions may be to blame. You've given me lots to think about ... starting with a smaller dinner plate!
Well done Mr. MWC ... what a nice feeling to know he's a trim young man again!
Enjoy your Sunday xStash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
House: Decluttering 322 / 365
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 early0 -
Brrr it was chilly first thing this morning - no heating though :A
Plan for today:
A walk with Mr MWC in the glorious sunshine
A little housework and laundry
Plant some bulbs in the garden
Trim the box balls back into shape
Power wash the chicken coop
Stocktake preserves for Christmas hampers
Make shopping list for Christmas pudding ingredients
Research breakdown cover
I'm already looking forward to dinner - roast bone-in rib of beef :drool:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Isn't the sunshine beautiful today :j have a lovely walk with Mr MWC. Long may the fitness and the balanced weight continue
2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Yeay to the shopping trip - lovely things which you like - and the added bonus of being smaller sizes (for both of you!)
:T I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
My dad's ladyfriend found the new slimline Mr MWC irresistible today - she couldn't keep her hands off him
Old bag :mad:Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »My dad's ladyfriend found the new slimline Mr MWC irresistible today - she couldn't keep her hands off him
Old bag :mad:
At least she's got good taste!Early retired - 18th December 2014
If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough0 -
I'm pooped!
A walk with Mr MWC in the glorious sunshine - done, 3.5 miles
A little housework and laundry - done
Plant some bulbs in the garden - done, extra aliums and also some extra deep purple iris planted in the front garden - just need to mulch now (and plant all the bulbs I've bought for the back garden...)
Trim the box balls back into shape - not done, run out of daylight
Power wash the chicken coop - done
Stocktake preserves for Christmas hampers - done (26 jars whiskey marmalade, 24 jars hedgerow jelly, 27 jars crab apple jelly, 6 jars gooseberry & elderflower jam, 28 jars spicy pear pickle, 9 jars rhubarb and ginger chutney, 9 jars spiced plum chutney, 6 large jars piccalilli, 3 large jars pickled pears)
Make shopping list for Christmas pudding ingredients - need to do by Thursday
Research breakdown cover - not done
Celeriac, apple & blue cheese soup for lunch - based on this recipe but with less blue cheese and no cream
The roast beef from a local farmer's market was every bit as delicious as I knew it would be :T
Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
We use Auto Aid for breakdown cover - about £36 per year. Only needed them once in about 5 yrs.
Am jealous of the recipients of your hampers!NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0 -
Thanks AM - I'll check them out
Oops I forgot to set the alarm last night and overslept by an hour this morning!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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