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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • catshark88
    catshark88 Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    That's good. We called ours the girls too. :-)

    One day!
    "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris
  • 2 eggs today (Miss B & Miss M)

    I've been very lazy today although I did scrub the bathroom whilst Mr MWC cooked dinner (cinnamon rubbed loch trout fillets with sultana & coriander couscous and harissa yogurt, and green beans)

    I've looked through a few cookbooks and the folder of recipes that I have cut out from magazines over the years and have come to the conclusion that there aren't enough days in February :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    So, I've had a rummage in the freezer and found...

    25 casserole sausages
    1 sirloin steak (200g)
    2 x game casserole (300 g each)
    500g minced beef
    2 x chicken thighs
    400g diced venison
    2 x pork chops - to be used in January
    4 x lamb chops - to be used in January
    1/2 rack pork ribs
    1 x gammon shank
    lambs liver - keep forgeting to give this to FIL
    3 x bolognaise sauce - 1 to be used in January
    1 x chilli - to be used in January
    1 x tomato sauce
    1 x mole sauce
    M&S Thai-style fishcakes
    4 fishfingers
    ~100g raw tiger prawns
    ~500g rustic oven chips
    bubble & squeak
    peas
    soya beans
    1 x bread
    Fruit crumble
    Blackcurrants/rhubarb/gooseberries/blueberries/blackberries/raspberry puree
    Kaffir lime leaves

    Impressive list. Mine is mostly caramelised onions :rotfl:.
    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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  • gallygirl wrote: »
    Impressive list. Mine is mostly caramelised onions :rotfl:.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • 1 egg already today - a warm brown one from Miss Q :)

    Snowing again here... I need to get a wiggle on as the dads (and my dad's ladyfriend) are coming for lunch now instead of dinner so that they can get home in daylight
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Is Miss B having an off day?

    I'm just away to make boiled egg mashed up in a cup, as you've put me right in the mood - thank you:T
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • Hey MWC
    Just caught up on your diary and firstly have to say all your dinners sound yummy!!! :)

    Where do you order the meat boxes from? Am contemplating a supermarket boycott of some kind ... (though we shall see how long it will last!) to try and get better quality food (and less junk!) but not sure how expensive it would work out - be interesting to know!

    Youve motivated me to go and do a freezer list so I can play with meal planning too! ;)
  • Thanks TYO

    I get the meat boxes from either Riverford or, if they've got an offer, from The Well Hung Meat Company
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • A 3-egg day :D Miss B & Miss M laid this afternoon (no need to worry Natty ;))

    I need to change my user name to filthywhitechicken - Miss B had a dust bath this morning and then went out into the snow without shaking herself off first - there isn't a white feather on her :rotfl:

    My dad came for lunch but FIL cancelled due to the weather conditions. Orange and parsley buttered roast chicken with roast carrots and onions served with a new potato, cauliflower, leek gratin. YUM, YUM, YUM :rotfl:FIL was in charge of dessert so I had to get the emergency crumble (apple, pear, plum, rhubarb & blackberry with crushed gingernuts in the topping) out of the freezer and make custard. Bang goes the diet again :p - I could have resisted the frozen cheesecake/gateau/thing that he would have brought but not homemade crumble and custard:rotfl:My dad lives 40 miles away and has just phoned to say that he got home safely :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • It's now been snowing for nearly 12 hours :eek:

    Today has been a NSD although I very nearly ordered some stuff (cushions, throw & doorstop) for the guest bedroom from Next. Well, I call it the guest bedroom but it doesn't have a bed...:rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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