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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Amazing what a good night's sleep can do.
Well done on the weight loss and keeping up those steps.
MCI xMortgage 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 -
Congratulations on the pay rise.x0
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Mahoosive pay rise - well done :T0
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Just got caught up! Great on the loss of pounds (weight) and the gaining of pounds (pay)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 !!0 -
:mad: at people who close roads for the weekend and don't put any signs up informing you until about 100 metres from where it's closed :mad:
By the time I could turn off, I'd been crawling along in first gear for 45 minutes, I'd missed my hairdresser's appointment and my car was threatening to overheat
But...
Bedding, towels and clothes dried outside today :cool:
Chub club weigh-in this morning - I've lost another 1.5 lbs:T
We pottered in the garden this afternoon - Mr MWC mowed the lawn and I tidied up
Mr MWC cooked Bengali butternut squash with chickpeas and stir-fried cabbage (without the Bengal gram, coconut and peanuts to reduce the calories) :drool:
Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
And the freezer is nearly empty... :j
2 x 250 g minced beef
1 x gammon shank (split pea & ham soup planned for Friday)
8 x chipolatas (sausage, kale & barley stew for dinner tomorrow)
2 x lamb burgers + 2 x w/m pittas (to be eaten the week after next)
Mixed berries (for Mr MWC's breakfasts)
Blackberries (occasional treat for The Girls)
500 g sloes
1/4 bag frozen peas + a handful of broad beans
300 g smoked bacon lardons
4 rashers streaky bacon
135 g smoked cod (to be eaten the week after next)
2 x fish fingers
2 slices ham
[STRIKE]HM elderflower cordial[/STRIKE] (on closer inspection it didn't look fit for consumption)
HM stock of unknown originMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Ooh, you still have sloes in your freezer! Now that my original countryside site has been built on, I have to find another ... you're doing very well on emptying the freezer, MWC2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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You have more in your 'nearly empty' freezer than I have in my 'full' one! Tho' I have to have space for up to 12 loaves of g-f bread, so can't fill it with other food...NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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Ooh, you still have sloes in your freezer! Now that my original countryside site has been built on, I have to find another ... you're doing very well on emptying the freezer, MWC
I really must buy another bottle of gin...apple_muncher wrote: »You have more in your 'nearly empty' freezer than I have in my 'full' one! Tho' I have to have space for up to 12 loaves of g-f bread, so can't fill it with other food...
A couple of months ago it was totally rammed!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
I returned loads of clothes today :T but came home with loads more... oh dear
18,000 steps stepped (mooching round the shops + a brisk 3-mile walk this evening)
The HM stock remained unidentified but it was delicious, along with the chipolatas, in sausage, kale & barley stew :drool:
Eggs IN 6
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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