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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Twenty! Jehosophat! Good luck :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Busy, busy, busy!!!

    1 batch of bramley apple lemon curd, 1 batch of chewy gingerbread cookies and 3 batches of cranberry, pecan & white chocolate chip cookies made, and 9/20 hampers assembled and delivered :T

    I've nearly finished writing the Christmas cards - neighbours x5 and e-cards for overseas family & friends left to do...

    It was my aunt's funeral on Wednesday - lovely service and gorgeous flowers :) And on Thursday I went for breast screening - driving to the hospital in an unfamiliar town and then trying to find a parking space was way more stressful than the mammogram itself :eek:

    Boss has said that I don't need to go into the office next week :j I will need to monitor e-mails and it'll make my life easier if I review 6 reports and plan some trips before 4 January...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I can't believe that I forgot to mention yesterday's dinner - the recipe is a keeper - Mr MWC cooked Nigel Slater's mulled lamb and served it with giant couscous :drool: :drool: :drool:

    Today Chef (:p) is making pho bo (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) :j

    My plan for today is to prioritise housework over Christmas stuff and then make another batch of lemon curd, write a things-to-do-before-Christmas list and rake up more leaves in the front garden.
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    Mulled lamb sounds yummy!
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 6 (lemon curd)

    My dad gave us money for Christmas and I've used it to buy some more fruit trees - a crab apple, a patio medlar and a patio cherry :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
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    I've made a start on the Christmas cleaning... kitchen drawers & cupboards cleaned, stainless steel pots & pans polished. I need daylight before I can clean the light fittings, look for cobwebs and clean the kitchen windows. I'll also clean the oven tomorrow.

    We've made a final shopping list so I may walk into town tomorrow and buy as much as I can carry.

    My 102 year old great aunt's release from hospital to a nursing home has been delayed :( Her social worker is still hopeful that she'll be released before Christmas though :)

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 2 (eggy bread for lunch)
    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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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    I've made a start on the Christmas cleaning.
    What is this thing of which you speak :eek:.

    Hope great aunt gets out in time :xmastree:.

    How's the toilet :D?
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    How's the toilet :D?

    Mr MWC hasn't blocked it yet :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    And thereby hangs a tale, I'm sure!

    Hope your great aunt can get into a nursing home and settled in before Christmas. And I hope you're not chasing too many cobwebs!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Goldiegirl wrote: »
    Mulled lamb sounds yummy!
    I made it today and thought it was :T. Mr GG thought it was a pile of poo to put it politely :(.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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