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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Thanks SSS - I just did the math and I have lost exactly 20% of my starting body weight :eek:
Walking in the rain isn't much fun but it beats trying to find a parking space near where I want to be!
Thankfully there is no rain forecast for today - The Girl's look like they've been mud wrestling :rotfl:
Plans for today:
- clean bathroom
- spread bark around the raised beds
- dig out compost from hot compost bin (Mr MWC) and plant up potatoes in bags (me)
- buy more compost and pot up seedlings
- general garden tidying (dead-heading/weeding)
- laundry
- clean chicken coop
- mow the lawn late afternoon (if it's dry enough)
- walk
- home facial
- review spring/summer capsule wardrobeMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
20%!!! Congratulations!2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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muddywhitechicken wrote: »
Plans for today:
- clean bathroom - done
- spread bark around the raised beds - done
- dig out compost from hot compost bin (Mr MWC) and plant up potatoes in bags (me) - rolled over to next weekend
- buy more compost and pot up seedlings - compost bought (multibuy discount + £5 worth of loyalty points), started potting up seedlings but run out of time... I'll try and do a few every evening this week
- general garden tidying (dead-heading/weeding) - done
- laundry - done, clothes, towels & bedding line-dried
- clean chicken coop - done
- mow the lawn late afternoon (if it's dry enough) - done
- walk - run out of time but have done 12,000+ steps today
- home facial
- review spring/summer capsule wardrobe
To do this evening:
- home facial
- stew apples for breakfast
- get ready for work tomorrow
- review spring/summer capsule wardrobe
- make bed and be in it by 22:00
This month's Sainsbury's magazine is a good one :T Carrot, ginger & parsley soup with mini feta fritters & pumpkin seeds followed by Persian chicken for dinner - really yummy!
Eggs IN 7 (full house and 1 found behind the compost bin)
Eggs OUT 14 (2 boxes given to family, 1 used for fritters, 1 in the bin)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
You've reminded me that I've got some apples to stew down. Few spoonfuls on breakfast sounds great!
MCIMortgage 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 -
Bit of a dull day today
Eggs IN 6
Eggs OUT 10 (Mr MWC dropped 1 and scrambled another 3 for his lunch, 1 box sold for £1.50; running total = £14.05)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
I'm home alone until Friday - Mr MWC is on a business trip
Eggs IN 5
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
I too have sole control of the remote MWC - enjoy it while it lasts :rotfl:
Fortune xhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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Fortune_Smiles wrote: »I too have sole control of the remote MWC - enjoy it while it lasts :rotfl:
I don't tend to switch the TV on whilst Mr MWC is away - I don't watch much telly anyway and it's nice to have some peace and quiet - so instead I'm enjoying sleeping in the middle of the bed
Made the mistake of buying a cheap-ish mattress a couple of years ago and it needs replacing already...Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
My US colleagues are trying their hardest to drive me to chocolate this evening :mad:
I'm having a bath to put some distance between me and temptation!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Good luck!2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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