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  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    I really have to ask - how do you know which of the girls have laid which eggs?

    Aunt Tilly to LRH
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    I really have to ask - how do you know which of the girls have laid which eggs?

    Aunt Tilly to LRH

    Good morning Aunt Tilly

    I purposefully bought different breeds that lay different colour eggs :D

    Miss Q is a speckledy and she lays brown eggs with speckles
    Miss B is a whitestar and she lays white eggs
    Miss D is a maran cuivre and she also lays brown egg but they don't look like Miss Q's
    Miss H is a magpie and she lays light brown "supermarket" eggs
    Miss M and Miss W are both skylines. Miss M lays olive green eggs and Miss W lays pale green eggs. I had to catch them in the act to find out who was laying what at first.
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    What a sensible woman you are :)

    Poor little newbies hiding out from the big girls. Hopefully they'll soon settle down and be one big happy family.

    How beautiful to open a carton of eggs and have an eclectic mix of colours rather than brown. :)

    Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    How beautiful to open a carton of eggs and have an eclectic mix of colours rather than brown. :)

    Tilly x x
    I don't think they lay them in the boxes Tilly :D.

    Hello LRH :wave: from Auntie GG xxxx
    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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    Good morning

    Yesterday's news:

    - as the weather was so lovely I decided to open the windows and let some fresh air in... on opening the blind fully and letting some light into our bedroom I quickly realised that it looked like Miss Havisham's house :o I can't believe that I hadn't seen the huge, dusty cobwebs before :o

    - bedroom thoroughly spring-cleaned :)

    - 3 loads of laundry done and even managed to dry bedding outside :)

    - had some quality time with the chickens - all the new girls will eat out of my hand now :D

    - 2 eggs - Miss B and Miss D

    - popped into the city to pick up a few bits - rushed round in just under an hour so parking in the multi-storey was cheaper than park & ride

    - redeemed my voucher for a free L'Occitane hand cream, used Boots points for other toiletries, the last of my JL vouchers on a new pepper mill and a pillow for Mr MWC, and bought a beautiful bouquet of scented spring flowers for my friend

    - went to friend's boat for dinner - good food and good company :D

    - arrival home was uneventful - unlike last time we visited her when we got home to find that someone had broken into our house and stolen Mr MWC's brand new car :mad:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Sounds like you had a glorious day. Glad the home was intact when you returned home.

    Hope chucks have a productive Sunday.

    Tilly
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    How fab going to a friend's BOAT for dinner.

    I'm glad that LRH, Gladys and Beryl are eating out of you hand, however please tell them they must be brave girls and do some networking with the other girls this weekend:D
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • catshark88
    catshark88 Posts: 1,099 Forumite
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    Sounds a great day. Agree that visiting a friend's boat for dinner, sounds very swish!
    "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    nattypants wrote: »
    How fab going to a friend's BOAT for dinner.
    catshark88 wrote: »
    Sounds a great day. Agree that visiting a friend's boat for dinner, sounds very swish!

    Not quite as glamorous as a luxury ocean going yacht... she lives on a barge with a camping loo :p Sometimes I think that it would be really :cool: to live on a boat but I quickly come to my senses :rotfl:

    It's a lovely day again here and I've got more washing out on the line :D

    It's a dad-free Sunday :j:T (we haven't had many of those in the past 6 years)

    Today is being spent pottering round the house and garden :)
    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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    Quite pleased with myself - I've been busy rather than sitting on my butt all day :p

    - Front garden tidied and the violas I bought last weekend planted. The clematis is starting to grow - I hope that we don't have another really cold spell.

    - Spare room of doom tidied and cleaned :j

    - Another 4 loads of washing done - a couple dried completely outside and I'll hang the rest out tomorrow :D

    - Kitchen floor scrubbed

    - 3 months+ filing done

    Mr MWC went grocery shopping - £23.84 :T

    Roast chicken, jacket potatoes and HM coleslaw for dinner - leftovers for lunch tomorrow

    3 eggs today - Miss B, Miss H and Miss M

    Miss LRH has learnt that I'm the source of tasty treats and comes charging down the garden with the big girls everytime I open the conservatory door :rotfl:

    Off to swish & swipe the bathroom now before bed...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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