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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Hope the pain subsides quickly.NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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Day 1 - the eggs are under the chicken :cool:
*fingers crossed for a successful hatching*Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Looking forward to this update. Are these "hatching eggs" basically fertilised eggs that will hatch into little chicks? Is this because you have no rooster?Baby Step 1 - £1k Emergency Fund - COMPLETE
Baby Step 2 - Pay off all debts except the Mortgage - £9,326 to go
Baby Step 3 - Save 6 months of expenses into full Emergency Fund - £4,300 to go
Baby Step 4 - Put 15% into Pension
Baby Step 6 - Pay off the Mortgage early
Baby Step 7 - Live like no-one else
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Yikes, it's only 8th July and I've already spent £195.26 on groceries etc for the two of us :eek:
£48.46 - fruit & veg
£82.06 - meat & fish (incl. £72.50 on 1/2 lamb from a local farm)
£7.64 - dairy
£1.37 - bread
£9.93 - store cupboard ingredients
£17.50 - wine/coke/tonic water
£0.99 - cleaning products
£12.01 - toiletries & painkillers
£5.19 - miscellaneous (Sainsbury's magazine, birthday card, coffee filter papers)
£10.11 - chickens treats
Looks like I'll be living on gruel whilst Mr MWC is away!
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 6 (1 box sold for £1.50)Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
rasputin_thorpedo wrote: »Looking forward to this update. Are these "hatching eggs" basically fertilised eggs that will hatch into little chicks? Is this because you have no rooster?
Spot on RT
Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Hope your toothache has improved or better still gone! Have a lovely weekend 0
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Thanks BW
I didn't need to take painkillers in the middle of the night so that's an improvement :T
Postie has just delivered a letter from N/wide (monthly mortgage payment is now £114.13) and £20 GVs from my JL CC Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Day 2 - the eggs are still under Miss Broody, her nether regions don't seem particularly warm though... :exclamati
Eggs IN 2
Eggs OUT 2 (dippy eggs & soldiers for my lunch)
Off to Hampton Court Palace Flower Show tomorrow :jMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
I've had a fabulous day :cool:
There were some beautiful gardens and I may have a new project for next spring
and I managed to resist buying any plants... well until closing time when I picked up a few bargains :T
Day 3 - Miss Broody is fiercely protective of her eggs
Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 0Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »There were some beautiful gardens and I may have a new project for next spring
Actually work is so quiet at the moment, I may start my research tomorrow!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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