Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

...our plans for today include:

A lazyish morning catching up on life admin whilst drinking copious mugs of tea - done
Tidy the house - it looks like we've been burgled - done, "found" £100 of B&Q vouchers that I thought I had spent :T
Tidy the shed - done
Pressure wash the chicken coop - done, got drenched, found red mite :eek::(:mad:
Pick raspberries, cherry tomatoes and purple beans - no, Mr MWC will need to do this tomorrow
Go for a walk and pick elderberries - no, I will need to do this tomorrow evening

Mr MWC is still sore

I haven't chipped my nail polish so my nails still look lovely

Eggs IN 8 including 3 green eggs so 1 today, 1 yesterday after we collected eggs + 1 on the roosting bars that could be a few days old...
Eggs OUT 0

earthgirl

Oh no to red mite, hope you manage to get rid of it quickly. £100 Bnq vouchers - what a bonus!

muddywhitechicken

earthgirl wrote: »

Oh no to red mite, hope you manage to get rid of it quickly.

Fingers crossed. I'm all itchy just thinking about it! A three-pronged attack using poultry shield cleaner & sanitiser, total mite kill insecticide spray and a liberal dusting of diatom in coop and on The Girls.

earthgirl wrote: »

£100 Bnq vouchers - what a bonus!

I shall use them to buy paint when we update the kitchen and living room :T

muddywhitechicken

Operation "Please Let Me Have Enough Money To Be Able To Retire At 55" has started :T

All cash savings transferred to S&S ISAs and an OEIC
Additional £250/month into my pension

katep23

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Operation "Please Let Me Have Enough Money To Be Able To Retire At 55" has started :T

Love it

Karmacat

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Operation "Please Let Me Have Enough Money To Be Able To Retire At 55" has started :T

Me too :T and I bet you do it, too :T

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muddywhitechicken

1 week until our trip to Chicago :j Time for a list!

- check weather forecast
- check dress code for restaurant Mr MWC has booked for our anniversary
- decide what to pack
- do as much of the washing/drying/ironing as possible in advance (i.e. at the weekend) rather than leaving it to the last minute (again...)
- go to the gym every day for the next 6 days and count WW points (too much cake and ice cream consumed this summer )
- ask neighbours to chicken sit
- check ESTAs
- check how many $$$ we have
- decide whether to read the LP guide book and plan an itinerary beforehand or to be spontaneous :rotfl:

misscousinitt

Always so much to do before you go away.

You'll have a fab time though...

MCI

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

- check dress code for restaurant Mr MWC has booked for our anniversary

Business casual... I doubt biotech business casual and big city michelin star restaurant business casual are the same thing though!

muddywhitechicken

So since we started thinking about a new kitchen, the fridge freezer has packed in and now the oven has blown up :mad: