Making chicken feed of my mortgage

gallygirl

Probably best to eat them and get them out of temptation's way .

michelle09

Whoops, does it count as cheating if you didn't mean to?

muddywhitechicken

No more accidental chocolate consumption and no alcohol :A Today will be a challenge - that woman is coming for lunch and I normally need a couple of glasses of wine to get through it!

Spring is on the way :j A third chicken started laying on Friday, another is showing the first signs of being broody and my perennials are starting to grow

£46.37 spent on groceries this weekend - so much for me thinking it would be a cheap week... that did include ~£7.50 on ingredients for a fruitcake but not ~£30 spent in the butchers on beef short ribs for lunch today and square sausage (from Mr MWC's personal spends).

Grocery challenge = [STRIKE]£205.30[/STRIKE] £251.67/£315

muddywhitechicken

Give me strength... and another glass of wine
She wasn't too bad today but my FIL...

muddywhitechicken

They were only here for 3 hours - it felt sooooooooooo much longer!

Nigel Slater's beef short ribs with pomegranate molasses and two root mash with parsley & pine nuts for lunch. A big slab of meat isn't something I normally enjoy but this was very tasty

As well as not killing anyone, I've line-dried some bedding and sown 5 different types of tomato seed today.

Greying_Pilgrim

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

As well as not killing anyone, I've line-dried some bedding and sown 5 different types of tomato seed today.

:j:j:jYAY! :j:j:j for small wins :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T:T

Greying XX

apple_muncher

Well done on your lack of homicide.

Greying_Pilgrim

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

............... and sown 5 different types of tomato seed today.

Apropos of nowt, I was looking through one of my old diaries earlier, and I came across a post that I'd made in reply to someone making a kind reference to my Joyce Grenfell quote. I'd replied that I'd read somewhere that our happiness - or lack of it - usually had some level of dependence on 'other people' and how they influenced our day/life, whereas joy was usually self-determined (or not, I guess, as the case may be). So c'mon dear mwc, fluff up those beautiful feathers of yours and joyfully inform us what the 5 varieties of tomatoes are that you planted seeds for today Please

I'm assuming they are going to be good eating come the summer

Greying XX

muddywhitechicken

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Apropos of nowt, I was looking through one of my old diaries earlier, and I came across a post that I'd made in reply to someone making a kind reference to my Joyce Grenfell quote. I'd replied that I'd read somewhere that our happiness - or lack of it - usually had some level of dependence on 'other people' and how they influenced our day/life, whereas joy was usually self-determined (or not, I guess, as the case may be). So c'mon dear mwc, fluff up those beautiful feathers of yours and joyfully inform us what the 5 varieties of tomatoes are that you planted seeds for today Please

I'm assuming they are going to be good eating come the summer

Greying XX

Sowing seeds and watching them grow is indeed joyful

Seeds bought for 50p/packet last autumn.

- San Marzano (red, plum)
- Tigerella (red/orange stripes)
- Artisan Mix: Artisan Blush Tiger (pink blush on golden skin, mini-plum) & Artisan Pink Tiger (pink/gold stripes, mini-plum)
- Balconi yellow (yellow, cherry)

And I hoping that some of last year's Sungold (orange, cherry) self-seed!

Greying_Pilgrim

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Seeds bought for 50p/packet last autumn.

Seeds bought for pennies, :money: and that will look artful in meals and taste smashing...... Joyfilled indeed :D:D :T:T

Greying X