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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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Probably best to eat them and get them out of temptation's way
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effortMortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
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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 broodyand 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/£315Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Give me strength... and another glass of wine
She wasn't too bad today but my FIL...Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
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.Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
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 XXPounds for Panes £7,005/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend July 2025 £265.78/£300
Non-food spend July 2025 £96.71/£50
Bulk Fund July 2025 £9.10/£100 -
Well done on your lack of homicide.NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0
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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 todayPlease
I'm assuming they are going to be good eating come the summer
Greying XXPounds for Panes £7,005/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend July 2025 £265.78/£300
Non-food spend July 2025 £96.71/£50
Bulk Fund July 2025 £9.10/£100 -
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!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
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 XPounds for Panes £7,005/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend July 2025 £265.78/£300
Non-food spend July 2025 £96.71/£50
Bulk Fund July 2025 £9.10/£100
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