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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I'm stuffed :p really yummy venison casserole with fried pears, roast parsnips, squash and beetroot for dinner :D

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/venison_shank_casserole_18971

    5 eggs today - Miss B, Miss D, Miss H, Miss M and Miss Q

    Nearly finished cleaning the conservatory - just need to wash the floor (and find a home for all the stuff I moved to the dining room... :rotfl:)
    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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    Where's the stuff going when you tidy the dining room, I have visions of your stuff rotating :rotfl:

    Best wishes Tilly x
    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: »
    Where's the stuff going when you tidy the dining room, I have visions of your stuff rotating :rotfl:

    The spare room :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    And eventually (when it has been tidied and de-moused) the shed
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    The spare room :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    And eventually (when it has been tidied and de-moused) the shed
    The spare room needs de-moused :eek::eek::eek:.

    It's a bit like sending 1k round all the different accounts - where will the money be when the music stops :rotfl:.
    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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    Hurrah I've just received my compensation statement :j

    4.25% pay rise effective 1 March

    10% cash bonus

    4.25% LTI (shares)

    The only thing that spoilt it was my lovely line manager telling me that my bonus in £s was sh!te...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • catshark88
    catshark88 Posts: 1,099 Forumite
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    Sounds good overall though. Well done!
    "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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    catshark88 wrote: »
    Sounds good overall though. Well done!

    Oh I'm not complaining about the amount - just his behaviour! He always has to put a downer on everything :(

    In other news today:

    - I earn more than Mr MWC again :p
    - split pea & ham soup for dinner
    - 4 eggs (Miss B, Miss D, Miss M and Miss Q)
    - I'm baking a beetroot seed cake this evening as I'm visiting my old workplace tomorrow - my former colleagues appreciate cake much more than my current colleagues:T
    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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    Today news:

    - I have had a lovely day catching up with my old colleagues :)
    - The beetroot seed cake (a Nigel Slater recipe) was exceedingly good :drool:
    - I am enjoying sitting in my clean + tidy conservatory - drinking tea, watching chickens and catching up on diaries :cool:
    - 3 eggs today (Miss B, Miss D and Miss H)
    - Miss LRH crouched for me today so I'm expecting her first proper egg any day now :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    - Miss LRH crouched for me today so I'm expecting her first proper egg any day now :D
    :T:T:T Way to go Miss LRH (she's obviously worked out what went wrong 1st time round ;)) :T:T:T
    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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    I do have some financial news :rotfl:

    Mr MWC sold some shares yesterday :) Approx. £12,000-worth (need to wait for the cheque to arrive from the US for the actual amount) - all profit :T

    Not 100% sure what we are going to do with the money yet but he didn't want all his eggs in one basket (still has lot of these shares left to sell). Some will be used to fill a 2013 ISA, some will be used for home improvements, he wants a new computer (:mad:) but he has said that whatever is left can be used to OP the mortgage :D

    HM tomato sauce (from freezer) with pasta for dinner

    Dining room has been tidied and cleaned - I've even washed the floor (my least favourite job) :A
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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