Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

Bonjour from Lyon :wave:

I'm still trying to catch up with everything (sleep included) since returning from holiday.

I had a free afternoon to do some sightseeing today (makes a change from only seeing the airport and supplier's facilities!) - I thought I'd have 40 winks first and woke up 5.5 hours later!!! Sightseeing therefore involved a quick walk around the square outside which is lined with the most beautiful magnolia trees in full bloom

I had been thinking about opening a new ISA until I realised that the one I opened last year pays 4.25% interest until 31 October 2013 and then 1.5% above base rate until 1 January 2014. I'll transfer my full allowance in at the weekend and look to transfer it later in the year.

My new diet is going quite well. I've lost 3.5 pounds since Monday although that is probably all from my ankles :rotfl:

Fortune_Smiles

Bonjour MWC

magnolia trees are beautiful - I'd love one in my garden if I had the room.

Well done on the weight loss. 3.5 lbs is fantastic progress :T

Fortune x

muddywhitechicken

Fortune_Smiles wrote: »

magnolia trees are beautiful - I'd love one in my garden if I had the room.

But they're only beautiful in bloom Fortune - the rest of the year they're a bit dull I'd have a real dilemma if my garden was big enough...

Diet not going so well today... overtired, bored and my hosts left me alone with a plate of chocolate biscuits this afternoon I can resist everything except temptation :rotfl:Stayed in my hotel room and ate a cereal bar instead of going out for dinner on the company CC though :A That'll cheer my boss up - he's gonna go mentile when he finds out that my flights cost £513 + travel agency fees :eek:

muddywhitechicken

Good morning - it's good to be home with Mr MWC again :j

Flight home was delayed by ~1 hour yesterday but I was upgraded :cool:

Whilst we were away the postie delivered a share dividend cheque for £343.64 :T:T:T I like free money :rotfl:

Things to do before I go away again tomorrow:

Spend some QT with Mr MWC
Laundry, more laundry and, if it stays dry, even more laundry...
Go to BS and pay in dividend cheque
Menu plan
Grocery shopping
Find receipt and return unworn "holiday" skirt
Review finances/transfer money to ISAs/make MOP
Drive 70 miles to have my hair cut
Pop in and see my dad
Pay window cleaner
Open windows and let some fresh air in
Housework
Clean chicken coop
Tidy garden
Pack another suitcase

That's quite a lot to do before 17:00 tomorrow :eek:

BookWorm

Morning MWC - welcome back
Hope you can find some time to relax in between the items on that list!

muddywhitechicken

Thanks BW

Slowly (very slowly!) making my way through the list

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Things to do before I go away again tomorrow:

Spend some QT with Mr MWC
Laundry, more laundry and, if it stays dry, even more laundry... 1 load on
[STRIKE]Go to BS and pay in dividend cheque [/STRIKE]Done
Menu plan
Grocery shopping
Find receipt and return unworn "holiday" skirt
Review finances/transfer money to ISAs/make MOP
Drive 70 miles to have my hair cut
Pop in and see my dad
Pay window cleaner
Open windows and let some fresh air in
Housework
Clean chicken coop
Tidy garden
Pack another suitcase

Before menu-planning can begin, I needed to remind myself of what was in the freezer:

Diced beef
Minced beef
Beef chuck steak
Pork loin steaks
1/2 lamb shoulder
Lamb loin chops
Whole chicken
Chicken drumsticks
Whole duck
Sliced ham
Bacon
Cooking chorizo
Chilli con carne
Bolognaise sauce
Tomato sauce
Mole sauce
Hot cross bun loaf
1 x everything bagel
Peas/soya beans
Fruit (blackcurrants, rhubarb, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries & raspberry puree)

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

Things to do before I go away again tomorrow:

[STRIKE]Spend some QT with Mr MWC [/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Laundry, more laundry and, if it stays dry, even more laundry... [/STRIKE] just 1 load of towels left to do - much better drying day today :T
[STRIKE]Go to BS and pay in dividend cheque [/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Menu plan [/STRIKE] done but only for 1 week
[STRIKE]Grocery shopping [/STRIKE] off to the supermarket shortly
Find receipt and return unworn "holiday" skirt
[STRIKE]Review finances/transfer money to ISAs/make MOP [/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Drive 70 miles to have my hair cut[/STRIKE] done
[STRIKE]Pop in and see my dad [/STRIKE] done
Pay window cleaner done
Open windows and let some fresh air in
Housework
Clean chicken coop
Tidy garden
Pack another suitcase

Review of finances resulted in transferring £5,759 from a savings account to my ISA, transferring £1,062.25 from my current account to the Further Advance (total MOP for April = £1,625) and leaving £2,500 in both current accounts at 5% interest

muddywhitechicken

I wish I was at home with Mr MWC

Instead I'm in a grim hotel room in The Midlands :( (my admin assistant obviously didn't read the reviews before she booked... or maybe she did and she doesn't like me :rotfl:)

And whilst I'm feeling sorry for myself, none of the taxis here accept CCs so I will have to spend my cash rather than use the company CC and wait weeks to be reimbursed :(:(

And I have a headache :(:(:(

7 eggs today though Miss LRH's eggs are normal size now (~65g) but Miss Beryl and Miss Gladys are still laying little eggs (45-50g)

gallygirl

Aw poor you . Glad LRH is a big grown up girl now though :T.

Fortune_Smiles

Horrid for you MWC. Hope you get home soon.

Fortune x