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And now we go again...
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I do indeed use Untappd Vix! I'm not always a great fan of IPAs, although quite like the lower ABV juicy new world ones - they can keep the British style traditional options though - they make me pull faces! Not unheard of for the pub we're using this evening to have a decent New World offering though so I'll have a look!
Yes, it was the short notice thing that was the killer - especially as they apparently knew about this in November and just didn't say anything! Thank goodness the co-host chap decided to speak up when he saw the message - otherwise we would have got down there only to find we had nowhere to stay.
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her7 -
I'm with you entirely on IPAs - a juicy, modern one is one thing, traditional definitely not so much. But it's OK, we have 'three sips rule' for checking in on Untapped (brought in mainly for beer festivals - and by 'we', I mean Mr MV, BIL and SIL 😂 - so I'll get my badge as Mr MV will happily have one. Our plans for this evening haven't been decided yet, beyond the fact that a beer will be involved!
Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway6 -
Gosh that's extremely annoying, especially at short notice! And meaning you now have to stay in different places - grrr.
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There's a "taster" option on there now I think Vix…I have some pals who are utter purists though and insist on it needing to be a third as a minimum to be acceptable - stuff that! 😂
Yes Cheery - half the reason for staying together was to avoid anyone having to do late night wanders through a town which inevitably at airshow time is often full of drunk people (not us!)on their own - bang goes that plan!
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her4 -
I forget about the taster option - will try to remember to use that for trying other people’s beers. You definitely don’t need a third to know if you like something or not! (Might have sent you a friend request - don’t feel obliged though!)
Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway2 -
Might have accepted it…! 🍻
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her4 -
Ugh on the accommodation, the short notice AND the fact that this has been an issue since November and they’ve only just told you … 🙄 Sheesh …
Could you use some of the refund to buy a lightweight sack truck or similar for moving your camera equipment around?
KK
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That is so out of order, thank goodness the co-host at least had a bit of common decency
Enjoy the beers 🍻
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That’s a very poor show EH! Well done on getting new accommodation sorted even though it’s not as good as the other one.
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Afternoon all!
A fairly garden-orientated weekend for us, with yesterday mostly centred around getting MrEH's new irrigation system set up and (hopefully!) running. Took some fiddling - mostly from his side of things I'm pleased to say - but we think it is now working - we'll have a better idea when we get home this evening.
Other MSE type stuff:
- garden pickings are coming along nicely - another big courgette, lots of tomatoes, another squash and two cucumbers - one of which was a stealth one we hadn't spotted before and was MASSIVE! Wouldn't have bought one at Al's on Friday had I known!
- made use of Agile plunge pricing on Saturday to roast two trays of squash and one of toms - the latter was done with home grown basil and garlic too and was delicious!
- Also on the plunge pricing MrEH made two batches of rolls ready for lunches, and I hard-boiled half a dozen eggs.
- First aubergine also picked on Saturday - that got roasted on the barbeque and turned into a delicious dip with some of the roasted toms - that will be repeated as it was so tasty!
- Another tray of toms roasted yesterday as well - electric prices were super-low so it made sense.
- Assorted roasted veggies portioned up and popped into the freezer.
- Meal plan done right through until we head away on holiday which will hopefully also help make more space in the freezer for home grown stuff.
- Home insurance now done, and the autorenewal on the old one cancelled. Surprise surprise the old provider suddenly decided they could match the price from last year when I called them - I'm afraid they got my usual "Oh dear, shame you didn't put that on the renewal quote then" reply. New cover is £12 more than last year but that includes my new camera and better cover elsewhere.
- Household budget pot will cover the insurance so hurrah for that.
- Food spending from the weekend transferred off the CC, and the small spend on MrEH's replacement windscreen wiper too.
- A trip in to the town centre on Saturday let us pay in the bagged up cash we had - that will be transferred to the Holiday pot.
- Two small big River site spends - a sunshade style umbrella for me to use down in Eastbourne at the weekend as it is threatening to be HOT! Also a new Spiral bound A4 notebook for our holiday diary - we got to the end of the previous one last year. I thought I had a replacement but it won't work as the line spacing is all wrong. This is something we're happy to spend some money on though - having the "history" of our Hebrides trips is lovely!
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her9
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