julicorn's journey

julicorn · 26 January 2020 at 9:24PM

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

I did a fair bit of cooking this weekend, another big batch of chilli, and also finally tried out a seitan recipe I've been wanting to give a shot for ages. It's called chickwheat, basically fake chicken pieces made of chickpeas and gluten - probably doesn't sound delicious to people unfamiliar with seitan, but it's soooo good! Seems to have turned out well, but we shall see tomorrow night when we try it in a recipe. Making meat subs rather than occasionally buying them because we're too lazy to prep a 'proper' meal would be fantastic.

In other news, I've finally taken up matches betting, after also considering it for quite a while. Started yesterday, and have made around £53 so far, so not a bad start! The first 2 bets were very daunting, I was terrified of getting it all wrong somehow, but it's all pretty logical and I feel more confident already. Will keep you posted on the progress

julicorn · 5 February 2020 at 10:09AM

Greetings from Porto! That's where our surprise holiday ended up in this time! :heart2: We're in an absolutely fabulous hotel, and the weather is lovely (19 degrees), which is helping the annoying cold I've been having since the end of last week. Having a great time here though, eating all the food (turns out you can get vegan versions of absolutely everything, including Francesinhas!) and just wondering around exploring.

beanielou · 5 February 2020 at 12:29PM

Sounds lovely. Enjoy

julicorn · 6 February 2020 at 8:57AM

Thanks beanie!

julicorn · 9 February 2020 at 3:37PM

Back in the UK, and the forum looks all different - eek! Seems to be able to do a few things the old one couldn't do though, so I'm probably the only one not complaining.

Next week or the week after I should get my first Appen payment, should be around £200 for January I think. Exciting times! The matched betting is also going well, getting close to £200 profit so far, and have only really been putting in a bit of time on the weekends. Will definitely keep that going.

Today we fiiiinaaaaallyyyyyyy ordered new cabinet doors for our kitchen. I am so excited! They should arrive in around 2 weeks I believe. Dark blue at the bottom, and then paintable ones for the top (we want to paint them 'Middleton Pink' to match the wall colour). Maybe I'll post a photo here once that drawn-out DIY project is finished. I can't wait to see it all properly put together!

And finally, I'm trying out a meal planning app/website at the moment called 'Plan to Eat'. Really liking it so far! It's got a good recipe clipper too, saves me having to scroll past long rambling blog posts just to get to the recipes.

Hope you're all holding up well in the storm (if it's affecting where you are) and having a quiet Sunday

julicorn · 10 February 2020 at 4:36PM

First day back in the office, and it turns out my colleague is friends with some of the new coronavirus cases in Brighton

Work are ramping up the security precautions as well, will see how this one plays out.

In an unrelated note, have any of you watched Parasite yet? We're thinking of watching it this weekend. Went to watch The Lighthouse last weekend because we've got a bunch of 'free' tickets left, it was good but it didn't leave as much of an impact on me as The Witch did I'd say.

beanielou · 10 February 2020 at 6:26PM

Blimey that's a tad scary.

julicorn · 10 February 2020 at 7:19PM

Yeah, it feels a little close to home, but no use in panicking about it now I suppose. Will just need to be careful, wash hands even more than usual, and hope for the best.

julicorn · 29 February 2020 at 12:46PM

Another milestone reached: As of this month, we are 6 years ahead on our mortgage!

South_coast · 29 February 2020 at 4:39PM

Excellent work! Well done Mr & Mrs julicorn 😀

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