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At current interest rates it's doable, but if they increase at all I'd be stuffed. FWIW, I would never consider an adjustable rate mortgage. It's fixed rate or it's a no-go in my book... You can only fix for a certain amount of time. You can arrange to have a set amount on fixed, and a set amount o...

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You can get a house for under 50k??!! I'd buy a house outright if I could get one for even 200k... I'd be looking at spending 500k if I wanted a modest house. I have a decent deposit and will be buying into mum's property (the family home & land) instead of buying in town and doing up/reselling...

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Mystery dinner tonight... our new "flatmate" is cooking. She generally only cooks vegetarian food (eats some meat). She's also cooking something for tomorrow as her son and his girlfriend will be staying over for two nights. Currently wishing I had a zuc so I could slice and 'grill' in it ...

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Spatchcocked chicken: mixed and coated with a mixture of salt, pepper, paprika, chilli flakes, slivers of preserved lemons, chunks of onion, flour and a bit of oil. Marinated overnight, roasted tonight with two types of kumara (sweet potato), I also (separately) roasted some of our fresh beans (roun...

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It's in the spice aisle of the supermarket... Looks like this: https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/imag ... E48ze_ONdc

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Spotted at X wrote:I luff her!

And if you do ever decide to move that mare keep me in mind! She's fabulous! <3

If you want her, she's available... But there is the small problem of logistics. I am in NZ which is quite some distance from the States

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Some from today...

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Thank you! I really, really like the 'feel' of the book on the right, it has lovely photographs. The Fatted Calf book is illustrations rather than photos but the recipes look great.

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I have been eating hotel and restaurant food for a week. It's nice to be home! Dinner tonight will be herb roasted chicken thighs from Simply Recipes. http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/herb_roasted_chicken_thighs_with_potatoes/ Pretty easy recipe. I may make a green salad to go with it. This loo...

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They've arrived! Now to decide what to make first.....

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My cookbooks arrived - super fast, thanks Amazon! Thanks again pKOR

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I have been eating hotel and restaurant food for a week. It's nice to be home! Dinner tonight will be herb roasted chicken thighs from Simply Recipes. http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/herb_roasted_chicken_thighs_with_potatoes/ Pretty easy recipe. I may make a green salad to go with it. This loo...

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Some type of chicken.

Unsure what... Hit me with ideas!

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She is super smart, and super bold. It's going to be a tough job for me not to overhandle her, as she's such a delight. My horses are lifers... I bought her dam as a project horse to flick on... yeah, right - 6 years later she's still with me. My other mare has been with me 16 years. I mostly hack, ...

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Roast beef. I'm going to wrap it in pastry like Bascar once suggested. I loooove pastry. I looooove roast beef.

I wonder though... does wrapping the beef in pastry mean I don't "need" to cook Yorkies? Or can I do both?

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I keep way too much crap, but I think it might be useful one day... Today I threw out boxes and receipts for a mobile phone I bought in 2005. It died in 2007-8. Why did I need to keep its box?! I also pulled out three saddle blankets to give to a friend. In storage for 8+ years... I'm never going to...

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Growing like a weed! Three and a half weeks old now.

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I DEFINITELY need to take more photos... She's growing like a weed

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Pork Green Chile. Not quite why I thought it was a good idea to buy a pork roast that could feed 8 given there's only one of me. So, roast pork, pork green chile, stir fried pork and peppers, and I'm losing motivation here..... Freezer?? We ate lamb for a week. It was delicious, but... We got throu...

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When I was in Germany (exchange) we spent 10 days in Italy (Iseo, the next lake over from Garda, IIRC). I am sure we did some travelling around to places like Milan, Florence, Venice (day trips). I also went to Berlin for a week, lovely city. Sans Soucci is a beautiful castle. Also all sorts of trip...

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Boxing day here is typically sales - shops MUST close for Christmas day. The only other day of the year where no trading is allowed is Anzac day, and then only for the morning (shops can open from 1pm). Oh and one of the Easter days I think. Heaven forbid we miss out on buying things... I used to wo...

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M&M wrote:That top photo of Campion? <swoon>

That was the day I went to meet him. *swoon* indeed! He was a really cool character, cutie patootie pocket pony type of horse.

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Thank you to Jen - this morning a voucher for Amazon turned up in my inbox! Wonderful timing. Now I get to go shopping.... !!! I spy a cookbook or two in my future, I think ;) That's me! I also forgot to put my DDBB name on there :oops: I'm glad you like it! I ordered two books on charcuterie so I ...

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Turkey, lamb, coleslaw, cheese, and anything else leftover from yesterday

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I may be able to get all three and still have a few $$$ left over... Hit me with some more suggestions! Nothing like filling up the cookbook shelves in the yet-to-be-built new house, right?!

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I have an Amazon gift voucher burning a hole in my inbox, thanks to my kringler, Jen

So I'm looking for suggestions. I'd love to get something that helps me with charcuterie/preserving meats, but I am not dead set on that idea so ideas for other fabulous cookbooks will be merrily entertained.

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I have an Amazon gift voucher burning a hole in my inbox, thanks to my kringler, Jen

So I'm looking for suggestions. I'd love to get something that helps me with charcuterie/preserving meats, but I am not dead set on that idea so ideas for other fabulous cookbooks will be merrily entertained.

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Thank you to Jen - this morning a voucher for Amazon turned up in my inbox! Wonderful timing. Now I get to go shopping.... !!! I spy a cookbook or two in my future, I think

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It's taken me a few days but THANK YOU for the post... Lovely to put yet more faces to animal names and such a neat way to send some holiday cheer.

Wonderful surprise to receive post, from overseas, in this age of email and internet and instant gratification

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Sire and dam are both 16.1hh but we think she will eclipse them (gulp - I think I need to grow longer legs!). Her hocks are higher than her dam's knees! She has her sire's refined face. I decided to name her Confetti (Stiletto x Campion) but haven't worked out her 'paddock' name yet. Coco (as in Cha...

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This little firecracker is two weeks old today.

1/4 Holsteiner, 1/4 TB, 1/4 Dutch WB (Holsteiner on the sire line) and 1/4 stationbred (crossbred).

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No idea on the dinner front, but I've just put a pavlova into the oven and Kenny (my Kenwood mixer) is mixing up the next batch of eggy, sugary goodness. Chocolate meringues, I think. Then I want to make some of these: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2015/12/the-browniest-cookies/#more-17132 So I ma...

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No idea on the dinner front, but I've just put a pavlova into the oven and Kenny (my Kenwood mixer) is mixing up the next batch of eggy, sugary goodness. Chocolate meringues, I think. Then I want to make some of these: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2015/12/ ... more-17132

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Experiences tend to suit people who have material things already. My ex and his family got things for his dad and brother-in-law like an afternoon at an archery place, clay bird shooting, rafting or something on the Kaituna river (sp?). They often got multi-person gifts that meant the dad and his da...

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Thank you Thank you - Helen E. from "Down Under" - its exactly the book of poetry I was hoping to get. Many good wishes for the holidays. I couldn't wait until Xmas - the package just keep staring at me and saying - "open me, open me!"..... This is from me! I have been so busy o...

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Erm, they're all on facebook, sorry! Daily photo and/or video updates. I haven't had a chance to sit down and figure out either saving them to my computer to load up here, or sharing them here directly from my phone. It may happen this weekend... She's wonderful. I decided to call her Confetti (dam ...

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I've been making this bread for yonks. Stopped when bf (now ex) worked for bakery who made the world's most amazing sourdough bread, but he's gone so now I can make bread again. Here are my notes: No knead bread - aka easiest best bread ever 3 cups flour 1 heaped tsp salt ½-1 tsp yeast (use more if ...

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Name game time!! Dam is Stiletto (Ramazotti - technically Dutch WB, though his sire was Holsteiner) and sire is Campion (TB x Holsteiner). Ideally beginning with C but I am open to everything at the moment. I prefer paddock names to relate to the full name so something that can be shortened/adapted ...

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Errr, 5'7", hahaha

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My god, she's bloody gorgeous. Supermodel legs (her bum is nearly waist high on me - I'm a smidge under 5'7") and a fabulous personality. Bought the pair of them home. Loaded without a fuss (foal lifted in as I have a step-up), travelled well, unloaded nicely, now happy in a paddock of grass. *...

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later on today... surprised I haven't bolted from work yet

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Filly born 1.30am this morning. Up and happy and drinking. No pics yet. Mare is extremely foal proud (which I half expected!).

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The point of index/match is it will find things in a row, or column, or both. You just can't have two identical lookup entries with different results - eg two lots of Lazy Susan in the list - but you can apparently match with two criteria (I don't know how!). My example only has cell refs as it's li...

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Index and Match Index has three arguments. Array (this is the thing that you want to return), Row_num, and Column_Num. You use Match as the second argument, Row_Num. Firstly... =Index([select the result you want to find/return, eg 456],Match(... Now, you have to work out what to match. Match also ha...

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this foal is by same sire, the mare was AId the day after my girl... born overnight.

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