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Oh Liz....don't think your holidays were meant to be!!!
Do hope you soon sort out a car.
We make plans,but sometimes circumstances have to change them,,,but we still have to have a focus to work towards.
Thinking of you.
Brenda x

Thanks folks, the car has been picked up by the garage and we should have courtesy car tomorrow (good old MoreThan) so I hope they can fix the car so it doesn't have to be written off. The owner of the holiday cottage is fine about our delay and just needs a couple of days notice for us to have it for the rest of the week or just next week.

Will keep you posted on how things go.

Lizxx

Oh goodness Liz, just one thing after another for you, I hope your car can be mended and you can go and have a much needed relaxing time in Sheringham.... a bit like your second home methinks!....xx

Yes, I hope it all works out, tho to be honest, if I could just get shot of him indoors for a week and stay here myself I would be happy, I have so much to do and could really catch up with myself. I always seem to be chasing my tail.


Lizxx

Well we are mobile again, have a new Fiesta to drive around while they decide what to do with the old car. It's like driving in the cockpit of a plane, there are so many dials and lights etc I did drive back from Tescos, he drove there, and it wasn't so bad but when I get in and out I hit my head on the top of the door frame, it happened when b.i.l. gave us a lift a while back in the same sort of car. I could barely reach down to adjust the driver's seat, yet I don't have short arms and the handbrake is short so I have to sort of hold my arm backwards a bit which hurts my shoulders. Wouldn't be my car of choice but we will have to think about what cars are ok if we have to buy another one.

We have decided not to go away, it's going to be expensive if we have to have a new car and there is £150 excess on the insurance to pay as well. We can go to Sheringham in the car on brighter days while o.h. is off work and do some stuff in the garden and house on gloomier or wet days.

A shame but better than spending all his money when the weather forecast isn't great for the coming week. There will be another chance to try the cottage.

Lizx

Heck Liz your holidays are not to be are they ?
Glad to hear you are at least mobile again and can get out and about on the nicer days. Some say that a holiday at home is more relaxing, but I dispute that at times it certainly is cheaper mind and as you say if you need a new car you are going to need the money saved from the holiday.

sending you hugs and thoughts xx

HOLIDAYS FOR ME ARE NIGHTMARES ,
THIS YEAR
HAD CAR ACCIDENT
IT RAINED ALL WEEK
AN ARGUMENTS WERE LOTS

I hope the weather improves soon and the rain goes away Liz so that you can perhaps go out and about locally now that you have a courtesy car. I don't think you are meant to have a holiday abroad just now........ next year perhaps will be better. Hugs..Gxx

G, that one was only to be 25 miles from home lol and still we couldn't manage it. It's rained most of today and I just said to o.h. if we had stuck to our initial plans to travel in our car today we (I) would have had to pack and unpack the car in the rain and it would have been a pain. The woman we were renting from has been really good about us messing her about, and says we can use the property another time so we aren't blacklisted lol


Now we have to help o.h.'s sister and b.i.l. whose little miniature Schnauzer Ruby has been very ill and has to be put to sleep. They drove miles to get her in June and loved her to bits, and it's obvious she wasn't a healthy pup when they got her as she seems to have a problem with her liver, they paid over £800 for her and altho they insured her, it's cost a lot lately to try and get her well. I think they have been ripped off by the breeder but the sadness they are feeling is more awful than the money they have lost.


Uzzi, next year has to be better lol A holiday at home is never relaxing with o.h. but he has a lot of tv progs recorded to keep him quiet and at least I can get out of his way some of the time lol Not sure what will happen re courtesy car if they write ours off so must make the best of it while we can.

Gwen, you haven't had a lot of luck either, have you hon? At least I was lucky with the weather the week I was at Buckingham.

I think I will just stock up with chocolate and hibernate!

Love to all

Lizxx

Well what a difficult two weeks it's been, o.h. has been in turn grumpy and depressed, the weather has been miserable, and we have only managed a couple of days out, with me having to drive back in the dark when I really don't feel up to it (o.h. can't see to drive in dark with headlights coming at him).

We heard from the garage on Friday that the car will probably be written off, there is £4000 worth of damage done. How the heck o.h. managed to do that much just lurching back into a small tree is amazing, the mechanic said he was surprised it had done so much. The garage called us as they have a customer wanting to buy the courtesy car - rather surprising when they haven't seen it unless it's one they used when waiting for their car to be fixed. Because we had told the garage that we were going away on holiday (we didn't tell them we had cancelled later) they have told us to hang on to it (they were going to bring a different one but I have only just got used to driving this one ) and wait' till we get back' to swap it or give it back, whichever the situation calls for. I have been looking for a replacement car, just a little cheapo one for the while, and today we are going on the rounds of garages to see what we can find, we want another Fiesta like ours, as we don't like this new version much.

On Friday o.h. rang our usual car mechanic to see if he had anything for sale. He asked why and when o.h. explained he said Why hadn't we called him first to look at the car - he thinks he could probably fix our car cheaper, he knows it inside out as he always does the mot and service etc and we would rather have ours back on the road. The value he suggests it was worth before the bump is about £1000 so we will see what the ins. people say and then decide what to do.

I could throttle o.h. for being so careless and causing all this hassle and missed holiday again.

On a brighter note I have been lucky on the lottery. Just over a week ago I won £13.40 on Euromillions then last Saturday I won £25 on the lotto, then another £25 on Wednesday and last night I won £128. As I desperately need some new specs, that will help out a lot so hope we get a car so I can get to the opticians to look at their range as they have 75% off frames at the mo.

Cross your fingers please that we find a cheap runabout to use while our car is being fixed or negotiations done to get something better later on. I so need transport over the next few weeks, I have so much to do and can't do it on the bus!


Lizx



We are now waiting to hear from the insurance company.

Good news re s.i.l's dog Ruby, she is making a good recovery and hasn't had to be operated on for the while, she is on medication and a special diet and is putting on weight, is full of energy and growing well.

Thank goodness she has done so well, s.i.l and b.i.l. were heartbroken at the thought of losing her.

Lizx

After a lot of rushing around looking at runabouts, we think we have another Fiesta Freestyle, even the same colour as our poorly one, but a year younger and low mileage like ours, so we will know tomorrow if it's worth having, our mechanic is going to look at it for us as it's just up the road from his garage. Only £350 altho it only has a month's mot but if mechanic thinks it's ok it will be worth getting.

I also won again on the euromillions, I had missed checking the numbers on Friday and won £6 and got another £5.50 last evening. That's a total of £202.90 in the last couple of weeks!!!

Thanks to whoever is looking out for me lol

I badly need new specs so this will help out a lot.

Lizx

Hope the car suits you and is reliable.
Just changed my car to a .hyundai i20 from a Picasso 2000 cc.
My late OH loved it and I was reluctant to let it go...so I passed it on to my daughter.
Was a bit crafty,as I know it will be used for my granddaughter with her 4 children,but didnt want the others to think I was favouring her...so her mum will have to share with her.
Glad it's still part of the family,and Im getting used to the newer car.
Didnt buy new,but 2 yrs old with 3 yrs warranty still on and done less than 10,000 miles..getting used to it.
You have done well with lottery which helps a bit with all the extras you've had.
Hope you get your specs!

<3

Liz is there a naught missed off the price in your post or is it really £350? Still pleased you have found one anyway.

No Ann, we have just been looking at runabouts on our local gumtree, there have been several -- we want another Fiesta as we are so used to ours. When we know what's happening about our broken car we will know whether to go for a newer car later on, we won't get much for our poor little motor.
Have just arranged for it to be taken along the road to our mechanic and he will give it the once over, it will need a new cam belt as the previous owner hasn't had it done, unless it was done before he bought it two years ago. They have to be changed at 8 yrs or 120,000 miles, our car had a new one a couple of years back altho the mileage is under 50,099 and this car we are looking at only has about 75,000 on the clock. For the last two years they have had it they have only used it for work to a local school and back mostly the same as our car. Ours had a long run when I went to Buckingham recently and again when we went to Wroot in the summer.

If I get anymore small wins on the lottery I will have enough to pay for this new one lol I wouldn't mind a few more noughts on the next lottery win tho!

Brenda your new car sounds good and it will be nice as you say to see your old one still in the family . Enjoy the new car xx



Lizx

Well no more wins on the lottery etc yet but some luck in other directions.

At last after more than two years, my son has a job!! He starts on Tuesday at our local Council offices (15 minutes walk from his home) and it's a 6 month trial so I hope it works out and he gets the permanent position next year. The money is ok and he will at last get back into a routine of going to work sort of 9 -5 (slight flexi time apparently so could be 8-4 sometimes) It will give him a new interest and he and his gf will not be in each other's pockets so much. She met him just as he finished his previous job so has never known him when in work. I am so relieved as he was getting quite depressed and demoralised.

We heard yesterday that our little car has definitely been written off but because it was in good shape until the accident, we will get more than expected for it so that will more than pay for the new runabout and we can see how good that turns out to be and maybe wait to buy anything more expensive. Hopefully o.h. will start biking to work more again, he has used a car so much since his accident earlier in the year and has put a lot of weigh back on, which being diabetic is not good for him.

Now for the lottery tonight, crossing my fingers it comes up trumps for me again!

Lizxx

Picking up 'new' car tomorrow and the 'spare' money from the ins. co will pay for an mot at the end of Nov and a service, not something the current owner has done (service) since he had the car two years ago. We trust our mecanic when he said it was worth buying tho and hope we will have good little runabout for the winter and then can think about whether we (o.h) wants to change it for something newer in the spring.

Of course, if my numbers come up bigtime..........


Lizx

If they do come up bigtime, don't forget a trip to New Zealand. Good luck with the car.

Huia, as if I would. I have my route planned out already, NZ, Canada to see MaxiMary and some Maltese friends, America to see friends in Florida and Texas and many more places around the world.

Still dreaming tho, as no luck last evening lol

Best bit of luck is my lad getting a job at last!


Lizxxxx

Liz just looking in to see what is happening and wow ..an angel is looking after you at long last and about time too. Fingers crossed that your luck holds, out if anybody deserves it you certainly do.

great news on your lad !! . :-D