Learning to live my dreams not trample on them

*Jellie*

Hope work calms down soon- there is only so long you can do manic in my experience!
Glad DS cleaning is going well- maybe you should sign him up to the flylady thread!

gilligansyle

bigzippy wrote: »

I *may*'ve fallen a little bit in love with a Focus CMAX - Diesel Automatic - today. It's like a cross between a Focus family car, and an MPV - higher ride height and automatic,

They are fantastic cars. I used to love my Focus until I changed it for a Fiesta,because there's only ever me in it, but now I do lots of motorway driving, the CMAX looks fantastic.

savingholmes

bigzippy wrote: »

Cheers, I'm hoping it works out...
I *may*'ve fallen a little bit in love with a Focus CMAX - Diesel Automatic - today. Only problem is that the house sale still hasn't gone through yet (mortgage processing is stuck in a Halifax backlog) and they're relatively rare, so I'm worried we're gonna miss out on the chance of a local one iyswim. There's only one within 40miles atm...

Ouch to mortgage processing backlog:eek:

gilligansyle wrote: »

They are fantastic cars. I used to love my Focus until I changed it for a Fiesta,because there's only ever me in it, but now I do lots of motorway driving, the CMAX looks fantastic.

We would have loved a focus cmax - they are a nice looking car:cool:

*Jellie* wrote: »

Hope work calms down soon- there is only so long you can do manic in my experience!

Well got struck down by the flu bug - Friday onwards, still recovering now. Kids have also been ill - so yeah people can only do manic for so long before something happens....

It meant I had to cancel hair appointment, couldn't go to OH's xmas do and will miss my xmas lunch tomorrow! Not good

bigzippy

gilligansyle wrote: »

They are fantastic cars. I used to love my Focus until I changed it for a Fiesta,because there's only ever me in it, but now I do lots of motorway driving, the CMAX looks fantastic.

Unfortunately I've found out that the diesel auto 1.6 has an inherent fault on the transmission - which Ford charges £5k to fix :eek: - so it's really put me off. If there was a 1.8 version I could find I might be tempted. Or if the petrol mpg was alright.... Back to square one and don't really know what cars are out there that would suit what we need and can be bought in budget at Used.

On the very UP side, we now have a completion date of next wednesday :T:j
I don't envy the family moving 3 days before Christmas, but very happy that we actually have a date that IS this side of Christmas!!! DH & MIL go to the solicitors tomorrow to deal with the paperwork etc... can you hear the audible sigh of relief? ;)

tirlittan

Sorry to hear you missed the Xmas party and lunch. Hope you feel up to full speed soon.

clearmydebts

Hope you feel better soon SavingH! I suppose it is better that you get it over and done with before Xmas rather than be sick for Xmas day.

savingholmes

bigzippy wrote: »

Unfortunately I've found out that the diesel auto 1.6 has an inherent fault on the transmission - which Ford charges £5k to fix :eek: - so it's really put me off. If there was a 1.8 version I could find I might be tempted. Or if the petrol mpg was alright.... Back to square one and don't really know what cars are out there that would suit what we need and can be bought in budget at Used.

On the very UP side, we now have a completion date of next wednesday :T:j

Great news re completion date! Phew! On the car front - the meriva's egr valve fault at £500 looks cheap compared to that above then!

The £100 we spent hasn't solved the problem so after xmas we may well splash out and buy the valve...

tirlittan wrote: »

Sorry to hear you missed the Xmas party and lunch. Hope you feel up to full speed soon.

Thanks Tirl - donated my lunch place to a new starter so she was chuffed. Feel a lot better today. DD has gone back to school but DS still poorly but improving.

clearmydebts wrote: »

Hope you feel better soon SavingH! I suppose it is better that you get it over and done with before Xmas rather than be sick for Xmas day.

I think that is why I am looking after myself for a change... don't want it to linger on over xmas... Hoping I might get to eat properly today.

I got OH to bring us home a rotisserie chicken yesterday so had one meal all day... Need to do a bit better today but just had no energy

savingholmes

Got a statement today on the card I was worried had paid late - due to faster payments the money had gone thro on time so that was a relief!

lucielle

Hope you are feeling better.
L

savingholmes

Thanks Lucielle - getting there slowly!

Had to pick DD up from after school club practically straightaway as she burst into tears - that meant I had to get dressed in double quick time and walked 0.6 miles each way to get her! She was grateful tho. She insisted on going back to school but it was party day and I think she over did it. DS on the other hand at one point was trying to avoid taking tablets as he didn't want to return to school yet! LOL!

I think I will work from home tomorrow... they are being very understanding at work which is refreshing!