Well, on Monday past, I went to Nissan for a free MOT check and was quoted £700. I was really thinking of getting rid of my car, because I still have to get the damage from my accident fixed as well (even though that's not my money as such...) then when I went back to collect my car the girl said she had forgotten to take off the club 4 discount (cos i've an old car) so it was about £500. Now that was still a lot for me (didn't include 2 new tyres) but my mum said if it was her she would put the money into it. I still wasn't convinced. But I rang up a wee garage and the man said he could do it for about £200 but not till after the MOT, rang up another garage and he quoted me £155. When I actually left the car in, this guy said that most of the stuff I had been told needed done (lots of brakes stuff at £170 each job according to Nissan) didn't need done at all - some of it had been re-done quite recently - and in the end the cost was £62 (plus 2 tyres)! Unbelieveable!
The Micra rides again!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Ahthinkwuvhudwursummur
Translated: I think we've had our summer!
I'm just back from 3 days in Glasgow staying with my cousin Kerry (ok technically Paisley but nobody who reads my blog knows where that is except for Alison and Nev!) But I did spend a lot of my time in Glasgow - shopping and the like. We also went to the Xscape centre which is only open a few months and has a real snow skislope, and you can go out onto a veranda and watch people ski-ing and snowboarding. V cool. In both senses of the word!
Forgot to mention my other cousin's v cute baby Heather, who is going to marry Luke someday!
Kerry almost blagged herself a job at the chocolate fountain (how cool would that be???) and inspired by this we made very chocolatey pancakes for supper one night.
On Saturday we took a wee drive up to Loch Lomond which is one of my favourite places. I'm only going to put up a couple of pictures (below) but when I get my next month's allowance on Flickr, they'll be up there somewhere!
I'm just back from 3 days in Glasgow staying with my cousin Kerry (ok technically Paisley but nobody who reads my blog knows where that is except for Alison and Nev!) But I did spend a lot of my time in Glasgow - shopping and the like. We also went to the Xscape centre which is only open a few months and has a real snow skislope, and you can go out onto a veranda and watch people ski-ing and snowboarding. V cool. In both senses of the word!
Forgot to mention my other cousin's v cute baby Heather, who is going to marry Luke someday!
Kerry almost blagged herself a job at the chocolate fountain (how cool would that be???) and inspired by this we made very chocolatey pancakes for supper one night.
On Saturday we took a wee drive up to Loch Lomond which is one of my favourite places. I'm only going to put up a couple of pictures (below) but when I get my next month's allowance on Flickr, they'll be up there somewhere!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
I haven't written anything in this for a good wee while now; not a lot has happened and that's maybe why!
Since my accident, I've been a wee bit nervous driving my car long distances especially on the motorway in case it's not quite safe. Now many of you will know that I love driving and I rarely give up the priviledge of sitting in the driver's seat. Well, because of my car not being fixed, I've been forced to give up my control (and control it is!) of the wheel twice and I'm actually quite proud of myself. Gayle drove down to Portadown on Saturday night when we went to CE there (good night - would recommend it to anybody), and while for the first 20 mins or so I was really fidgety and couple of times was about to fiddle with her glove compartment or whatever just to be doing something with my hands, after that I relaxed and really enjoyed not having to concentrate. And tomorrow night I am going down to the SWOT weekend and Dermo's giving me and John a lift which is great. DON'T WORRY DERMO I WON'T GO HOKING IN YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT. This will be a real test of my endurance as it's a whole weekend, BUT at least it will force me to travel light as I wouldn't dream of even suggesting I bring as much as I did last year! (Again dermo don't worry I have only one small bag)
Here are a few photos that I have taken since I last posted. Enjoy (or not, whatever!)
Since my accident, I've been a wee bit nervous driving my car long distances especially on the motorway in case it's not quite safe. Now many of you will know that I love driving and I rarely give up the priviledge of sitting in the driver's seat. Well, because of my car not being fixed, I've been forced to give up my control (and control it is!) of the wheel twice and I'm actually quite proud of myself. Gayle drove down to Portadown on Saturday night when we went to CE there (good night - would recommend it to anybody), and while for the first 20 mins or so I was really fidgety and couple of times was about to fiddle with her glove compartment or whatever just to be doing something with my hands, after that I relaxed and really enjoyed not having to concentrate. And tomorrow night I am going down to the SWOT weekend and Dermo's giving me and John a lift which is great. DON'T WORRY DERMO I WON'T GO HOKING IN YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT. This will be a real test of my endurance as it's a whole weekend, BUT at least it will force me to travel light as I wouldn't dream of even suggesting I bring as much as I did last year! (Again dermo don't worry I have only one small bag)
Here are a few photos that I have taken since I last posted. Enjoy (or not, whatever!)
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