A Week to Remember.

This has been weekend of BIG things.

First the fridge freezer arrived.  It is the most beautiful object in my kitchen. We have space for everything we need to be in there. I am really happy with it.

Saturday afternoon we decided to fill it up. Hubby took a little detour to the shops and ended up taking us to a neighbouring village to view a car sales showroom.

We had a look at a 2003 silver Citroen Picasso very similar to the one below.

We left the showroom with a reciept for the £50 deposit we paid. We will get it sometime this week. It's a car I am going to be able to drive and practice driving in.

Currently, I am not able to get insurance for our car as a provisional driver as it is too powerful for a learner. When I pass my test, our insurance premiums will jump £1200 for the first year. That's a total of £2000 a year just to insure the Honda CRV.

This car will have hubby insured as well as myself being insured as a provisional driver for LESS than he currently pays for just himself. So it's a big money saver all round.

We were able to just exchange our car for this. Our car was worth a little more than it cost for part exchange so we've got a years free insurance, A full MOT for the year and 6 months tax to even out the cost.

We should be getting it near the end of the week all being well and anything that needs doing with the MOT should be fixed and ready to go.

One of the first trips the car will be making will be to Cambridge. Liams hospital appointment is almost upon us. On Friday hubby will take him to hospital to speak with the consultant regarding the return of his inguinal hernia. (I will be doing the school runs) I have a list ready for him so he has the full details of why I am concerned so hopefully we will see some sort of answer to correcting this ongoing problem. I am concerned as it is becoming more and more frequent and don't want a repeat of last time where he is rushed into A&E and has emergency surgery. In a way we want him to have another operation. This time we could be prepared for it. Hopefully a second op would fix it for good and we can move on without the worry for a bit.

2 days and my big man will be 8!!! EIGHT! He's getting far too big too quick! He's well over halfway to being a teenager. Agh!!!!!

James had his first day at nursery in pants today. Big thing for a little man who prefers his nappies but he had one accident and had a quick change of clothes but he seemed very happy to use the toilet so his teacher told me. I am very pleased with my little man. We then had another accident as we awaited Matthew coming out of school but this has been the first day he's had pants on since he's been up (including everytime he has been out today)  and is doing very well adapting. It can take time but the main thing is he is improving by the day. He's getting there at his own pace and will improve the more he sees his little friends at nursery do the same thing. I think this will have him coming on in leaps and bounds.