The man flu has left the building :¬)

short lived though it was it did knock me for six, thankfully it's gone now all but the odd sniffle :¬)

I'm booked for vehicular repairs this weekend on the Pug 205, mainly because when I coast the car downhill it actually slows down and the bearings are starting to make tuneful noises at certain speeds, and my amazingly frugal fuel consumption has dropped to 45 mpg which is quite frankly disgusting ;¬)..... I've ruled out the brakes binding, so it only leaves the bearings....I got a quote from a local Pug garage and they wanted more than I paid for the car for the supplying and fitting the front wheel bearings !!! they got an email back asking if they were gold plated wheel bearings at £67 a pop !!!

so I went to a local motor factors in Swansea and picked up all the bits I need for £35, so that's two front wheel bearings, two tie rod ends and a front windscreen washer pump for that price and we have purchased a 2nd hand workshop manual off Ebay due here on Saturday so I have a vague clue as to what I'm doing, I've never done wheel bearings before so it's a new one on me but it doesn't look too difficult..(I can see the experienced mechanics spitting their tea out reading this).....but you forget I have a selection of hammers and other large tools to hit the car with in a Basil Fawlty styleeee.... I'm just glad of the indoor inspection pit, axle stands and trolley jacks, not to mention the largest selection of greases and oils this side of Carmarthen, all at my fingertips, it's ace having a fully kitted out garage, it's not even that draughty if you close the doors :¬)

I have a an unwanted freeloader

The whole family practically have had this bug and smugly I thought I had escaped it, but I woke up this morning with the back of my nose and throat feeling like somebody had rubbed it down with wet and dry and turps.... "ahhh well" I thought "if this is all it's going to be then I can cope with that"

but alas as the day has wore on, my legs are getting shaky and most of my joints feel like they have developed a joint ache of some description... even my wrists and finger joints feel sore !!!

anyway I've taken a couple of Beecham's flu plus and will carry on for as long as I can, no doubt I will be suffering from "man flu" and how much worse it is for men to catch a cold etc etc.....blah de blah ;¬)

I actually do feel .....pretty damn crap today

:(

Well the flights are booked

and I'm attempting to update my blog with Freya sat on my knee, she has a bit of a cold at the moment so is a bit snuffly but she does look very pretty in pink :) .....anyway we looked into driving up to Scotland for Andrea's brothers wedding but at nine hours drive with a 3 month old it wasn't going to be a pleasant experience, so we opted to fly from Cardiff to Glasgow, the flights were only £0.04 pence each.....yes you read that right !!!

but the airport taxes are £38 each !!! so it's not quite as cheap as it seems, plus we have to hire a car when we get up there, so all in all it's a bit of a logistic nightmare but I'm sure we will have a blast once we get up there :)

anyway here's hoping everything goes to plan