Money/car woes

Ok, so last time I posted I had money safely in two savings accounts, and a car with a light on the dash that I was ignoring - who needs traction control anyway? Car was also a bit sluggish and refusing to restart when still warm the first time. I was happily burying my head in the sand. Couldn't afford to use it much anyway with diesel at £1.30 a litre.

Anyway, now I have virtually nothing in savings and a car that's got lots of new bits in it. A new turbo, traction control fixed because after all if the kids died because I skidded would I forgive myself easily? Plus it's the same warning light for when the ABS goes and we wouldn't know if it was already on.

And now no holiday this year. Or nice things at all. We've overspent as well, which has become a bigger issue with the car bill. Need to seriously just stop. So ironically still can't buy much diesel! Fixed up car sitting, well, for now still sitting in the repair place, hubby is picking it up later, I assume nothing else went wrong!!

Bye bye New York next year. It feels as if God really doesn't want me to go there! Maybe it's just not right.

Bye bye taking the kids to France, possibly indefinitely. I wish I could switch off my itchy feet. There's a whole world out there and I've been to Milan once, Toulouse once, Paris once, Champagne, Belfast and...that's about it. But that's the decision you make when you decide to Home Educate I suppose. I could put them all in school now and from next year only two of the four would need after school club fees which is a huge milestone, before now school and working would cost more than home educating.

We've really been enjoying our new church. If we can afford the diesel to go the six miles it would be nice to continue there at least for now. So far it seems more accepting, a divorced remarried woman was there last week, that would have been a huge no no at the other church.

Water and bread for the next year or so then. And a machine on the drive I can't afford to use much. Pah!!! Ok rant over, time to look at the positives.

We probably will manage to get into Huddersfield to church. I live in a gorgeous village and don't have to go anywhere for walks in relative countryside. Beer is very cheap in the Lidl which is just a mile away. Clothes seem to arrive at the door for the children, someone put a jacket for the youngest through the letterbox this morning! And I'm going to Glasgow to stay with a friend for £20 going and £5.50 coming back, at a push we can run to more of those sorts of trips. So I stay sane, wanderlust partially quenched. We have a beer festival right here in the village, and a folk festival a couple of miles away where hopefully, while I can't afford the proper thing I'll be able to get to the fringe stuff, I've been promised dancing in the streets!!

I have a roof over my head that's still affordable since they made us remortgage over 25 years, and I have a box of wine in the fridge. And my kids are great.

So life is good...I think! I will stay positive.