Va Va Vroom

The Saab liveth again! It took guts, tenacity and a lot of bad language but Dan, with two days help from his friend Jason has replaced the engine in the car and today, with a mixture of fear and excitement and me hiding under the table almost, he turned the key and she fired up.

Bless him, he came running up the garden path shouting 'Mum, Mum, listen to that,' with a great big grin on his oil blackened face. Okay there's a few things left to do before he can actually drive it but it works! No longer will we be a one car family, which might sound pretentious but out here you really do need two cars when people always end up going in opposite directions but also the strain is taking off me to take everyone everywhere.

You know I'm so proud of him. Yes he's taken engines out before but mainly Landrovers which he tells me are easy to do and yes he's a mechanic but this was something else, however he gritted his teeth, went out and did it. Good on you son and his comment when he stopped grinning 'never again,' but he will..