Laura Seabrook's Ramblings

I put the chair together last night. It cost $69 on special with a one year warrenty, and I paid an extra $14 for an extra two year warranty, so if it breaks within three years I can get it fixed for free. It has a capacity of 150kg which should be more than enough for my 136kg.  So far so good, but then it took about a week before the previous chair started collapsing. Before then two of the legs on it broke near the castors! I "fixed it" by combining the top of my chair with the bottom of one that Kevin left behind. But then it started collapsing again. I'm reassured by the fact that the new chair has metal legs. I guess the weight capacity is related to how strong the base is, and the strength of the gas lift component. It is really comfortable as well.

I would have taken a photo of it but my camera stopped working. It may only be dead batteries but i suspect the cover on the battery compartment is broken, as it just won't turn on. A time for things breaking I guess. We'll see what happens.

The real issue here is my weight. It would be nice to be about 100kg again. Had that weight once, and I've also lost weight when I put my determination to the test. I seem to have put on an extra 10 kg in the last 3 months. I was about 128 for a while. Too little exercise and too many calories per day. I have been eating a lot more Fish & Chips for dinner, and up until Hallie and the Pups went, they were getting about half of it. But every time I'd get Fish & Chips I'd also get a 1.2 or 2kg bottle of coke, and at least 1/2 of that would be drunk at once. That can't be good either. 

Earlier in the week I had $2.50 of chips and that seemed OK, but I'm starting to think that in the long run it isn't. Too much fat. For breakfast I have a cup of coffee/chocolate mix, a bowl of cereal (either Weetbix+sugar or Cheerios normally) and two slices of bread with margarine (can't have butter) and topping (normally one with jam, the other a fish spread). The other meals vary but breakfast is mostly the same. Might be time to change that, but whatever I change it to, has to be something I can be satisfied with.

I really do need to exercise more. If I weighed less my knee might not bother me as much. Sitting in front of the computer all day doesn't cut it as far as exercise goes, so it needs to be something physical. I walk my dog in the morning before anything else, and that's about 30-60 minutes, but it's hardly a power walk. the most exercise I do is carrying shopping home, mowing the lawn, and assorted bits of gardening. Need to prioritise and allocate time for exercise, and eat less fat and surplus calories.

Yesterday I had a sausage roll and a potato and vegie pastie for lunch, but a "Works Burger" at the chip shop for dinner. This morning when I woke up (after a 9 hour sleep) I had the runs and was stuck on the toilet for 10-15 minutes. I think the works burger was slathered in butter and other products using milk solids, so that's them ruled out as well. So it goes.

Yes, I decided to get the DV-5000 HD video camera for $150 as well. Has a one year warranty. My masters now has a video component and this will help me create live footage .

Well actually, I've wanted a video camera for a long while...   ...but this is the excuse! :)

 I saw a $98 camera in Dick Smith's the other day with 6 mega pixels and 3x zoom. Very tempting to replace my old Canon A20 which I bought for $800 in 2001.I'm very tempted to buy it, but am not sure I can afford to do so.

What do you think - is it worth the $$$? I have until the 26st November before it goes back up to about $150.

Urk - maybe not. Just read this:

Size: 640x480, 320x240 (3X Optical Zoom, Mute during Zoom Operation)

Even my A20 can do better than that!