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Most of the weight I lost over the last few months has piled back on 🙁

I’ll be honest and admit I have NO will power.  It wouldn’t be so bad but Vic’s food demands are mostly for stuff that’s not exactly weight loss friendly.  I’ve been making dinner every night for her and I just eat what she wants to eat as I really can’t be arsed cooking two meals.

But I went for a run today! It was only two miles (18:16 – pathetic) but at least it’s a start.  I tried to start running about a month ago but after running once could hardly breathe for the rest of the day and hardly walk for the next two!  This time though I paced myself a lot better and, although breathing heavily, wasn’t too wheezy.

I’m going to try and run at least 4 times a week to start off with and want to get to the stage where I can run for an hour without it being a struggle.  We’ll see…………

So now the Chinese goverment is deciding who can and can’t advertise at New Zealand airports !

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I had a bit of a laugh whilst flicking through the channels today

I came upon an old episode of Beyond 2000 which is an Australian magazine style science show.

The cutting edge news was a portable MP3 player (32MB I think) and some new software that would be released soon for helping to search for ET life – SETI@Home

The world changes so rapidly………

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Someone around here is doing some work on the flooring of their apartment.  I can’t tell if it’s above or below me – the whole flat is resounding with their hammer blows.

One of the bad things about working from home I guess 🙁

I’ll have to go out for a while at some stage though or there’ll be one more homicide investigation in London…………… 

Busy weekend hence no entries until now – here it is in chronological order.

? The All Blacks beat Australia 12-6 in the opening match of the tri-nations :vbg:  Richie and Fi came around to watch the game which was a dour, error ridden, hard fought affair played in freezing rain.  v.nervous toward the end but neither team really looked like scoring a try and running away with the match.

? Then it was off out to the Bluewater shopping mall for a few hours in an attempt to find Vic some maternity trousers.  Even though she’s not really starting to show she is finding that more and more pairs of trouser aren’t comfortable any more.  Hours later we get back to the car with 3 maternity tops (of course!) Maybe next weekend…………..

? Watched the last couple of hours of the England vs India triangular series final What a game!! England scored a stunning 325 in the first innings and had India struggling on 146-5.  The Indian middle order came through though and India won with 3 balls and 2 wickets to spare.  Great stuff!

? Saturday night was relaxed with Japanese noodles for dinner and a bit of grocery shopping (such an exciting married couple!)

? Most of Sunday was spent with my Uncle Andrew’s family visiting them before they move a lot further away next week.  As with most of my family they are totally chilled and visiting them is always relaxing.  After a nice lunch sitting in the garden we spent some time watching the movie Spy Kids with Megan

? Then after a 2 hour drive back it was round to Richie and Fi’s for a BBQ to finish the weekend off.  We were going to see a movie but the weather was far too nice (for a change :() hence the food and wine instead.

So that’s it – another Cramer weekend over and back into work.  Stupid me has booked a day off on Thursday and then went and setup up a customer meeting! D’oh

Hope y’all had as nice a weekend as we did

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It’s been a while but I’ve got another Picture Of The Day (POTD) at [url=http://www.digitalphotocontest.com]http://www.digitalphotocontest.com[/url] This shot has been entered 12 times now and was picked at last :vbg:

Here’s some stats from the site (they’ve put up a new section)

? There are 10 categories with one winner picked per category each day

? 474 pictures were entered yesterday (12 July)

? So far 6395 entries have been received this month (approx 16,000 per month!)

I’ve been entering pictures here for about 2 years now and have 10 POTD’s with one monthly Best of Category and one monthly Grand Prize winner.  It’s a tough site and getting tougher all the time so I’m glad to win anything these days.

Anyone reading this that has an interest in photography should visit the site and have a look around (especially the archive section) as there is some stunning work there.

News has reached me that Sesame Street is to introduce an HIV-Positive Muppet in South Africa.

This story explains how the muppet, which has yet to have a name or final color or form, will be female, have high self esteem and will be fully part of the community.

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