“We” have just bought a rowing machine. It’s one of these big fancy ones you find in a gym. My husband decided “we” needed one as he watched me struggle into my jeans.Anyway I bid for a second hand rowing machine on e-bay and was frustratingly out bid in the last 40 seconds. However, the women who actually won the thing, decided to pull out of the sale because she was “too tired” to go and collect it.In the auction details it clearly said “buyer to collect” and gave the choice of two locations, so she must have realised how far she would have to travel if she won. Mind you, that may not have been the case. Perhaps, as she’d bid so late in the auction she’d overlooked that bit which is something I did once to my cost.

When I was new to e-bay I bid for a bronze ornament in the final few minutes of an auction and won it. I was delighted with my purchase until I realised it was being shipped from Beijing and I live in UK. The postage was eleven times more expensive than the actual item and it is a good story to tell when my family wants a laugh at my expense. Now the location and shipping is the first thing I check.

Still her loss was my gain and so last week end “we” went to collect it, having first removed a few seats in the car as it’s a big thing but surprisingly not too heavy.

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I have to admit I’ve put on a considerable amount of weight over the past year and I know why.  It’s not because I’ve been eating more, but rather exercising less.

I’ve been writing another book and my research has had me virtually glued to the chair in front of the computer and only my brain and fingers have been getting a workout.

That’s my excuse, but not for much longer as the book is almost done and no doubt I’ll be telling you about it soon. However, the stupid thing is I feel really lethargic.  I know just a few minutes exercise a day would really energise me and make me more productive but I can’t seem to drag myself away from the computer.  I find myself saying things like, “I’ll just do this first”, or I’ll do it “later”, “tomorrow”, “next week”, and the truth is I just haven’t done anything.  It shows.

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