Good things for the last week

• Making a yummy dinner of pasta with pesto and roast veges for myself and a friend I was staying with and eating it while laughing our heads off at ‘The Big Fat Quiz of the Year’ on youtube featuring Noel Fielding and Russell Brand
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• Being able to have every room in the house open and all the animals wandering where they wanted without any fear that the dog will bother the cats
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• Discovering a local speciality – hot chips with mayo and grated cheese on top – and loving it (a bit too much!)
• Enjoyable phone calls with my close friend from Ireland and close friend from my home town
• A wonderful romp with the dog at a lovely reserve beside a broad still stretch of the Waikato River, under huge trees shining in the late afternoon sun, with the silence broken only by geese flying overhead and a couple of motorboats
• Seeing my naturopath face to face for the first time in ages and having a really good chat