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I am sitting here in bed with the blinds open watching the sun slowly rise over Lake Rotorua. It’s 6am and I am awake, if for no other reason than I went to sleep so early. It’s good to be away from Auckland and all the stuff going on there at the moment with local government amalgamation. It’s good just to be away. I haven’t been that good at destressing lately. Today’s main feature involves a trip to the Polynesian Spa ( I can see it from my window) to have a mud massage and hydro massage and general soak. Other than that the plan is just to kick back, forget work, and have a bloody relaxing time.

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Definitely my favourite of the Old Spice Videos, this first one to Alyssa Milano is genius!!!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oElH6M_5i4

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The sun us shunning in Auckland today and I hope this continues so that our friendly handyman called Paddy can finish building our raised beds. The soil is far to clay ridden for growing root veggies and so we are putting in a good deep raised bed to give all the little plants something to grow in

Maybe this year I will manage to grow potatoes too……

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Just a quick update to note that this week thanks to @amandapalmer I have made two musical discoveries. Both of these people were involved in the Who Killed Amanda Palmer album, so it is probably no surprise that I like them. Firstly, Zoe Keating who is a Cellist. Her latest album called Into The Trees is simply stunning. Zoe composes her music by layering cello tracks, creating the most amazing and mood evoking sound! I don’t normally by instrumental music, but quite honestly this is special. Secondly, and I am almost ashamed to admit this, but I had never listened to Ben Folds. Ben produced Who Killed Amanda Palmer, if you didn’t know. Ben is the most beautiful song writer and his piano playing reduced me to tears on one of his tracks! Check him out if you don’t know him, he is a truly brilliant song writer. And so, a perfect weekend for me? Inside by the fire listening to Amanda Palmer, Zoe Keating and Ben Folds all weekend long……….

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