Had some interesting conversations over dinner tonight.
I say "over dinner" as it was cooked in front of us at a Japanese restaurant not far from my
house. The sizzling teppan turned the onions soft and sweet, the prawns crispy and hot, and everything else just yummy. There was even a Yum Yum sauce! Miso soup, salad, ginger & mustard sauces, ending with green tea . . . . ahhh.
Conversation? Imagine 6 women discussing flying lessons, seeking porpoises to swim with, dogs and their antics, etc. Much of it was too funny. The dog that chewed up the super glue tube is okay, just a little pucker that won't go away right away. Imagine the story though, the telling of it with hands flying and facial expressions and the whole picture of two women wrestling a boxer to get the tube before she glued her lips to her teeth to her tongue and then gummed up her innerds!
We were a varied lot; kiwis and two Americans, amongst us a jeweler, a sign writer and four of us in helping professions. There were stories, much laughter, discussions of
future adventures involving snow skiing, sedate rail trail cycling trip and the Wanganui River canoe trip we hope to do when it warms up. We spoke of fishing from a kayak, flying lessons and geocaching, each adventure activity fraught with potential danger and humour!
All of this over a yummy meal after a day of celebrating a 36th birthday. No, not mine. That would been a few years ago. Okay, more than a few years ago.
It's good to celebrate friendship and birthdays. It's good to laugh together, especially when it is at no one's expense. It's good to go back to memories and to create new ones. Mixing old friends and new ones doesn't always work, but it's sure fun when it does work and everyone has a good time.
See super glue for wound repair here.
I say "over dinner" as it was cooked in front of us at a Japanese restaurant not far from my
house. The sizzling teppan turned the onions soft and sweet, the prawns crispy and hot, and everything else just yummy. There was even a Yum Yum sauce! Miso soup, salad, ginger & mustard sauces, ending with green tea . . . . ahhh.Conversation? Imagine 6 women discussing flying lessons, seeking porpoises to swim with, dogs and their antics, etc. Much of it was too funny. The dog that chewed up the super glue tube is okay, just a little pucker that won't go away right away. Imagine the story though, the telling of it with hands flying and facial expressions and the whole picture of two women wrestling a boxer to get the tube before she glued her lips to her teeth to her tongue and then gummed up her innerds!
We were a varied lot; kiwis and two Americans, amongst us a jeweler, a sign writer and four of us in helping professions. There were stories, much laughter, discussions of
future adventures involving snow skiing, sedate rail trail cycling trip and the Wanganui River canoe trip we hope to do when it warms up. We spoke of fishing from a kayak, flying lessons and geocaching, each adventure activity fraught with potential danger and humour!All of this over a yummy meal after a day of celebrating a 36th birthday. No, not mine. That would been a few years ago. Okay, more than a few years ago.
It's good to celebrate friendship and birthdays. It's good to laugh together, especially when it is at no one's expense. It's good to go back to memories and to create new ones. Mixing old friends and new ones doesn't always work, but it's sure fun when it does work and everyone has a good time.
See super glue for wound repair here.
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