Today is the longest day of the year here in Iceland, we basically have daylight for 24 hours. This is lovely and means that people are outdoors doing stuff until long after midnight. Having such long days has been great for me because I am trying to sort out my garden. I have now got potatoes and carrots growing in my garden and have managed to kill the weeds that were taller than me when we moved here a few months ago.

My kitchen has now been completely Hafdis-ified, since I put up pink curtains to match my pink fridge and pink wallpaper stickers on the island where the stove is. My little niece walked in when it was ready and said I was the only one she knew who lives in a doll house. I took that as a compliment.

I also officially got my first dog today. Well it is not really my dog because the man from the next farm gave it to my dad. But this puppy is used to live in the country side and we decided that it would be better for him to live at mine so that he can walk across the road when he wants to visit his mum.

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