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Mikes Top Five!

December 4, 2007

OK.. come on… introduce yourself! Answer the following, if you please… and you’re in the running to WIN…. 20 vintage fabric fat quarters. So get to it! We’ll draw a name in a weeks time!

1. I want to be…
2. I love to…
3. I like eating…
4. I don’t like…
5. I wish…

Happy answering.. and happy reading… and our December mantra here at Mikes is… ‘Give Everyone The Benefit Of The Doubt!’.
edit – i’m going to publish these answers in a little zine – and all proceeds after initial photocopying costs will go to The Mirabel Foundation – so get published… and win too!

xx mikes
PS. Not really sure how Fonzie relates to this post, but I think he’s pretty supportive.
  • Lark December 14, 2007 at 3:28 AM

    I WANT to stop being so late all the time
    I LOVE laughing, enthusiasm, doing something really well
    I LIKE EATING home made food
    I DON’T LIKE negative people, chewing gum, the smell of petrol, things that do more than one thing (phone/camera, clock/radio, printer/fax machine etc., they are never as good as things that do only one thing really well)
    I WISH I could pop home to England to see my mum for Christmas

  • angelique December 11, 2007 at 4:15 AM

    Here goes…..
    1.I want to always be happy with the company I keep.
    2.I love to read to my kids.
    3.I like eating Lindt chocolate.
    4.I don’t like driving in Noumea.
    5.I wish I could make more than one wish(is that being greedy?).

  • Anonymous December 10, 2007 at 4:52 AM

    1. I want to become all I dream I can.
    2. I love to read and spend time with my grand daughter.
    3. I like things to be neat. (Just wish they were all the time!)And Lemon/Ginger cookies.
    4. I don’t like mean people.
    5. I wish for my children to be happy.

    Terri B

  • Emma December 10, 2007 at 4:25 AM

    1. I want to be more patient when I make things.
    2. I love to bake cupcakes.
    3. I like eating raspberries off the bush, warm from the sun.
    4. I don’t like not being able to knit.
    5. I wish my duck would sit still and have her medicine – she doesn’t like it but it’s for her own good!

    Emma

  • rosie pie December 10, 2007 at 3:35 AM

    ooops – No 3 should have read something like “I like eating raspberry and peach cake – Donna Hay’s of course”

  • rosie pie December 10, 2007 at 3:29 AM

    1. I want to be a great mum
    2. I love it when it rains – I don’t have to have an excuse to cosy up inside and craft
    3. I like snow on my face
    4. I don’t like inconsiderate people
    5. I wish everyone could have a fabulous christmas surrounded by family and friends.

  • Belinda December 10, 2007 at 12:15 AM

    1. I want to be an artist and a librarian.
    2. I love to make things with my hands, read, daydream, and to smell my children. (I know the other mothers will understand!)
    3. I like eating olives and fetta cheese, and my mum’s apple and pecan cake- yum!
    4. I don’t like apathy, intolerance, arrogance.
    5. I wish I wasn’t so hard on myself.

  • Jo December 9, 2007 at 11:33 PM

    1. I want to be…productive.
    2. I love to…bake cakes for people, and watch them eat the cake (hopefully with a smile on their face).
    3. I like eating…smoked salmon bagels.
    4. I don’t like…bullying.
    5. I wish…I could draw like my friend Katie.

  • Brierley & Clover December 9, 2007 at 11:09 PM

    1. I want to be David Tennant’s sidekick!
    2. I love to watch The Darling Buds Of May while snuggled up on the couch with my husband and our furry grey son.
    3. I like eating mangoes and raspberries in the bath
    4. I don’t like my procrastination or my hesitation.
    5. I wish I was a Mum.

  • Brierley & Clover December 9, 2007 at 11:09 PM

    1. I want to be David Tennant’s sidekick!
    2. I love to watch The Darling Buds Of May while snuggled up on the couch with my husband and our furry grey son.
    3. I like eating mangoes and raspberries in the bath
    4. I don’t like my procrastination or my hesitation.
    5. I wish I was a Mum.

  • Brierley & Clover December 9, 2007 at 11:09 PM

    1. I want to be David Tennant’s sidekick!
    2. I love to watch The Darling Buds Of May while snuggled up on the couch with my husband and our furry grey son.
    3. I like eating mangoes and raspberries in the bath
    4. I don’t like my procrastination or my hesitation.
    5. I wish I was a Mum.

  • rebecca December 9, 2007 at 1:04 PM

    1. I want to be…somewhere sunny
    2. I love to…go thrifting
    3. I like eating…green and black chocolate
    4. I don’t like…people who drop litter
    5. I wish…I had more time for crafting

  • superminx December 9, 2007 at 6:51 AM

    1. I want to be… more confident, more energetic, more talkative
    2. I love to…look at things and work out how to make my own
    3. I like eating…chocolate
    4. I don’t like…being tired and grumpy
    5. I wish…I was a rockstar

  • Jade December 9, 2007 at 5:41 AM

    1. I want to create
    2. I love to appreciate the small things
    3. I like eating pistachios
    4. I don’t like that I am lazy
    5. I wish that the local cicadas would stop making music now

    xx

  • Jenny December 9, 2007 at 2:06 AM

    1.I want to be more efficent and less of a “fiddler”
    2.I love to craft,be home, laugh
    3.I like eating mangoes
    4.I don’t like racist people
    5.I wish time would go slower

  • amy December 9, 2007 at 12:28 AM

    1. I want to be eloquent
    2. I love being silly
    3. I like eating croissants with jam and cream
    4. I don’t like rude people
    5. I wish i was wiser

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 8, 2007 at 11:38 PM

    via email from Emma S

    1. I want to be… a faerie. with long beautiful hair.

    2. I love to…dance. in pretty dresses.

    3. I like eating…potato and rosemary pizza. on a saturday afternoon.

    4. I don’t like…headaches. but i get them all the time.

    5. I wish…too many things! one day i’ll achieve them all.

  • crafty carolinagirl December 8, 2007 at 1:07 PM

    1. I want to be in love.
    2. I love to listen to music.
    3. I like singing in my car.
    4. I don’t like tomatoes, heights, or any type of math.
    5. I wish I could stay home all day and crochet.

  • Jenny December 8, 2007 at 9:58 AM

    1. I want to be – 16 again.
    2. I love to – see into people’s homes through their lighted windows when I walk at night.
    3. I like eating – full stop!
    4. I don’t like – paying for people’s alcohol when we go out for dinner and split the bill.
    5. I wish Gilmore Girls was back for Season 8!!

  • Janellybelly December 8, 2007 at 3:36 AM

    How Cool!
    1. I want to be Cowboy.
    2. I love to go a Wandering.
    3. I like eating Watermelon.
    4. I don’t like Mondays.
    5. I wish I was a Punk Rocker with flowers in my hair.
    All the answers are song titles (& one is from Playschool!)
    Janelle xx

  • jess December 7, 2007 at 3:57 PM

    1. I want to be things that I can’t
    2. I love to make lists, play, craft
    3. I like eating clementines, mangoes, homemade bread, and steamed almond milk
    4. I don’t like winter, fighting, self-imposed deadlines
    5. I wish for direction, clarity and to know what I want

  • muchlove December 7, 2007 at 12:47 PM

    I want to be independent.
    I love to giggle and have someone to giggle with.
    I like eating chocolate, spring rolls, cupcakes, and sushi (not all together though!)
    I don’t like arrogance and rudeness. yuck!
    I wish for a great 2008.

  • Kylie December 7, 2007 at 11:40 AM

    1. I want to be…a good mum
    2. I love to…sew, knit and spend time with family
    3. I like eating…lots of food (How am I not 100kg)
    4. I don’t like…cleaning – what is that!
    5. I wish…I could spend all day sewing

  • Fer48 December 7, 2007 at 3:22 AM

    1. I want to be able to make real all the crafty/creative ideas I come up with.
    2. I love to sew, just sew, nothing but sew all day long.
    3. I like eating sticky date pudding, or lots of chocolate.
    4. I don’t like it when I read ‘LOL’ – when I read that I don’t hear laughter out loud!
    5. I wish there were more hours in the day and more money to spend on fabric etc during those hours.

  • Jelly Wares December 7, 2007 at 1:48 AM

    I want to….. cratf more!!!
    I love to….. shop for fabric and sew.
    I like to take time to smell the roses every now and then.
    I don’t like cruelty to animals.
    I wish there were more lovely bloggers in the world such as yourself!!!

    Cheers
    Jodie

  • emma December 7, 2007 at 12:34 AM

    1.I want my children to grow up happy, surrounded by wonderful friends & love.
    2.I love to be with my family & friends, drift around in my house, examine my fabric stash and smell the rain after a hot spell.
    3.I like eating crunchy things and chocolate & cheesy things.
    4.I don’t like being late, other people being late, people including children who have no manners.
    5.I wish I could bottle those amazing moments of satisfaction when it just feels “right”.

  • red_swirl December 6, 2007 at 10:08 PM

    1. I want to be good at sewing so I can make myself cool clothes
    2. I love to make stuff … or when I’m too tired & don’t have time to make stuff, I love to write lists of stuff I want to make & look at fabrics & wools and what other people have made …
    3. I like eating spaghetti, fried onions, little cakes with coffee
    4. I don’t like feeling so tired
    5. I wish Mikes had a Sydney store & I could come stitch with you all. Happy Christmas!

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 6, 2007 at 9:29 PM

    via email.. Alexandra K says…

    1. I want to be… a happy little cat lying in the sun.

    2. I love to… play rumbles and raspberries with my son.

    3. I like eating… mangoes over the sink so the juice can run down my arms.

    4. I don’t like… paw paws, they taste like dirty feet.

    5. I wish…I had more time to do more fun stuff… And sleep!

  • Hayley December 6, 2007 at 9:13 PM

    1. I want to be a lot more organised.
    2. I love to scrap, sew and play with my boys.
    3. I like eating chocolate and hot chips.
    4. I don’t like peanuts – yuk!
    5. I wish I would go into labour now – I’m due tomorrow and am so excited to meet this new little one!

  • Chalk and Cheese December 6, 2007 at 10:01 AM

    1.I want to be myself as much as possible (and a bit more tolerant…)
    2.I love to be surrounded by friends, family and fur balls(pets).
    3.I like eating food that has been lovingly prepared and has soul!
    4. I don’t like shiny sports utes that insist on cutting me off whilst driving!
    5.I wish that sometimes we could go back to the horse and buggy days of my Nana’s youth, she’s the best!

  • Kumikob December 6, 2007 at 9:28 AM

    Lovely idea!

    1. I want to be…someone who can make a difference.
    2. I love to…enjoy the little things in life that make us smile.
    3. I like eating… freshly baked bread, home-made meals and toasted marshmallows with hot chocolate (not all at the same time!)
    4. I don’t like…my laziness or being let down.
    5. I wish… we could all be friends.

  • Andrea H. December 6, 2007 at 6:50 AM

    1. I want to be a great Mom to my kids first and foremost.
    2. I love to sew and do anything creative.
    3. I like eating chocolate and other yummy things that are bad for me. Like cheeseburgers and fries.
    4. I don’t like fake people. No one is normal. So embrace your weirdness.
    5. I wish I had more crafty friends. I am thankful for the craft blog world because it inspires me and reminds me so many times that I am not the only mama in the world trying to juggle creativity, kids time and life in general.

  • ruby snail December 6, 2007 at 5:05 AM

    yo hombre

    1. I want to be icey-cold.
    2. I love to make light patterns on the ground with old chandelier crystals.
    3. I like eating my fingernails. and watermelon.
    4. I don’t like being sunburned. ow!
    and…
    5. I wish I wish I hadn’t killed that fish.

  • tina@sweetpea December 6, 2007 at 3:33 AM

    I want to be..generous.
    I love to..capture that moment with my husband when we just look at each other and smile.
    I like eating..the mixture from the beaters with the kids.
    I don’t like..deliberately mean people.
    I wish..to fill life with wonderful moments that make us smile.

  • ingrid December 6, 2007 at 3:25 AM

    1. I want to be more patient
    2. I love to sleep late and be woken by butterfly kisses from the wee ones
    3. I like eating macaroons and strawberries at the same time
    4. I don’t like people without imagination
    5. I wish I was better and filling in these little questions so I could get me some vintage fat quarters.
    Oh yeah, it’s random. Well I wish I was better at it anyway.

  • greenolive December 6, 2007 at 2:39 AM

    1. I want to be taller and have straight blond hair when I grow up.
    2. I love to knit in bed in my PJs while watching TV.
    3. I like eating anything with melted cheese in/on it.
    4. I don’t like having to go to work for five days a week.
    5. I wish I was independently wealthy and could make stuff all day long and then give it away to people who wanted it.

  • AnastasiaC December 6, 2007 at 12:45 AM

    Hi Pip – what a fun idea!!

    1. I want to be…the best I can be
    2. I love to…doodle, dance, bake and create
    3. I like eating…comfort food – rice pudding, custard, soups and lots of warm tea all day long
    4. I don’t like…rude arrogant snobby people
    5. I wish…you all well and that everyday was a happy day

  • gemjones December 5, 2007 at 11:06 PM

    1. I want to be Pinky Tuscadero
    2. I love to do the Purple Circle with my girlfriends at Anna’s GoGo Academy
    3. I like eating icecream sundaes at Arnolds
    4. I don’t like being told to SIT ON IT
    5. I wish I could hang out with Jenny Piccolo in the afternoon sun and go rollerskating

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 9:30 PM

    Via email from Justine T…

    1. I want to be… living in the here and now, not worrying about the past or the future
    2. I love to… hang out with my family and connect with like minded souls
    3. I like eating… look lets face it, most things!! especially chocolate
    4. I don’t like… people who bullshit
    5. I wish… to live long and prosper

  • 62cherry December 5, 2007 at 9:17 PM

    1. I want to be… living in the here and now, not worrying about the past or the future
    2. I love to… hang out with my family and connect with like minded souls
    3. I like eating… look lets face it, most things!! especially chocolate
    4. I don’t like… people who bullshit
    5. I wish… to live long and prosper

  • Drewzel December 5, 2007 at 8:29 PM

    1. I want to be…content
    2. I love to…make friends
    3. I like eating…chocolate
    4. I don’t like…cruelty to animals, inconsiderate drivers and Mondays
    5. I wish…that everyone was nicer to each other. And sometimes that kittens wouldn’t grow up into big cats!

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 8:19 PM

    Via email.. Myra-Lee said…

    1. I want to be… A lady of leisure
    2. I love to… drink gin and tonics on sunny days.
    3. I like eating… Indeed I do.
    4. I don’t like… Housemate hunting. It’s a total drag.
    5. I wish… I could garden and sew all day long!

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 11:25 AM

    Kitty M said.. via email…

    1. I want to be a fantastic mum.
    2. I love to have family smooches in bed with my husband, baby son and our two dogs.
    3. I like eating pecan, parsnip & cinnamon cake, chocolate, biscuits and more cake. Oh, and I like to eat cake…
    4. I don’t like oysters, liver, rudeness, intolerance and not having daylight savings in Queensland.
    5. I wish my sister and I were speaking and being sisters to each other.

  • Bex December 5, 2007 at 11:21 AM

    1. I want to be back in Melbourne. Sydney does not welcome me. Ahh, tomorrow.
    2. I love to partake in sibilant activities – surfing, sewing, circus, sleeping, Spanish…
    3. I like eating what I feel like, when I feel like it.
    4. I don’t like my current fear of children. Purely circumstantial.
    5. I wish I could get my act together and create great things before the moment passes. It’ll happen, sometime.

  • Paperklip December 5, 2007 at 11:11 AM

    1. I want to see Copenhagen in the snow again.
    2. I love it when my three kids get the giggles together.
    3. I like eating raspberries.
    4. I don’t like bad manners.
    5. I wish everyone a happy, healthy christmas!

  • 13 tamarind December 5, 2007 at 10:11 AM

    1. I want to be a prancing, swirling, evocative lion at the folk festival masked new years eve..yeoow.

    2. I love to swim naked at the full moon, squelch in mud with nudey feet and ride go-karts salvaged from the dump.

    3. I like eating dragon’s legs from Kuan Yin and cassata siciliana ice-cream from Colin James mmmm….fruity, chunky goodness.

    4. I don’t like it when blue-tongue lizards poop in my lingerie drawer….it pongs!

    5. I wish I had a magic cupboard for changing my hair…pretty selfish, but deep down it would be pretty cool.

  • three buttons December 5, 2007 at 8:52 AM

    1. I want to be the best that I can be.
    2. I love to be surrounded by beauty.
    3. I like eating lychees in a hammock during an electrical storm.
    4. I don’t like people who are ignorant and nasty.
    5. I wish there were 50 hours in a day.

  • LouLou December 5, 2007 at 8:50 AM

    1. I want to have a house overlooking the beach and see a rainbow EVERY day.
    2.I love – check my profile to see what i love – the list is LONG!!!
    3.I like being in my own skin more and more .
    4.I dont like nastiness,sleazy men and confrontation.
    5.I wish for more time.More time to put all my ideas and aspirations into action,to create,to sew,to take photos,to dance and to absorb my childrens beauty.

  • Tara December 5, 2007 at 8:30 AM

    First time here, found you through Fi’s new blog.

    1. I want to be a mum, a wife… I guess I want to be loved…
    2. I love to create… food, craft, anything… it always puts a smile on my face.
    3. I like eating desserts mostly, but I love food full stop!
    4. I don’t like judgemental or close-minded people.
    5. I wish for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes and other diseases that hit vulnerable children.

  • posiepatchwork December 5, 2007 at 8:30 AM

    Oh, mega response here, how exciting . . .
    I want my children to always feel safe & loved.
    I love my husband more than anything on earth.
    I like eating food made by anyone other than me, always tastes better.
    I don’t like misinformation or the misinformed.
    I wish my husband never ever had to leave us to go & fight another war, but the world isn’t that way is it??
    This was fun & thoughtful of you to ask Pip my love, love Posie

  • Liss December 5, 2007 at 8:09 AM

    1. I want to get more done in a day
    2. I love to cuddle my dog Georgie
    3. I like eating chocolate from the snack machine at my work
    4. I don’t like unkind people
    5. I wish there were more people like Pip in the world

  • carla y December 5, 2007 at 7:41 AM

    1. I want to be 7 years old again- its so much fun. Since that is impossible, a grade 1 teacher. Hanging out with 7 year olds all day has to keep you young at heart.
    2. I love to buy fun jewelery & bags and shoes that not alot of ppl have oh and empty journals that i will never fill.
    3. I like eating fairy bread & watermelon.
    4. I don’t like mushrooms, capsicum & deadlines.
    5. I wish I could pause everything in the world, & catch up.

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 7:17 AM

    Via email…

    Kitty W said…

    1. I want to be… an interior designer who makes books and other stuff on the side.

    2. I love to… sit in the sun beside my boy and read.

    3. I like eating… perfectly ripe stonefruit.

    4. I don’t like… it when I don’t have enough time to do everything I want to do.

    5. I wish… humans were a little less stupid at times.

  • isabelm December 5, 2007 at 6:42 AM

    1. I want to be a full time op shopper. My boyfriend and i would travel the world together op shopping for the better of man kind
    2. I love to watch Degrassi Junior High all the time whilst eating rice crackers and guacamole and bitter dark chocolate
    3. I like eating everything except for corriander cause it tastes like dead ants
    4. I don’t like people that don’t say please or thankyou. its so simple to do.
    5. I wish that i didn’t let little things get me so uptight.

  • mushroommeadows December 5, 2007 at 5:20 AM

    1. I want to be a model. j/k I want to be a mommy. 😀
    2. I love to sleep in and wake up to a clean house.
    3. I like eating clementines. Those little suckers are delicious.
    4. I don’t like mold.
    5. I wish I could enjoy life without complaining so much.

  • Amanda Edwards December 5, 2007 at 4:59 AM

    I WANT…my children to go to sleep at 7pm every night so I can craft the night away!
    I LOVE…my children even when they won’t go to sleep.
    I LIKE EATING…and sometimes I don’t.
    I DON’T LIKE…laziness or being tired.
    I WISH…I could live two lives at once. One as a single artist, the other as I am now, a married mum of two.

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 4:08 AM

    From Michelle O’n via email

    1. I want to be… retired and cross stitching

    2. I love to… read and cuddle kittens

    3. I like eating… Vietnamese food

    4. I don’t like… rude people and crap drivers

    5. I wish… people wouldn’t be so mean to animals…

  • Heleny December 5, 2007 at 3:50 AM

    1. I want to be me
    2. I love to sew and sepend time with my family
    3. I like eating my mum’s goulash
    4. I don’t like the heat
    5. I wish to be a successful textile student next year(and the following two years after that) and go to Ireland one day.
    Keep up the great work…

  • Laurel (Chai's Garden) December 5, 2007 at 2:57 AM

    1.I want to be more organised and not spend hours searching for things
    2.I love sewing, decorating, designing, entertaining, being a kinder teacher
    3.I like eating chocolate
    4.I don’t like junky plastic toys
    5. I wish i could eat chocolate and get thinner and to be a successful crafter

  • Ash December 5, 2007 at 2:37 AM

    1. I want to be the world to someone else.
    2. I love to read and collect fairy tales from around the world.
    3. I like eating mangoes. Yum.
    4. I don’t like tuna.
    5. I wish.. I could flawlessly dictate winning lotto numbers

  • Claire Falkingham December 5, 2007 at 2:15 AM

    I want to be…gracious
    I love to…make and do
    I like eating…yup, it’s true
    I don’t like…selfishness or material persuits
    I wish…upon a star!

  • Leah December 5, 2007 at 2:11 AM

    I want to be a mum
    I love to spend time with my nanna.
    I like eating toasted cheese with vegemite sandwiches!
    I don’t like inequality
    I wish I could sew all day

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 12:35 AM

    Received via email from Peta P

    1. I want to be…a good person for as long as I live
    2. I love to…help my friends
    3. I like eating…vegetarian pizza
    4. I don’t like…hurtful or racist people
    5. I wish…that everyone, worldwide was finacially equal

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 5, 2007 at 12:34 AM

    Received via email from
    MELANIE P

    1. I want to be… a famous photographer for national geographic…
    > 2. I love to… make clothes with my grandma’s vintage fabrics…
    > 3. I like eating… watermelon everyday in the summer…
    > 4. I don’t like… when people are down…
    > 5. I wish… that everyone was happy…

  • Cherryskin December 5, 2007 at 12:05 AM

    1. I want to be…not sleep deprived.
    2. I love to…have a barbie with a few friends on a hot day.
    3. I like eating…strawberries and cream.
    4. I don’t like…the way the media make out as though we don’t all get along fabulously well here in Australia (on the whole).
    5. I wish…I could have a house out of a Japanese craft mag.

  • Kloth & Bolt December 4, 2007 at 11:19 PM

    oh my here we go:
    1. I want to be more graceful
    2. I love to be creative.
    3. I love to eat ice cream, so creamy and soft and sweet…
    4. I don’t like living so far away from my sister, my best friend.
    5. I wish I was still a kid, full of imagination and worries that never extended past what to do tomorrow.

  • Kloth & Bolt December 4, 2007 at 11:19 PM

    oh my here we go:
    1. I want to be more graceful
    2. I love to be creative.
    3. I love to eat ice cream, so creamy and soft and sweet…
    4. I don’t like living so far away from my sister, my best friend.
    5. I wish I was still a kid, full of imagination and worries that never extended past what to do tomorrow.

  • Kloth & Bolt December 4, 2007 at 11:19 PM

    oh my here we go:
    1. I want to be more graceful
    2. I love to be creative.
    3. I love to eat ice cream, so creamy and soft and sweet…
    4. I don’t like living so far away from my sister, my best friend.
    5. I wish I was still a kid, full of imagination and worries that never extended past what to do tomorrow.

  • joyflea December 4, 2007 at 10:21 PM

    1. I want to be well.
    2. I love my freedom.
    3. I like sleeping in.
    4. I don’t like advertising.
    5. I wish everyone/thing would slow down.

  • Arbitrary Doll December 4, 2007 at 10:20 PM

    1. I want to be on holidays….permanently
    2. I love to watch my dog run in the park…she makes me smile everytime
    3. I like eating cornflakes on icecream…it’s good you should try it
    4. I don’t like John Howard…thank god he’s gone
    5. I wish I had more time to be arty and crafty

  • BaileyGirl5 December 4, 2007 at 10:18 PM

    1. I want to be … a textile artist (I just heard that term today for the first time and I’m totally overusing it).
    2. I love to … be able to help someone when they least expect it.
    3. I like eating … pasta … any kind, any place, any time!!!!!
    4. I don’t like … hot weather, tight pants, gossip.
    5. I wish… my dog would live as long as I do.

  • oscibear December 4, 2007 at 10:18 PM

    Hello there. Well this is fun!

    1. I want to be… living in our own house with a Jacaranda tree.
    2. I love to… catch that idea in your head, and actually make it work like you imagined it.
    3. I like eating… I like eating! I like eating home-made ice-cream with coffee in an affogato. Seriously very very good.
    4. I don’t like… running out of coffee.
    5. I wish… I were sitting around with friends (drinking coffee) and sewing!

  • Bec December 4, 2007 at 8:36 PM

    1. I want to be…more creative and do what I love for a living
    2. I love to…be around my family and friends
    3. I like eating…mangos
    4. I don’t like…mean spirited people
    5. I wish…for health and happiness for everyone I know, and I wish for more creativity for myself…oh and I wish that Mikes had a shop in Sydney!!!! 🙂

  • Lily and Agathe December 4, 2007 at 8:31 PM

    1. I want to be Vanessa paradis and share a bed with Johny Depp!
    2. I love to make love!
    3. I like eating my little ones ears!
    4. I don’t like liars!
    5. I wish my dog would stop eating everything in sight!

  • sweetjessie@comcast.net December 4, 2007 at 4:29 PM

    I want… to be patient
    I love… to laugh
    I like… cookies
    I don’t late …. meat
    I wish… my kids would stay this age forever!

  • Meredith December 4, 2007 at 3:11 PM

    1. I want to be more organized.
    2. I love to sing and play the piano.
    3. I like eating pineapple, mmm.
    4. I don’t like migraines. I have one right now.
    5. I wish I could win 20 vintage fat quarters, hehheh.

    😉

    Bittycakes

  • Melanie December 4, 2007 at 1:33 PM

    I want to be pregnant again.
    I love to sleep in (oh the memories…)
    I like eating.
    I don’t like feeling unwelcome.
    I wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas.

  • boobook December 4, 2007 at 1:31 PM

    i want to have the largest collection of sausage dogs things ever.
    i love to think about the things i can do tomorrow. and other peoples music collections.
    i don’t like unkind or rude people or being uncomfortable.
    i like kindness in others, making other people smile and other people making me smile.
    i wish i could fly, speak french and find a bike with a basket

  • Ai-Ling December 4, 2007 at 1:16 PM

    1. I want to be able to play bass guitar.
    2. I love to cuddle up to my husband (to-be).
    3. I like eating mangoes (ALL season!)
    4. I don’t like starting with “I don’t like”.
    5. I wish people would stop making excuses.

  • Hyena In Petticoats December 4, 2007 at 11:40 AM

    1. I want to be… a woman with a tea shop.
    2. I love to… use the power of craft to weird people out.
    3. I like eating…whatever I want and staying 45 kilos.
    4. I don’t like… macrame. Sad, but true.
    5. I wish… Meet me at Mikes would open a branch in Adelaide – and put me in charge!

    xxxx

  • Lissy December 4, 2007 at 11:38 AM

    I want to be me…my life is pretty good…
    I love my family
    I like eating mangoes
    I don’t like critical people
    I wish my dad was still with us

  • crafty things December 4, 2007 at 11:28 AM

    1. I want to be always enjoying my life to the fullest.
    2. I love to read and create.
    3. I like eating the yummy roast dinners prepared for me by my husband. He is a far better cook than me!
    4. I don’t like stressing.
    5. I wish that I was in Melbourne so that I could visit Meet Me At Mikes and go to a stitching evening or some such other event!

  • Kirsty December 4, 2007 at 11:28 AM

    I want to be in good company.
    I love to run, giggle & cuddle.
    I like eating toast, yoghurt & lollies.
    I don’t like people who are things ending in er.
    I wish I could freeze time

  • Maggie Pie December 4, 2007 at 11:21 AM

    I want to be more patient with those who annoy me
    I love to be inspired
    I like eating out
    I dont like the prickles on our back lawn
    I wish weekends lasted longer

  • Meet Me at Mikes December 4, 2007 at 11:14 AM

    1. I want to be able to do lots of things really well and have lots of special people around me.
    2. I love to hear the little secret things my kids tell me.
    3. I like eating a whole packet of lollies in ten minutes.
    4. I don’t like rudeness or unkindness or selfishness. Not one bit.
    5. I wish I could see the future.

  • Anonymous December 4, 2007 at 11:09 AM

    Oops! I was copying off Stacey & thought it was “I like…”
    I missed the eating part!
    Quiz Mistress Pip, may I submit..
    “I like eating tomatoes, smothered in olive oil and ALL the herbs from the garden!?”
    Thanks! Toodles!

    AJ

  • Juanita December 4, 2007 at 11:03 AM

    1. I want to be a soul singer
    2. I love to shake a tailfeather
    3. I like eating. That’s it. No more info required.
    4. I don’t like it when people don’t share.
    5. I wish my sister and I had met earlier.

  • Cass December 4, 2007 at 11:02 AM

    1. I want to be more patient with the kids, have fun and be less stressed
    2. I love to get kisses and cuddles especially from my girls
    3. I like eating anything sweet
    4. I don’t like being fat or cranky
    5. I wish I had more money, could sew more and sleep more.

  • Fibo December 4, 2007 at 11:02 AM

    1. I want to be more creative and inspired
    2. I love to look at pretty things and dream of buying them
    3. I like eating lots of lollies and chocolate with my girl friends
    4. I don’t like being bored and restless
    5. I wish my friends got as excited about cooking and craftiness as I do

  • Anonymous December 4, 2007 at 10:59 AM

    1. I WANT to be adored!
    2. I LOVE tomatoes, red wine and the smell of my kids
    3. I LIKE green, the feeling of sunshine on my skin, driving around in my dune buggy with my boy
    4. I DON’T LIKE feeling guilty for being a stay-at-home mum, people not offering to “lend a hand” to strangers in need
    5. I WISH I HAD buxsom boobs!

    AJ

  • Violet & Rose December 4, 2007 at 10:56 AM

    Hello Miss Pip.

    1. I want to be organised and clutter free!
    2. I love to cuddle my girls and smell their newly washed whispy hair.
    3. I like eating asparagus. Does anyone remember the asparagus song from “Alf”?
    4. I don’t like my watch. It keeps reminding me where I need to be and that I’m not there yet!
    5. I wish I could sew all day long.

  • Violet & Rose December 4, 2007 at 10:56 AM

    Hello Miss Pip.

    1. I want to be organised and clutter free!
    2. I love to cuddle my girls and smell their newly washed whispy hair.
    3. I like eating asparagus. Does anyone remember the asparagus song from “Alf”?
    4. I don’t like my watch. It keeps reminding me where I need to be and that I’m not there yet!
    5. I wish I could sew all day long.

  • Violet & Rose December 4, 2007 at 10:56 AM

    Hello Miss Pip.

    1. I want to be organised and clutter free!
    2. I love to cuddle my girls and smell their newly washed whispy hair.
    3. I like eating asparagus. Does anyone remember the asparagus song from “Alf”?
    4. I don’t like my watch. It keeps reminding me where I need to be and that I’m not there yet!
    5. I wish I could sew all day long.

  • Kris December 4, 2007 at 10:55 AM

    Hmmm…..

    1. I want to be able to spend more time working creatively.
    2. I love to sew for and spend time with my family.
    3. I like eating something (anything) that someone else has cooked for me!
    4. I don’t like summer. It’s HOT! I couldn’t survive it without my pool.
    5. I wish I could spend an entire month in my sewing room. With no responsibilities or distractions. I’d be happy for my kids to come in and create with me, but no doctors or dentists appointments. No physios. No music lessons. No basketball. No taxiing of any kind!

  • Anna Laura December 4, 2007 at 10:45 AM

    1. I want to be fashionable and chic while still sitting at home in my PJ’s at 3pm.
    2. I love to watch Project Runway Canada more than Project Runway US
    3. I like eating chicken pies.
    4. I don’t like flooded train underpasses and wet feet.
    5. I wish that I was sumer organised and I didn’t have a massive pile of stuff to sort out.

  • Jasmine December 4, 2007 at 10:39 AM

    1. I want to be happy
    2. I love to make things like bags and cards and smiles
    3. I like eating cheese and tomato on sour dough
    4. I don’t like winter (although I love winter coats)
    5. I wish I could go to Morrocco

  • Hollabee December 4, 2007 at 10:21 AM

    1. I want to be a student again..no worries &..the work stops when you want it to.
    2. I love to sew, design, shop & travel.
    3. I like eating pizza…yum…wake me up any time
    4. I don’t like spiders…yikes…they freak me out
    5. I wish everyone would be as nice as you & all the other lovely & generous bloggers

  • Stacey (Sheeps Clothing) December 4, 2007 at 10:08 AM

    Ooh this is a tough one:

    1. I want to be patient and nice.
    2. I love to read and eat chocolate in bed (at the same time).
    3. I like eating most things.
    4. I don’t like hipster jeans, olives, being late.
    5. I wish I had more time, my boys would stay this age for ever, too much chocolate wasn’t a bad thing.