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AIBU to ask you for your favourite

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Flyingfish2019 · 19/01/2019 00:25

  1. Song
  2. smell
  3. thing to do on a rainy day
  4. book to read to your children
  5. colour of nail-polish
  6. sound
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Flyingfish2019 · 19/01/2019 00:30

Me

  1. depends on my mood
  2. cookies in the oven
  3. going swimming (inside)
  4. currently the hobbit
  5. Ballet slippers
  6. I always like thesound of rain
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beansonbread · 19/01/2019 00:31
  1. Mack the Knife
  2. Peonies
  3. Read a book while sitting wrapped in a blanket
  4. Anything by Julia Donaldson
  5. Navy
  6. Rain
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Pieceofpurplesky · 19/01/2019 00:56
  1. Song
  2. smell
  3. thing to do on a rainy day
  4. book to read to your children
  5. colour of nail-polish
  6. sound

  7. Watch the Sunrise Cassandra Wilson or Omaha Counting Crows
  8. Woodsmoke
  9. sit in a window seat with a book and the sound of rain (I don't have a window seat so have to make do with a sloping window)
  10. Adolphus Tips
  11. silver and sparkly
  12. Running Water
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PomBearWithoutHerOFRS · 19/01/2019 00:59
  1. currently Taciturn by Stone Sour
  2. bacon frying
  3. curl up in a blanket and read
  4. my youngest loves the "Barney" books by Enid Blyton, we have one left to go.
  5. anything shimmery or glittery
  6. the front door opening when the family get home
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knittedjest · 19/01/2019 01:02

1 - Vienna, Billy Joel

  1. - Fresh cotton
  2. - Sit in conservative and read or play video games
  3. - magic faraway tree
  4. - dark cherry
  5. - thunder on a windy night. Preferably with an owl hooting and church bell ringing in the distance.
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Crunchymum · 19/01/2019 01:04

You read The Hobbit to your children????

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BagofTeeth · 19/01/2019 01:05
  1. High Hopes by Panic! At the Disco even if it is everywhere right now
  2. Petrichor
  3. Watch a movie
  4. None now, they're too old and can't think of a favourite from when they were younger
  5. Depends on my mood, fuchsia is my current favourite
  6. My DDs laughing together
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justilou1 · 19/01/2019 01:10

1)The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel
2) Snow
3)Jump in Puddles or make soup
4)Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom Series
5)Black Gold
6)Snow falling

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Bambamber · 19/01/2019 01:11
  1. Really don't have one, not overly bothered by music
  2. Fresh rain, especially in autumn
  3. Baking
  4. I love my mummy
  5. Pink and glittery
  6. When I pick my daughter up from nursery and she shouts mummy across the room and runs towards me laughing
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Flyingfish2019 · 19/01/2019 01:12

@crunchymum: Yep, like my parents did to me.

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Fatasfook · 19/01/2019 01:13

There are too many variables to make a conclusive answer to these questions. Favourites change like the weather.

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OldGreyBoots · 19/01/2019 03:08

Crunchymum why wouldn't someone read The Hobbit to their children?

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vinegarqueen · 19/01/2019 03:22
  1. Hit the road, Jack
  2. Honeysuckle
  3. Knitting with tea and the radio
  4. Mog the forgetful cat
  5. pillarbox red
  6. an orchestra tuning up
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MissLanesAmericanCousin · 19/01/2019 03:37
  1. Song-The Nothing Song Sigur Ros

  2. Smell- My husbands natural scent

  3. Thing to do on a rainy day-take a nap under a heavy French Boutis preferably with DH, with windows open wide.

  4. Book to read to your kids- Child free. If I wasn't, I'd read a Wrinkle in Time

    5)Nail Polish- Christian Dior Incognito

  5. Sound-mourning doves outside our bedroom window on a rain sprinkled morning. Followed closely, by the sound of our cats lapping up a fresh bowl of water. Smile
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Justagirlwholovesaboy · 19/01/2019 03:44
  1. Song - Sunny Afternoon
  2. smell - Cut Grass
  3. thing to do on a rainy day - Binge watch tv
  4. book to read to your children - Marvin the Sheep
  5. colour of nail-polish - Silver
  6. sound - Silence!
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EnglishPuffins · 19/01/2019 03:48
  1. Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap
  2. Jo Malone Mimosa and Cardamom
  3. Cuddle up with my baby and read while she feeds / naps.
  4. The Teddybears Go Shopping by Susannah Gretz
  5. Pink or red
  6. My baby cooing
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Sunnysidegold · 19/01/2019 06:20

1 depends on mood, I'd say debaserby the picked atm.
2 the sea air when it is cold
3 get under all the blankets and watch tv with a huge mug of tea and a biscuit.
4 we always go back to Stickman.
5 a true red
6 choral singing

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Stilllivinginazoo · 19/01/2019 06:27

Dream on aerosmith
Fresh baked bread
Baking
The pumpkin soup trilogy
Bright pink
Dawn chorus

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Huntawaymama · 19/01/2019 07:31

Song: don't have one it changes all the time. At the moment I like listen to John williams music
Smell: a roast dinner cooking
Rainy day: bake and craft with my kids, or if by some magic I was home alone I'd crochet and watch a good film.
Book to read to kids: pip the pixie stories
Nail varnish: pale pink
Sound: the birds in my garden

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Hazlenutpie · 19/01/2019 07:34
  1. Eleanor Rigby


  1. Bacon frying


  1. Read a book


  1. Roald Dahl, any


  1. Teal


  1. The cello
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FoofFighter · 19/01/2019 07:41
  1. Song
    Everlong by Foo Fighters

  2. smell
    Grass being cut or that soily fresh smell after rain

  3. thing to do on a rainy day
    Cuddle up with a good box set or do some baking

  4. book to read to your children
    The Gruffalos Child (mainly as she knows it well and reads most of it herself now ;) )

  5. colour of nail-polish
    Greige

  6. sound
    Rain falling
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KittyVonCatsworth · 19/01/2019 07:47
  1. Too many to choose from but if I had to choose perhaps Bittersweet Symphony
  2. Freshly ground coffee
  3. Walk through a forest without a doubt!
  4. She's 23 but The Monster Bed. I bought her a copy for Christmas but she still has the original
  5. Bare nails, never worn it
  6. Silence although I'm sure that's not a sound!
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Doobigetta · 19/01/2019 07:59
  1. changes a lot but the one that’s coming to mind right now is San Francisco Serenade by Tom Waits
  2. also changes a lot. Either neroli and petitgrain or fresh coffee beans
  3. I never do, but bake. Fill the house with gorgeous warm, comforting smells
  4. Hairy McLairy
  5. the tiny hum cicadas and other insects make first thing in the morning on what’s going to be a really hot day. So full of promise and anticipation.
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Doobigetta · 19/01/2019 08:00

Missed the nail polish. Rouge noir type deep red in winter, and pale nude pink in summer.

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Hellohah · 19/01/2019 08:03
  1. Shiny Happy People - REM
  2. Lemon
  3. Cleaning
  4. The Gruffalo
  5. Black
  6. Laughter
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