Pieces of 8

I've been tagged by chick-lit author Claire Allan over at Diary of a Mad Mammy, so here goes:

8 Things I Like:

- I like that feeling I get when I've read the first page of a new book and I know, I just know, that I'm going to love it (recently: A Kind Of Intimacy, Jenn Ashworth). I usually pause at that point and take the time for an excited sort of sigh. I nudge The Australian and tell him. He grunts.

- I like creeping into my children's bedroom at night, tucking them in again and remembering that not so long ago I was lucky to get two consecutive hours of sleep during the night. That is never going to get old.

- I like cheddar that takes the roof of your mouth off.

- I like getting ready for a night out.

- I like imagining conversations that will probably never take place.

- I like not being the last person in the house to fall asleep.

- I like baba ghanoush.

- I like cutting my children's toenails.

8 Things I Did Yesterday

- Took Bush Flower Essences

- Swore

- Watched Desperate Housewives

- Contemplated chucking the WIP and starting something new

- Decided not to

- Cooked fish

- Avoided wheat

- Agreed to go to a party I don't want to go to

8 Things I Wish I Could Do

- Drive

- Ski

- Think rationally at stressful times

- Backflips

- Fly

- Come across as warm and friendly

- Write the best book in the world

- um...that just leaves World Peace

8 Things I Don't Like

- The suburbs

- Porridge (the breakfast not the tv show)

- Small talk

- Forgetting the one thing I went to the supermarket for

- Waiting

- try-hard Alpha Males, in baseball caps

- Pigeons

- Advert breaks

And now I tag: anyone who should be doing something else but wants to avoid it.