Random likes and dislikes....CANNOT be political.

[chicagoans]

Likes (OK these really fall into the 'loves' category):
- Laughing until my stomach hurts and my eyes water
- Bleacher seats at Wrigley on a sunny day
- Sitting by a campfire
- Songs and movies that make me cry
- Holding a baby
- Kayaking or sailing on Lake Michigan
- Random acts of kindness
- Being on an island

Unlike many people I really enjoy public speaking. But I truly hate public restrooms. (I have nightmares about dirty bathrooms. Weird, I know.)

Other Dislikes:
- When sad things happen to good people
- When people are rude
- Thousand-leggers (with the long legs... seriously, my blood pressure goes through the roof if I see one)
- Being late
- Gaining weight

[aroobagirl]

Likes:
Hearing my kids laugh with their Dad
My dog, Dewey (who loves me best)
Waking up in St. John
Listening to my daughter after snorkeling
Planning the next St. John trip
Singing the Mama Mia soundtrack with my girls
Random acts of kindness
A really engrossing book
Quiet
Humor
Underdogs
Music
Creative people

Dislikes:
Hearing my kids whine
Poopy dog butt
Paying bills
Inhumane acts against the vulnerable
Walk of woe
Loudness
Knowing my children will experience prejudice
Ignorance/intolerance

[cass]

Likes

The timer on the Coffee Pot
Sleeping on a Boat
Going to the Baseball Game
Junk Stores, Flea Markets
Chicken (not chickens )
Room Temperature Beer with Olives in it
Lip Gloss
Yankee Candles
Buying Presents for people
Amusement Parks

Dislikes

Cotton Balls
Flat Cheese
Worms everywhere after it rains
People who ride my butt in the car because THEY didn't leave earlier enough for work
Odd numbers
FunSuckers
Bird Poop on my Car everyday all day
Peas
Unexplained Clicky noises in my car
Going to the Grocery Store
Frozen Chocolate bits in Ice Cream

[Jo Ann - VA]

Likes

The timer on the Coffee Pot
Sleeping on a Boat
Going to the Baseball Game
Junk Stores, Flea Markets
Chicken (not chickens )
Room Temperature Beer with Olives in it
Lip Gloss
Yankee Candles
Buying Presents for people
Amusement Parks

Room Temperature Beer with Olives in it <-----Do what? Is this a delicacy I don't know about?

[joanybelle]

Likes
A glass (or 3) of good red wine
My dog AND cat meeting me in the driveway when I come home from work.
The smell of wet neoprene (it means I've been scuba diving)
Crispy bacon
Researching and planning vacations
New magazines in the mail
Snuggling on the sofa with my husband
Sunday morning with coffee and the newspaper
A good beer buzz


Dislikes
Self-rightous people
Weeds in my flowerbeds
Eye boogers
Drama queens (and kings...yes, they exist)
Getting teeth exrays...I hate biting on that "thing"
Weighing at the doctors office
People who instigate trouble to amuse themselves

[cass]

Likes

The timer on the Coffee Pot
Sleeping on a Boat
Going to the Baseball Game
Junk Stores, Flea Markets
Chicken (not chickens )
Room Temperature Beer with Olives in it
Lip Gloss
Yankee Candles
Buying Presents for people
Amusement Parks

Room Temperature Beer with Olives in it <-----Do what? Is this a delicacy I don't know about?

It began long ago, when someone stuck some olives in my beer bottle as a joke! Turns out..not only did I like the taste, but it is fun to watch! They float up...then sink back down...then float up....then sink back down...

[mahobayb]

likes:

St John
pierogi with fried onions and sour cream
purple tulips
flowers and plants
coffee on my patio
rolling stones
train whistle blowing from miles away on
a summer night
70 degree sunshiney days
homemade warm chocolate pudding
my husband happy and healthy
johnny depp
happy, nice people
laughing
this forum and it's people
love love love my cat
riding my bicycle

dislikes:

people who can't stop blaming other people
to make them selves look good
people who won't listen
work day wake up
phones and texting while driving
the state of the economy
olives
rudeness
prejudice
dings in my car
having to work harder for a lot less pay
animal suffering
judgemental people
bad news from your doctor or vet
pieces of tomato in the spag. sauce
car trouble
no ticker

[Xislandgirl]

Dislikes: Whinny children and grumpy old people

Likes: Almost everything else

Once again, I agree with Pete!

[California Girl]

likes:
train whistle blowing from miles away on a summer night

That's one of my favorite things too!

[sea-nile]

Likes: The ocean- particularly STJ, sunsets, nice people, hikes in the woods, scuba diving, seeing my family happy, having a cocktail on my deck on a nice day, exercising (how I feel after it), dark chocolate, seafood, flowers, laughing, compliments, grocery shopping, cooking...

Dislikes: Traffic (which is why I moved away from it), mean people, liver, being taken advantage of, pain, incureable diseases, snakes, spiders, bees, jagermeister...

[Lulu76]

I love all these lists, but now I want to slave in the kitchen all night to make my grandma's famous pierogi.

Which leads me to another like: Polish vodka

I liked my grandma too, but the older I get (she died when I was seven) the more I am starting to forget about her.

[LysaC]

i'm with you lulu. i saw peirogis on someone's list and thought- i too love those darned polish dumpling/raviloi/thingies.

my gram & ciocie are the only ones who make them now and not very often cuz they are old, old ladies. i can't make dough for shit & my mum doesn't have the patience so the family recipes (cabbage) perogis will die out with the ladies.

dang it.

[Boston Mike]

Love having dogs.

Hate walking around the yard and picking up the large tootsie rolls

[Maggy]

Likes
The smell of wet neoprene (it means I've been scuba diving)

Too funny, because I also like the smell of wet neoprene and of course it means that either you are going to dive or just have been. But the smell itself triggers a sense of "feeling good".

[Lulu76]

i'm with you lulu. i saw peirogis on someone's list and thought- i too love those darned polish dumpling/raviloi/thingies.

my gram & ciocie are the only ones who make them now and not very often cuz they are old, old ladies. i can't make dough for shit & my mum doesn't have the patience so the family recipes (cabbage) perogis will die out with the ladies.

dang it.

Lysa, I never used to make them because I don't do well with dough at all. However, on New Year's Day I made dozens of pierogi (along with cabbage rolls and kielbasa) and fed my friends a Polish feast just like we would have at home.

Surprisingly, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I did worse keeping the cabbage rolls together (only cheaters use toothpicks) and I have made them a million times.

Another like: All the awesome Polish restaurants in Hamtramck (part of Detroit)

Dislikes: Living so far from Detroit (but it's warm here), and my brother who one-upped the rest of us for Father's Day by having Polish food from Chicago Fed Exed to my dad.