Getting to know you!

[PrincessT]

As we spend so much time here in our virtual little world, I was thinking it may be nice to know some general things about each other. I know many of you would have been emailed this stuff before, so feel free to answer (or ignore) or to add your own random question!

Name/Nickname: Teena but generally get called Teen
What colour is your car: Black
What book are you reading at the moment: The Wolf of Wallstreet by Jordan Belfort
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Gin and Tonic
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Our Dog Sheikhan
Summer or Winter: Definately Summer
Whats on your bedside table: A music box, a photo of us at our wedding and a photo of my dad and I and my current reading material.
What do you dread: seeing someone I love suffer
What starsign are you: Aquarian
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Favourite city: apart from Sydney, New York.
Job: I'm in PR
Magazine of choice: Marie Claire or Harpers and I love Shop till you Drop fro kids.


Looking foward to seeing your answers. :bee:

[~*clairesmum*~]

Name/Nickname: Tyrah but get called t.y

What colour is your car: green

What book are you reading at the moment: harry potter the 5th book

Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate

Favourite Drink: coke

What was the name of your favourite Pet: dont n have never had a pet

Summer or Winter: hmmm winter atm

Whats on your bedside table:touch lamp,book mobiles drink of wat ever

What do you dread: seeing someone I love suffer dido

What starsign are you: leo

Last foriegn stamp in your passport: new zealand

Favourite city: wouldnt no cause never being outside aussie n nz

Job: childcare

Magazine of choice:wat ever scotts 87yr old nan reads lol which is womans weekly, new idea, etc... practical partening

[QueensMum]

Name/Nickname: Sheridan / Sherry - Shezza (normally by drunken friends) - Pumpkin
What colour is your car: Black
What book are you reading at the moment: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (again)
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Bourbon & Coke (Jim Beam)
What was the name of your favourite Pet: My current cat - Shiloh
Summer or Winter: Winter...Brrrr...Lovely
Whats on your bedside table: Lamp, Book, Take Away Chinese Menu, Mobile Phone and numerous bills to be claimed.
What do you dread: Anything bad happening to people I love
What starsign are you: Pisces
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: New Zealand
Favourite city: Queenstown
Job: SAHM
Magazine of choice: Practical Parenting or NW

[mum2ethan]

Name/Nickname: Melanie / Mel
What colour is your car: Blue
What book are you reading at the moment: Up the Duff
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Vodka
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Milo & Bindi - dogs
Summer or Winter: We only have wet and dry here my fav is the wet
Whats on your bedside table: Lamp, Mobile Phone
What do you dread: Anything bad happening to people I love
What starsign are you: Aries
Last foriegn stamp on your passport: Bali
Favourite city: Darwin/Goldcoast
Job: Admin
Magazine of choice: Anything

[Ffrenchstar]

Name/Nickname: Katie. Nickname FfrenchieWhat colour is your car: Green
What book are you reading at the moment: Several!!
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Favourite Drink: Water, wine and coffee
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Charli
Summer or Winter: Both!
Whats on your bedside table: A clock, a lamp, a couple of books and my bible
What do you dread: losing a loved one
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Auckland, New Zealand
Favourite city: Brisbane
Job: I am mostly a stay at home, homeschooling mum but I am also a fitness instructor parttime
Magazine of choice: Creation

[mandamum]

Name/Nickname:My name is Amanda, but everyone just calls me Manda
What colour is your car: Silver
What book are you reading at the moment: Hades Daughter by Sara Douglass
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Orange and Mango juice
What was the name of your favourite Pet: I had a dog named Holly when I was a kid, I loved her fiercly
Summer or Winter: Winter
Whats on your bedside table: I don't have a table - I have a window sill. On it are about 5 books in various stages of "read" status, two pairs of glasses, a bottle of water and a tissue box.
What do you dread: Being a disapointment or failure
What starsign are you: Leo
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Fiji
Favourite city: I'd have to say Brisbane because all of my family lives in QLD, we're stuck down here in Sydney for work :(
Job: Executive Assistant in the NSW Govt
Magazine of choice: I love a good trashy mag, generally famous because it's cheaper than the others! :laughing:

[Tina33]

Name/Nickname: Tina/Tin
What colour are your car's: Silver & Pale Blue
What book are you reading at the moment: Nothing currently
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Vanilla Milkshake
What was the name of your Pet dog: Chelsea
Summer or Winter: Definately Summer
Whats on your bedside table: Clothes
What do you dread: Seeing my kids hurt
What starsign are you: Leo
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: NZ
Favourite city: Melbourne
Job:SAHM - and proud of it!
Magazine of choice: None - waste of money

[*Chels*]

Name/Nickname: Chels or Chelma
What colour are your car's: Red
What book are you reading at the moment: Man of the month club
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Wine!Or coffee
What was the name of your Pet dog: Kim
Summer or Winter: Summer
Whats on your bedside table: A photo of me,my bro,sis and Mum.A lamp.And another photo of me and my sis,and books
What do you dread: Anything terrible happening to my whanau
What starsign are you:Pisces
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: NZ
Favourite city: Christchurch
Job:Part-time supervisor/Barista and Mum
Magazine of choice: Any trashy ones ike Famous or NW:laughing:

[farmmummy]

Name/Nickname:My name is Nicole but every one calls me Nikki
What colour is your car: Silver
What book are you reading at the moment: Emperor - the gods of war by con Iggulden
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Favourite Drink: Mascato by Brown Brothers:bee:
What was the name of your favourite Pet: That is a hard one :confused: I had a beautiful grey gelding calling Toss who lived for ages, my grandparents had a cat while I was about 4 who would only let me carry him around (as long as I was tall) and then there is my cat now Fezzy (short for feral).
Summer or Winter: Winter
Whats on your bedside table: I have a lamp, puffer, tissues and mobile phone.
What do you dread: Having another baby suffer and loosing another baby:crying:
What starsign are you: Caner
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Haven't left the country:rolleyes:
Favourite city: I really love the city of Toowoomba, I love town and country atmosphere.
Job: Normally I'm admin but since just before I had jack I'm now a SAHM but I am trying to get work for the next 6 months.
Magazine of choice: I love Pregnancy & Birth and Mother and Baby as well as the occational NW etc.

[Shera]

Name/Nickname: Em

What Colour is your Car: Yellow & blue (bus), & black (shoes on my feet), I don't own a car but DF"s is silver & he lets me drive it when he's feeling brave :laughing:.

What book are you reading at the moment: Would love to be reading a book but have to read boring educational counselling lecture notes.

Chocolate or Vanilla: Both

Favorite Drink: Iced Tea or purified/tank water.

What was the name of your favorite pet: Gemma

Summer or Winter: Winter during the day, Summer at night.

What's on your bedside table: Photos & candles.

What do you dread: Something bad happening to my children & DF.

What starsign are you: Virgo/Libra cusp, hence the indecisiveness!

Last foreign stamp on passport: Frankfurt.

Favorite City: Funchal (in Madeira).

Job: Student, Teacher & SAHM.

Magazine of Choice: I absolutely loathe beauty magazines but loveNational Geographic.

[mandymum2b]

Name/Nickname: Amanda - Manda, Mandy
What colour is your car: Silver
What book are you reading at the moment: just finished Ken Follet's World Without End and loved it (Pillars of the Earth is my all time favourite book!)
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: while preg - apple+anything juice (except blackcurrant); when not preg - nice glass of wine
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Gromit, our kelpie
Summer or Winter: summer
Whats on your bedside table: lamp, book, tissues, handcream, clock
What do you dread: ditto everyone - losing a loved one
What starsign are you: leo
Last foreign stamp in your passport: Italy (honeymoon last year!)
Favourite city: love living in Perth; favourite o/s - La Cinque Terre (towns, not cities really) in Italy (biased of course due to wonderful honeymoon!!)
Job: doctor
Magazine of choice: don't usually buy mags, but love reading up on trashy celeb gossip in checkout queue, waiting rooms etc

[PrincessT]

Mandy - Cinque Terre is devine!! I'm also bias because I'm Italian and I think there is no greater place for a romantic holiday!

[Kadwil]

Name/Nickname: Kay

What Colour is your Car: Red

What book are you reading at the moment: Up the Duff

Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla

Favorite Drink: Punch

What was the name of your favorite pet: Bobby and Kelly (dogs)

Summer or Winter: Winter during the day, Summer at night. ditto!

What's on your bedside table: Touch lamp, book, diary, 'special treasures' box from my son, moisturiser, tissues.

What do you dread: My most immediate fear ATM is another miscarriage

What starsign are you: Gemini

Last foreign stamp on passport: Don't have one...
Favorite City: Don't like cities. Anywhere my family is.

Job: Snr Admin Assistant

Magazine of Choice: Don't buy them, but I will read That's Life or Take 5. Or the mere male/childrens world in Womens Weekly.

[YacinesMommy]

Name/Nickname: Christina but get called Tina or chrissy
What Colour is your Car: Ice Blue
What book are you reading at the moment: unfortunately none but want to go back and start the harry potter series from scratch
Chocolate or Vanilla: Choclate
Favorite Drink: ATM OJ cant seem to get enough of it
What was the name of your favorite pet: Too hard,.......Gypsie Lady - my Doberman/Great Dane X who we had to put down 2 years ago cause she was too old. Tigger my cat now.
Summer or Winter: Winter - especially in Europe or Upstate NY when it snows
What's on your bedside table: Lamp, Alarmclock, BabyLove and Birth Books, tissues and my Sodoku puzzle book :D
What do you dread: Ditto - Having another M/C
What starsign are you: Aquarius/Pisces cusp
Last foreign stamp on passport: Los Angeles USA
Favorite City: Paris and New York

Job: Accounts payable officer (hing to eventually become a Widwife or Doula)

Magazine of Choice: I don't buy them, but I'll read them in the checkout isle or in a waiting room.

[lovinmummaof2]

Name/Nickname: Krystle
What colour is your car: dont have one. need to get my licence
What book are you reading at the moment: just finished reading Love Walked In ~ Marisa de los Santos... loved it. am about to start on Girls' Night In 2 - Gentlemen by Invitation
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: pepsi - tried sex on the beach @ hogs breath the other week (b4 i found out i was preg).. mmm strawberries
What was the name of your favourite Pet: i love all the cats ive ever had - Amber(disappeared one day. gawd i miss her), Cozi (lives w/ my parents), Kleo + Sooti (current kitties who live w/ us, love them both), and another 5-6 ive had. ive had dogs too but im not really into them.
Summer or Winter: in winter i love summer. in summer i love winter... i just like lovely weather - mid 20s. i love summer nights - when its not too hot. and winters great for snuggling
Whats on your bedside table: mobile, books, vday card, cute little cow/giraffe toy (looks like a cow but its actually a giraffe, doesnt have a long neck).
What do you dread: anything bad happening to my beautiful babies
What starsign are you: Sagittarius
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: dont have one - would love to go to france, italy, japan and taiwan etc - exotic locations
Favourite city: dunno. have lived in Perth for 15yrs - on and off. was born in Horsham Vic
Job: yummy mummy at home - hoping to become a kindy/primary school teacher soonish
Magazine of choice: Cleo, Cosmo, New Woman, Mother & Baby

[Lilys*mummy]

Name/Nickname: Jade
What colour is your car: White
What book are you currently reading: Havent had time to read one this last month
Chocolate or Vanilla: Definately Chocolate!
Favourite Drink: Vanilla Coke
What was the name of your favourite pet: Bandit and Charlie (dogs)
Summer or Winter: Winter
Whats on your bedside table: Photo of me and DH, my mobile and tissues
What do you dread: Something bad happening to DD, DH or this baby
What starsign are you: Capricorn
Last foreign stamp in your passport: Thailand
Favourite city: Sydney
Job: Medical Receptionist
Magazine of Choice: Cleo, Cosmo, Mother and Baby

[nic28]

Name/Nickname: Nicole, Nic , Nicki
What colour is your car: Green & Maroon
What book are you currently reading: Better way to a healthy pregnancy - i think that's what it is called
Chocolate or Vanilla: Definately Chocolate!
Favourite Drink: Chocolate Milk
What was the name of your favourite pet: Bindi
Summer or Winter: Summer
Whats on your bedside table: Photo of my daughter and VICKS
What do you dread: Something bad happening to DD, DH or this baby
What starsign are you: Capricorn
Last foreign stamp in your passport: UK
Favourite city: Darwin
Job: SAHM
Magazine of Choice: Womens Day (how embarrassing)

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[zakster]

Name/Nickname: Lish

What colour is your car: White

What book are you currently reading: Up The Duff :)

Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla

Favourite Drink: Water (what a freak)

What was the name of your favourite pet: Logan (see the avatar ;))

Summer or Winter: Winter

Whats on your bedside table: Photo of hubby and I, and my lamp.

What do you dread: Nothing at the moment - trying to put positive vibes out!

What starsign are you: Leo

Last foreign stamp in your passport: USA

Favourite city: Cairns

Job: Receptionist

Magazine of Choice: None at the moment.

[kirra]

Name/Nickname: Kirrilie, kirra, kbe
What colour is your car: White
What book are you currently reading:Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate Please
Favourite Drink: Hmm at the moment choc milkshakes
What was the name of your favourite pet: Sam he is the cat and I am his pet
Summer or Winter: Winter don't like really hot weather like it is now
Whats on your bedside table: Dust, glass with water that the cat drinks from and a lamp
What do you dread: Not being able to protect my family
What starsign are you: Aries
Last foreign stamp in your passport: Thiland almost 20 years ago hehehe
Favourite city: Melbourne and Perth
Job: SAHM
Magazine of Choice: I don't buy them anymore but That's life or the other one similar forgot the name. Liking real life situations. Can get my fill of gossip about celebs on the net

[butimacheerleader]

Name/Nickname: Rebecca or Bek
What colour is your car: White Gold or Hunter Green depends what car I am driving.
What book are you reading at the moment: A Boy called It
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Vodka, Lime and Soda
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Furby
Summer or Winter: Definately Summer
Whats on your bedside table: Magazines, remote, a cup.
What do you dread: Loosing people
What starsign are you: Capricorn I think
Last foriegn stamp in your passport:I have never left Aust.
Favourite city: Townsville
Job: Customer Service
Magazine of choice: Scrapbooking memories

[bubblespossumbear]

Name/Nickname: Leah

What colour is your car: a bluey green

What book are you currently reading: none

Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla

Favourite Drink: orange and mango fruit juice

What was the name of your favourite pet: Rexy boy (purebreed staffy, he was stolen, :crying:)

Summer or Winter: this is a toughy but id have to say winter

Whats on your bedside table: lamp, alarm clock and some paperwork

What do you dread: seeing people i love suffer and not being able to help them

What starsign are you: saggitarius

Last foreign stamp in your passport: none, i don't have a passport,never been out of the country

Favourite city: Brisbane

Job: SAHM

Magazine of Choice: take 5 or tv week but only for the crosswords, lol

[becca022]

Name/Nickname: Rebecca. NN Bec

What colour is your car: Don't drive, but family car is Burgundy

What book are you currently reading: Nothing ATM

Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate

Favourite Drink: ATM Lemonade

What was the name of your favourite pet: Jasper & now Nova

Summer or Winter: Summer

Whats on your bedside table: An old book I'm thinking of reading

What do you dread: ATM a miscarriage

What starsign are you: Libra

Last foreign stamp in your passport: Havn't left the country

Favourite city: Melbourne

Job: SAHM

Magazine of Choice: Parenting mags

[javic]

Name/Nickname: Victoria, Vic
What colour is your car: Don't have one right now.
What book are you currently reading: Tom Robbins
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: ATM Milk
What was the name of your favourite pet: Ferry
Summer or Winter: Summer
Whats on your bedside table: Too much to mention!
What do you dread: ATM giving birth!
Last foreign stamp in your passport: Hong Kong - and let me tell you it was not fun flying back with morning sickness and pregnancy migraine!!
Favourite city: Don't have one - but could be Seville... been a while though...
Job: Just gave up work.. Woo hoo!! Might take up investing in film or venture capital.
Magazine of Choice: Only read trashy mags in the Drs office or supermarket queue!

[Bewitched]

Name/Nickname: Lisa/Lis
What colour is your car: White
What book are you reading at the moment: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Favourite Drink: Bourbon & coke
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Emma, our beloved Bearded Collie r.i.p
Summer or Winter: Summer
Whats on your bedside table: Books, alarm clock, and stuffed toys DH has bought me
What do you dread: the ocean
What starsign are you: Cancer
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Don't even have one :(
Favourite city: Melbourne
Job: Writer
Magazine of choice: That's Life or Take 5

[JumpingBean]

Name/Nickname: Kellie/Kell
What colour is your car: Silver
What book are you reading at the moment: The butterfly box
Chocolate or Vanilla: Definately Chocolate!
Favourite Drink: White or Rose Wine, water
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Jessie
Summer or Winter: Summer
Whats on your bedside table: Up the Duff book, novels, lamp, alarm clock and Pic of DH and I on honeymoon (aaaah!)
What do you dread: Get back to you on that!
What starsign are you: Taurus
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Verona, Italy
Favourite city: Got too many! Especially in Europe.
Job: Chef, although at the mo is a stay at home mum.
Magazine of choice: NW - love my trashy gossip mags!!!

[vavavanny]

Name/Nickname: Ana

What colour is your car: Charcoal

What book are you reading at the moment: Buddhism for Mothers

Chocolate or Vanilla: Dark Chocolate

Favourite Drink: Frangelico, Vodka and Fresh Lime

What was the name of your favourite Pet: I don't have pets

Summer or Winter: Neither... I love Autumn

Whats on your bedside table: I have a bed ledge... and my mobile phone sits on it...

What do you dread: Post c-section recovery!

What starsign are you: Aquarian

Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Santiago, Chile.

Favourite city: Valparaiso, Chile & Melbourne of course!

Job: Proud busy mum to little Van (aged 3)

Magazine of choice: Vogue, Harpers and Melbourne's Child

[Tulp]

Name/Nickname: Sweetheart/Mumma :D
What colour is your car: Black
What book are you reading at the moment: Ken Follet's Whiteout
Chocolate or Vanilla: Love em both
Favourite Drink: What time of the day are we talking about.
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Sweetheart (DH)
Summer or Winter: Neither... Spring
Whats on your bedside table: Logical Challenge Mags
What do you dread: Moving again.
What starsign are you: Libra
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Holland
Favourite city: They are all the same.
Job: Mummy to DS (used to conduct trainings)
Magazine of choice: Melbourne's Child, Women's Day

[kas3]

Name/Nickname: Kel
What colour is your car: Green
What book are you reading at the moment: None right now - apart from the pregnancy ones.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Coke
What was the name of your favourite Pet: No favourite - I've loved all my dogs :)
Summer or Winter: Winter
Whats on your bedside table: lamp, glasses holder, water bottle.
What do you dread: at the moment, losing this baby.
What starsign are you: Virgo
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: Hawaii
Favourite city: mmm... not sure. Hobart is pretty.
Job: Librarian
Magazine of choice: Anything trashy.

[naebie]

Name/Nickname: Renee/ Nae, Naebie
What colour is your car: White
What book are you reading at the moment: Just restarting the 'Tomorrow' series by John Marsden- I know they are meant for teenagers, but they are really good!
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Coke
What was the name of your favourite Pet: I've only had one pet of my own, my cat Buddy, who is a sweetheart.
Summer or Winter: Winter
Whats on your bedside table: A packet of ginger stem biscuits (in case morning sickness comes back) and a water bottle.
What do you dread: Right now, having another miscarriage, or losing a family member.
What starsign are you: Virgo
Last foreign stamp in your passport: I don't have a passport, I've never been out of Australia!
Favourite city: I don't think I can beat my home town, Wollongong. There are some really pretty places further down the coast, but I wouldn't really call them 'cities'.
Job: Waitress (though not at the moment, I'm too paranoid to work) and Student- Studying for my Masters in Early Childhood teaching. I already have a diploma in Early Childhood, and a degree in early childhood welfare.
Magazine of choice: Anything. I regularly buy Thats Life and Take 5.

[BazzasMum]

Name/Nickname: Kirsty
What colour is your car: Dark blue
What book are you reading at the moment: Memory in Death by JD Robb
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Coke
What was the name of your favourite Pet: All of them - there's lots.
Summer or Winter: Winter here - it's dry
Whats on your bedside table: Alarm clock, lamp and a couple of books.
What do you dread: Nothing really springs to mind.
What starsign are you: Leo
Last foreign stamp in your passport: I think it was San Fran via Auckland
Favourite city: Glasgow.
Job: Mum, used to do Payroll.
Magazine of choice: Womans Day usually
:flowerz: :raspberry:

[samsgirls]

Name/Nickname Samantha/ Sam/Sammy
What colour is your car? Silver
What book are u reading at the moment? Haven't read one in a long while.
Chocolate or Vanilla Definitely chocolate
Favourite drink Diet coke/ coke zero
What was the name of your favourite Pet? Attila (our late blue heeler X)
Summer/Winter winter
Whats on your bedside table? nothing atm
What do u dread? changing a 3yo's nappy:laughing:
What starsign are you? Gemini
Last foreign stamp in your passport? I don't have one
Favourite City I don't have one of those either
Job? Mum.
Magazine of choice Practical parenting

[MsMouse]

Name/Nickname: MM... I don't have an offline one I think
What colour is your car: White
What book are you reading at the moment: Lots of non-fiction borrowed from CMWA
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Tea!
What was the name of your favourite Pet: Bow
Summer or Winter: The anticipation of the new
Whats on your bedside table: tissues, hairlackeys, bigboy's dummies, books, lamp, puffers & spacer, mobile charger, water bottle, lunch box + sandwich, moisturiser, vicks vapourub, maybebaby, tampons (really must tidy that up), bubble blower (why?), dust bunnies... and probably an entire civilisation
What do you dread: paranoia, strangely
What starsign are you: Capricorn
Last foriegn stamp in your passport: don't have one, and never been anywhere
Favourite city: same again
Job: SAHM
Magazine of choice: Um. I don't tend to buy any