So I was tagged by Chou, a loooooong time ago, but I’m finally doing it! Five odd or less well-known things about me. These are harder and harder to come up with, I’m pretty transparent.

#1. I love to ride my bicycle! This is not news to anyone. Wait for it.

Liz on bike (part of epic ride)

I bought a 10-speed with my paper route money when I was 10. A very proud day. But I had a few gnarly crashes that I didn’t tell anyone about and I was not in love with doing my paper route. So I dropped biking for several years.

Discovered biking again my senior year of high school on one of the pink Huffy’s that lived in the garage, belonging to one of my sisters I think. I was so lucky to bike all through college - always had a friend or roommate with an extra bike.

I finally bought my own brand new shiny bike again a couple of years ago while we were in Seattle.

The news is that as WILD as I am about bicycling I will never be a gear-head. Rats.

Proof: Last week I rode my bike to Target. In the check-out line I asked the cashier to please not give me any bags since I was going to shove it all in my backpack as I was on my bike.

“Oh! I bike a lot too! What kind of bike do you ride?”

“Um… It’s a mountain bike. I think it’s blue. I can’t remember at all.” Rats.

So I did take note once I got outside. I have a Trek. Um, a Trek something. It’s blue.

#2. Growing up I either wanted to be a lawyer/judge, marine biologist, or nuclear scientist. Not a teacher! But then during my freshman year at BYU I felt the call to teach and never looked back. I love my job!

#3. I really want a motorcycle. I had another dream last night that I was out running errands on a warm sunny day on my two wheels. It looked sort of like this, you know, because I bank in Moab. (Not me in photo.)

motorcycle in Moab (not me)

#4. I don’t really like Oreos. I mean, I’ll eat them. And if they are dipped in something they’re less blah, but I have never bought them ever in my life. And I’ve spent money on some weird food.

#5. I want really badly to be a wicked chef, yea, an inspiring culinary master, or even a foodie or at the very least a food snob. But, alas, I’m just to durn lazy. While I enjoy spending an afternoon at the cheese counter and trying all sorts of recipes requiring ingredients you can’t find at your average supermarket, I’m also just as apt to empty three Tupperware dishes full of leftovers into one bowl, warm it up and smother it in mayonnaise. Yeehaw!

coconuts with Ines