About Liz

Liz’s List…

1. I am a compulsive list maker. It keeps me sane. But my lists are usually more of the grocery/task variety.

2. To occupy myself on long car rides as a kid, I used to make words out of all the license plate and billboard letters. Now that translates into a pretty good Scrabble game.

3. I played trumpet and piano as a kid, but begged my parents to let me quit piano lessons as an 11th birthday present; they obliged. I kept playing trumpet until I turned 20, and I think the instrument captures my personality rather well in some ways.

4. I lived on 80 acres in rural Wisconsin for most of my childhood, and I have an accent.

5. Much of my childhood was spent either reading or in our barn taking care of sheep, goats, cows, a horse, chickens, ducks, cats, dogs, and a lot of rabbits.

6. I love to run these days, but my parents used to have to threaten to take away my books to get me to exercise. It worked.  I now want to run the Great Wall marathon someday (it would be my second marathon).

7. My family is big. I am the youngest, and I have a lot of great siblings to look up to.

8. East Los Angeles was my home for a year while I volunteered at a homeless shelter on Skid Row. My whole life changed that year for the better.

9. I like moving to new places I’ve never been to before, so China is no surprise.

10. My favorite journey to a new place so far was a camping trip to the Boundary Waters. It’s about as ‘middle of nowhere’ as I’ve ever been, and as close to silence as I’ve ever been.

11. A little dark chocolate and a good beer go a long way in my world.

12. I like people who are funnier than I am, as many of my friends can attest.

13. So far, I’ve traveled to Mexico, Canada, the Dominican Republic, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy. I’ve lived in Wisconsin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Ohio, and Connecticut.

14. I knew I wanted to marry John Michael after dating for less than a month. I waited over a year until I told him so. He is more deliberative than I am.

15. I want to be involved in local politics someday, but that will wait until we settle down.

16. I just had a beautiful little baby boy, and so this list would be incomplete without saying I am very much About Leo.

17. I think lists are better left for tasks/groceries, but this has been fun.  I do feel a bit more sane.

18. If I were stranded on a desert island, I’d be pretty concerned.  If I had a cell phone with a strong signal and a set of flares, I’d be set.