A picture is worth a thousand words so there you go, that's me to the left. 

Favorite things:  Snow skiing.  my bike.  PIZZA.  Roses.   Apples (that was my first word, by the way).  Copper Mountain.  Vail.  Rowing.  My brother and sister.  Snow.  The land out west.  Playing Horseshoes.  Key lime pie.  Toenail polish.  My friends.  Anything involving eggplant (the vegetable, not the color).  WINE. 

Least favorite things:  socks with Tevas.  Bugs - spiders are okay, but not bugs.  Dallas, TX.  Smoking.  Talking with food in your mouth.  The sound of a typewriter.  People who wait for the total before beginning to write out a check.
Mistress Liz.  Liz The Great.  Lizzard.  Lizzie.  Lizdaphoo.  Lizard Phood.  Riz. 
Hey, how about I just fill out one of those question things everyone always sends me and post it?  Probably easier.  Here you go. 

1.   FIRST NAME: Elizabeth

2.   WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?  No, but if you ask my sister, she'll tell you I am perfectly named after 2 queens - Elizabeth and Victoria.  :)

3.   DO YOU WISH ON FALLING STARS? Yes.  And eyelashes.  And pennies thrown in fountains.  And birthday candles.  And...

4.    WHICH FINGER IS YOUR FAVORITE? Now this is a random question.  I'd say my middle finger, it's the tallest.  Who thinks of this stuff?

5.    WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?  the other night while watching Love Actually - that movie gets me every time!

6.    DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? LOVE IT!!!

7.    WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?  Ham.  MMMMMMMMMMMMMM. 

8.    ANY BAD Habits?  Hmmm.... nothing that will keep me in hell.

9.    WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD IN YOUR CAR? Well, if I had a car!!  I'd have to say it would be this CD by NSync and Britney Spears that you could get free at McDonald's.  Or my yanni cds - yep that's plural.  (I'm crawling under my desk now.)

10.   IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Of course

11.   ARE YOU A DAREDEVIL? nope

12.   HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?  I really don't think I have... and I've known lots of secrets.

13.    DO LOOKS MATTER?  If I learned anything by losing 30 pounds, it's that YES, looks matter very much, when you are trying to make an impression (first or otherwise).  But beyond those few moments, no.

14.    WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?  My parent's place in Palm Harbor FL and Poultney, VT.

15.    DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY? I wish I didn't.  But some days I'm grateful I do.

16.    WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD? Bricks Blocks!  And Tonka Trucks, which I can't believe my mom SOLD.  I was also a big fan of Barbies.

17.    WHAT CLASS IN SCHOOL DO YOU THINK IS TOTALLY USELESS?  None of them.  Well, OK, Calc IV.  When the hell am I going to use that?  But I did enjoy learning it.  I like James' answer - the STUDENT also makes the class useless.

18.    NIGHT or DAY? Day! Give me sunshine!

19.    DO YOU USE SARCASM?  sparingly.  For humor, yes (and I love it like that), but I generally find it to be the defense of the weak.

20.    HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT? Yes, unintentionally.

21.    WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL? Hm.  Someone who is nice to their friends and family (means they will probably be nice to me).  Someone who makes me laugh, who makes me feel really good about myself, who likes to play outside, who I love to talk with and who loves to talk with me. 

22.    WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?  Lizzard, Mistress Liz, Lizzie

23.    WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?   In theory, yes.  But I'd get up there and get scared and make them put me back down, so probably no.

24.    DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?  No.  But I untie them before I put them on, then tie them up!

25.    DO YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE STRONG? Physically - more than average.  Mentally/ emotionally - that's a general yes, but we all have our weak moments.

26.    WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Cookies n Cream.  Always.  I also love Cake Batter (thanks Audrey) and Blue Bell's Pistachio Almond (thanks Gary).

27.    SHOE SIZE?   About a 10.

28.    WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS? Blue, red

29.    HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?  3.  One cracked and it got removed, still have the others...

30.    WHO DO YOU MISS MOST RIGHT NOW?  I miss so many people.  Anyone who isn't with me.  Right now, Alice, I wish she were in town this week. 

31     WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? happy.  And an eccentric millionaire.

32.    WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?  Joe scan stuff into the plotter - and the AC system here, it sounds like I'm in a freakin' wind tunnel!

33.    WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?  A banana.  A really good banana, perfectly ripe.

34.    LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?  Sarah Hoke.

35.    THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? height and whether or not they have a cigarette in their hand.

36.    WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TYPE OF WEATHER?  Hm... sunshine.  About 80 degrees.  Unless I'm near a ski mountain, then I want it to be snowing at night and sunny and 30 degrees in the daytime.

37.    FAVORITE DRINK? I'm on a diet sprite kick.  Otherwise, iced tea.

38.    FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK? currently gin and diet sprite.

39.    FAVORITE SPORTS? football and hockey.  Bobsledding, but you don't see that too often.

40.    HAIR COLOR?  Hm.  Brown with reddish tones.

41.    DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?  no.

42.    SIBLINGS? younger brother and sister, 4 older half-sisters

43.    FAVORITE MONTH?  October.  Fall, my birthday... etc.

44.    FAVORITE FOOD?   pizza, brownies, ice cream.... everything in moderation.

45.    LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?  Love Actually

46.    FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR? Thanksgiving, Halloween and October 20.

47.    ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?  No

48.    SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?  Generally Happy Endings

49.    SUMMER OR WINTER?  winter if there's snow and I can ski, otherwise summer.

50.    HUGS OR KISSES?  Both - it just depends on who they're coming from!!

51.    RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS? Relationships for sure!

52.    WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?  Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks.  (Need something to read?  Check out my
booklist.)

55.    WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?  nothing, it's just black.

56.    FAVORITE BOARD GAME?  Pictionary, if Tina can be my partner!

57.    WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?  Nothing.  Sarah and I went to the mall and both got money BACK.  But I'm sure I'd have watched SOMETHING.  I love TV. 

58.    FAVORITE CARD GAME? Definitely wizard.

59.    FAVORITE SMELLS? Sunscreen, just cut hay, bonfire smoke, tasty treats in the oven... cologne....

60.    FAVORITE SOUND?  wind in the trees

61.    FAVORITE CANDY? snickers, candy corn (hooray halloween!) and RED SWEDISH FISH!

62.    FAVORITE MOVIE?  Too many to name but Shawshank, Sliding Doors, Love Actually are way up there... Tommy Boy, In America, Singing in the Rain, Sound of Music, Bridget Jones, American Beauty... and on and on and on

63.    FAVORITE BANDS, CD'S?  Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Sarah McLaughlin, Indigo Girls, The Police, Sting, Johnny Lang, the Who, Crosby Stills and Nash, Pink Floyd, Queen, Tori Amos, and on and on and on

64.    WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP?  Thanks, God.
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