10 Things You Should Know About Me

I find it really hard to write biographies. One of the reasons is that I'd rather not be pigeon holed as any one label; because I am more than just that word. Also I think we all have a different idea of what those labels mean.  Sure some of them are pretty hard to misunderstand like Mother, Wife, Daughter and Sister. But what happens if I tell you that I own and ride a Harley? What do you see now? So let's avoid some of the confusion by telling you 10 things you should know about me.

1. I love Tea (okay some of you know this already; as if being a tea shop owner doesn't give that one away)!
2. I am an avid knitter. One of these days I'm going to attempt a sweater; probably once I've conquered knitting socks.
3. I really do own and ride a Harley (1995 Sportster). 
4. For pets I have birds. Two cockatiels and a green cheek conure. Their names are Kit Kat, Fish and Sassafras (Sassy or Squeaky for short).  I'd love to get an African Grey, a Cockatoo, and a Quaker Parrot too.  Birds are a lot of fun; noisy at times though.
5. My daughter's friends think I'm a hippy (we could really have misinterpretations with that one). She says it's because I LOVE EVERYBODY and sell herbs and incense along with the tea.
6. I love puppies . . . not just puppies in age just puppies in general (all dogs to me are puppies).
7. I read just about any book I can get my hands on. Love Stephen King, Anne Rice, Dean R. Koontz, Pema Chodron, Marianne Williamson and too many more to list.
8. I live at the beach on the coast of Washington. I wish it were a tropical beach this time of the year; but it is a beach just the same. Wish I could be walking it today with the sun on my face instead of working in the store.
9. I love to take pictures. I do mostly landscape photography. I love taking pictures of driftwood.
10. I make beaded jewelry. My favorite beads are seed beads - like their name implies they are about the size of seeds and smaller in some cases.
11. Okay I know I said 10 . . . but today you get a Bonus one ~ I LOVE Quotes! (You think ;-) )

This post is part of the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I am going to really get this blog going. So I decided I'd join the Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to post 31 posts in the month of January and to get more traffic to my blog and to other blogs. This is post number 3. For more info or to join the challenge check the link below.