About Me

  • About Me: i am a servant of the Risen Lord and Saviour, love to take care of my family, read, write, play. i hope to share with you in this journey and may we meet in the heavenlies.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: grey's anatomy, csi, law and order ci, law and order svu, er, 24,
  • Favorite Channels: oh right.....
  • Favorite Reruns: 24, any law and order, the closer, saving grace,
  • Most Addictive Show: cooking shows on food network
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: le femme nikita,

College

  • School Name: Ashland University
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2003
  • Attended: 1996 - 2002
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Nursing
  • Minor(s): Philosophy

More About Me

  • Nicknames: melbewonkenobi, mel, lovebug, rose
  • Nationality: American, then Irish and English
  • Religion: christian
  • Interests: organic gardening, baking, serving the Risen Saviour, teens/youth, reading, crafts, music, writing, walking, learning,my children, my husband, life, Chrysalis/Emmaus, U2
  • Expertise: knowing i know very little about life and the human race.
  • Occupation: teaching, nursing, baking, gardening
  • Industry: not for profit
  • Website: http://melinda.wordpress.com/

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Sarandon version of Little Women, Mrs. Miniver, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Wuthering Heights - Orson Welles version, Sense & Sensibility, original Goodbye Mr. Chips, To Sir with Love, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life,
  • Favorite Actors: Emma Thompson, Katherine Hepburn, Sean Connery, Sidney Poitier, Patrick Stewart,
  • Movies I can watch over and over: see favorites

Music

  • Favorite Artists: sara groves, fernando ortega, meredith andrews, barlow girl, point of grace, skillet, newsboys, delirious, .........
  • Songs I hate: country western
  • Band I wish I was in: barlow girl

Books

  • Favorite Books: hinds feet on high places, many waters, can you drink the cup?, the signature of jesus, till we have faces, siddartha, return of the king, beauty from ashes, into Abba's Arms, anne's house of dreams, your scars are beautiful to God, beauty from ashes
  • Favorite Authors: henri nouwen, brennan manning, madeleine l'engle, hannah hurnard, michelle mckinney hammond, cs lewis, jrr tolkein, jan karon, sharon jaynes, joyce meyer
  • Favorite Genres: science fiction,allegory, non fiction semi biographical
  • Favorite Characters: Lucy Pevensie, Much Afraid, Yalith, Anne Shirley,

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: chinese, thai, lebanese, grilled, my own
  • Favorite Desserts: vanilla chiffon roll
  • Favorite Drinks: vanilla coke, any herbal tea
  • Favorite Junk Foods: vanilla oreo cookies with a glass of milk
  • Best meal ever: a cooked egg sandwich my grandmother used to make me.
  • My Original Recipes: coffee cake, frosted cookies,
  • Favorite Restaurants: the serbian crown, the lebanese taverna, le lion dior
  • Foods I hate: spanish rice, sauerkraut, beef stroganoff

Travel

  • Places I love: alaska, a pond in purcellville virginia, a cruise ship with sam,
  • Places I've been: scotland, england, alaska, bahamas
  • Places to see before I die: australia, PEI, vermont, banff,
  • Dream Vacation: ireland with my sam