About Me

  • About Me: "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." ~C.S. Lewis

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: American
  • Favorite Dishes: Thanksgiving dinner, pizza
  • Favorite Desserts: Chocolate chip cookies, berry pie
  • Favorite Drinks: Water, mostly. But I do love a Diet Coke!
  • Favorite Junk Foods: How many things can I fit on this line? I love Jax cheese twists, gummy candy, chocolate, cookies, mmm....
  • My Original Recipes: Lazy woman things. Take something from freezer and have a meal on the table in 30 minutes or less.
  • Favorite Restaurants: The Tavern in State College, Panera
  • Foods I hate: Coconut, really hot and spicy things

Style

  • Where I shop: Lots of places.
  • Brands I love: Urm. Whatever fits?
  • I like to wear: Nicer looking things like dress pants or skirt with a sweater. I rarely scuff around in sweat pants.
  • Can't live without: Warm clothes--I'm usually cold.
  • Prized Possessions: My Wallaroo hats

Travel

  • Places I've been: Many places in the USA and at an Arby's in Canada across Niagara Falls, England
  • Places to see before I die: Rome, Venice, Iceland, um...other places

Books

  • Favorite Books: I love to read! I also hate to pick favorites, but....Cold Mountain, Pride and Prejudice, Minerva, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
  • Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Julia Quinn, and many others
  • Favorite Genres: Historical things--biographies, romances, fiction; chick-lit, young adult, and anything that is well-written
  • Favorite Characters: Catherine Moorland, Inman
  • Recent Reads: I'd have to change this line almost daily, so I'll just say, "The Bible" as I read it/listen to it daily.

High School

  • School Name: Curwensville Area High School
  • Class of: 1987
  • Organizations: Pretty much everything there was to do except sports: band, flag team, yearbook, newspaper, ski club, French Club, Honor Society, Student Council, Student Forum, Photography Club, drama...oh, I forget what else.

Video Games

  • Games I Play: As if! The only game one could accuse me of playing is Boggle, but then only about twice a year.
  • Clans: There are video game clans?

Television

  • Favorite Shows: I just don't watch much TV. What Not to Wear!
  • Favorite Channels: History Channel (I tape for school.)
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: QED

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Pride and Prejudice, The Saint, Shining Through
  • Favorite Genre: Action, romantic comedy
  • Movies I can watch over and over: The Princess Bride

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Greig, Toby Mac
  • Favorite Genre: Classical, hip-hop, contemporary Christian
  • Songs I hate: I'm not fond of 70's music nor do I care for heavy metal and southern gospel

More About Me

  • Religion: Christian
  • Interests: Reading-- Writing Letters-- Teaching English-- Learning History
  • Expertise: Chocolate Chip Cookie Baker-- Entertaining in a Messy House-- Hot bath taking
  • Occupation: Education/training

College

  • School Name: Pennsylvania State University
  • Class of: 1990
  • Major(s): English
  • Minor(s): American Studies

Contact Info

  • AIM: bookworm500

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