I sit at the front desk at Creston Radio, answering phones and typing. I do some traffic, recording, filling in here and there.

I was born and raised in a Southern Iowa small town.

I wrote these questions for everyone to answer, I hope you enjoy them and feel like you know us just a little better for it.

L-R: Savannah, Me, My Sister Cindee and my Niece: Carleigh

 

1. Were you named after anyone?

Yes, my Great-Great Grandmother Ellen (Melinda) and my dad Ricky (Lee)

2.Are you a morning person or a night person?

Night

3. Do you have any siblings?

One younger brother and one younger sister

4. What's your favorite song of all time?

My Way by Limp Bizkit

5. Do you believe in extraterrestrials or life on other planets? And did something happen to make you belive?

Yes...I knew a guy

6. Any tattoos or piercings?

Yes-My nose is pierced and I have 4 tattoos. A set of wings and halo on the back of my neck, a frog with wings on my left shoulder, a fairy on my lower left back and a tiger butterfly on my lower back.

7. What's your favorite thing to do on a Saturday night?

Staying at home and watching movies with the kids or going out with JR.

8. Who would win in a fight: Ninjas or Pirates?

Pirates

9.  If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

To freeze time.

10. Have any hidden talents? What are they?

I wiggle my ears, make a  pig sound in the back of my throat.

11.Who is cooler Harry Potter or Peter Pan?

Peter Pan

12. If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be?

1. Only bad people would have diseases.

2. My kids would never know pain.

3. To be able to freeze time (see #9)

13.What is your favorite lunchmeat?

Roasted turkey

14.Do you have any children?

1 girl: Savannah and 2 boys: Joseph and Ricky

15. Do they like you?

Most of the time.

16. If you were the oppostie sex, would you date you?

No way, I'm way to complicated, and I would have to be a cross dresser.

17.Do you still have all your body parts; ie: tonsils, appendix, fingers?

Yes

18. What was the last thing you ate?

Chicken

19. Name one pet peeve.

People who pick their nose in front of me.

20. What is the best vacation you have ever had?

When I stayed home a whole week and didn't go anywhere.

21. If you were in a fist fight, what is the first punch you would throw?

Roundhouse to the nose.

22. If you were turned into a dog, would you eat dog food or beg for scraps?

Beg for scraps

23. If you were turned into a cat, would you poo in a litter box or would you go outside?

Litter box

24. What is the funniest prank you have ever had played on you?

I can't remember what exactly it was, but my sister did it.

25. do you ever wish you were born the opposite sex?

About once a month.

26. How many jobs have you had in the past 10 years?

4: Waitress at the Creston Family Restaurant, waitress at the Sun Valley Lake Country Club, telemarketer at Creative Innovations and KSIB. (All at the same time)

27. Do you have any pets? (Spouses and children do not count) What are they?

We have 3 dogs, Toby and Hazel are a mix of yappy dog and yappier dog and a yellow lab named Clyde (he's blind)

28. If you had to eat a crayon, what color would it be?

Red, cuz I like red stuff

29. Have you ever met anyone famous? Who?

Yes. Mark Chesnutt, Marcia Wallace, a van full of Playgirl centerfolds-no kidding-see below!  Ha-I still have the picture:

Me and Sarah-she is on the left side.  This was taken in front of the truck stop in Decatur City, right off I-35-formerly known as Country Corners Texaco Truck Stop (Try saying that on the phone)-We were waitresses there.

30. Did you graduate? Where?

I'm pretty sure I did, I remember a bunch of people, including guys that were wearing dresses, but then again-I hung out with a lot of cross dressers back then.  But if I did graduate: it would have been from Mt. Ayr Community High School

31. Name one thing you miss about being a kid.

Being able to use that excuse, "I didn't know he would every branch on the way down from the tree house! I'm just a kid!"

32. Pick one:

A. Webbed Feet

B. Have 3 extra fingers

C. Have elf ears

Melinda chooses: A

33. Pick one:

Would you rather:

A Walk through vomit barefoot for 2 city blocks

B. Walk through dog poo barefoot for 2 city blocks

C. Jump of the Raccoon River Bridge at flood stage

Melinda chooses: B.

34. Would you rather be famous for:
A. Getting drunk and running out onto the field of a MLB game in your underwear, charging the mound because the pitcher looks like "this jerk you know."

B. Being on a bus that was hijacked by pirates, and made to do bizarre things like wear a patch on your eye and swab the deck me-hardies, over the course of 2 days.

Melinda chooses A.