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Date Joined: April 6, 2011
Last Online: December 23, 2024 Birthday: December 19 Country: United States |
Married, mother of three. Been married for 29 years to a wonderful Argentine fellow. We have 2 boys and one girl. All grownups now.
I also work full-time as an Associate Librarian. I've been working at our small public library for about 10 years. I was promoted to Assistant Manager in Nov. 2023. I do preschool storytimes, baby storytimes, and outreach programs for a few local preschools, and a kindergarten readiness program.
I love writing letters, getting letters, sending letters, making funny stuff to send in the mail. All things mail. I've even read books filled with other peoples letters & notes & lists, etc. I would love to have some new pen pals. What fun it is to make new friends!
I've spent my life working with children in one capacity or another. Youth at my church. Babysitting. Facilitating workshops for troubled youth & their parents. Taking care of my own kids while having half the neighborhood at my house on any given day.
Love, love, love to read. Anything clean. I especially adore youth fiction/fantasy, historical fiction & kids books. Brochures. Flyers. Cereal box labels. You name it.
Have kept a journal since I was about 8 or 9 years old. (Now i'm 57 - that's lots of journals.) I've just started adding some "art" to my journaling and have been bullet journaling since 2016.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, A Man Called Ove, The Chilbury Ladies Choir, The Spies of Shilling Place, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, The Women in the Castle, Artiface, The Orphan Collector, When Zackary Beaver Came to Town,Ish, The Librarian of Saint-Malo, The Dictionary of Lost words, Gallant, Mickey Bolitar Series, I Must Betray You, Before We Were Yours, The Lazy Genius Way, Cilka's Journey, Unoffendable, The Paper Girl of Paris, The Hunger Games, The Outsiders, The Alchemist, Gregor the Overlander Series, Leven Thumps Series, Eragon Series, The Candy Shop Wars, Seventeen Summer, The Giver, Ink Heart series, Cinder, Legend, The Girl Who Came Home, The House Girl, scriptures, magazines, biographies on occasion or a good memoir. Oh, and cereal boxes.
Historical, dystopian, science fiction, fantasy, the occasional clean romance. Adventure. Fractured fairy tales. I enjoy middle-grade, teen, and adult books.
The Office, Communtiy, CSI, Criminal Minds, The Middle, Hawaii 5-0, Andy Griffeth Show, Monk, SWAT, The Rookie, Stranger Things, Broadchurch, Foyle's War, Hinterland, Lie to Me, The Other One, The Resident, The Good Doctor, Land Girls, Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey, BBC pretty much.
Oingo Boingo, Depeche Mode, U2, Van Halen, The Cure, INXS, Aha, Alphaville, Phil Collins, Genesis, The Cutting Crew, Duran Duran, Enya, Eurythmics, Asia, Robert Plant, Bruce Hornseby & The Range, Michael Jackson, Journey, Mike & The Mechanics, most things 80's, The Piano Guys. The Two Cellos. Cold Play. Imagine Dragons. King & Country. Instrumental music.
When my son introduced me to Spotify, I was in Heaven!
Mailart, creating postcards, minizines, art journaling, collage, journaling (making travel journals).
One of my co-workers/fellow swap-botian and I have been learning how to water color. She and I bought the same book and paint postcards that we send to each other. That's been fun!
Postcards of all kinds, especially black and whites, antique, ad cards. (Nothing nude/vulgar)
Sticky notes. Washi tape. Ephemera.
Water color paper.
I participate in Postcrossing.com
And MoreLoveLetters.com. At Christmas time, they host a 12 days of letter writing and this has become a personal tradition that I look forward to every year.
Please let me know if you have not received my swap or a rating. I do live a bit off the beaten path, so things might take a day or two longer to arrive.
I do not have pets. One of my sons and I have pet allergies. Not interested in anything with cats/dogs.
Please do not send anything with nudity or raunchy content.
Not interested in politics.
I don't like any kind of tea.
Comments
Thank you for working on my Coloring Collab 2021 #11 November last November. :) It took a year but it arrived home and I love the way it turned out!
Wishing you a fantastic 2022!
I am so glad I get to work with you! You rock!
Thank you so much for your postcards!
Oh wow! I LOVE the postcard you sent to me as a thank you card. Your own design! I am very inspired to make my own now but need to find info first. Your note made me laugh about the Connies you've known. HA! To answer your question about smash/junk journals... I have made two in swaps, currently finishing 2, one for a swap on the Bot and one for a friend. AND starting one for me this week! Awesome fun! Thanks again!
Thank you for the great STUFFallaneous postcard and the kind note that you sent for the "Thank You Swap-bot" swap. I am so glad to hear that you have made new friends on the 'bot! Members like you are what make the community great. Happy swapping!
Thank you bunches for the more than generouse fat envie with ephemera ! I just love it. Thanks for your efford and willingness to make me happy :-) Hugs, Sylvia
Send me a photo of your living room! I love looking at the way people decorate their homes and the fact that you decorated it in French theme sounds awesome!! Lol sorry - just dropping by to check your postcard preferences for Postcard Explosion =P
Received the WTA from SUSA group today! Thank you so very much!! You sent more than I expected to receive, so kind of you! Now to figure out what I'm going to host for this :D