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Date Joined: April 1, 2012
Last Online: March 3, 2021 Birthday: July 18, 1974 Country: United States |
Hello! I'm Amanda! I am a 46-year-old mom to two teenage boys, ages 14 and 17. I make hula hoops and teach hula hoop dance to adults. I'm also a laughter yoga leader. My husband and I have a home typing/transcription business. And I work part-time in the town library in the children's room.
I send my swaps out on time, so if you are missing yours or there is postage due, please let me know.
I have a pet cat, Millie. She loves to lick the window screens in the summer. Tastes like the outside!
I love bright colors and whimsical fun designs. My favorite color is purple. My favorite color palette is rainbow. I like all kinds of colorful cheery geometric patterns.
I love googly eyes. They always make me smile. One April Fool's Day (which is big in our house), I put them on household objects and food in the fridge.
I love puns and corny dad jokes, and enjoy Ann Taintor sassy/snarky humor.
I love doing arts and crafts, dancing with my flow toys (hula hoops, poi, levitation wands, LED Fiberflies whip, fans), playing boardgames, playing Pokemon Go, and doing jigsaw puzzles.
We have a HUGE boardgame collection that I enjoy playing with family and friends. Some favorite games are Takenoko, Lanterns, Dutch Blitz, Backgammon, and Alhambra.
I love bookmarks, stickers, stencils, cartoon band-aids, and tea, so those are always appreciated! I love punchinella, drywall tape with holes, and things with interesting textures and holes that I can use on my gelli plate. I'm always looking for ephemera, maps, and patterned/painted papers for collage. I love snarky sayings and cute smiley kawaii characters. I love shrink plastic charms (remember Shrinky Dinks in the โ80s?) and mug rugs. I love dark chocolate (no nuts).
I have enjoyed doing arts and crafts my whole life.
Right now my favorites are art journaling with stencils, acrylic paint, watercolor, washi tape, collage, gelli plate printing.
I also enjoy crochet projects like dishcloths, scarves, shawls, and cowls. I am working on a Tom Baker Dr. Who scarf at the moment!
I have dabbled in many things over the years and still enjoy jumping back in some of these -- rubber stamping, sewing, origami, jewelry making, shrink plastic, mandala drawing, polymer clay.
Flight of the Conchords
The Office
Parks & Recreation
Girls (my current faveโIโm on season five)
Portlandia
Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (one of my celebrity crushes)
Schitt's Creek
What We Do in the Shadows
Laverne & Shirley
The Queenโs Gambit (Who knew how exciting chess could be? Iโm enjoying the book too.)
My favorite cartoons/kid shows are Scooby Doo, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang, The Muppet Show, and Sesame Street.
I love watching YouTube and usually watch funny clips from late night TV, cute pets, concert videos, flow toy tutorials, and craft tutorials.
My music tastes are very Eclectic!
Weezer, Prince, Bella's Bartok (my current fave -- a LOT of fun to see live), Seepeoples, The Smiths, Morrissey, David Bowie, The Pixies, R.E.M., Talking Heads, The Beatles, Crowded House, They Might Be Giants, Bjork, Aimee Mann, Dar Williams, John Gorka, Cage The Elephant, Sia, Lady Gaga, Lizzo, '90s dance music, '80s music, danceable catchy hip-hop, pop, dance music, hang drum music
Most anything except classical, country, and heavy metal, although there are things I occasionally listen to from those categories as well
I am a huge tea fan and have a drawer and basket full of a variety of teas. I especially love hibiscus fruity teas (berry and citrus), rooibos, vanilla flavors, and chai.
I love trying interesting new flavors and am on the hunt for some dessert teas to try like lemon cake or red velvet/chocolate teas that I've heard about.
(NO licorice/anise, banana, Earl Gray, or floral (rose/lavender) flavors though, please. Ew.)
The Princess Bride
A River Runs Through It
Pretty in Pink
When Harry Met Sally
Ad Astra
Meet Joe Black
The Matrix
Moulin Rouge
What We Do in the Shadows
Hunt for the WIlderpeople
Anne of Green Gables PBS movies from the '90s
Favorite actors: Ewan McGregor, Brad Pitt, and for the moment--Adam Driver
Please no glitter bombs. If I have to use a vacuum, itโs no longer fun happy mail! ๐๐
Please no floral scented items. I hate rose scent and do not like floral teas.
No black licorice or banana or floral flavored candy or tea.
Please no religious themes or items.
Please no cheap dollar store or kiddie party favor type stuff that will just end up in the trash.
Colors: Purple, teal, magenta, lime green, orange. I like bright and darker colors instead of pastels.
Hearts
Mandalas
Animals: Bears, sloths, manatees, llamas, cats, big fluffy dogs (Especially Alaskan Malamutes and Samoyeds)
Baby Yoda! And The Mandolorian on Disney+
Favorite Pokemon on Pokemon Go: Wailmer, Snorlax, Eevee, Glaceon, Absol, Slakoth, Lapras, Dragonite (favorite flying type), Ponyta, Mudkip, Gloom and Ivysaur (favorite poison types), Golett and Wooper (favorite ground types). My trainer code is 1655 8089 8013 (Commanda13).
Snacks: sweet and salty, potato chips, kettle corn, cookies--especially chocolate chip
-maps
-gelli prints
-paper with geometric patterns on them
-whimsical and cute Kawaii designs with smiley characters
-origami paper
-wrapping paper with cute designs or fun patterns
-dictionary pages
-children's book pages
-Bingo cards
-library cards and due date cards
-Punchinella or other texture/pattern making tools
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Comments
Hurra :) Thank you so much for a fabulous Non-Valentine's mail!!! I loove your woven heart & all this wonderful paperfun! Thank you so much for taking the time and thinking of me <3
{OMAE RAK}
Thank you so much for the lovely Valentine's RAK! You totally brightened my day!
Thanks for the sweet Valentine's RAK!
Thank you Amanda, for your fun painted and valentine RAK! It was a Happy surprise.
Amanda, thanks for the sweet OMAE Valentines RAK! Reminded me so much of school valentines from oh so long ago! It arrived right beside the OMAE sticker bomb PC, with the theme of Valentines again, so fun, thanks again! Hope ya'll are doing okay over there, we have been expecting more snow than we have been receiving lately so that's good.
Thank you for the fun OMAE Valentine RAK! The little woven heart is so cute and I love this bee sticker :)
Thank you for the sweet woven Valentine's heart RAK! That hedgehog card is super cute. :)
Thank you for the super sweet Valentines RAK! What a happy surprise in my mailbox!!
Thank you Amanda for the Valentines RAK! It was very sweet! ๐
Thank you for the nice Valentine's surprise OMAE RAK!! I received it on Friday, it was so sweet of you to include me. Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day. โก