I'm taking a break from swapping, as my husband has lost his job, and we are being super careful about money. I will check messages at least once a week, and I will miss it while I'm gone!
I got a mystery Christmas Card today from a Swapper in PA. Whoever you are, thanks! :)
I'm going to try and write an incredible profile. Bear with me as I may come back and edit it. Also I tend to type too fast and end up with garbled words. I'll go back and proofread but if I miss something, let me know. :)
Vital Facts:
Age 30
Married, no kids, 2 cats.
I live in Kansas City, MO. I'm new here and just getting settled into my new place.
I've returned to school and just got my grades for my first semester back: 3 A's and a B! I'll have my Associate's Degree in May of 2008. Then I'm off to university to major in math and get a teaching certification.
I used to work at Barnes & Noble. Now I'm focusing on school.
Habits, Likes, Dislikes, Stuff
- I like slow mornings spent catching up on my livejournal and eating breakfast. Then I like to watch the previous evening's Daily Show and Colbert Report.
- I tend to fall asleep after reading a bit. That's usually preceded by an episode of a favorite show (like Star Trek: The Next Generation), as my husband and I wind down.
- I have long, thick hair, just past my shoulders. I usually wear it in a ponytail or in braided pigtails. I wear barrettes, but because my hair is really fine, they're the kind that you kind of bend to open and snap closed. They curve to be close to your scalp.
- My favorite colors are rich, like purple and red and blue. I hate pink in almost all cases.
- My clothes are mostly straight legged trousers in dark colors (like black and gray) with rich colored tops that don't need to be tucked in and are forgiving around the waist. I can't resist a cute two-fer top -- tops that imitate the layered look. Unless it's the weekend. Then I wear t-shirts (I like the strange-ish tees from glarkware) and jeans. I love my cop boots and my chucks.
- For jewelry, I like silver as opposed to gold. I love dangling earrings and have quite the collection. I don't wear bracelets every day but I like them. I wear my wedding ring but otherwise don't really like rings. I think I would wear more necklaces (I have a few charms w/o chains) if I could find chains that actually fit and don't feel like they're choking me. My 5 point hangs from black thread.
- I don't do nail polish because my fingernails are always in some state of disrepair. I also don't wear make-up on a regular basis.
- I do try to take care of my face though. I have acne (stress-induced and hormonal). So, I'm careful to use pH-balanced face care products. I don't wear perfume, but I like lightly scented body sprays.
- I couldn't live without Diet Pepsi. I also like Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, sweetened iced tea, water, chocolate milk (we've found a local dairy that makes great chocolate milk), and the occasional grape soda or root beer.
- My favorite dessert is pumpkin pie. I love chocolate as well. My favorite kind is a Three Musketeers bar. I also love Edy's Slow Churned 1/2 the Fat Chocolate Ice Cream.
- I like macaroni and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chicken pot pie. I eat like a little kid. I should eat more veggies (but I rarely do).
- I love my computer. I run Ubuntu (a very user friendly flavor of Linux). I also have a Windows boot because I love to play The Sims 2 (I have ALL the expansion packs). I like that I have a lot of control about what is installed on my machine and what's running in the background.
- All of our music is copied from CD to a huge hard drive. We then queue up playlists in a program and play them over good stereo speakers. I listen to music almost all the time.
- I love to watch home improvement TV. My husband calls it home and garden crack. We got digital cable so I could watch Changing Rooms (the UK inspiration for Trading Spaces).
- I also love geek TV: MythBusters, How It's Made, Extreme Engineering, and Connections, especially.
- I'm (a bit too) involved in fandom. I accomplish this mostly through livejournal communities. I like to read fanfiction and I love to watch episodes of favorite shows with other fans. I'm just getting back into going to conventions. I especially love filk. It's best live, so I get to hear new artists and songs.
- I love to recommend new music or books to people. Especially when they contact me later to say they loved it!
- I like to play Guitar Hero on my PlayStation. It's ironic as my fingers were always a bit too short for a real guitar!
- My spirituality is eclectic pagan. I absolutely respect others' religions and ask that anyone partnering with me do the same. Just as you might not appreciate a pentacle in your item (when the theme is nothing to do with religion), I'm not going to appreciate a crucifix.
- I love to sing. My varied taste in music comes out in what I sing as well. But I'm partial to simple yet powerful melodies, like "The Rainbow Connection."
- My refrigerator door is covered in magnets (but I have room on the side!). There are some but not all letters of the alphabet in varying colors. There's a lighthouse and a little aquarium, and a mini-windchime with a cat on it.
- I like to play board games, like Scrabble and Ticket to Ride. I also like collectible card games like Munchkin, and more traditional card games like cribbage.
Do you think I've left out a category? If so, please let me know!
Comments
hAPPY nEW YEAR, yOU ARE AN SPECIALL PARTNER, KIND REGARDS Cristina
Thank you very much for the Christmas card that you had sent Sally
Thanks for the lovely christmas card...it's very much appreciated.
Thank you for the extra Christmas card! Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and yours!
Thank you so much for the Christmas card, The swapping world is fantastic, and yoy write in spanish , really lovely, lots of kisses from Argentina, Iรยดll send you a postcard of my country, Cristina
Hi Jamie- i was so touched by your Christmas card and what you wrote to me. I LOVe that since you have learned to create your own feeling of magic, the holidays have been great. Thanks for sharing that with me. Thank yoU! Jill
Hi Jamie, thanks so much for sending me a Christmas card in return. That was really thoughtful. I love the pic of the cat and cat snowman...too cute! Thank you, and Merry Christmas! ---Amber
Thanks for the cute cat card! Whew say that 3 X's real fast! Happy holidays 1
Thnx soo much for the adorable kitty card! It is so cute! Thnx again & happy holidays.
Thank you for the return Christmas card - what a nice surprise! I love the kitty. Have a Merry Christmas!