Jade1779

Hello All ! I am a 32 year old Mom of two. I have a Daughter who is 14 and a Son who is 11, and absolutely love spending time with my family. I am always looking for things we can all do together. My Daughter is a sports nut! she loves our local high school football team ( me I'm a NASCAR fan...lol), she loves to skateboard, and go dirt bike riding..My son loves to draw, read and watch tv shows ...My son is also Autistic, so he enjoys things deamed more at youunger children.

I love to read, paint, and swap postcards. I have also recently taken up swimming regularly, it's very relaxing

I love all different kinds of Music, but some of my favorites are Tracy Chapman, Prince, Enigma, and sometimes Marilyn Manson....=) I love almost all of the 80's music !!

My favorite author of all time is Elenore Craig. I love her writing, its almost like she is right there telling you the story. I also like Augusten Boroughs, I have read all but his newest book, and plan to get soon. I am currently Reading "The Sparrows Song" by Irma Stoll. I absolutely love to read, I am actually working on creating my own home library, and I collect Books where ever possible. I have a whole cabinet of vintage and antique books, and odd books from other countries. My favorite book of all is Alice in Wonderland, I have read several versions along with through the looking glass! So I would love anything to do with these stories!

I love anything by Tim Burton, also have a weakness for Anime!! I love Ghibli Studios! I have seen all their movies except Panda Go Panda - I can't seam to find it anywhere!!! ( I do have a big stuffed panda from the show though that I got from Japan!). Howels Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro, The Cat Returns are by far my favorites, and I would love to receive anything that has to do with these movies,

I generally watch all the Discovery channels, TLC, BBC, Travel Channel I love 19 and counting, Sister Wives, untold stories of the ER, and the life stories on BBC. Anything Educational ! ( I am a nerd at heart ) - I have recently been sucked into True Blood also :)

I love collecting Postcards - anykind is great ! I some of my favorite types are:

World Religions Tibet/Dali Lama Anything Oriental Fantasy/Art Anime Black/White Vintage Ireland

I enjoy collecting knick nacks from around the world as well -I would love to receive anything that has to do with Tibet, India, Bhuddism, The Dali Lama ( I adore him, read most of his books)

I am also very interested in anything from Ireland or Switzerland as my grandparents were born there :)

Favorite Colors: Olive or Army Green, Deep Blue

I love all kinds of Tea and Coffee

My Favorite animals of all time are sheep, I will love anything with sheep!

Mushrooms - Please do not send me any recipes with them...I really do not like the idea of eating them -it's gross :P.