JuneRosebud

Well, it didn't happen! I got sick & was not able to have the surgery done, will have to re-schedule!! Going in on May 1st for round #2 with my eye. One more surgery to remove the synthetic oil from my eye & replace it with saline. The specialist said it should improve my vision a bit; I'll believe it when I see it.....

As if my health woes have not been bad enough in the last six months; I was watching tv the other night & went blind in my right eye. I semi-hysterically called my eye doc; they got me in to see the eye specialist right away & my retina is detaching from the rest of my eye ball (I am diabetic & this is not uncommon for us). Unfortunately, the eye specialist did not sound very optomistic about the eye surgery I need to have to possibly save what vision is left in my right eye. I'll be having surgery the week of Nov 5th. Not sure how long I will be down & out.

So, as luck would have it; I got admitted yet again to the hospital. I am hoping that the third time is not the charm. This time I had a small bowel obstruction but thank goodness I did not have to go to surgery but will have to eventually. I hope this string of bad luck ends soon. Thank you for your patience!!

I was recently admitted to the ICU for a week so I am a bit behind in my swaps but am making them up as fast as I can. My right hand/arm are really swollen from getting blood work & IV's & I am right handed so will be having tests done on them soon.

My sister passed away unexpectedly in September. I can not stress enough that women need to make sure they are getting their mammograms & female parts tested. It could save your life!!

.I tend to like music from the 70's & 80's artists like: Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, Journey, Rod Stewart, Pet shop Boys, Queen, etc. Penatronix is a new to me group that I really like, also.

Don't really tend to watch much tv. Masked Singer, Top Level Chef, college volleyball, etc.

Some movies I like are: Wizard Of Oz, Pretty In Pink, White Chicks, Lord Of The Rings, The Rose, The Accountant, Hocus Pocus, Venom, Dead Pool, Guardians Of The Galaxy.....

Most of the crafting I do is with rubber stamps, clip art, recycled items. Mostly making ATCs & cards but want to learn how to journal & make flip books, too. Just not enough hours in the day!!

I like making mini pocket letters, ATCs, hand made post cards, scrapbook pages, chunky pages, very basic journaling, etc. I like going to thrift stores, dollar stores, yard sales to find goodies to craft with or recycle.

Hi & welcome to my Profile=) My name is Collette & I live in the state of Washington in the US. I am a home maker due to multiple health reasons (Type 1 diabetic, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypothyroidism, etc.) I would prefer that you contact me & give me a chance to re-send if something gets lost in the mail. before rating. Also, I am open to private swaps.

I have a large variety of interests (which include but are not limited to:) photography, pen paling, aromatherapy, arts/crafts, travel, music, movies, flowers, napping, Little Red Riding Hood, Wizard Of Oz, wind chimes, internet, Pinterest, nature, cooking, volleyball, shopping, essential oils, rubber stamping, the beach, wolves/bears, thrift stores.

Am owned by two ferrets & five cats & two dogs. Would have loads more animals if we had more money & more room!! Especially some big dogs & some mini goats=)

I don't read very often, anymore, but when I do I like thrillers, crime novels, self help, horror, arts/crafts, etc.

Swap Likes: Animals, flowers, stickers, embellishments, die cuts, small journals, handmade envelopes, snail mail, finger nail polish, pierced earrings, wind chimes, ATCs, handmade post cards, cards, old brooches/pins, ferret items, bear (cute or realistic) items, pens (different colors), different tea bags, tags, hand made flowers, journaling supplies.

Swap Dislikes: Tiny stickers, Disney, religious, child like, nothing violent, snakes, nudity, politics, coloring pages, emojis, poops,

Fave Animals: wolves, bears, foxes, seals, penguins, ferrets, ermines, goats

Fave Flowers: lilacs, poppies, roses, daisies.

Fave Colors: black, hot pink, turquoise, bright, loud colors really make me happy=)

Fave Sports: volleyball, badmitton, fishing

My personal ABC's

A Arts/crafts, animals, adventure, aromatherapy, ATCs, address labels, Amazon.com, Air Supply, ABBA, auburn hair color,

B Bears, the beach, badmitton, beef broth, belly dancing, boyfriend jeans,

C Crafts/Art, cheese, charms, cards (hand made), the country, computer (internet), cooking, computer stationery, candles, clothes, calendars, crime stories, Cyndi Lauper, chicken broth, classes, cookies, candy (sour), creating, collecting, Chinese food, clip art, catalogs, chronic fatigue syndrome, crackers, Chef salads, cucumbers, capris, corresponding, cave men, Caribbean, chronic fatigue syndrome

D Dancing, driving, daisies, dreaming, Dollar Store, dilly dallying, Diet Pepsi, dandelions, diabetes, dinosaurs,

E Essential oils, ermines, earrings, Ebay, Etsy, Elton John, eighties music,

F Ferrets, finger nail polish, friendship, frames (picture), flip books, flowers, foodie, fibromyalgia, fishing, foxes, Freddy Mercury,

G Goats, gum, geo-caching, Game of Thrones, Gifted (The), gel pens,

H Home, Hobby Lobby, hand made post cards,

I Iced tea, islands, igloos, ice,

J Journals, Journey, Just Cards, jelly, jam, jewelry,

K

L Lollipops, lotion, Lady Gaga, lattes, logic puzzles, Little Red Riding Hood, laughter

M Music, mail, Magicians (The), movies, movement, massage, Michaels, mini pocket letters,

N Nature, nieces, nephew, night owl, narwhals,

O Ocean

P Pen pals, Pinterest, Pet Shop Boys, perfume, pumpkin roll, puzzles (not jig saw), poppies, pony tails, penguins,

Q Queen (the band), quiet

R Rod Stewart, rings, rubber stamps, raccoons, recipes,

S Spring, suckers, scrapbooking, strawberry flavoring, shorts, salads, stickers, Sy-Fy,

T Tina Turner, Tootsie Pops, thrift stores, Thousand Island, Turquoise

U

V Volleyball, Vikings, Vacation

W Walking Dead, windchimes, word search, Wizard Of Oz, Wolves, Winnie The Pooh, Waterfalls

X

Y Yard sales, yard art/ornaments,

Z Zoo, zombies,

Items I look for at thrift stores/yard sales/etc: Nice candles (medium sized & on up), rubber stamping items, arts/crafts type things, journaling items & journals, interesting picture frames (especially bears), note cards, office supply items that can be used in making ATCs, journals, cards, etc, jewelry (rings size 11), fun t-shirts (size XXL in good condition), cute hats, self improvement books, scrapbooking items, pretty fake flowers (for crafting), stationery, Our house is tiny (one bedroom) so I need to ask that people don't send knick knacks, soap dishes. trinket holder type containers, vases, dish towels, stuffed animals, etc. We just don't have room for those kinds of items.