Mandii79

New Update 16th March 2013 As you may have noticed, I have been partially suspended, I have had a really bad second half of 2011 and all of 2012, not that I want to talk to anyone about it, but I was really depressed and couldn't deal with much at all. I realise this is by no means an excuse, I shouldn't have signed up for the swaps, the reason I did was swapping makes me happy, but it just ended up overwhelming me so I fell behind. I fully intend on filling every swap that hasn't been received, and hopefully my partners will change their ratings to 3's because as you can see from my profile before this time I have a lot of 5's as I am a good swapper, I've just gone through a hard part of life. Again I apologise and I will be working through my swaps to fulfill them.

New update July 10th 2012 Hi everyone, as some would have noticed I am slowing down on swaps for a little while, I will still create a few here and there and also join some.

If you haven't received a swap from me please email me directly (mandii79@bigpond.com) so I can fix it because it does sometimes take me a while to log into Swap-bot when I am busy lately (hence the slowing down on swaps).

I am also going to be going through my enormous stash and giving things away, so come back here every so often and have a look, and if you would like whatever I am offering email me at the above address to let me know :D

GIVEAWAYS: *WILL BE UPDATED WITH MORE SOON

Profile last updated 6th March 2012

As per the 1 or 3 ratings on my profile please see the ratings for information, as I have tried to respond there with the information, or email me I will be happy to answer anything.

I ALWAYS SEND MY SWAPS - ALWAYS - If you haven't received a swap from me, please email me BEFORE rating to see if I can track it at the post office or it may be that it's not there yet as it has taken 3 weeks to get places before. I am generally too busy to keep track of whether my swaps have been received or someone has NOT rated me, so I will not know if you haven't received unless you contact me.

Sometimes I am not able to come online to click send on the day the swap is due or when I send it, but I always send on time, or earlier, and if I send late I email my partner to let them know. So don't fret just email me if you're worried. I get so busy looking after 3 kids with my hubby gone for like 4+ weeks at a time I lose my head sometimes at what I'm meant to be doing so clicking sent is not on the top of the list, but I print my swaps out so I always know when to send.

I rate every swap that I get, if I have not rated you, please email me nicely before abusing me and check to see if I have received your swap as I may not have yet.

** Just adding a note here, I have received many crappy swaps from people and have given them slack and still rated them a 5 because of whatever reason (I am soft that's why) but after thinking about it for some time now I will no longer be doing this, it's unfair that myself and others send out the correct swap (ie a profile swap requires you to send something from your partners profile) and then receive something shabby in return with excuses. If you cannot complete a swap correctly do not sign up to it please. Thanks for reading**

I am a 32 year old married stay at home mum to 3 kids. 2 are at school (girl 15 boy 7) and 1 at home (boy 4 years).

I absolutely LOVE swapping, I love sending and receiving swaps from and to other countries.

I love movies, I watch all kind, mostly at home now but also love to go to the cinema.

I collect coca-cola things, Calvin and Hobbes stuff, M&M's stuff a few postcards from around the world that I think are gorgeous. Plus I like to have (I guess collect) books on Castles, Paranormal, Italy and Canada.

My hobbies when I have time (3 kids at different ages keep me so busy!) are the internet, taking photos, reading, watching movies/tv series, cooking, doing crafts with my kids (and by myself, I hope to one day have enough time to do scrap books on all the different times in my life), gardening, writing letters, doing swaps (of course lol), shopping, decluttering (yes it has become a hobby cause it's never finished). I also volunteer at the kindy my son goes to, it takes up a lot of time at different times of the year. At the moment I just do the bookclub, but sometime in the next few terms, I will probably be back on the fundraising committee.

I will always look at your profile to see if I can send something/s that you might like or can use/eat etc. I always try to send great swaps cause thats what I want in return. I will never send crap/sh*t lol, I may find it hard if you don't have a very well filled out profile, but then I just try and send some good quality things that I would like to receive.

• Survivor
• Supernatural
• The Mentalist
• Chuck (sad it's ended)
• Parenthood
• Criminal MInds
• Gilmore Girls
• NCIS
• Lie to Me
• Law and Order Criminal Intent
• Survivor
• The Biggest Loser
• Monk
• Becker
• Without A Trace
• Eli Stone (love Johnny Lee Miller!)
• Hellcats
• Cold Case I'm sure there is more lol I just can't think of them right now

I will try and keep adding things as I think of them

• At the moment I am a little obsessed with the hunky boys from Supernatural (yes both of them I can't decide ok lol) so anything on them :D
• Would LOVE a Calvin or/and Hobbes teddy (I know below it says no teddies but really want one of these guys)
• Anything with tigers on it, or about tigers (but not anything made from tigers)
• Anything coca-cola (I collect coke stuff and absolutely love the stuff with polar bears, and the vintage stuff with or without the girls)
• Anything Calvin and Hobbes
• Anything about Bears or with Bears on it or polar bears too
• Cats/kittens stuff
• Books, I love reading true stories, autobiographies, patricia cornwell, paullina simons, and I love kids books too for my kids (who are born 97, 04, 08)
• Absolutely anything collectable M&M's
• Strawberries and cream flavoured chupa chups
• Things that make me laugh, I have a good sense of humour
• Pens, all sorts, I have a tonne but always love different kinds, not the gel pens that don't write properly though
• Books on/about castles
• White Reese's Peanut Butter Cups OMG these rock!
• White chocolate esp love cookies and cream yummo
• Milk chocolate
• Giraffes
• Timtams (yummo - if you have never tried these and we are paired together I might be able to send you some to try they are so yum!)
• Books on Italy (so I can read up as we want to visit there one day)
• Strawberry scented items
• Sunflower perfume
• Great Danes
• Anything absolutely anything on Pussyfoot (the kitty from Warner Brothers cartoons)
• Aristocat Marie
• Anything Grape flavoured like the lip balm or chewy/bubblegum, bath/shower stuff etc
• Charmmy Kitty
• Anything M&M's collectable stuff
• A4 paper with cool pictures/patterns on them
• Books and movies on strange phenomena
• Books on conspiracy theories
• Magazines and or pamphlets/instructions on new crafts for me to try (just not knitting or sewing or anything with wool/thread lol)
• Knee High Socks (Australian size 8 ladies)
• Nestle Milkybar White Chocolate Buttons (yumm)
• Sticky Address labels made for me
• Hamish and Andy (doubt there is anything on them but they are funny http://www.safm.com.au/shows/hamishandandy/ or just google Hamish and Andy)
• Craft glue acid free
• Double sided acid free tape
• Scrapbook/card craft magazines
• Recipe Magazines
• House, Garden and/or decorating Magazines
• Would love to get one of those candles that apparently smell like cookies baking, we don't have them here
• Stamps - I prefer the ones that already have the wood on the back of them but I am also learning to get better at the clear ones you put on the block so either are good, I love cute ones, word ones etc
• I love it when I get something handmade where someone has read my profile and taken something I like say like Supernatural or Calvin and Hobbes (any of my likes) and turns it into something like a postcard, bookmark, calender, cover the front of a blank book for me I love it.

For My Hubby Daniel * Car Magazines esp any current car trader ones from USA (the ones that have the cars for sale with their prices) * Nobby's Cashews * Flavoured Chocolate (not dark or liquer) * Lollies/Candy * Stubbie Holders

Stuff for my Kids

Jessica (14) * Lipgloss/lipbalm * Pens/textas good working ones * Anything on Lady Gaga (singer) * Anything on Pink (singer) * Anything to do with music in the top 40 * Anything Roxy (surf brand) or other girl Surf Brand * Chocolate (NOT dark or liquer) * Any teen girl magazines age appropriate * Hair accessories * Knee High Socks (Australian size 8 ladies) * Cool coloured pencils * Mystery Novels, true story novels * Different flavoured chewing gum (she loves chewing gum)

Kayne (7) * Anything Scooby Doo * Stickers * Crafty stuff he loves to make things, so paints, textas, pencils, canvasses, glue, glitter glue, card, etc * Chocolate (NOT dark or with anything gooey in it) * Cars (normal and Disney) * Bath toys/liquid soaps for kids etc * All the normal kid shows like Grandpa in my pocket etc (and anything from them) * Glow in the dark things * Things that fly like glider planes and kites etc * Garfield

Jake (4) * Noisy stuff * Stickers * Bath toys/stuff/crayons for bath * kids sized chocolates * Anything Poko (kids show) even a dvd (burnt/copied is fine) * Anything Pingu, Yo Gabba Gabba, Bear in the big blue house, blues clue all kids show stuff) * Cars * Singing kids shows * Playdough and playdough toys * Smarties * Jellybeans * Keys (go figure, he just lost some of our car keys about a month ago and we still haven't found them!) * Garfield * Ben10 (the young one not the old one) * Scooby Doo (and Shaggy)

• DARK CHOCOLATE, can't say this enough as I have received so much in swaps lately even though this is here!!
• Chocolate with alcohol or licorice flavoured
• Stuffed toys/teddies, whilst I do think they're cute I really have too many already and have nowhere to put them so would prefer not to receive UNLESS they are coke/M&M's, Calvin & Hobbes ones
• Licorice and licorice flavoured things
• Sewing/kniting, I don't dislike I just am not into and cannot do them lol
• Anything Rose or lavender scented/flavoured
• Coffee anything as I can't stand the smell and so I don't like the taste either, also can't say this enough it's yuk yuk yuk please don't send
• All insects and bugs
• The simpsons (even though I can quote so many things from them, I am not into receiving things about them)
• Letter and number stickers
• Really small memo paper that you can't write hardly anything on
• All other flowers
• Magnets
• Rude People
• People with no sense of humour
• Cherry flavoured items
• Coke lip balm, for some reason I just don't like it

• Blink182
• OLP (Our Lady Peace - also just discovered them and love their music but don't know much about them yet)
• OK Go
• Pink
• Good Charlotte
• Mika
• Green Day
• Cold Chisel
• Britney Spears
• Elton John
• George Michael
• Madonna
• Michael Jackson
• Jessica Simpson
• Joe Cocker
• Missy Higgins
• U2
• Suzi Quatro
• Christina Aguilera
• ACDC

As you can I have a huge range of different types of music I like, but I just simply lurve punk music, it's funny and lifts my spirits :D

• Love the actor Oded Fehr, he's a great actor in whatever role he chooses.
• Jared Padalecki
• Jensen Ackles
• Jet Li
• Lucy Lui
• Bruce Willis (in most movies)
• Jennifer Garner
• Johnny Lee Miller
• Denzel Washington
• Matthew McConaughey
• Jaime Foxx
• Mark Ruffalo
• Kate Beckinsale
• Michael Vartan
• Hugh Jackman
• Meg Ryan
• Sandra Bullock

• $3 Profile Surprise Swap - May from @nobelli http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/59783
• MAY Scavenger Hunt Swap from @joriwill http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/58934
• Theme a day journal with a twist. from @lostinwonderland http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/51212
• GROUP: Journal Me This from @LighthousePrincess82 http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/51755
• Profile surprise swap from @bearslovers http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/53720
• GROUP: FEB Profile Surprise swap EDITED!!!! from @jolenegreen http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/51963
• GROUP: Kids Lucky Parcel #1 from @mom2sammy http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/55167
• Cat lovers' envie swap from @Alina http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/50594
• A Rainbow in my Mailbox from the creator of the swap @notsolittleone http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/48759