alohabeauti99

I currently live just outside San Francisco and have lived there for most of my life. I recently moved to the coast and now live 2 minutes from Mavericks beach where the famous surfing competition is held every year. I was born in Hawaii and have a love of Hawaiian culture and food. I have enjoyed and danced hula from a young age although I haven't performed in a while. I haven't really had time to find the right group/teacher to start dancing again. I miss it alot though. It keeps you in shape too!

I have a 15 year old female Basenji(a naturally barkless dog from the Congo in Africa) her name is Tava (which is short for Taveri-which in Tahitian means "stubborn", and believe me, she is!). She is completely deaf now and partially blind beause of her age, but still my baby! She is spoiled rotten and an important part of my life. I love dogs! I have always enjoyed being around animals and believe that they are capable of the purest expression of love there is. I am allergic to cats and rabbit's.

I am an outdoors person and love hiking, swiming, biking, camping, boating, taking my dogs for walks, and the beach of course! (How can you be from Hawaii and not love the beach?) I also can be a girly girl and love perfume, lotions, scrubs, sprays, creams, etc. I tend to like fruity, mint, lavender or "clean" smelling scents and dislike the stronger rose or sandalwood scents.

I love swapping and have been at it for several years now....I originally started from penpaling and it just grew from there. I was an active member of nervousness.org but after the site went down for a while, I got side tracked and took a break.

Now I'm back and in full swing, I can't wait to send and recieve great things! I regularly swap FB's, Deco's, Slams, Stickers, sticker/goody bags, stationary and Candy. I am always esp. looking for weird or unusual type candies or chocolates. I love trying new things and candy-what better than to mix the two? I will eat/try anything once!

My dreams are to start my own successful business and own acres of land! I am currently in the process of starting the business but things are slow going and money is tight. I pray I don't lose my enthusiasm! If I could do things over again I would go to school to be a vet and try to be a kinder more patient person from the beginning.

LUV'S:Dogs, animals, ethnic foods, chocolates and candy, thrift stores, volunteerism, confetti, flower arranging, pressed flowers, ribbon/lace, stickers-scratch n' sniff and hello kitty especially, jelly pens, scented candles, stationary, stamps, ink pads, wrapping paper and bows, scissors with different edges, fancy or handmade envelopes, paper punches and embossers.

No's: postcards that aren't mailed, white chocolate, beads, makeup, pencils or erasers, used or worn items, people that don't follow through on their swaps!

Pressed flowers, Flower arranging, scrapbooking, I'm learning to sew quilts, but still a newbie.

I love Deco's-but I don't know if that's really considered a craft.

Stickers, chocolates or candy-the weirder the better!

I have a healthy distaste for swappers that take advantage of others or try to bully their way through with excuses for bad swaps!

People I will never swap with again:

Butterfly

Stacirose