breccamerie

If you must rate a 3 for my late swap then I guess you need to do what you need to do though I find that nit picking over time delays silly for something that for most is a hobby. I can understand if it was a purchase, but waiting for a matchbox, ATC or something else and getting upset because it arrives late seems like a waste of time and energy. In addition, rating lower not only further defines that anger but also passes off negativity to your partner who, regardless of tardiness was kind enough to join and send you something. That seems to get away from the true spirit of Swap-bot sadly.

Yes, I am guilty of late swaps. There is a chance that your swap maybe sent late, or extremely early. I love Swap-bot and am also a perfectionist mom with 3 young boys. It’s not an excuse, it’s who I am. Everyone is satisfied with my swaps but sometimes they run just a tad late. I am an artist and as such I tend to loose track of time. I spend sometimes months planning and purchasing material for my swaps that focus on partner profiles and things I think would be A+ swaps. Then also there is the fact of Murphy's law, if it's going to happen to make my swap late, it will. I also enjoy surprising folks with a bit more. It’s not really for hearts, it’s knowing that I surprised you and made you happy. In doing so I hope to pass off some positive energy and hope you will send it on to someone else.

I love crafts! I almost majored in art in school, but alas just find many ways to express myself at home. I love drawing, marbled paper, ATC’s, matchboxes, scrap booking, glass bead making, jewelry making, card crafting, sewing, painting, ect. The list goes on. There is no limit to creativity!

I listen to just about everything except Rap. I also have gotten away from negative, wallowing in my own grief music that I was oh so drawn to as a teenager. I am happy now so I find if hard to relate to.. My fav. bands use to be Skinny Puppy and Depeche Mode. I still occasionally listen to the later. I like Loreena McKennitt, Enigma, Delerium, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tori Amos, Poe, U2, Live, Days of the New, Moby, Candlebox, Dead Can Dance, Jewel, Enya, Celtic Women, ZZ Top, and Skynard to name a few. I love cultural music! I listen to so many different types of music that it would be hard to do my tastes justice. Good examples on Myspace.

I love books! I think my fav. books would have to be the Tao Te Ching and the Book of Hopi, Man's Search for Meaning. I do a lot of reading on Celtic History so there is an extended list there along with many philosophy books from Plato and Netzche. I am presently reading Vegetable, Animal, Miracle. Awesome book.

Well, there's allot to me:
- My favorite colors are blue, purple, silver and green but I have recently started to play with my feminine side and pink is rather appealing to - I love anything cultural and find cultures and different nationalities beautiful so as you can imagine I love anything foreign such as food, dress, art, jewelry, and music. - I love the outdoors and collect rocks and insects which I am ever amazed by their vast variety of colors. I wear typically natural and organic jewelry. I love Turquoise and silver, but also enjoy a vast variety of other semi-precious natural minerals. I spend allot of time with my husband and 3 boys hiking, canoeing, rockhounding, and camping.
- I am very much into green and organic living, survivalist and pioneering. - I enjoy writing and pen and ink drawing. I am a book nut and love reading. I also scrap book and make cards. I occasionally make my own glass beads. - I love the Victorian era, the Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite movements.

I really have too many hobbies and interest to list here. Life is exciting and I love to experience all of it! I love what America stands for, all those who protect us here on the home front and a far. The American flag makes me proud…and cry. I am also an Anti-Debt, Dave Ramsey supporter. He’s my hero!

My beautiful children:

Shamus, my oldest at 9 years, was born in my heart and is my step-son. He has extremely high ADHD for which he has struggled with since 3. We were forced to put him on meds due to school and I hate every minute of it. I would love to find other options and outlets for his condition because I don’t want to believe he has no other choices. If you have any info please please let me know! Other than that he is a very intelligent bright child. He loves the following:

• Anything Dragons, castles, knights

• Books! He’s read all of the Harry Potter books and loves advanced reading. He reads at a 6-7th+ grade level. Very much into Star Wars and fantasy, and Dragon Lance books.

• Art supplies of all kinds. He loves making ATC’s, drawing, making comic books and stories, and any other type of media he can get his hands on.

• Favirote colors are blues, turquoise and greens

• Cars and racing. Loves playing with die cast cars in the dirt

• Forign things from other countries, foods, postcards

• Notes, pen pals and letters from other children and countries.

• Star Wars, Dr Who, fantasy, sci-fi, Legos, outdoors, animals, archaeology

• Wolfs, Tigers,

Hunter is my second oldest and is also 9 years. (Actually both older boys were born in December 15 days apart.) He’s my brainy science lover. Being the middle child he gets left out a lot and tends to be quiet. He likes:

• Cars, cars and more cars. Books and mags on cars and racing. Models, toys, posters….anything with cars….it’s an obsession.

• Science. Books about nature, science and scientific experiments. Science related items.

• Art. Books about drawing. Art supplies.

• Things that can be built, created, altered such as Legos, erector sets, models, working parts, ect. Very mechanically inclined.

• Favorite color is green

• Foreign things from other countries, foods, postcards

• Notes, pen pals and letters from other children and countries.

• Rocks, fossils, paleontology, archaeology

Ethen is my head strong 3 year old. He’s very cute but a pain because he is tactile and has to touch and make messes of everything. He likes a lot of what his brothers do, but here are some favorites strait from the babe’s mouth:

• transformers

• Legos

• Walking sticks, lady bugs, caterpillars, butterflies, sucker bees, bugs in general

• cats, turtles, hermit crabs, horses, jelly fish, apple pus (octopus), sea horses, green snakes, frogs, lizards—probably any animals if given the time to list

• Candy, cupcakes, cake, ice cream, cookies, and anything with sugar especially for breakfast

• Cars, pink trucks, race cars, vehicles in general

• purple flowers, dandelions

• Peanut butter and Jelly, French fries, hamburgers

• Trains

• Favorite colors are pink, yellow, blue, purple ones

• play dough, moon sand, dirt, finger paint messy stuff

• all things dinosaurs

• play food, tea party (pretend and real)

My hubby is kind of a crazy hillbilly type. He’s a gentleman and loves helping others. He’s ideal life would be in serving the community and is looking towards getting certified as an EMT next fall and volunteering at the local fire department. Here are a few things he enjoys:

• anything survivalist, camping, outdoors, hiking, canoeing, Foxfire, back packing, pioneering, and primitive living

• gaming, modern D20 and AD&D

• Oddly, zombies

• wood working, furniture, restoring old houses, vintage tools, books on the subject

• Mags. National Rifleman, Woodworking, Mother Earth News, gun info (not hunting), home repair/alteration

• books. Zombies, Dragon Lance, antique furniture, wood working, Rome, Celtic history, canoeing, camping, outdoors

• Trying foreign foods/ mixes, cultural, sushi, foreign candy

• cooking, recipes, cookbooks, mags

• wooden nut crackers

• medical, EMT training, first aid

*Archaeology, history, philosophy, psychology *Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Pre-Raphaelite movements. *Mexican, Egyptian, Celtic, Roman, Viking and indigenous peoples’ art. Cultural and Religious items and art. Day of the Dead, Catholic, Native American, Celtic, Roman, Egyptian, Viking, Chinese, early civilization, historical. *Steam Punk, didn't even know there was a name to the stuff I liked untill Heatherlayne started a Steam Punk swap. It's like the best of both my punk past mixed up with my new vintage interests! * Ephemera!!! Antiques. Old pharmaceutical items (bottles, boxes, labels ect), vintage labels, vintage domestic items. Our new house will be decorated 1920’s-30’s era so any help would be appreciated. *Nature and animals- all of it! *Anything Glass- I am fascinated by glass and its uses. I've researched the history of glass and also work with it. Beads, dishes, marbles, jewelry, ect. *Unusual paper- marbled, flocked, hand made, recycled ect. *scrap booking, card and matchbox making, and ATC supplies *Stickers- I never grew out of this one. *Butterflies and beetles- I love insects! I actually collect them, end of life however. No killing here! *Wolves, Dolphins, Hawks and Snakes and of recently, Elk! LOVE them! *Girly-Girl stuff- I've discovered pink! Blue, Green, Purple, Silver. *Dark Chocolate, Asian candy, Rosa’s Mexican peanut marzipan and regular marzipan as well, Ginger, Fruit Smoothies, Green and Chamomile/ Mint (with a little milk and honey) and Chi Tea, Sushi, Gyros, Tex-Mex and New-Mex dishes and recipes, cultural foods, maple sugar and syrup, honey and Mead (I am allergic to alcohol, but occasionally partake of this brew especially if brewed by Viking friends!). *Rocks and rock hounding, LOVE fossils. *Macabre, Gothic and Dark stuff. Not serial killer or morbid! *Favorite smells would include exotic and foreign scents such as Frankincense, Myrrh, Ylang ylang, and Dragon's Blood. Green Tea, Peach, Honey, I don't care much for incense esp. Nag Champa which gives me headaches. *Lotion, lip gloss, pillow spay, unique body spray, great smelling candles.

What I am looking for at the moment:

Retro owls

Day of the Dead

Victorian

Cute vintage birds

Ephemera

Vintage pharmaceutical items, labels

Domestic vintage antiques

Old Crackerjack/ Gum ball charms

Cute button pins

Unusual paper

Catholic, Voodoo, Curanderismo (fasinated by the cultural aspects and how they mingle with Christianity)

Kawaii, I would love a blind box of some sort, bento items.

II do actually do have some dislikes: Disney

Plastic unless its vintage or having to do with scrap booking. This includes beads and jewelry.

Famous people- don't care about them except the occasional movie.

Sewing, knitting, needle work- I love receiving but don't do any of them myself. Now I would like to get into felted animals and do enjoy unusual fabrics for ATC's but that's my limit.

Barbie- I hate her. She sucks as a role model and that goes for all the other dolls similar to her now. Strawberry Shortcake is the exception.

Romance Novels, Girly and Beauty Mags. I suspect Martha might be my exception. She has a few cute things in hers.

Mean people. I don’t understand why or how folks can be mean, rude or uncaring.