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Date Joined: August 2, 2009
Last Online: February 9, 2012 Birthday: October 20, 1980 Country: Norway Cafepress store, rude and photography designs My Pinterest What people ask me about Norway My Etsy-like store My Flickr Photos |
READ THIS BEFORE CONTACTING ME:
Know that I suffer from Fibromyalgia and answer messages sporadicly. I never know how much pain I'm going to be tomorrow or next week. You can read more about this further down in my profile, just know that I'm not ignoring anyone on purpose, me logging in to check on things does not mean I'm up for answering messages =/
Try to communicate with your partner before contacting me as the host.
I will not have US versions as a part of the QUICK swap series and group. Use your own ideas, don't mooch on my only really good one!
I do not need to know about swaps that are being sent on time, but if you are going to send late I need to know up front.
If I haven't rated I haven't received.
Read the site FAQ if you don't know how this site works. I'm not an admin, and I'm not a helpdesk. I will not, and can not, help you swap. You have to make an effort!
If there is something else; contact me, please =)
Searching for:
Meg Russel from NSW Australia - Sent a cat notepad and cat paper sheets, and I have no idea why! Please message me =)
I take swapping very seriously. Much of my time here on swap-bot is spent hosting swaps, and keeping up with the goings on so I can protect the participants in my swaps safe from flaking and drama. I am an officer in the largest group here on swap-bot, Swap-Bot Flakers, I am part of the SB Detectives group and I am a member of the new Flakers and Other Problem Swappers group. I don't do drama, I do honest swapping, and if you can't do that, just stay away from me and all my swaps.
Swapping is about trust. If I don't feel like I can trust that someone will behave themselves and/or send their swap on time and according to the swap requirements, I will ban them. I despise flakers, double profilers, drama queens and self absorbed bitches like you wouldn't believe it, but if you REALLY want to piss me off; just lie to me. I can hold a grudge forever and a day, so don't even try it.
My address is no secret:
Lexidh Solstad
Lotterudvegen 11a
2390 Moelv
Norway
My e-mail is: lexidh@gmail.com
I'm a sci-fi loving, crafty, full time geek (and crazy cat lady), married to another strange individual (crazy cat man), with no kids (by choice), but of course a lot of cats. We have found our limit at four cats at once, after trying to live with six at a time for shorter periods of time. This is where I come to spoil people! If you want to piss me off: lie to me. Swapping is about trust! I value honesty higher than anything in this world. If I'm not worth your honesty, you are not worth my time! I live in Norway where I've lived all my life. I've moved around a lot inside Norway though, 12 places in 3 counties. Not moving again any time soon, we own at least half of the house. The bank probably claims to own the rest.
I may come out as a very girly-girl here on swap-bot, and I do enjoy cute things, but really I'm not. Most of my friends are guys, I have a hard time dealing with female drama. I wear mostly clothes made for guys, rude t-shirts and baggy pants, with the exception of skirts, in the summer months I find that most comfortable. And even though my favorite (non Norwegian) cartoons are Mutts and Rose is Rose, I balance my toilet-reading (there is no better place to read cartoons!) with Jeremy Clarkson's newspaper ramblings and books about cats written by men, because they relate to the irritating, but oh so cute, fur balls much more like I do. Not a day goes by when I don't want to throw my cats out the window, but I don't do it, because they would probably like it. I hardly own anything pink, I don't remember to use jewelry often, and I don't wear any makeup. Even my glasses are from the men section of the opticians store.
Most of the time I like my 4 cats, but a lot of the time they are like this:
Cats only a really crazy cat lady could love. I'm not always crazy enough.
My favorite place in the world is London, seconed by Agadir in Morocco. I like traveling, going to concerts, geocaching (even though I can't do that much), reading in the bathroom/tub, Sumdoku (not sudoku, harder!), umpteen different crafts, writing, playing games on my Android phone, keeping in contact with the world on Google+ and cuddling cute and fuzzy animals. My favorite wild animal is the capybara, the worlds largest rodent. But please don't send me a real one ;P
I LOVE Christmas, although we celebrate Jul, which is kinda the same with gifts and food and lights and trees and all, but we open our gifts in the evening on the 24th and it has nothing to do with religion, and I love advent calendars with gifts in them. I give out lots of them to friends and family, so I use a lot of time and effort on that during the year. Shopping for them is an all year event, I can't help myself!
I'm writing an online diary only my 30ish closest friends can read, at a diary site I've been running for me and everyone else since 2002 (In Norwegian). Being a webmaster takes up a lot of your time! Thankfully the site is not as popular now as it used to be. I really do hate being an administrator. The fewer users the more happy I am. Most of my personal activity online is currently done at Google+. Would love to build my swap-bot circle, say hello! Send me a message if you need an invite =)
My favorite color is green, followed by purple, and then blue. I love shopping, both online and in Malls, and I usually buy stuff for other people before myself. So swap-bot is a great way for me to both give and receive, not just give give give.
I've now been a member of swap-bot for over two years!
This is my stats for the first year:
Completed 328 swaps with 496 ratings of 5. Perfect 5.0 rating score, 367 hearts and 101 stars.
My stats after two years:
Completed 1196 swaps with 1565 ratings of 5. Perfect 5.0 rating score, 1247 hearts and 606 stars.
If I get an item in a swap I don't feel the need to keep, either because it's not my style, I don't have space for it, I have too much of the same thing and so on, I will send it to someone else. I am not a hoarder of things I see no use for in my future, that is why I'm swapping! I expect others to do the same, and I will not get mad if I get something back I've sent out before. I try not sending something back to where I got it from, but I can't guarantee it not happening.
I also reuse packaging, not so much because of the earth needing saving (the planet is fine, it's the people that are f*cked), but it saves money. EVERYTHING in Norway is expensive.
If you get a swap from me you are not happy with what you got: please contact me. But remember: Norway is one of the most expensive countries on the planet. You can hardly get anything worth sending for 5$ here. It's very hard to know what someone expects to get for $5 when you haven't even been to the US. Example: One big glass bead for jewelry making will cost more than $5 here. I'm not trying to rip someone off, I just need some guidance from time to time!
Current private swap offers:
Norwegian current, used postage stamps still on paper. They are mostly current from the last 10 years, on paper. Packs of 40 or more will be swapped for almost anything. I really don't need 400 duplicates of each stamp, but don't want to throw them away either. Help me! Tell your friends. Anything. They have GOT to go.
I make lots of items, like pill boxes and braided charm bracelets. Look at them at my etsy-like store (link at the top of the profile text). I'm more than willing to swap those for things on my wish list =) Here are a few photos!
Cross stitch patterns, all kinds of themes, including a lot of Christmas themed ones.
I always have an unlimited supply of dust bunnies up for grabs ;P
I do a lot of arts and crafts:
And a lot more! I make about 90% of all Christmas presents I give to friends and family, usually a big box with different items for decorating and using around the house for Christmas.
Not at all into: All things that include yarn (I’m hopeless at it all!), baking pretty things (food should taste good, doesn’t matter what it looks like to me), all things confetti (what a mess...).
I would love Christmas cards (all year round) and any cute animals! I also like colorful cards, especially nature and city shots, but not so much artwork.
Preferably in an envelope even if the swap says "sent naked". Multi view cards are not on my list of "pretty cards", but you could prove me wrong with something amazing!
My favorite artist is Mauri Kunnas, any (Christmas) cards made by him is just great!
I don't collect postcards, but I glue the nicest ones into a book, and all the christmas cards I get are used for decoration all over my house in December and then put in the attic. Some day I might do something more with them, who knows?
I love spicy food and my life can not go on without sour cream... I would just flip over and die. In the candy apartment I like anything lemon, milk chocolate and Kinder stuff. I'm allergic to all kinds of nuts, so it has to be plain. In the summer I drink lots of ice tea and eat strawberries until I feel like I'm gonna burst.
My husband will eat anything. And lots of it. And then some more. If he gets a box of Happy Hippos he will be happy for a week.
I read a lot, 4-10 books every month, mostly crime and thriller novels in bed, and short stories and cartoons in the bathroom. The more gory and horrible the better when it comes to crime and thrillers... I also adore the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, and I've read the Stephanie Plum series which I loved. I've also read the House of Night series, really liked it, but one vampire series is enough for me thankyouverymuch.
I love books about animals, mostly cats, and I have a quite large collection of cartoons, mostly from Norway and USA. Combine the two and I'm in heaven =) Like Simons Cat!
I can't stand romance novels, books that don't get a chuckle out of me at some point in the first 50 pages and series where the "hero" is in life threatening situations all the time, because you know he will survive.
I'm the kind of music lover that annoys the crap out of most people working with music, I usually never like more than one or two songs on an album, and that's not enough for me to buy the whole thing ;P
Common for most of the songs that I love is that it has either very good lyrics, or a good baseline that keeps me moving. My favorite songs fluctuate from month to month, so I'm not giving you a list, but I'm into almost all genres, heavy metal, country, classic crooners, techno, soul, pop and rock. But if I have to choose a decade I'd go with the 80ties.
I get most of my music listening done via VH1, last.fm (I subscribe) and in the car.
I love Disney Classics (have almost every single of those), other animated movies, sci-fi, thrillers, action and some old classics. I also like musicals (old and new), and long sci-fi and detective series.
I don't have many funny DVD's, so that would be great to receive =) I do NOT need any subtitles/subtext, as long as the spoken language is English/Norwegian/Swedish/Danish, and my DVD player is zone free, so it can play DVD's from anywhere in the world without a problem. (if you google your own DVD player's make and model you will probably find a code to make it zone free too!) We also have a BluRay player =)
We watch a lot of TV, much of it news on news channels (mostly CNN and the Norwegian Nyhetskanalen) and VH1, some sports but also a lot of TV series. Here is a list:
Sci-fi. Chrime and thrillers. Sci-fi. Reality like Kate + 8 and Sister Wives (people who have very different lives of our own). Sci-fi. Science without fiction And a bit more sci-fi. Did I mention sci-fi?
Of course, all my favorite shows are canceled. Because they are sci-fi! Stargate and Star Trek are most missed, but my collection of DVDs are growing. One can always see it again and again and again and again...
I'm not very well actually... I've had pain in my arms since I was 12, back since 15 and the rest has just followed... I have the irritating diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, which is like having the flue all the time, just not any snot. You feel terrible, need a lot of sleep, everything is painful and you can't do stuff you want to, and there is the trouble of not knowing what days are going to be good or bad. Planning is hard. Some days my only activity during the whole day is a trip to the toilet. I usually manage to get out of bed, to the couch, but getting out of it again is harder. In february 2009 I fell down some stone stairs in a shopping mall, and broke my spine. That is not helping with anything... I have to take lots of pain killers, some of which numb my brain. But it's -so- worth it, if I don't take them I just cry and cry and cry. I'm not getting any better, the fracture in the spine probably did some nerve damage, and fibromyalgia isn't possible to cure. I was also hurt in a fire in our house in december 2009 (what a year...) My burn wounds are going away, as of now all my wounds (both arms and face) has healed nicely, except some scars on my left hand that I probably will have to live with.
So... I can't work. And I can't do much of anything else really. But since I have a lot of hobbies and friends I don't get bored. I can chat with my friends online, and make stuff when I have a good day. I can't sit still on a chair for long, but I manage to get some things done anyway =)
I have to concentrate on the little things in life, and getting mail is one of my favorite things in the world =) Swap-bot makes my days better!
This wish list is long. I’ve sorted it into themes, if the item has a black dot in front of it I really want and need and wish for with my fingers crossed, if it’s just listed in a bunch with other things I would enjoy getting it too, don’t worry =) I’ve also got a Please don’t send-list, it’s not that long, but somewhat important too.
MOST WANTED!
CRAFTS WISHES
Towels of any size with a strip or patch of aida to cross stitch on. Any color, but white and christmas colors are best. --- Buttons with 2, 3 or 4 holes. Any color or shape. --- Ultra thin sharpies in any color (also black), and I don't mind the tiny ones at all. --- Tape runners for scrapbooking, any kind (as long as it's sticky and not crap quality) --- Cotman Water Colors, those tiny tiny aquarelle pieces, especially reds, greens and browns. --- Glue Dots items, any sized dot/vellum glue. Only permanent ones though, when I glue it's meant for life, so no removeables! --- - Penny Black Birthday stamps! They are just the cutest! Any stamped images on good white card stock of those would also be great =) --- Rubber stamps. Anything really. I swap what I don't need/have too much of. --- Ribbon, all colors and most themes --- Alphabeth stickers --- Stuff for making jewelry, anything goes. --- Cross stitch mags from US, those from the UK are possible to buy here (but I usually don’t unless it’s a Christmas themed issue). --- Cross stitch kits (christmas/cats/cute), any pattern, magazine (I have a lot from UK) or thread. Even that cross stitch project you never will finish (the whole thing, no matter if you have started to sew or not) --- Cute fabric, especially with hearts or cats on it. --- Organza bags in all colors and sizes. --- Aida, any size, color and count
HOUSEHOLD NEEDS:
Cat toys (feathers, catnip and large mice are their favorites) and cat treats (fish is the favorite). --- Happy Hippo Kinder candy for my husband, and other Kinder things for me, especially eggs! --- Bath fizz/bombs. The bigger the better! And one with a toy inside would make my whole week ;P Fizzbanger from Lush is my favorite though. It smells like my favorite Norwegian candy! --- Oblong pillows --- Green things to keep in the bathroom and/or put in the tub. --- Funny things to put in the aquarium --- Coke drinking glass (both large ones and those shaped like coke cans) --- Nuts and licorice for my husband --- Useful kitchen tools --- Uncommon dog treats (We borrow a dog quite often, the cats does not approve ;P) --- Magnetic pads to write shopping lists on
SWAPPING NEEDS:
Stickers, any theme really, but cute is good! --- New/unused postcards (any theme, but preferably NOT from any place in the world/with text on the front of it) --- Postcard books and postcard calendars (does not have to be from this or next year as long as the postcards are there!) --- Tape with any kind of pattern (deco tape) --- Small envelopes (for postage swap bags) --- Swap cards made for me - Christmas notecards with envelopes (no religious cards, I'm more of a snowman/santa/reindeer kind of a girl), and Christmas themed or colored envelopes
COLLECTIONS:
Norwegian postage stamps. Even those I've used to send a swap to you! I have huge holes in my Norwegian stamps collection. --- Money banks shaped like a cow. Any size! I also like money bank frogs, but they have to be green. Cows can be any color.
OTHER OBSESSIONS:
Books about and with cats/dogs/pets in general --- Stuff from thinkgeek.com, especially the bacteria plushies! --- Mini series on DVD, used or new, from anywhere in the world (I've got a zone free player) --- Easy Photo Packs for Canon Selphy ES printers. Any kind =) --- Diddl figurines, snowglobes and fridge magnets --- Tatty Teddy/Miranda bear/Me to you bear figurines, plushies, ornaments, snowglobes and mugs --- Eeyore plushies, socks, jewelry, fridge magnets, mugs, snowglobes and stickers. --- Silver jewelry, especially small/tiny earrings --- Cool t-shirts size XL/XXL (huge boobs have to fit inside) I like cat and geek themed t-shirts, or something really rude. I have a nice big collection of very rude t-shirts that I wear all the time. --- Sumdoku mags/books (Also known as killer sudoku, not regular sudoku! There is a big difference! I have loads of sudoku to solve, but sumdoku is hard to get in Norway). Please don't send me more loose sheets of sumdoku, they end up everywhere. --- Discworld items that are not books --- Logitech trackman mouse (the one with the ball on the thumb) used or new. I kinda kill them by over-use... --- Magnets for my cute-card-wall --- Tiny books (on anything) --- Socks size not-tiny, 39ish EU size. All kinds but ankle socks, they just disappear down into my shoes! I like soft socks, fluffy socks, funny socks, striped socks and especially warm socks! Favorite colors on socks: black, grey, green, purple, blue. If they are too big for me, my husband will steal them, ESPECIALLY if they are warm and/or hand knitted. He is a sock thief with lots of possibilities, since he is in charge of sock sorting ;P --- Funny stuff, especially things that looks ridicilously stupid and a bit cute at the same time!
RESWAPPING ITEMS
This is a list of things I can easily reswap, so don’t hesitate to send me things from this list if you can’t find anything on my wish list!
--- Teabags in their original wrapping --- Anything Hello Kitty and other “kawaii” stuff. --- ATC's, any theme, made by anyone --- Note cards with envelopes --- Anything cupcake --- Anything Owl or Woodland --- Any crafts items --- Any magnets --- Toys --- All craft supplies --- Any postage stamps (not torn or damaged!)
NO THANKS!
When sending a package to Norway it's important to add a custom declaration sticker, and fill it out right. There you tell what is in the package, and it's value. If the value is to high (above 30 US dollars) I have to pay taxes if it's not marked properly as a gift. And if there is no custom declaration someone will open the package and sort trough it to see if I have to pay for it. As you can imagine; that takes a lot of time. If you can't get these stickers; let me know, I'll send you some =)
I also ALWAYS send out the packages, mostly as soon as I get my partner(s), or save up to send a huge batch at once, trying to save on postage in case I get the same partner for more than one swap (that happens very often!). So if you haven't received a swap from me; tell me! I will resend if it's a month since I sent it, no worries =) I'm not a flaker. Unless I'm dead (or in a coma) you will get your package, one way or the other. I think I proved that in 2009 while I was badly hurt and homeless fire and still managed to get everything in order.
Communication and trust is very important here at swap-bot. I know that many are afraid of the drama and hostility that is involved with rating down to a 3 when the swap has been sent too late according to the send by date, but there shouldn't be any drama involved at all. If a swap isn't sent on time it didn't meet the swap requirements, and that's the end of it. It doesn't matter if you have a reason for sending late or not, your partner might give you a break, but don't expect it, especially if your partner has no idea that the swap is late before he or she see the postmark on the envelope/package. Rate fairly! It is the most important tool we have here at swap-bot.
I hate flakers! I've been flaked on at least once a month since I joined swap-bot. Most of the swaps I've been flaked on over the years has been by users that have joined, flaked and left.
Hall of shame 2012:
Empty! (for now)
Hall of shame 2011:
10 Christmas Cards #1 - Postcards Swap - one Christmas postcard - flaked by @kellymcook
Christmas cards and small gifts - Christmas card and a small profile based gift - flaked by @Majki
Scrapbooking Supplies - at least 15 different type of things for scrapbooking - flaked by @sickodoodle
Pick 5 Profile Swap 8# - 5 things from profile wish list - flaked by @Chartreuse
International Secret Santa -£5.00./$10 christmas gift - flaked by @petitpaindepice
Profile Surprise in a 1-stamp envie! - Flaked by @awfulquiet
Handmade Bracelet Swap (two bracelets) - flaked by @thesunandtheturtle (user deleted)
QUICK 50 postage stamps for 5 collectors - flaked by @angelmadkatkrys
Big private profile swap (I sent lots of rubber stamps to this swapper!) - flaked on by @PunkerGirl who is STILL ACTIVE!
Craft Yard Sale, at least 3 kinds of craft supplies, flaked by @CelticCatShop who is still active but can't be bothered to read messages here on swap-bot.
Postage Stamps Bags - at least two postage stamp bag travelers, flaked by @nelli2012
No-Spending Swap, at least 5 items and value of $10, flaked by @ILOVEbuttons
QUICK 4 items with 4 letters swap #5 (4 items that can be described by a four letter word, like "teas", "love", "pink" and so on), QUICK Cross stitch charts swap #10 (at least 2 medium sized charts) and QUICK 5 postcard swap #41, all flaked by @sickodoodle
Angels received:
@jj9jj angeled for - ATC Advent Destash - flaked by @dramagymnast4eva
!!! ALL THESE SWAPS ARE ANGELED BY @ZURDOSWIFEY !!! Private swap, I sent 1500 different postage stamps and expected something nice in return. Flaked by @tayl0r153 QUICK profile swap #12 - $5 profile surprise - flaked by @hjshort72 , Happy New Year Profile swap - $5 profile surprise - flaked by @Hico , 10 profile surprises - One small profile surprise - flaked by @jhibbs1969 , Mixed Embellishment Swap...Crafts - 6 types of embellishments for scrapbooking - flaked by @jhibbs1969 , Christmas Cards in March! - A christmas card - flaked by @smallpirate QUICK 50 sticker swap #3 - 50 stickers larger than a little finger nail - flaked by @jhibbs1969 , Pick 5 Profile Swap 4# Feb - Five items, value 10$ profile surprise - Flaked by @DrakesMommy !!! ALL THESE SWAPS ARE ANGELED BY @ZURDOSWIFEY !!!
@thisismeAXiD angeled for Christmas Cards in March! - A christmas card - flaked by @smallpirate
@michellewillow angeled for Pick 10 Scrapbooking swap #14 - flaked by @nelli2012
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Comments
Har ikke oppdaga før nå at du driver med geocaching, hehe. Jeg startet med det for ikke lenge siden, men er ikke så veldig kjempe aktivt enda på det, men litt er jo bedre en ingenting :)
i just realized you are from Norway, and if you tell me you get to see the Northern Lights on a regular basis, I'm gonna tell you that you are living my dream! I've only seen them once, from an airplane and it was the craziest thing I have ever seen. Remarkable. Thanks for all the Quick ATC swaps, I love them!
Lexidh, thank you so much for the lovely kawaii memo sheets and stickers! (Wishlist, January) It was such a nice surprise in the post this morning (o:
Hey there!
I hope you don't mind but I wanted to angel a swap or two and after looking at the QUICK Swaps forum realized it would be easier to see who still needs one if I went through it and made a list. Yes, I'm sometimes anal like that. :-)
I've now posted a list there that shows who was flaked on and still needs an angel, what other issues there are and what's closed. I also noted that I'll be taking care of two people myself and then that leaves only two more who will need angels.
Happy Swapping!!