I'm a 40 something mother of two with brownish hair and freckles - everything else changes without notice! I live with my boyfriend and my 20 year old daughter. I have two pussy cats, Rascal and Shadow. I had a little dog Toto who passed away September 1st.

I really like green (I know I have more green clothes than anyone else I know lol ), I love mythological creatures but dragons are my favorite - I do have a soft spot for unicorns though. I've become fascinated with dragonflys - they are just so pretty.

I live in a fairly small city in Ontario Canada.

I enjoy most kinds of music but I'm not a fan of either rap or country and western. Thrash metal (aka screaming) isn't to my taste either. I'm partial to what is now referred to as "oldies" - music from the 70's and 80's.

I like Mercedes Lackey, Stephen King, Kathy Reichs, Jane Austen. I'll pretty much read anything other than Harlequins up to and including cereal boxes lol.

I'm gonna sound like a huge geek but I love the musicals - My Fair Lady, The King and I . Not a big fan of either horror or actions movies.

I like a good procedural - CSI, Cold Case, Forensic Files and I love documentaries.

I sew, knit (not very well as I'm teaching myself but I'm getting better lol), I've also taken up origami and I'm really enjoying that - it's amazing how much origami paper I've been using lol. I have a brand spankin new embroidery/sewing machine and I'm still learning how to use it. Crocheting has become a fav - I've been crocheting SackBoy dolls and trying to figure out if there is a market for selling them.

I've been trying out different paper crafts but I'm still not convinced about the scrapbooking thing (lol) and Postcrossing - I've been postcrossing for over a year now and the sheer joy of getting something in the mail that WASN'T a bill was what brought me here LOL.

• swapcards and notecards for putting in swaps

  • dragons - anything dragon - really I like them all

  • Japanese stuff - anything at all really japanophilia runs rampant in this place

  • Egypt/egyptian things are always welcome

  • origami paper - any colour, size or shape I can use them all - I've been making kusudamas, kimono dolls and bookmarks

  • souvenirs from your country - keyrings, magnets even postcards - I love getting things from far away

  • I've been "upgrading" my charm bracelet so I'm looking for charms from different places

  • I received a really really cool tea that I loved it was "Che Mate" from South America and I would truly enjoy getting more of that

  • sour candy - I really love the Altoid Sours but no one seems to know where to get them :(

• dragons

  • flavoured teas

  • silver (it's shiny lol)

  • green is my favorite colour but I like blue and purple as well - I'm more fond of the deeper shades than the neon LOL

  • lime and lemon are my most loved flavours

  • interesting fabrics - they don't need to be quilt shop quality - I'm not a fabric snob

  • cool beads

  • socks - colourful funky socks

Dislikes

• flowery perfume - really bad on me - I have some kind of oddly acidic skin that not only turns silver black, it also makes a flower perfume smell like I've been having a good roll in a dumpster

• religious stuff - I have no problem with other people's religions but please don't share - I don't try to get you to convert to worshiping the Invisible Pink Unicorn (Blessed be her Holy Hooves) so please give me the same courtesy.

Big thanks to @bluewhale who angeled the Souvenir Scavenger Hunt when I was flaked on by @carys - You are awesome bluewhale!

Thanks go out to @MrsAnnaSue who angeled the Bada Bing Cherry Recipe Swap when I was flaked on by @menu4ever75 Thank you sooo much!

Thanks to @Toupti for angelling the New Ink Pen Swap when I was flaked on by @canadamamma You rock! Merci!