maryb221

Hi. I'm fairly new to Swap-Bot but NOT new to swapping. I' belong to some Yahoo! groups for postcards, one for dotee dolls and, also postcrossing.com. I, also, have an eBay account. I did belong to some ATC groups, but quit them. I can only handle so many groups at a time.

I am 53 years old, live with my significant other, Ron, who is 60. We live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I retired from my job at age 50. I was a city employee, so I had an option after 30 years employment. I don't care to work again just yet and it was in August 2006 when I retired!!

My significant other, Ron, is a disabled Veteran (Vietnam). You would not know he was disabled just by looking at him, though. Yay! No kids. Just my family, my man and hobbies. No house, either. We live in a very nice apartment.

MY WISHLIST

• Fabric

• Beads (any kind)

• Embellishments

• Buttons (unique or odd sizes/colors)

• Frog Postcards

• Chocolate or sweets that I can't get in Minnesota

• Small silk flowers (bouquet or singles)

• Embroidery floss

• Budweiser/Fat Tire/Miller beer coasters

• Efes Pilsner beer coasters

(These are not necessarily listed in order)

• Crochet
• counted cross stitch
• embroidery
• Dotee Dolls
• Beadwork (seed beads & other types)
• ATC's
• Whatever else I might be able to figure out that comes my way...

• The Ellen Degeneres Show
• American Idol
• America's Got Talent
• TV Land Reruns
• Court TV shows
• 60 Minutes
• Dateline
• Deal Or No Deal
• Wheel of Fortune
• The Price is Right
• Miscellaneous cartoons
• Antique Road Show
• One Life To Live
• All My Children

Lorna Landvik and Garrison Keillor. Anything they write. I own everything, I believe, by Lorna Landvik and they're autographed. I am an acknowledgment in her first book, "Patty Jane's House of Curl". woohoooo!!

• chocolate (milk, mostly....I'll try other types)
• tea - any kind, just not decaf (for my other half)
• coffee - any kind, just not decaf (for my other half)
• hot chocolate
• Turkish Delight
• Tim Tams (cookie from Australia)
• York peppermint patties
• mint (wintergreen, spearmint, peppermint)
• sugar free Altoids or other breath mints
• red licorice
• chocolate unique to your area
• caramels
• trail mix
• M&Ms (any type)
• bottle caps (soda or liquor)
• embellishments
• buttons for sewing
• sequins
• beads (any kind)
• (but no wool or mohair)
• embroidery floss
• Fun Fur
• felt squares
• lace
• fabric
• ribbon
• used postage
• glitter glue
• wiggle eyes
• small silk flowers (single or bouquets)
• gnomes
• moose
• hummingbirds
• owls
• feathers for crafts
• squished pennies
• Sharpie pens (different colors)
• souvenir spoons
• fridge magnets
• key rings
• any type of earrings that don't match
• small costume jewelry pieces
• Dotee dolls
• Wallace & Gromit
• Postcards
• Beer Mats/Coasters from bars/pubs
• Color crayons from restaurants
• Empty/Full Sugar Packets ( from other countries)
• Casino tokens
• Coins/currency from other countries

• wool in anything (it makes me itchy)
• flower scented candles
• scented soap
• scented stationery
• perfume of any kind
• incense
• make-up (I don't wear it)
• coffee flavor in chocolate
• pepper of any kind
• marzipan
• fish
• black licorice
• Coconut
• V8 Juice
• stickers
• Gothic, gory, blood or skulls
• cigarette smoke or smelly items
• religious tracts/postcards etc
• filthy porn
• rude or dishonest people
• pushy people
• flakers
• people who write nice profiles and don't mean a word of it

• Moose
• Maps
• Lighthouses
• Large Letter
• State Things
• Mosquitoes (exaggerated state birds)
• Birds from around the world
• Owls
• Wildlife
• Frogs
• Mushrooms or other fungi
• City Views
• Snow scenes
• Collages
• Monasteries
• Royals or Presidents (from any where)
• Amusement parks
• Anything of interest to where you live

Shrimp..... Fresh tomato..... msg...... scented soap smells.... (except for Dove or Neutrogena soap)........... ultra violet rays of the sun (makes me turn red and itch), penicillin and sulfa. These are NOT dislikes, they are actual allergies.

• Dan Fogelberg
• John Denver
• Paul Simon
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Donny Osmond
• Marie Osmond
• Osmond Brothers
• Brad Paisley
• Alabama
• Taylor Swift
• Rascal Flatts
• Tim McGraw
• Barry Manilow
• Billy Joel
• James Taylor
• The Carpenters
• The Beatles
• Mannheim Steamroller
• Celtic Woman
• Celtic Thunder
• Billy McLaughlin (guitarist)
• Emily Bear (pianist)

I am a firm believer in rating swaps and in sending out the promised swap. I believe that if you are unable to send out on time, send your partner a pm to let them know!

If you do not intend to send out your swaps, do not sign up. Simple as that. Thank you.

FLAKED ON BY--

• @Asuka24 "Favorite Candy Swap" (no response to pm's either.

• @atotalnobody "Baby Dotee Doll Swap EDITED (responded once to an email, then nothing)

• @Badwolf "Postcards_Lots of 'Em (2)"

• @madsquirrel "Postcards_Lots of 'Em (2)" (One postcard I was angeled, not the other)

Non-Raters

• @MyFriendEmily (Favorite Candy Swap)

• @alicaurusrex (Favorite Candy Swap)

[http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/33760] This swap was never angeled, either. I received from one partner, not the other. It ended May 6, 2009. Coordinator sent out an email, but was never followed up on.

SWAPS THAT I HOSTED - FLAKERS

• @procknows flaked on @raynekitten - elongated penny swap

• @mulberryandmain flaked on @Sarita Open Theme Dotee swap 4 Anyone

Supposedly sent, but never received swaps

• Private Swap Between @mcltweety & @maryb221
• claimed she sent it twice, but I never got either envelope of 2 smashed pennies, said she would send it again, I told her don't bother.

Received angeled swaps that I was flaked on

• @5trawberry sent a wonderful angeled swap for the "Favorite Candy Swap" that I was flaked on.

• @dbowie sent a very cute baby Dotee doll for my own coordinated swap of Baby Dotee Doll Swap - EDITED that I got flaked on.