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Notice: I am in the process of separating from my BPD abusive husband. I will be moving September 30th from Texas to Florida. I am extremely busy preparing to leave and taking care of my kids by myself. All swaps that are due have been mailed. For swaps coming to me: please contact me for my Florida address if you don't already have it.

I attended medical school in Cleveland, Ohio until I got pregnant with my first son in February 2004. I plan to finish my medical degree when both my boys (Ethan & Evan) are in school. My husband (David) is a Biomedical Equipment Repairer in the United States Army. We have been married since April 2003. I have lived in Maine nearly my whole life but we are currently living in Northern Texas. I love the warm weather here! My favorite temperature is a dry 90 degree evening. I love flip flops and would wear them all year round if it stayed warm enough.

My hobbies are reading, watching movies, playing video games, shopping, doing counted cross stitch/paper crafts, swimming, and collecting. I collect pressed pennies, stamps, new postcards, stickers, stationary, pencils, magnets, trading cards, used phone cards, and gift cards.

I love to travel. I have been to 25/50 US states, Canada, Germany and Russia. I have always dreamed of living abroad for a year. I love anything Asian, USA/patriotic, French, Christmas, hearts, dolphins, ballet, butterflies, flowers and other girly things. :) My LEAST favorite things are Goth, skulls, spiders, snakes, mushrooms, owls, clowns, Alice in Wonderland, and anything morbid or grotesque.

I love Sanrio/San-X/Kamio Japan. My favorites are Chococat, Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Little Twin Stars, Mamegoma, Monokuro Boo, any of the sweets/food with faces, Princess White from Orange Story and other Korean characters. I do NOT like Jewel Cat, Spottie Dottie, any of the skulls, frogs, monkeys, deer, or Affect brand. My favorite kawaii items are letter sets, envelopes, deco tape, memos, Iwako erasers, pencils/pens, stamps, scented glue sticks, stackable drawers and pencil cases. I also love anything Disney, especially Mickey. (But I hate Pooh.)

I prefer stamps that were issued within the last 10 years and are not common. I collect stamps from all Countries but prefer USA and Japan. I also like ones from Canada, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. My favorite stamps are ones that look like a photo of a place. I do not like canceled to order (CTO) stamps. I collect used stamps, first day covers, new singles, plate blocks and souvenir sheets. Please no torn, folded or thin stamps. I have been getting a lot of these recently and they just go into the garbage. I only collect ones in mint condition.

I prefer store-bought postcards with city views, buildings, monuments, or famous landmarks on them. I prefer not to have postcards that are drawings (although map cards are fine). I also do not like postcards of just animals or people. ~Pretty please~ send the postcards in an envelope. I only collect postcards that are new and NOT written on. (You are guaranteed a heart if you sent it in an envelope and it is not a requirement of the swap to do so.)

My favorite color is pink. But I also love blue. I like lighter shades more than brights. My least favorite colors are yellow, orange and red.

I love counted cross stitch, painting (on slate, ceramic, etc.), scrapbooking, envelope making and other paper crafts. I love paper crafts in general and could never have enough paper! I LOVE matchboxes, ATCs and inchies. I recently started making all 3 and I'm really pleased with the results. :) Lately making inchies is my biggest obsession. I have a weakness for handmade note cards. I've never made any of my own but love buying them. I hope to try making my own soon. I also love handmade tags and bookmarks, but have never made any of those either. I will NEVER be able to sew or knit. I have crocheted a few scarves but they did not come out perfect. I would like to crochet some wash clothes but I don't have a pattern for it yet.

I have been crafting since I was a little girl and have tried just about every craft at least once at some point in my life. Everyone in my family is very crafty. I have taken several Art classes in high school and in college. Two of my 11 x 14 pencil drawings were chosen to be displayed in art shows 2 years in a row. But it has been 9 years since I last drew anything. I also won the contest at my high school and got to paint my mural on the wall (which was about 6' x 8'). Although, I don't consider myself to be "artsy", as it doesn't come easy to me. It takes me many, many hours to complete one drawing. I admit that I am very much a perfectionist.

Danielle Steel, Luanne Rice, Pat Conroy, Beverly Lewis, Max Lucado, autobiographies, romance novels, and anything on Asian culture and paper crafts.

I LOVE magazines! The only ones I subscribe to are Parents, Cosmopolitan and Conde Nast Traveler. My favorites are ANY travel, crafts, cooking, and womens. I would be happy to receive any of these types of magazines. They do not need to be new or recent issues.

Pirates of the Caribbean, Pearl Harbor, Memoirs of a Geisha, Armageddon, Cars, Toy Story, Kung Fu Panda, 10 Things I Hate About You, Titanic, Cutting Edge, Dirty Dancing, and Jeff Foxworthy: Totally Committed. (Of course, I already own all these DVDs.)

The Eagles is by far my favorite band. I also like Van Halen (with Sammy Hagar), Blessid Union of Souls, the Goo-Goo Dolls, Rascal Flatts, 80s rock and country music.

My 4 year old (Ethan) is crazy about anything Disney Cars. He is trying to collect every one of the diecast cars. (He also likes Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars.) He would love to receive anything "Cars" and used is fine with him. He also likes books, puzzles, his V-Smile, plastic play food, and craft projects invovling plastic beads and small cookie cutters. He is wearing a size 5T in clothing. He likes anything Army/camo, as he wants to be just like daddy. He started pre-K this year and loves it! He has a deep love of learning, like me. :) (So would love anything educational.)

My 2.5 year old (Evan) LOVES Toy Story and Kung Fu Panda. He also likes Handy Manny, Wonder Pets, Mr. Potato Head, and Little People. He would love to have some plastic tools. It broke my heart today when I couldn't buy them for him. He never asks for anything [unlike his brother :)]

I want to receive Kinder Surprise eggs REALLY, REALLY bad. I have only seen them on the internet so far. I would love to do a private trade for some for anything from the USA. I'd even love to have just the toys that's inside.

• Kawaii anything!

• Mickey Mouse anything

• Anything Asian

• Pressed Pennies/Quarters

• Foreign coins/banknotes

• Postcards - unused (see interests above)

• Stationary letter sets

• Stickers (no rewards please) - I especially LOVE Jolee's dimensional stickers!

• Unused wooden pencils

• Souvenir or handmade magnets

• Personalized address labels (with a design, please)

• Handmade note cards

• ATCs/Inchies

• Decorated & filled matchboxes

• Handmade bracelets

• Handmade soaps (fruity/food scents)

• Small plastic toys that I can put in my handmade soaps.

• Handmade hair scrunchies (never used)

• Origami paper (I can't find it around here!)

• Vellum - any size

• Paper scraps

• Ribbon/fiber - 4" or bigger

• Buttons - especially shaped or small round ones

• Embellishments: flowers, brads, jewels, charms, sequins/confetti, slides/metal frames, ribbon belts.

• Beads - glass, metal, plastic, pony, seed, etc. . . . I use them all.

• Fabric with small (whole) images that I can cut out for decoupage. (I would really love Hello Kitty or kawaii!)

• Fleece FQs or larger - any print or solid color. I use them to make no-sew blankets and pillows.

• Sculpey/Fimo pieces

• Punched paper pieces

• Rubber stamps (no alphabet or border stamps, please)

• Ink pads - any color

• Embossing powder - any color except distressed, gold and clear.

• Ephemera - especially vintage photos, dictionary/book pages, and anything in a language other than English.

• Game pieces - especially Scrabble.

• Books/magazines on paper crafts (new or used)

• Romance novels (new or used)

• Trading cards - any

• Photographs - professionally printed, please! (Not printed from your computer)

• Counted cross stitch patterns/kits/fabric (No floss, please. I have tons.)

• Yankee Candle or Febreze Scentstories discs - I can't find them around here.

• Lip gloss (sealed)

• Stuckey's pecan log rolls - my favorite and they don't sell them around here. :(

• Used gift cards (although, I wouldn't be opposed to one with a balance on it XD)

• Used phone cards

• Stamps - new/used/FDC (see interests above)

• Box Tops For Education

• Pampers points

• Pepsi/Coke codes

• Baby coupons (Pampers/Huggies/Luvs)

PLEASE NOTE: I do not wear make-up (other than lip gloss) and hate all hot drinks, except for hot chocolate. So please don't send me tea. No offense to anyone but I think dotee dolls are so ugly! I love chocolate but (as of 9/1) we have temperatures of 90 or higher here everyday, so please don't send any. I also can not stand the smell of lilacs or cigarette smoke. (They both trigger my asthma.)

I try to always send extras or a profile surprise with every swap I send. The only exception to this is if I don't have access to any of the wanted items or the profile is so abstract I can't make any sense out of what is wanted. I greatly appreciate any wanted item I receive and always leave hearts for it. I would appreciate the same thing in return. Nothing makes me feel better than making someone's day with a nice surprise, but there is nothing worse than sending a surprise and not having it acknowledged or appreciated.

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