sherryfrady

im 38 years old married for 23 years and have 5 wonderful children,,i love the beach and the mountains,,movies,,books,,ancient roman history,, and music,,im also very active in my church and totally love jesus...in my spare time i enjoy chocolates,,penpaling,,journaling,,scrapbooking,,swapping,,some of my favorite things are stickers,,pretty stationary,,pens,,unusual envies,,minnie mouse,,pluto,,betty boop,,olive oyl,,popeye,,i collect paris themed items,,snowmen,, scented body lotions and sprays,,,dolphins,,seashells,,candles,,black and white movie star photos,,stamps,,cherubs,,angels and fairies...ribbons,,beads,,holiday pins and stamps..i have 5 cats,,1 dog and 2 birds,,oh,,and about 12 fish...i love horses and i love my aquarium,,its so peaceful at night to lie in my bed and watch the fish...oh,,and i also collect hatboxes...im not a picky or hard to please person at all...my family is not very big on giving birthday or christmas presents so my swaps are all the more precious to me...im not a flaker and wont fail to deliver my part of the swap...i am new to swap bot but not new to swapping...my wish list as of october 2007 is...PERFUMES,,SCENTED BODY PRODUCTS,,,MARILYN MONROE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO,,LITTLE POTS THAT YOU PLUG IN AND POUR INCENSE INTO..SORRY,,NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE CALLED...CANDLES,,COSTUME JEWELRY,,ANY SEASHELL DECORATIVE ITEMS FOR THE BATH,,,SEASHELL SHOWER CURTAIN,,,PENPALING SUPPLIES,DIFFERENT COLORED LACE,,SNOWMEN TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION..A REALLY BIG THAT IM NEEDING RIGHT AND WANTING VERY BAD IS HOLIDAY ADDRESS LABELS,,IM NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THEM MYSELF..:(,AND PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY PROFILE,,,

MY KIDS ARE MY LIFE,,I HAVE 5,,MY OLDEST IS 21 AND LIVING IN MICHIGAN RIGHT NOW WITH HIS FIANCEE,,HES DUE TO BE MARRIED IN JANUARY..THEN I HAVE 2 OTHER BOYS ONE 18 AND ONE 16,,MY 2 GIRLS ARE HEATHER 17 AND MY BABY TAYLOR SHES 10 AND A TOTALLY SPOILED ROTTEN MAMAS GIRL...LOL....SHES ALSO INTO PENPALING SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY PENPALS OR SWAPPING GROUPS FOR KIDS SHE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE THAT.....MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR AGES BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING ALOT OF PROBLEMS RECENTLY AND ARE I FEEL,,COMING TO THE END OF OUR 23 YEAR MARRAIGE..ITS A SAD TIME FOR ME,,A TIME OF TRANSITION....ITS HARD AFTER DEVOTING THE PAST 23 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE TO SOMEONE TO JUST LET GO...IT LEAVES YOU WONDERING WHERE THE NEXT ROAD IN YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO LEAD,,BUT I TRUST THE LORD AND BELIEVE THAT HE HAS GREAT THINGS IN STORE FOR ME....I DONT HAVE MANY FRIENDS MAINLY JUST BECAUSE IVE SPENT ALL MY TIME AT HOME WITH MY KIDS...SO MY PENPALS ARE A BIG SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ME AND MY SWAPPING GROUPS ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF ENJOYMENT..I ALSO LOVE TO READ AND BOOKS ARE A GREAT PASSION OF MINE..I ALSO WRITE SHORT STORIES,,OR RATHER IVE STARTED SEVERAL BUT SADLY NEVER FINISHED ANY OF THEM..I ALSO WRITE SOME POETRY,,,,WRITING IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF ENJOYMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ME....IM PRETTY NEW TO CREATING THE FB'S AND CRAMS ETC.....BUT IVE HAD SEVERAL PENPALS REQUEST THEM FROM ME SO IVE RECENTLY STARTED MAKING THEM AND SENDING.....I HAVE TO ADMIT IM NOT VERY CREATIVE I WOULD LOVE A HANDMADE AFGHAN BUT WOULDNT HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE TO START,,ONCE UPON A TIME MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD KNIT DOLL CLOTHES AND SWEATERS FOR ME,,,I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR MY DAUGHTER BUT AGAIN,,,,NO IDEA WHERE TO START...SO GETTING ANYTHING HANDMADE FROM ME IS PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THE QUESTION...SORRY...NEW NEWS AS OF YESTERDAY OCT 7 2007,,IM GOING TO BE A GRANDMA...WOW I SURE DONT FEEL LIKE A GRANDMA BUT IM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT...also as of today the date for my gastric bypass surgery is set to dec 17th,,so any candies,,goodies,,chocolates etc.i receive will be passed on to my kids...dont worry they wont be wasted..lol..

i have had alot of medical problems the past few weeks,,i had pnemonia for about 2 weeks..as soon as i recovered from that,,my doctor called and said the date for my gastric bypass surgery i had been waiting on was set for nov 27th,,needless to say im excited and a little scared at the same time..but since with all my lung problems i am prone to catch any germ i am in the vacinity of,, my doctor wants me confined to my home until the date of my surgery....so i thought i should let everybody know that i have all my swaps for november and december already bought..to all the people who i owe a swap they will be in the mail no later than december 5th..as my hospital stay should only be between 3-5 days..i thank all of you for your support and understanding...and i would never cheat someone on a swap...they will be mailed by dec 5th or before...so all my christmas swaps willbe on time,,its just the november ones that are going to be late and i apologize to you all....