Hi, I'm Susan. It is now 4:00 AM and I have just spent that last 7 hours rating everyone for everything that I have in my possession now. If you have not been rated then I didn't get the item. Please PM me and let me know if I am missing any ratings. I will do my very best to stay caught up but please be aware that I sometimes only get to my PO box once a week. But I will rate as soon as I get the mail.

I understand that some people may not want to trade with me because of my delays in rating. Now that I am totally caught up I will not let myself get behind again. But if you really have a problem if I am on your partner list, PM me and let me know.

I sincerely apologize that I got behind on my rating again. I am in the process of doing that right now. My house has gotten really cluttered and my friends have been helping me clean up so that my cluttered house doesn't end up on one of those clean house shows. I have found where my friends have put the stack of rating mail so I am working on it right now. It probably will take a few days to get it done. Once I get caught up I promise that I will stay that way. I thank you all in advance for your patience.

Also, I am really OCD on getting all of my swaps out and on time. If for some reason you did not receive a swap from me it is probably only because it got lost. Please let me know by PM and I will resend it right away.

I have been married for the past 18 years and have two beautiful children, a girl who is 16 and a boy who is 10. Right now I am not working so swapping takes up most of my time. I have gone through some bouts of depression so I do go to a group at my health facility. It meets five days a week but I only go on three. The other two days I take a computer programming class that my best friend teaches. I don't really know if I go just to spend time with her or if I go to learn programming. I guess a little of both. But it is going to take me some time to learn the programming. Part of my therapy, my therapist said is to get involved in things so swapping does keep my mind busy. So does the programming. Weekends are hard so if I am not at my son's basketball games then I am postcarding, ie buying postcards all over town, completing swaps or trying to organize them somehow someway. I am open for suggestions. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ I love postcards and love to have them from all over the world, ones that are representative of the area where one lives. But I love other postcards too.

Some of my hobbies are knitting, crocheting, arts and crafts; especially color pencils and by the number pictures, singing in the choir at my temple. I also like to make jewelry. My current thing is using African paper beads found at beadforlife.com. They are so unique and different and I mix them with beads that I find at craft stores. I also like iris folding and plan to make some cards for a future swap.

My favorite colors are pink, blue and lavender. I also am a big cat lover. I have a 4 year old cat named Sparkle and a baby kitten, 6 weeks old , named Bella. I also love puppies. I love nature. So that's about all from me. If I think of something else I will add it.

I basically like alternative music and inspirational music. Also yoga type music which I listen to to fall asleep. Also I have gotten into Enya. I also love show tunes. I am really into Wicked right now.

I am not a big reader, however, I have read a lot of Danielle Steele books. I guess you could call these romance novels. I do read a lot of magazines. I love magazines like Women's World, First and Health. Other books are self-help types. I am hooked on diet books and love religious reading, especially books dealing with Judaism.

I haven't seen a lot of movies lately. But I think my favorites are comedy/romance/drama. I really liked Driving Miss Daisy and the Notebook. I like movies that make me cry. I know that sounds weird but for me it is a release of feelings. I love Queen Latifa and see everything that she is in.

Reality, reality and more reality. I can't get enough. The latest sitcoms have really bored me. I love Survivor and have seen all of them. Big Brother as well. The Biggest Loser is also great. I am really getting into reality shows on Bravo, Top Model, Real Housewives and a new one that I saw tonight NYC Preps. I have really gotten into Law and Order and CSI, all of them, Miami, NY, and Las Vegas. A & E has many of them in a row. I also love America's Top Model. Tyra is a favorite of mine. I WATCH A LOT OF TV.

I can't tell you how much I love receiving postcards from all over. I like all kinds of scenes from anywhere. I like buildings, special tourist attractions, beaches and lakes, multi-view scenes where there are three to four views of different places on the card, mountain scenes with snow, street scenes with restaurants and shops, and any other that tell me about where someone lives. I also like animal cards, kittens and puppies or dogs, transportation and really any card you send will be special to me. I love greetings on the back, quotes, a little about you or whatever you want to tell me.

I celebrate the Jewish holidays and even sing in the choir on those holidays. But I still like to send out cards for Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter, as well as Jewish holidays. I do participate in celebrations that others have for Christmas and even like to have one of the Christmas cookie swaps at my house. I also love postcards that show a city decked out for the holidays or any card that has a holiday on it.

There probably isn't a postcard that I wouldn't like except snakes and lizards so I would not want anything with that on it. As far as what I would like to swap would be stickers, any kind but especially cats and dogs. I also like scraps of paper especially giftwrap. I do Iris Folding and love different kinds of paper. I also like scrapbook paper. I guess it really depends upon what swap that I choose to be part of. I also like to swap greeting cards that are written on. I never really receive that many cards, especially during Christmas/Hanukkah, but this year was really different with all of the swaps and groups that I belong to. I am so thankful for my postal pals.