thetadocz

I am a Born-again Christian and 'science geek' in my early 40's. I married my best friend and we live in beautiful Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We have been together for almost 25 years. Our two amazing daughters are students at Lancaster Bible College, one a junior and the other a freshman. So, I am a new empty-nester and dealing with it as best as I can :(
I am a Laboratory Scientist in a local community hospital. In my 30's, I was diagnosed with a neurological disease that is aggravated by stress and I work in a HIGH stress field, so crafts are my "stress reducers".

A NOTE TO MY FUTURE SWAP PARTNERS: My disease causes flare ups that come without any warning and can be incapacitating. IF that happens, and I am going to be late sending a swap, I will contact you or I will have my husband (Frank) contact you, to let you know there will be a delay. And then, I will send the swap as soon as I am able. I DO NOT/WILL NOT use my disease as an excuse! ALL SWAPS WILL BE SENT.

I LIKE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY! So fill out your profile, because if I see you like or want to try something I have - I will send you some!

I RECYCLE: Everything I possibly can including boxes, packing material, and swap items. If I receive something in a swap that I, or my family, cannot/will not use, I will re-swap it. Please do not take offense - it is nothing personal -I just hate to see things go to waste. If that would severley offend you, please let me know.

MY FAVORITE CRAFTS: Scrapbooking, Mixed media & altered art, Stamping and Embossing, making cards or any other paper crafts.
I have been "scrapbooking" since my teens - only it didn't have a name then. "Back then" I made everything myself. When they started coming out with supplies just for scrapbooking I was thrilled - and I started collecting!! I have a huge craft room with TONS of supplies to choose from to swap!

• I have over 700 skeins of fancy fibers

• Boxes and boxes of rolls of ribbons

• Every kind of scrapbooking embellishment: charms, tags, brads, eyelets, etc...

• Glass slides (microscope), different sizes, I bought a few boxes to try something new and found I should stick to paper crafts.

• Antique book pages - naturally distressed. Some with formulas, charts, graphs, recipes, pictures

• Chipboard and Grungeboard

• Snapple lids

• Movie pins (my daughter works at FYE on school breaks)

• Souvenier items from Pennsylvania AND I live within 10 minutes of: Sesame Place, Franklin Mills, Lenox & Lindt outlet. Within 30 minutes of: Historic Philadelphia, New Hope and Peddler's Village. Further away but we go a few times a year: Lancaster/Amish country, The Jersey Shore, Atlantic City.

• Souvenier items from USA

I LOVE PRIVATE SWAPS!! AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP A NEWBIE GET RATED - CONTACT ME!

My incredible husband is my first love and we have been together since I was 17 years old. He is intelligent, thoughtful, sarcastic, generous, and hysterically funny. My life is a sit-com! He likes Jimmy Buffett, playing golf, watching hockey, Clint Eastwood, Las Vegas, theatre, and comedy.

My 20 year old daughter is: spontaneous, fun-loving, generous, low-maintenance, intelligent, outdoorsy, adventurous and unique. She is a classic "Bohemian", artsy, theatre major. She loves altered art, distressed/goth/rock star items, painting, classic rock, history, Alice in Wonderland esp the Cheshire cat, Key Lime anything! books: esp historical fiction - Bronte, Austin. She loves Shakespeare!

My 18 year old daughter is: loyal (to a fault!), friendly but reserved, sensitive, empathetic, modest, refined, witty, sarcastic, and intellectual Counseling/social work major. She loves Peter pan, tinkerbell, coffee, the Dallas Cowboys, puzzles, Books esp Harry Potter, historical fiction, & Stephanie Meyer, and she is obsessed with London, England!

My Dogs: Coogan - 5 year old male, Black and tan, German Shepherd/Lab mix.
Whitney - 2 year old female, Black and tan, Pomeranian. (my baby)
Both of my dogs are rescue's!! If you are looking for a pet, please visit your local shelter or rescue group. There are so many great animals looking for a home!!

TV: Criminal Minds, Bones, House, Survivor, Deadliest Catch, Without a trace, Two and a half men, Supernatural, Fringe
THEATER: The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Spamalot, Les Miserables
COMEDIANS: I love Bill Engvall!! He cracks me up and he is just so cute!
Jeff Foxworthy, Ron White, Gallagher (before he was divorced and got mean), Sinbad, and the incomparable Gilda Radner
MOVIES: Anything with Cary Grant, Many versions of Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, Young Frankenstein, The Aristocats, Back to the Future, Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, The Mummy

JOURNEY, JOURNEY, JOURNEY!! THE most incredible band EVER!
Contemporary Christian and Gospel music.
Other faves: Rob Thomas, Matchbox 20, Pink, Aerosmith, Norah Jones, Jonathan Cain, Randy Travis, 80's one hit wonders, Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Van Halen, Pat Benatar, Will Smith, Brad Paisley.

Medical/Psychological thrillers - Tess Gerritsen, Kathy Reichs, Michael Palmer, Richard Preston
Horror - Bram Stoker, Stephen King, Bentley Little, Anne Rice
True Medical - "Big Shot" "Germs" "The Devil's Flu"
Classics - Poe, Hawthorne, Shakespeare
History - esp WWII: Kershaw, Shirer, Bullock
Other: Anne Rule, Jodi Picoult

• Xmas (It's CHRISTMAS!)
• Critical, judgemental, rude, and self-righteous people.
• Corporate greed, particularly companies that don't want to pay living wages but line the pockets of those at the top with more money than they would EVER need!
• Anything with bugs on it
• "reward" type stickers and the free ones you get in products.
• Eyelets
• Incense or anything with a strong flower or perfume scent.
• Anything sour, or super sticky chewy (like Mary Janes, airheads, any taffy)
• coconut, meringue, nougat
• Dark, white or cheap chocolate

• Angels/cherubs, Crosses (NOT crucifixes)
• Chocolate - I LOVE CHOCOLATE - Milk chocolate, the creamier the better! I love it alone or with peanut butter, caramel, raisins, sunflower seeds - almost anything is good with milk chocolate on it!
• I Love Tinkerbell, fairies, flamingos, Daisies ,Sunflowers
• Tote Bags, I have an odd obsession with tote bags! The bigger the better.
• CHRISTMAS - The birth of my Savior! I don't do too much of the "santa" thing, but I do love vintage Christmas images even with santa in them. I love decorating with gingerbread men, angels, and lights. Other fav's - eggnog, cookies, bright sparkling lights, Christmas music, GIVING, family & friends together, pretty wrapped presents
• SCRAPBOOKING ITEMS: flowers, charms, buttons, jewels (bling!), rub-ons, clear stamps, ribbons, fancy fibers (not plain yarn), embossing powders, Stickles
  Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, Spray glitter.
• Scrapbook Companies/designers: Basic Grey, K&Co, Debbie Mumm, Rhonna Ferrar (Autumn Leaves)
• Victorian, Vintage and Distressed, "Shabby chic", Goth/Rock star (hearts w/wings, guitars, foils)
• Ephemera - especially vintage photos and ads, Skeleton keys
• Apothecary jars, Vintage Pharmacy labels, bottles, anything!
• Animal prints (esp. leopard and zebra), Gingham, Plaid
• COLORS: Metallics (copper, bronze, gold, etc...) pink/brown and pink/black combo, Botanical shades: sage green, dusty rose, ivory. These are my favorites but I do like all colors.
• The Philadelphia Flyers hockey team
• FOOD ITEMS:
  Key Lime and Lemon flavors
  Cookies and good, chewy brownies
  HIGH QUALITY Milk chocolate - the creamier the better - alone or with peanut butter,caramel or ?.
  I LOVE to try different things from other countries!!!
  Chocolate covered Sunflower seeds - they are like sunflower m&m's! YUM!
  Soft licorice from Australia

• Glimmer mist by Tattered Angels
• Stickles
• Skeleton keys
• Punchinella

BOOK WISH LIST:
By Bentley Little: any
By Tess Gerritsen: The Bone Garden, Keeping the Dead, Thief of Hearts, In Their Footsteps, Peggy Sue got Murdered, Presumed Guilty, Never say Die, Whistleblower, Under the Knife, Call after Midnight, Love's Masquerade, Adventure's Mistress

THINGS I WANT TO TRY:
- Sunflower Kozinak (Russia)
- Cherry ripe chocolate bits(Australia)
- Violet crumbles
- Pear chocolate
- Galaxy chocolate
- Crunchies?
- Mousse au chocolate (Germany?)
- Vosges Creole bar
- Penguins
- Tim Tams (esp. truffle, mocha, or caramel)
- Kinder chocolate (Bueno or hippos?)
- Crunchie bar (Canada)
- Cadbury Flakes
- Thorntons Chocolate
- Kshocolat milk chocolate
- Hi-Chew pineapple

THINGS I WANT because I have heard of them, but I don't know what they are. Or, I know kinda what they are but would love to learn more about - so I would love an example:
- Dotee dolls
- inchies
- whimsy jars
- slams
- fairy buttons
- fairy postcards
- fantasy film
- chunky book or pages
- Kawaii?

WISH LIST ANGELS:
- SUPERBAD - Thank you for sending me a matchbook!! It is absolutely adorable!! I had NO idea what these were and kept hearing about them. Your an ANGEL!!
- LEEAME - Thank you for the mint aero bar! I can't wait to try it. Your an angel!

SWAPS I WAS FLAKED ON: In case an angel comes along :)

1) Flaker - Godforevermore
Swap - Scrap Me Silly October: min 9x6 envelope of fall scrapbooking items. Min 5 things. http://www.swapbot.com/swap/show/22478