tonat80

I am 45 years old and have a wonderful 22 year old son. I LOVE my full time job as a substance use disorder nurse.

2025 Update: not swapping much these days because I am in school again. However, I am still doing a few here and there.

On Oct.8, 2023 my cat, Trixie, crossed the rainbow bridge. I am left with no animals at this time. In the future...maybe...just might be some time before I am ready.

**In September 2024, I brought home my sweet Binkley. She was abandoned by mom (feral). I am so in love with her. She is about 10 weeks old now (10/6/2024). I will post a photo soon.

Check out my Etsy store: ThreadsandGlue. Clickable link at the top of my profile. I sell quilts and bags mostly with the occasional odd item.

KINDLE is my preferred way to get books these days due to space constraints in my apartment.

Historical fiction is my absolute favorite! I also love quilting books and self help books. Some books that I have read and enjoyed:

• Anything by Fredrik Backman
• The Truth About Melody Browne
• Pillars of the Earth
• Outlander
• Zipporah, Esther, Sariah
• The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
• Discovery of Witches
• The Hobbit
• Then She Was Gone
• Bone Parade
• 100 Cupboards
• Anything by Neil Gaiman
• Comics including: I Hate Fairyland comics (that's the name LOL but its great!)...and pretty much anything from Skottie Young including Middlewest, Bully Wars, Strange Academy *Farmhand, Bone Parish, Life is Strange, X-23, Wolverine, The House on the Lake. I no longer buy comics except digitally due to space.
• Audible listening
• I read on my Kindle, buy books from Goodwill, or check out books from the library; occasionally I will buy a book from the actual bookstore

GAMES (have Nintendo Switch, PS2, 3, 4, XBox1, Nintendo DS (not 3D):

• Zelda BOTW and Tears of the Kingdom
• The Witcher 3, Skyrim
• Assassin's Creed (favs are Black Flag and Syndicate and Odyssey
• Mario anything
• Shadow of Mordor
• Far Cry series
• Dying Light 1 and 2

TV/MOVIES:

• 80's cartoons/comics like Masters of the Universe, Garfield, Smurfs, Jem and the Holograms - I LOVE all things 80's and early 90's!
• Jurassic Park (all of them!)
• Jumanji
• Goonies
• Pippi Longstocking
• Neverending Story
• Nanny McPhee
• The Hobbit
• Studio Ghibli anything
• Avatar
• Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
• Venom
• Erased
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Assassination Classroom
• Promised Neverland
• One Punch Man
• Mob Psycho
• Bob's Burgers
• EverAfter (A Cinderella Story) *Spongebob
• Anything from PBS Masterpiece or period pieces
• Documentaries

• sewing (quilts, bags, mug rugs, key fobs, etc)
• making cat toys out of random things I find

As for my quilting style: I like more modern and tend to gravitate towards colors other than pastels. I don't dislike pastels though. I am a very generous rater so if you are my quilt swap partner please just have fun in your process of quilting. Don't stress about whether or not I will like it. To me that takes out all of the fun in why we are quilting in the first place!

I am hoping to connect with people from all over. I love learning about people and different ways of living other than my own. It is so much fun to receive happy mail, but without the people/stories behind it there wouldn't be as much joy and connection! Swapping should be fun and without stress, no drama, just loving, positive people trying to connect and grow!

My favorite things to receive are:

homemade items of ANY kind - sewn, crochet, knit, paper, written stories, poetry, drawings, etc.... I will always leave good feedback if you put effort in it and send it on time. I don't rate down if it isn't in my taste. I just pass it along to someone who I know would like it. I am very appreciative of anything I receive and get way more pleasure preparing and sending to you!

Likes (not limited to):

• anything for my new kitten
• green (all shades) - I also really like coral, navy, purple
• animals (except snakes and scorpions)
• dinosaurs
• environmentally friendly/upcycling/re-using
• no allergies to foods (love getting your local taste/snacks). Prefer salty over sweet, but not opposed to either
• anything 80's early 90's cartoons
• video game related stuff
• HANDMADE HANDMADE HANDMADE
• Fabrics - modern themes/colors
• I do like stationary for writing penpal letters
• crochet or knit dishcloths, homemade swiffer pads
• homemade stuffies or homemade dolls or animals.
• locally roasted coffee beans
• tea - but only black or cinnamon. I LOVE cinnamon. I do not like fruity ones.
• Nylon or Cotton webbing that I can use for purse handles
• charms that I can use for zipper pulls or any hardware that can be used in bag making
• I love Halloween
• cat toys for my newly rescued kitten

Don't feel like you need to include "extras". Honestly, the little bits can get overwhelming in my small space. Hearts are given because of effort or simply because I love it oh so much!

• I don't have any allergies or sensitivities really but I don't like things that smell of cigarette smoke
• I don't wear makeup or jewelry or perfume.
• No paper scraps please
• I really don't do any paper crafts anymore.
• No religious items - Exception would be if it is a Christmas swap I am okay with christian Christmas cards