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Fridaynight, saturday and sunday: days to be creative and get my postcards and envelopes to the mailbox, so my collegues can empty them on sunday evening. Since 1 January 2014 they don't do that anymore, monday is the first occasion. So, my date of sending shown at the swap doesn't have to be the real one....... I mark it as sent when the swap is finished, otherwise I'll forget it ;-)

I live near Rotterdam, with my husband and our young adult son (studying at Erasmus University in Rotterdam). Our daughter waved us goodbye and moved out to her own place to study in Zwolle at Artez (there she can spread out her creativity), 2 hours driving by car (in the Netherlands it is almost "the other side of the country" .......)

In June 2015 we adopted a red/white cat of 13 years old from a shelter. We let him go 5 years later. Our very black cat Harry (found on the internet) passed away 3rd October 2017. He was only 10 years old.

I deliver mail 4 days a week, of course by bike!

Together with my daughter I like to drink tea: she likes green tea, I like rooibos. Herbal and black tea are not our favourites, others are more than welcome, surprise us! After drinking I collect the bags for a very dear friend (she has a collection of > 30.000 bags), the labels I send to a Postcrossing/Facebook friend in Belarus. Tea can make a lot of people happy!

At this moment I am staring at my bookshelf: a lot of books of Scandinavian and Icelandic authors.........And in my E-reader: Harry Potter....... Where will I find time to read a book, like in the old days?

My daughter adores Korea: food, lifestyle, K-pop music, everything. So, if you want to please her instead of me (I don't have any problem with that) feel free to send anything or contact me about it.

• everything about Scandinavia, Iceland, London, Berlin (but not too touristic)
• black & white postcards (and also with a little bit of colour)
• clear stamps
• rub-ons
• tea for me (Tazo wild sweet orange, Bercoff Klember Premium Tea and Higher Living very berry are delicious)
• tea for my daughter (Nordqvist Nippon Green, Basilur White Magic, Stash green tea with fruit, Pukka Sweet Vanilla Green, any brand of green tea with grapefruit))
• tea for both of us (Ukrainian Lovare)
• everything about mail (because of my job)
• warm colours
• handmade (surprise me)
• washi tape
• chocolate (Finnish/Icelandic with liquorice...mmmm....)
• showergel/-scrub
• liquorice
• I cherish my garden more and more
• recycling package material
• seal wax and stamps. Create a single one and send it to me!
• Gotochi postcards especially mailboxes, I love them!
• B. Kliban cats

• religious items, angels
• grey and beige (it makes me sad)
• postcards with horses, or with animals with funny hats, glasses, ....
• very romantic things likes roses and pink
• herbal and black tea (also with fruit like strawberry and forest fruit), with rice, camomile. I tried chai, but I really don't like it
• I have a big box filled with sticky notes and stickers: I love them but I don't want more of them