user8406

I'm Italian-American, female, creative, aspiring writer, recreational musican/organist,local chorus member, very eclectically spiritual (eclectic New Age Pagan), Lesbian, Nature Nut, Animal Lover (esp. Golden Retrievers & other dogs), love anything & everything Italian, studying Italian language & culture, mystery fiction bookworm, also love true crime, audiobooks, lesbian fictiontc. And that's just scratching the surface with me! LOL

As per stuff I Like, let's see...: Rainbows, Butterflies, all things Celestial, things that Sparkle, collecting recipes (Weight Watchers friendly and other just plain GOOD! LOL), pastel colors (esp. BLUE, which in all its incarnations is my very favorite color) and metallics (esp. Silver), neons, all jewltones, food themed items, angels, faeries, unicorns, accessories for long hair (bows, scrunchies, ponytailers, headbands, etc.), any kind of bath & body products, makeup (especially lipsticks and lipglosses both flavored and not), all things CHOCOLATE, VANILLA, all scents (such as candles, incense, air fresheners, etc. from spices to food scents to florals to nature scents, etc.), audiobooks (lightly used is fine...especially mystery/suspense/horror/true crime,s tuff like that), all things Pagan/New Age/Nature oriented, owls, crystals/rocks, sparkly jewelery (rings, pierced ears earings, necklaces, pendants, charms, pendants, etc.), anything food and drink oriented and/or snackish, anything aquatic or oriented toward water, blue skies, white sand, fluffy clouds, soft rain showers on a peaceful night, hecck, I even enjoy watching and listening to storms just so long as the y don't cause damage or harm, etc. And I really LOVE perfumes, body sprays/body mists, etc. I tend to be in my most noted likes what I can only think to describe as "femme to casual femme", in many ways quite a "girly" type, though I live most of my private at-home life in well-worn jeans and t-shirts and sandals, sneakers, or running around my home barefoot. While I do enjoy very much wearing makeup when I go places, at home, it's all-natural for me, though I'll often spritz myself with a favorite perfume or body mist just because I'm very inspired by a pleasant scent. Something else I'm just wild about is scented candles of all sorts, decorative candleholders, incense sticks, cones, etc. and unique incense burners. I also love pleasant-scented air sprays/air fresheners. I'm also a big holiday nut (all of them, both traditional & Christian-oriented and Pagan/Wiccan) and spending quality time with family and friends. While I'm extremely private and generally consider books my best friends (I grew up a very strong introvert), I do dearly love my family and friends and relatives and wouldn't trade any of them for anything in all the world.

As per dislikes, I can't think of anything really, though poor eyesight makes crafts such as needlework and sewing not activites I'm able to do...way too visually oriented, "close" and exacting...it's hard to explain, but I did not do well at all int hese areas in school home ec classes and had to have LOTS of help to complete the required semester projects for these required classes. Artistically I wouldn't at all say I'm gifted, though I'd love lo learn to do ATCs, homemade postcards, stuff like that. And even though it's small-scale work, I think I'd be able to learn to do decorating crafts like matchboxes, Altoid boxes, and the like, which I've seen listed for many swaps here; I just need to learn how it's done, as I'll be a complete newcomer to thsese activities.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE: Due to my low vision, for any swaps involving writing/letters, that sorta thing, could partners who get me to send to please write, print, or tpye in dark ink? For printing and typing, size isn't an issue, as I have special reading glasses that magnify quite a lot and enable me to read most regular-size print without a problem, for handwriting, please keep it neat (I generally don't handwrite and instead hand PRINT because I've been told my printing is very neat, but my handwriting is rather atrocious) and please, if possible, if handwriting, please make it on the larger size, as I can handle this easier than tiny handwriting. I don't mean to discriminate against anybody's handwriting; I just want to be able to enjoy to the fullest any swaps I recieve just as I want to put my heart and soul into those I make, put togehter, buy, and send. Thanks so much for understanding.

PLEASE NOTE: I have NO KNOWN ALLERGIES, except for cigarette/cigar smoke, pollen, dust, mold & mildew, etc. (The usual junk in the air sort of allergies, but NO food allergies, and I'm NOT allergic to any scents such as perfumes, body mists, bath & body products, make up, etc.)

Italian, Golden Oldies, Showtunes, New Age, Polkas, Love Songs, Disco, ABBA, Bobby Vinton, Platters, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, Easy Listening, Love Songs, etc.

ICE CASTLES, any musicals, CHARLOTTE'S WEB (original animated), anything Disney, Christmas movies, movies made from novels I've either read or plan to read, classics, mysteries, dramas, Mafia flics, etc.

SURVIVOR, BIG BROTHER, CBS Soap Operas, AMAZING RACE, TV movies made from popular novels, mystery type shows, cop shows, legal dramas, etc.

Freindship books, ATCs, postcards, slams, decos, etc. Very beginner scrapbooking. Photography (very recreational). I also enjoy experimenting in the kitchen (otherwise known as cooking and baking! LOL) and experimenting with indoor/container gardening since I don't have yard space for a regular outdoor garden.

PLEASE NOTE: I'm just scratching the surface learning about making my own postcards, ATC's, and decorating crafts like for swaps that involve decorating matchboxes, making creative kinds of books, decorating Altoid tins, etc. I'm also experimenting and working on improving being able to make and decorate fancy, pretty, creative envelopes,s tationery, etc.

PLEASE NOTE that at present I have no means of burning CDs of music, so until this changes, I won't be signing up for any of the mix CD swaps. :-( However, I am obvouslya ble to PLAY CDs, MP3 CDs that play on my DVD player, DVDs, cassette tapes (I do have a basic desk-top cassette tape recorder and a microcassette tape recorder, though the record quality I get from it does tend to leave much to be desired, unfortunately), LPs, and VCR tapes. And, being a WebTV user with an older "Plus" system, I'm very limited as to files I can open, attachments I can open, audio and video features, and some website features. Just to let everyone know my limitatons electronically.