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Dancingtree

Dancingtree
Date Joined: January 22, 2013
Last Online: December 27, 2013
Birthday: February 2
Country: United States

About Me

PLEASE READ! THANK YOU!

(12/14/13 update) My elderly mom has been critically ill again with pneumonia and I have been running back and forth between my home and hers, 2.5 hours away for some time now. If I am late in responding to a message or anything else, please forgive me and know that I will get back with you as soon as possible. Things always fall through the cracks during times like this and I apologize in advance if your card, message or package is one of those that I may be late in responding to! Please, forgive my slowness. It is NOT for lack of caring! Thanks!

(11/26/13 update) If you are expecting a package from me in any of the private or group tags and haven't heard from me, please send me a PM! I never flake! Thanks!

(Update) I want to stress that I am not a FLAKER. I will never flake on any swap that I participate in. If I sign up for a swap and you are my partner and you do not hear from me, there has been a snag someplace along the way. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know if you haven't heard from me! I take this very seriously. Thanks for your time in reading this! Have a blessed day! :-)

(Update): I am back to Swap Bot, after initially joining in Feb 2013, I had to step back when "life" took over and my mom became critically ill and I had to have emergency surgery. If you reached out to me during that time, I am sorry that I didn't respond. Hopefully, fingers crossed and prayers being said, I am back for a long, long time now! I love this wonderful place!!

(Primary Profile) Hello! I am a life long Kentuckian. I worked for 25 years and now, am enjoying life at home with my dear husband of thirty years; two older teen sons (19 yrs and 17 yrs); and our three cats and one (very large-95 pounds) dog. All of our pets came from rescue groups. I have so many interests that I guess it is just best to say that I love life and all its gifts. Those gifts to me can come in many forms - the gift of receiving a card or letter in the mail. The beauty of a plant growing in our garden, or, in a pot on my kitchen window sill. The colors purple and teal. The joy of conversation around a meal that I enjoyed fixing in our kitchen. And on and on it goes. I would love to get to know you!

Favorite Music

I LOVE MUSIC! Let there be no mistake about that - and it doesn't matter if it's the Moody Blues or Garth Brooks or Michael Buble. Music can make any day better. Some of my favorite artists include the Moody Blues, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Adele, Garth Brooks, and many, many other talented artists.

Favorite Books

Another hard one to narrow down. Did I mention that I worked in a library? LOL! I have a cookbook addiction, never having met one that I haven't at least been tempted to look through; I enjoy craft books - especially easy crafts, knitting (beginning), crocheting (beginning), jewelry making (beginning),and gardening. Also enjoy Christian non-fiction and fiction; medical related mysteries; general science fiction; general fiction.

Favorite Movies

I enjoy a good movie and it does not have to come from a specific genre. Examples of favorites include Jaws, Doc Hollywood, Avatar, The Star Trek series; Knowing; and many, many others. Just as with my taste in books and music, I am all over the place in what I enjoy and will watch.

Favorite Television

Since being home and not working up to 10 hours a day, I can now enjoy TV and am catching up on many shows that I previously was not able to watch due to time restraints. Favorites now include: Justified; Suits; The Closer; The Voice; CSI; the entire Law and Order series of shows; Person of Interest; Grimm;The Following; Torchwood; Sanctuary; Project Runway.

Favorite Crafts

I am a beginning knitter; beginning crocheter; beginning jewelry maker and now, a beginning sewer! I just finished my first beginning sewing class and loved it! I would love to dabble in many other crafts such as card making, scrapbooking, etc, but I have not yet "taken the leap!" Since I am a newbie with these crafts, my supplies are limited, so anything that you experienced folks in these areas think I might need, I would welcome! :-) (Actually, I would welcome anything you wanted to send my way!) Hopefully, as time goes on, I will get more materials as my skill increases.

Loves

As I previously mentioned, I like/love so many things in life: I love:

Cooking. I love cooking for my family and enjoy all kinds of kitchen gadgets! I also love cookbooks, especially Farm Journal (if anyone is clearing out their bookshelves and have a Farm Journal looking for a new home, PLEASE contact me! I love those books!), anything from the series, Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers (another favorite series and same as above - weeding and want to clear out your copies of these, PLEASE let me know!) I also love the America's Test Kitchen books and the Country Cooking booking, also from America's Test Kitchen! These are awesome!

Note cards, greeting cards, stationery, and the like. I love to send and receive mail, so having these available are a treat!

Pens. Just as some enjoy shopping for clothes and shoes, I get pleasure in shopping and receiving the gift of a new pen. I love all kinds - fountain; porous tip; ink pen; gel pens, etc. I also love different colored inks in the pens. Purple inks - teal inks - green inks - reds, etc! The more colorful, the better!

Filofax/Franklin/Personal sized Planner and supplies.It's my new "brain"! Yep, I have joined the planner crowd and now, not only am I amazingly organized, I have a fun new accessory that goes everyplace with me! I have a personal sized Filofax and would love to have any of the "fun" things that folks use with their planners - new pens, new paperclips, new papers, new inserts, new this and new that! I never knew how creative folks could be with a planner! I would love to become one of those folks! (A little confused, well, just do a search on Pinterest, or even Google it! Goodness are some folks talented - and organized, too!)

I love quotes - I am forever searching for the perfect quote to fit the day or the mood of the day.

Plants. I have plants all over our home but am always searching for more or new pots to place them in. Additionally, my love of greenery goes beyond the indoors and spreads outside to porch, deck and small gardening.

I love anything with birds. Anything! Although I love all birds, I especially love cardinals, doves, eagles, and bluebirds.

I absolutely adore wind chimes!

I love anything dealing with the four individual seasons of spring, summer, fall, winter that comes as a collection. For instance, I have a series of four plates, each represent a different season. I am trying to collect these sort of items, but it is extremely difficult to locate, so my collection is small.

I love animals! Cats. Dogs. Polar Bears. Cows. Penguins. Seahorses. Pandas. Tigers. Goats. Chickens. And on it goes...

I love purses (those with dual shoulder strap and straps that allow you to carry are the best!) and little bags to put items in while carrying my purse. Also, I love having accessories for my purses. Little bags to carry things like lip balm, nail clippers, etc. Purse sized accessories such as mirrors, hand lotions, etc. So purses and the things that go into purses bring a smile to my day.

I love jewelry, especially pierced earrings; necklaces and bracelets.

I love bright, bold colors such as purples, teals, greens, blues, reds, yellows, oranges, etc.

I love to journal. I think that it is good medicine for the soul!

I love stickers! I love to write letters and send cards to family and friends. I am also in a Greeting Card ministry where I send cards periodically to folks in nursing homes, folks recovering from illness, or just folks in need of a reminder that someone is thinking of them. I love to decorate these envelopes with stickers!

Snow people! I love snowmen, snowladies, and snowbabies! :-) In fact, I have one shelf that houses some of my very favorite snowmen and snowladies that stays out all year round. Each one found its way to me with a story and I treasure each one. As with all things we love, the more, the merrier!

Dislikes

A huge problem is scented items, since our son has asthma. If at all possible, I prefer items with no scent. IF that is not possible, then please, low scented items.

As such, another potential problem/dislike is perfumes, lotions and body sprays. Please, don't send these items unless they are unscented or mildly scented because of health issues.

Foods and drinks

Please, no opened products unless they are individually and factory sealed.

Enjoy drinking mild coffee, such as Starbucks Blonde roast.

Enjoy drinking white tea. Enjoy herbal teas.

Enjoy white chocolate. Enjoy milk chocolate. Enjoy anything with nuts and caramel! :-)

Favorite places to eat include Red Lobster; Olive Garden; Old Spaghetti Factory; Cracker Barrel

What I collect

Although I find enjoyment in many things, there are a few things that I find so much joy in that I collect these items when possible. These include:

Four season items. I love living in an area that truly has four seasons of the year - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. As such, I love collecting items that are four season themed. It is my smallest collection because there just aren't that many things out there, but whenever I run across something that represents the four seasons, I am thrilled!

Wind chimes. Yep, you read right. I have them all over the place - in our home, above our bed, above my kitchen sink, outside, etc. I simply love the music they make! And to me, the more, the better.

Pens. Any type but some are specialized. For instance, I have a collection of medical/pharmaceutical pens, believe it or not!

Snow globes. I don't know why I love these things as much as I do, but I do. I have loved these since I was a little girl. I wasn't into Barbies' as a child. I enjoyed my snow globes. I would get lost in the magical worlds they portrayed.

Believe. This has a very personal meaning to me so I won't go into details here, but I now collect items that have "Believe" on them. The items I currently have are placed around my home and each time I see one, it brings a sense of peace to me. I would love to have more and am constantly looking for this one simple word that means the world to me.

Ratings

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morgainegeiser rated for Journal Prompts on Mar 9, 2014
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Comment: Very disappointed.
JudalineZ rated for pick A coin purse on Feb 12, 2014
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Comment: Have not received it yet and the rate will change when I receive it.
hg08 rated for Thriftstore - January - Senders Choice on Feb 10, 2014
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Comment: Will be happy to rerate if I ever receive anything
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Comment: Will be more than happy to change rating whenever I hear/receive from you.
debbee2014 rated for Pick 3 Swap - January on Feb 1, 2014
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Comment: I sent an email to EJ Bryant and the coordinator.
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Comment: I will be more than happy to re-rate if she ever contacts me back and sends.
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Comment: I will be happy to change this rating if I receive the swap. :-)
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Comment: EJ, I will certainly rate you a 5 if I ever get these from you. Hope everything is ok with you and your mother <3
frenchie46 rated for Christmas Pick 3 Swap on Jan 17, 2014
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Comment: thanks so much!
sheashea rated for You pick 3 #8 USA on Jan 16, 2014
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Comment: i have not received this yet
tamtamlee rated for Recipe Pen Pals on Jan 14, 2014
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spicemom rated for Recipe Pen Pals on Jan 11, 2014
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Comment: I have e mailed u 2 times and you have not gotten back to me so your getting a 1 until u send once I get it il re rate you Spicemom
Rosei rated for 50 Stickers (USA) #2 on Jan 8, 2014
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Comment: Thank you so much for this wonderful swap EJ! Not only are the stickers and extras wonderful (love the red felt snowflake!), but your note was so very sweet, it really made my day. Hope your new year is lovely so far. <3
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Comment: I had a lot of my swap bot things come to me late and in bad condition wet and opened. Wish that our old mail man would come back. This sub is so bad. I have 2 complaints in to the post master now.
MauiMami rated for Newbie Sticker Swap (USA) on Dec 28, 2013
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Comment: Mahalo! Love it all. Happy holidays to you :)
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Comment: Thanks a lot for sharing these lovely songs! :) You really are the BEST partner I ever had in a song swap!!! <3 <3 Thank you!!! :) Woukd rate even better if possible :)
Apelser rated for Fountain Pen Pal - February 2013 on Dec 27, 2013
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Comment: The letter eventually reached me. Thank you for the lovely dog note card and bookmarks.
Emmalus rated for QUICK NEWBIE Christmas card swap on Dec 25, 2013
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Comment: Thank you for your sweet package. Thank you for being patient with me. Ohhhhhhhh, and Merry Christmas!!!!!!
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Comment: I'm very sorry for my delayed rating. Thank you so much for sharing your list! It was so detailed, and the extra songs were a nice welcome! I too love A Baby Changes Everything, and It's the most wonderful time of the year by Andy Williams is so classic. Merry Christmas!

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Comments

Elliepatterson on Dec 24, 2014:

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A Very Merry Christmas to you!!!

Elliepatterson on Jan 14, 2014:

I wanted to let you know that I found a use for the blue plastic tie envelope that you sent me in the CCD Christmas Card swap. I use it to store my postage stamps in that I buy. I kept storing them in different places and would forget where I put them. I am never out of stamps, I just haven't found them in my stupid house yet:-) Thank you for sending it to me. Now my postage stamps have a safe home. Here's hoping that you enjoy MANY happy mailings in the New Year. Be blessed,

anrtist on Jan 12, 2014:

I am sorry to see you havent been in here since Dec 26th. I hope all is well wih you. I had to remove you from the LLL Group ntil you can get your swaps sent & ratings straightened out ;-( Blessings, cc

TereDiane1954 on Jan 12, 2014:

Sorry I've had to remove you from Sharing God's Grace. You have at least 8 late swaps on your dash, plus a 1 rating. I hope you can get things straightened out and then you will be welcome to return. I do wish you all the best!

Robin01 on Jan 12, 2014:

You have been removed from Just Wishes for your recent 1.. Im with @tc

TC on Jan 12, 2014:

You have been removed from Newbie Helpers due to your recent 1 rating and many unsent swaps. I hope you return and make things right with your partners.

nsgrammy2012 on Jan 11, 2014:

Hi! I hope things are getting better for you and your family. Family does come first. I am removing you from All Things Christmas for the time being. I hope you will rejoin us later when things settle down for you.

Aumonae on Jan 1, 2014:

biasbabe on Dec 21, 2013:

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To the Nuts for Sewing and Crafting Group

ByNickiG on Dec 17, 2013:

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