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marinda

marinda
Date Joined: August 27, 2008
Last Online: April 20, 2025
Birthday: April 16
Country: United States
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About Me

Welcome to my profile!

**About me: **

I work part-time as a genealogist researcher.

I have Ankylosing Spondylitis, an autoimmune inflammatory arthritis. If any of you have an autoimmune disease and/or inflammatory arthritis, I would love to hear your story and how you treat and cope.

My family consists of my husband and our five children, ranging in age from 24 to 13, and also one amazing son-in-law. I have one beautiful granddaughter!! πŸ‘Ά We have two adorable goldendoodles, πŸ• two cockatiels, 🦜 one tortoise, 🐒 and a bearded dragon.🦎 We love our menagerie. I live in Arizona. Hot!!πŸ˜“(Stuff in the mail can and will melt in the summer!) 🫠

I love to send and receive snail mail. I have been here in the swap community for many years now, and I have enjoyed swapping things with people from all over the world. I LOVE SNAIL MAIL!

SOME OF MY FAVORITES:

Colors: Any shade of green, my very favorite is dark/forest green. Purple is a close second. I especially enjoy green and purple in combination. That being said, I love all colors!

Animals: I love duck-billed platypuses, my all-time favorite animal. They are so fascinating! I love fascinating and unusual animals.

I also love: hedgehogs, Basset hounds, goldendoodles, cockatiels, mallard ducks, walruses, sea horses, bearded dragons, and tortoises

Hobbies: Playing the piano, reading, diamond "painting," crocheting, knitting, adult coloring (especially color-by-number), recycling, genealogy, jigsaw puzzles

Crafts: Crocheting and knitting. I also enjoy cross-stitching occasionally. I have tried ATCs in the past and enjoy those as well. I also love to color, especially adult color-by-number.

More detailed descriptions of what I like are below. (Feel free to read what you like and skip what isn't relevant.)

Favorite Crafts

I love to knit and crochet.

Note: If you have no use for your leftover yarn balls and you don't know what to do with them, feel free to send them my way! I make little things from yarn leftovers all the time, and I love to have variety in colors.

I love to color. It is very relaxing to me. Color-by-number is by far my favorite because it takes the "stress" of choosing colors out of the process.

My collections/FYI:

My collections: I love to collect nativity Christmas tree ornaments. (Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, shepherds, and/or wise men.)

My other collections:

Anything with a platypus on it

Leftover yarn balls

Acrylic worsted-weight yarn

ATCs (especially profile-based ones)

Jewelry (necklaces, bracelets, earrings for pierced ears), handmade or store-bought

Christmas postcards, store-bought, blank/unused

Postcards (I prefer non-touristy, but I like all postcards.)

Advent calendars, Advent, the countdown to Christmas

Other things I LOVE:

My wish list:

Stories or anything relating to adoption (near and dear to my heart)

Anything from my collections section above! πŸ˜„

Nativity scenes

Pocket tissues with designs

Personal address labels

Adult color-by-number books, pages, photocopies, etc.

Washi tape (or any deco tape)

Perfume samples

Colorful pens

Gel pens

Colorful, fine-point permanent markers

Languages! Postcards, note cards, images, letters, etc. in a language foreign to English

Cultural diversity (all diversity, really)

Images of sunsets on the beach

Baymax from "Big Hero 6"

Sock monkeys

Handwritten letters and chatty notes (A letter from YOU would absolutely make my day!)

Decorative bandages (any and all designs or pictures)

Decorative/decorated envelopes, store-bought or handmade

Gift cards to any retailer

Christmas!

Autumn, Halloween, and Thanksgiving

Button up hanging kitchen towels, handmade or store-bought

Stickers (flat ones, not puffy, foam, or 3D)

Potholders/hot pads, handmade or store-bought

Piano or flute sheet music 🎢

Seahorses

Holiday cards (blank/unused) for any holiday: Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, etc., store-bought or handmade

Hair accessories: barrettes, clips, headbands, etc.

Sugar-free mints or gum

Snow! Snowflakes and/or snow scenes. We don't get any snow here, and I'm glad, but I really think it's beautiful and sometimes I feel like I am missing out.

Wrapping paper/gift wrap (Christmas, birthday, all occasion, wedding, baby, etc.)

I am a fan of the paranormal, especially ghosts! I love ghost stories and personal paranormal accounts. I would LOVE to hear yours if you are willing to share your experience! (But please no bloody, gory, or dark.)

Anything from (or similar to) my etsy favorites

An Advent calendar (I love Advent calendars of any kind. I love the anticipation and countdown to Christmas and I love Advent.)

Anything that has to do with platypuses or has a platypus on it

POSTCARDS:

Postcard Preferences:

I love virtually all postcards, but here is a list of the postcards I particularly enjoy:

Platypuses

Fluffy, soft animals, domestic or wild (photographs that make you want to touch or pet them)

Sea creatures, especially sea horses

Hedgehogs

Tortoises

Mallard ducks

Birds

Cows

Lizards

Soccer

Castles and palaces

Hawaii or other tropical places

Beautiful sunsets

Norman Rockwell paintings

Frogs

Beach

Christmas

Vintage (true vintage, not copies)

Non-touristy

Multiview without borders (the pictures fade into each other and/or overlap)

Fantasy

Dogs, especially Bassett hounds

Cats

Airplanes in flight

Rainbows (photographs)

Waterfalls

Greenery

Autumn leaves or other Fall photographs

Nativity scenes

Native/cultural dress

Books/reading related

Walruses

Stained glass windows

America's founding fathers

Holidays (any)

Black and white photographs

Anything related to my likes or collections above

A note about postcard preferences: If a swap asks for a choice, I most often prefer postcards sent blank in an envelope. I love swapping postcards, and it is nice to have variety in my stash. However, I enjoy almost as much receiving stamped and written postcards, especially if the postcard is from my postcard preferences list above, has a nice, chatty handwritten note on it, is nicely decorated, and/or has unusual postage stamps on the back. 🀩 Please feel free to send postcards any way you wish.

Dislikes:

Thank you for swapping with me! I am easy to please, but after years of swapping experience I am adding a small "please don't send me" section:

Coffee or tea (Herbal tea, apple cider, hot chocolate, or kool-aid-type packets are fine to replace these with in a swap.)

Macabre, bloody, gory, or demonic

Violence

Skulls (although I love Halloween, this is one thing I dislike, even cartoony ones. I do like full-body skeletons, though!)

Stickers that don't stick well! (A big pet peeve.)

Zazzle postcards (wrong dimensions)

I don't really do scrapbooking or card-making.

I have all the notebooks and journals I need right now. However, I would love for you to send any of these items in a swap if they feature any of my favorites listed above!

Not a fan of primates (with the exception of sock monkeys, lemurs and their relatives, and humans, of course 😜)

Thank you!

Ratings

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Comment: Hello there! That cute notecard of the cat "I can't even" is how I'm feeling right now of going to work tomorrow. Haha... Thanks for the postcards and swap again soon. 😊
LibraryMaker rated for Space postcard swap #6 on Apr 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you so much for the cool postcard! I'm not sure I'd want to go to space either but it is fun to think about whats out there. :) Hope you're doing well!
theprairiemailbox rated for ARPIL BIRTHDAY BABIES on Apr 19, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely card and goodies!
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Comment: Thank you! South Dakota does get wildflowers in the summer. We don't see a lot where I live unless we go to a nature park though
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Comment: thanks for a nice swap I enjoyed itβ™₯
Ampersand26 rated for ARPIL BIRTHDAY BABIES on Apr 19, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely swap! Happy birthday month to you!
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Comment: Thank you Marinda!
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Comment: Thank you for the awesome Guan Daocheng card! I wish all the best to you and your husband! Hope he’s doing well :)
phoebezoro rated for WIYM: PC from a Neighboring State on Apr 18, 2025
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Comment: Thank you! My mom loved it too, she went to school in NM and loves to visit so I sent her a pic!
BusyB rated for MOUNTAIN Postcard on Apr 18, 2025
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Comment: Hi Marinda, Thank you for the beautiful Organ Mountains postcard and the cute sticker decorations on back! I love our mountains here in Oregon. Happy springtime!
MuggleMom rated for CPG Things With Wings #3 PC - US on Apr 18, 2025
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Comment: How cool you have vintage postage stamps and I love the postcard because I have flown on a few of the military aircraft that are sitting in the The Boneyard (C135s, C130s, C5, etc) I've always wanted to visit the location but have yet to go to Tucson. I have plenty of friends who live and work at Davis-Monthan AFB. Until we meet again at the mailbox. xxMuggleMom
noone7212 rated for SCATTS - W - ROUND 15 - US ONLY on Apr 18, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the card! :⁠-⁠)
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Comment: Thank you for the postcard! I don't recall receiving any other postcards with scalloped edges like the one you sent :)
BeckyG56 rated for CF - Easter card swap on Apr 18, 2025
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Comment: Beautiful card,and scripture . Happy resurrection day!
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Comment: great cards!
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Comment: Thank you for the card! :⁠-⁠)
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Comment: Thanks for your lovely letter.Wonderful to hear you got to spend time with your granddaughter. And all the best to your husband. I can't believe we've hit 100 here already. I'm hoping the summer won't be too brutal.
junemoon rated for Bird or Butterfly PC Swap #10 on Apr 17, 2025
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Comment: Thanks for the nice card. It's an off and on spring here but the flower have popped out and can be very beatiful Happy sring to you and happy swapping.
Vickyen rated for LLU: 2025 National Library Week on Apr 17, 2025
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Comment: Hi Marinda! Always great to swap with you and hope all is well your way! I love your pc! I agree that the library is also one of my favorite places and I so love books! I also very much appreciate our librarians! All the best! Hugs, Happy Reading, and Swapping! ;)

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Comments

rarjones on Apr 8, 2025:

Happy Birthday to YOU!

CF Group - Rose 2025

ultracinematik on Mar 12, 2025:

Whale, would you look at that! My whale PC returned to me like a boomerang. Thank you for sending it home. 🐳

OrigamiGrace on Nov 23, 2024:

happy

LindaW on Aug 19, 2024:

I'm glad that you received the Hawaii calendar. Enjoy it!

LindaW on Apr 14, 2024:

Happy, happy Birthday to you! May it be very special.

rarjones on Apr 1, 2024:

Happy April Birthday to YOU!

CF Group - Rose

simcoe54 on Apr 16, 2023:

Hope you have a Happy Birthday!

rarjones on Apr 4, 2023:

Happy April Birthday!

Rose - CF Group

Heirloom on Dec 24, 2022:


from USA Happy Mail

OrigamiGrace on Jun 14, 2022:

Just stopping by to say

hi

From Cheap Postage Group:)

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