monique67

UPDATED 1/30/09

I'm 42, married to my husband Evan 14 yrs. Chicago is where we came from and there's where we met and fell in love. We don't have any kids, however we're raising Evan's niece Skylin and in my heart she's like a daughter to me. I love it when she calls me Mom. She's been with us for almost 4 yrs. These teen yrs.,have been the hardest for us. Anyone out there want to give us some tips and/or suggestions our door is wide open-LOL

We loved it here in Las Vegas when we came to visit for the holidays about 8 yrs. ago and fell in love with the mountains, palm trees and weather. We figured out why my parents and sister were raving so much about it! So, the moving trucks left IL headed to Las Vegas and it's been home for 6 yrs. My parents, sister, brother-in law and my beautiful yr. old niece live here too:)

$10 Kawaii stationary swap - US only.

Sanrio Scavenger Hunt - US and Canada only (person sending to me has been deleted from Swap Bot-JUST LOVELY!) 1/29/09

Keeping my tootsies warm-US and Canada The user has been suspended-Great,huh and this was the swap I hosted! **01/17-09

You'll have a GREAT swapping experience with me!

I'm addicted to swapping and have been swapping for over 16 yrs. I want to ALWAYS make it an enjoyable experience for you:) If you smile from receiving one of my swaps, that puts a BIG smile on my face and I grin from ear to ear:) It's a great feeling! ALL swaps come from a smoke-free home. Everything I send is new and hasn't been around the block a few times if you know what I mean-LOL

RATINGS

If I've received your package and didn't rate you, please let me know and I'll go right ahead and do so. We all know how much we want to be rated. I don't want to let anyone down or take days to do so when it takes a few minutes to let you know I received your swap:)

Please don't rate me a "1" without contacting me first. I can then get back to you and see what went wrong so I can make IT UP TO YOU. I'm not a bad swapper and wouldn't FLAKE on anyone. I didn't join Swap-bot to do badly on swaps. I joined to have fun, meet others, mail and receive awesome swaps!

I do keep up with the swaps I mail, maintaining contact to see if they are received. If you don't receive a swap from me within a reasonable amount of time (2 weeks from deadline to mail) PLEASE contact me, if I haven't reached you.

---I have been experiencing a problem with partners not sending, sending late or not sending anything at all!!! However, this is not fair, so if I don't receive I will PM you and if nothing comes from that, I will rate as deserved.

---PM me with ANY information. I DON'T check e-mail as much as I do here at swap-bot.

PLEASE include a PRINTED NOTE with your username, swap name and your name when sending a swap. I don't have time to search through packages to rate YOU! Thank you:)

Last but not least ****PLEASE don't send packages smelling of smoke! I'm allergic to it****.

Here's some information on my LIKES

SANRIO

---I LOVE Sanrio's characters these are my favorites: HELLO KITTY (my #1), CHARMMY KITTY, MY MELODY and LITTLE TWIN STARS.

If you send me "anything" Charmmy Kitty I will love you forever and try and give you millions of hearts!

STICKERS ---Sanrio sheets of stickers and sticker sacks.(not from Target,etc. but licensed authentic Sanrio brand) of all characters BUT Badtz Maru. Other loves of Sanrio items include: NEW letter sets (with more than 8 sheets of paper and 4 envelopes), long letter pads, loose letter sheets, letter sets (2 pieces of paper and one envelope to one set), memo pads, note pads, mechanical and wooden pencils with erasers, pens (with a dangling Hello Kitty icon ONLY). USA-HA-NA, Sugar Babies, Chibimaru, Cinnamanroll and Deery Lou are also among my favorites,

AGAIN: I love ALL Sanrio (original and lisc. not from Target or Walmart) you can get at the Sanrio stores, on-line, etc.

MICKEY AND MINNIE MOUSE: LETTER PADS, STATIONERY AND STICKERS.

SNOOPY: STATIONERY SETS and STICKERS.

SUZY ZOO: STATIONERY SETS, STICKERS, NOTE CARDS ANYTHING SUZY ZOO.

WINNIE THE POOH:LETTER PADS, STATIONERY SETS AND STIICKERS

TEDDY BEARS-I collect them. I love anything to do with teddy bears. If it's on a tablet of paper, letter sets, note pads, memo pads I just have to have it! I own Cottage Collectibles, Boyds and many others:)

---My favorite colors are: pink and second is purple. Other colors are: black and white. I don't like orange and browns AND NO neon colors either!

Letter sets, stationery, stickers of the following: -LOVE anything with "hearts" -Anything with "teddy Bears" -Tare Panda, Shiro Petto -I can always use: pretty, colorful/colored envelopes. -Regular UNFOLDED matching stationery and envelopes (2 sheets of paper to one envelope) PLEASE DON'T send folded letter set(s) or sheets of stationery, memo pads, letter pads-anything folded as I might want to use it for a swap. -Gel/glitter pens -Metallic pens

STICKERS: NO TEACHER, TINY, REWARD and RELIGIOUS stickers:

---For sticker swaps:

-Winter stickers (snowmen, trees, cup of hot chocolate, scarves, mittens, cute sayings like, "HO HO HO", etc. -Suzy Zoo PLEASE -Sanrio (Hello Kitty preferred, but others welcome!) stickers only. None of Target's stickers/non licensed. -Winnie the Pooh and the gang (prefer Eyyore and Pooh) -Glitter shiny anything stickers! -Butterflies -LOVE Hearts -LOVE Teddy bears -Fish -Dragonflies -Smiley faces

Mrs. Grossman, Sandylion, Provo Craft, Susan Branch, Stickopotamus, Frances Meyer, Jolee's Boutique, etc.

-MORE GENERAL INFO ON STICKERS:

-Fall, winter spring (but no Easter) and summer -Brand names preferred and some can be found at: Michaels, JoAnne's and any of the scrap booking stores. Stickers from Hallmark, Target and Walmart are always welcome.

IF you have any other questions about stickers, please PM me!:)

---OTHER LIKES BESIDES SANRIO AND STICKERS

Candles-tea lights, votives (holiday scents, Cucumber Melon, Honeydue-ALL from Hallmark only), cute votive and tea light holders, anything to do with snowmen, small teddy bears, hearts, cute Hello Kitty socks, tea (prefer herbal-love tea especially when they're in their individual packages), can never have enough mugs, pens, teddy bears, letter sets (2 sheets and one envelope per set-UNFOLDED), stamps-I can always use them:) LOL

Gift cards-BATH AND BODY WORKS, STARBUCKS, Target, Walmart and general ones I can use anywhere:)

I'm really getting into soft ankle socks. I love them!

PLEASE DON'T SEND THE FOLLOWING:

SAN-X ANYTHING unless I agree to it, ANY cosmetics, food (including chocolate! LOL), crafty things (except for handmade cards and envelopes-LOVE them!), recipes (unless their low fat and have lotz of flavor), coupons, NO SANRIO SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS, NO SANRIO plush, anything used, NOTHING with smoke....I have allergies.

"Reality" TV shows, House of Babies, Code Blue, Trauma Life in the ER (some of the Dr.'s are cute!), Babies Special Delivery, Supernanny, Deliver Me, John & Kate Plus 8, Big Brother, Survivor, Project Runway, Cash Cab. Real Housewives of Orange County/New York, Grey's Anatomy, Girls Next Door, The Bachelor and more:)

Mystery/Suspense