mrodriguez22

Hi! My name is Melissa. I have an amazing daughter, home, and man. I love life! I am a very creative, down to earth, think outside of the box type of lady! I have two kitty cats and a black lab. I believe laughter is a big key to a healty life. I am a Jill of all trades master of a few! My full time job is being a mom and my part time jobs are photography, framing and tupperware! I love being around people and just having a good time. I am not a big drinker nor do I smoke. I use to have pen pals before my daughter was born, but once she came about life got a bit busy. Now that I am in my big house I would love to enjoy going to the mail box agian! I prefer to have pen pals that are female. I am not looking for any romance, just good friends!

I have to say the number one enjoyable reads are from Nicholas Sparks! AMAZING writer!! I really enjoy insprational books as well. Reading is a joy that I don't make enough time for, but it would be nice to get a pen pal whom likes to read and maybe we can read a book and share our thoughts about it!

I love all kinds of music. Country is awesome. Soft rock is great. I love music that speaks to you. Good music that makes you want to dance is always good too!

I love comedy's! Drama's are awesome too, but I have to say a good action movie is great in our theater room!

I have a very creative side. I love to stamp, scrap book, cross stich, and do crafts with my daughter. We have paper mached things for school projects and we love to make stepping stones. We have a framing company and I love to be creative with our software and michines! I love stickers too! Writing a good letter and making it look cute with stickers is always fun!!

I have been doing photography since 2001. I love being able to capture photos and tell a story with them. To me, a photo just isn't a picture, but it is a memory captured for ever. In life as we grow old the only true thing we have is the memories of our life. I have been blessed with photographing for major dance and cheer competitions for the past 6 years and before that I captured the memories of babies. It is amazing to look back on the photos of my own daughter and see how much she has grown over the years. I believe that through my God given talent of photography, I am able to give people a way to hold on to a memory for a life time. My slogan for my business is, "The Vision of Now, is the Enlightment of Your Future." If you want to see what I do, check me out at www.thevisionphotography.com

The love of my life owns a memory framing company. He custom makes frames to preserve photos for people. His work is along the same lines of my work, and that capturing a memory and telling a story to be displayed so it can be talked about and remembered for many many years! If you need a custom frame for a life event such as a new baby, baptisim, children sports, graduation, wedding or anniversary check out the website at www.theframingplace.com

I forgot about listing what you like to swap.

• Stickers are fun to get
• Post cards or packs of inspriational cards to send out
• I love the shaped Post it notes or the lined ones that 5 x 7 in size.
• I LOVE candels! Oh and the long handled lighters are great too. You know the ones that you get to light a grill. I love candles that smell like fruit, bake goods or vanella. MY FAV FAV FAV candles are from Bath works, oh I don't knwo the name, the stores in the mall with the body soaps, hand soaps, and candles. They have a great fall set of candles or chirstmas time. I love when they have them on sale for like $5, but that is like once a year! That was the BEST Christmas gift I got last year!! Please no flower smells.
  *My daughter collects soda tabs from the cans as well as box tops, so any of those are great! *I enjoy the kitchen so please share any fav recipe. *My daughter loves the short funky colored socks. She is a size 6. *I can never have enough pony tail ties or hair clips. *I really love stamping, so if you have any extra stamp cards or stamps you want to get rid of sned them my way! It would be fun to swap stamps too! Any stamping techniqes would be fun to learn also!! *My daughter collects charms for her braclet. *My daughter LOVES volleyball. *My daughter likes to decorate her room for each holiday, so anything that is cute for a lil girls room that is holiday like send it our way.
• My daughter likes things with love peace and laugh on them.
• My fav color is purple *Dollar store sunglasses are the best! I like the them to be black lenz though. No pink or purple lenses.
  *I love to garden, so food seeds are always nice or bulbs for planting flowers. *My goal is to have an ALL PINK tool set! My honey loves to fiddle in the garage and I love to do it with him, but I want EVERYTHING pink. Pink Hammer, Pink Screwdriver, Pink Measureing tape, Pink Powerdrill, Pink Wood Sander, Pink work belt, Pink Goggles, Pink Gloves...It all has to be pink. If you see where I can get a Pink Power Drill or sander PLEASE let me know!! *My boy kitty's love kitty treats of any kind. *Buster My black lab loves puppy cookies too!

I do not need any pens or makers, I have enough to supply my daughter until she is 15 and she is 10 now!

As I get better at this I am sure I will add more and more things.

I love tring new things so I am a really easy person to please. I love sirprizes tho! But if you are stumped just ask!

Gifts Under $10 Target has these super cute socks for $1.25 name brand xhilaration
I am really getting into crafting so sissors, glue pens, photo tape,glitter any Martha Steward packs are good. :) Cotton candy Body Spray Bath and Body Candles Fuzzy Slippers Sleeping Pants ( the comfy kind) Hair Clips Wallet/lil purse Earings Gift Cards to Target, Walmart, Gordmans, Khols, Starbucks, McDonalds The lil makeup gift packs are great too! They have them out during the holidays!

Gifts under $20 Anytype of scrapbooking stuff I actully would like a bunch of little things to add up to $20. I LOVE LOVE LOVE to make cards!! So blank cards are always fun!!