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marinda

marinda
Date Joined: August 27, 2008
Last Online: October 22, 2025
Birthday: April 16
Country: United States
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About Me

Welcome to my profile!

**About me: **

I work part-time online as a genealogist.

I am married to my best friend. (26 years) We have five children and one awesome son-in-law. We also have a beautiful granddaughter!! 👶

We have a menagerie of pets: two adorable goldendoodles, 🐕 two noisy cockatiels, 🦜 one large sulcata tortoise (40 lbs. and counting), 🐢 and a silly bearded dragon.🦎

I live in Arizona. Way Too Hot!! ☀️ 😓 (Caution: things in the mail will melt in the summer months!) 🫠

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 it and cope.

I love to send and receive snail mail. I have been here in the swap community for many years now (17!!), and I have enjoyed swapping with people from all over the world. I LOVE SNAIL MAIL!

SOME OF MY FAVORITES:

Colors: Any shade of green, but especially dark/forest green. Deep purple is a close second favorite. I especially enjoy the combination of greens and purples. That being said, I have never met a color I didn't like!

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, kittens (and other soft/fluffy animals), and tortoises

Hobbies: Playing the piano, reading, diamond "painting," crocheting, knitting, adult-style 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 things I enjoy are below. (Feel free to read what you like and skip what isn't relevant.)

Favorite Crafts

I like 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 love to make little things from yarn leftovers.

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:

Nativity Christmas tree ornaments. (Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, shepherds, and/or wise men.)

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

Advent calendars

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! 😄

Nativity scenes

Pocket tissues with designs

Personal address labels

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

Washi tape

Perfume samples

Colorful pens

Gel pens

Colorful, fine-point permanent markers

Languages! Postcards, note cards, images, letters, etc. in any 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 about your encounter(s) if you are willing to share your experience! (But please nothing bloody or gory.)

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 all postcards, but for those interested, here is a list of the postcards I particularly enjoy:

Platypuses

Fluffy, soft animals, domestic or wild (photographs)

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. Montage? Crosss-fade? Not sure what it's called.)

Fantasy

Dogs, especially Bassett hounds

Cats

Airplanes in flight

Rainbows (photographs)

Waterfalls

Greenery

Autumn leaves or other Fall photographs

Nativity scenes

Native/cultural dress

Someone reading book(s)/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 like postcards sent blank in an envelope. However, I enjoy almost as much receiving stamped and written postcards, 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/cool postage stamps on the back. 🤩 Feel free to send postcards any way you wish.

Please Kindly only send storebought/professionally printed postcards, unless the swap indicates otherwise.

DISLIKES:

I'm easy to please, but after years of swapping experience, I decided to include a list of dislikes and items I would prefer not to receive:

-Apes and monkeys (exception: sock monkeys)

-Tea/herbal tea/coffee

-Stickers that don't stick well!

-Scrapbooking or card-making supplies

-Notebooks/journals unless they have anything to do with my likes/collections listed above

-Skulls (I love Halloween, but skulls really creep me out. I like skeletons that have full bodies, though.)

-Demonic/bloody/gory/violence

-Politics (But I love patriotism!)

-Zazzle postcards, print-your-own postcards, or any postcard that doesn't have the "correct" dimensions (one of my "pet peeves" 😬)

-I would prefer no handmade postcards (especially in store-bought only postcard swaps)

-Unhappy endings

-Seafood

-Flakers (Grrr)

-Swaps sent that don't meet the swap requirements and swappers who don't bother to read or follow swap instructions (honest mistakes aside! We all make them sometimes.)

Thank you!

Ratings

Karen07 rated for FTLOC#2- Christmas countdown 1-US on Oct 22, 2025
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Comment: Thank you! Saving till December!
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Comment: Thank you for the hot air balloon card!
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Comment: Lovely postcard, and extra ❤️ for the vintage stamps. Thank you!
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Comment: Thanks for the New Mexico postcard.
bpl76 rated for FTLOC#2- Christmas countdown 2-US on Oct 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you !!!!
bpl76 rated for FTLOC#2- Christmas countdown 1-US on Oct 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you !!!!
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Comment: Thank you for the stickers and the bookmarks :)
Doreas13 rated for Sleigh Christmas Card on Oct 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the awesome card. Plus, I love the handmade envelope. I will be using this in my next tea bag swap. Thanks for sharing
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Comment: I love this cute kitty card, thank you! I love that you use the inside wording of the card - adorable!
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Comment: Love your envie. Thank you.
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Comment: Thank you for the wonderful letter. This week here the weather went from mid 80s to low 60’s. But we’ve managed to not turn on the AC or heat. I love the period in fall when we can just have the windows open and welcome the weather. Would it be ok to reply to your letter via snail mail? I absolutely appreciate the great Washi stickers! Thank you! Wishing you all the best and happy swapping.
Response: I love letters! I would love a response.
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Comment: I love it - Happy Halloween!
goosey rated for CPG -Christmas countdown 2-US on Oct 18, 2025
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Comment: thank you for the fun holiday envelope!
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Comment: Hi Marinda, thanks for the great postalette. We are to get storms tomorrow and then it will cool off to highs in the 60's and 70's! Our July was brutal heat and humidity!! Good luck in your job hunt in June. Yes I think having experience will really help in your job search!! take care
Vickyen rated for WIYM: NAKED SNOW POSTCARD #1 on Oct 17, 2025
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Comment: Hi Marinda! Thank you for the lovely Snow pc! As much as I get tired of winter, not sure how I would feel about no snow the entire time - yikes! Yep, no pleasing this old gal! LOL! All the best! Hugs and Happy Swapping! ;)
bluerose3 rated for CPG -Christmas countdown 1-US on Oct 16, 2025
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Comment: Thank you. This is going in my countdown basket.
TryshaH81 rated for WIYM: Stay Spooky! on Oct 16, 2025
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Comment: Hope you have a Happy Halloween
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Comment: I love the card & envelope! Thank you so much!
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Comment: Thankyou for the awesome postcard. Sorry it took so long to rate. Canada Post has been on strike.
jandmterry rated for Postalette / Fold N Seal Swap #18 on Oct 14, 2025
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Comment: I’m a big fan of Autumn too. I enjoyed reading your note. ❤️

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Comments

MuggleMom on Jun 30, 2025:

Our Dumbledore.

Aug 1881- 30 June 1997

Wands Up

xx

MuggleMom

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

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