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krspellman

krspellman
Date Joined: March 14, 2016
Last Online: October 23, 2024
Birthday: October 1
Country: United States
My Instagram: A Joy Filled Mailbox
My YouTube: A Joy Filled Mailbox

About Me

Hello! my name is Kathy. I am a 53 year old married mother of two young adults plus a son-in-law. We have a bearded dragon named Lionel and two Gecko lizards...Janet and Lizzie. Our sweet doggie Chuck went to heaven in 2022. I enjoy my wonderful family!

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, born and raised here. I am an accountant and work for several restaurants.

PersonalityType: INFP-T

My focus word for 2024 is WELLNESS (I am focused on physical, mental, and financial wellness this year)

Me, A-Z

These are the things I love...

A: Autumn, my favorite season; address labels; anchor (esp rope wrapped around it), a symbol for my dad

B: Bullet Journaling; Bookmarks; the Beach;

C: Christmas, my favorite holiday (see below); Crochet; Cheerful anything; My Cricut machine; Candles; chocolate (dark is my favorite, but I love it all);

D: Daisies

E: Elephants, my favorite animal; Envelopes

F:Flipbooks; Family

G: Genealogy; Game of Thrones; Gudetama The Lazy Egg

H: my planner, the Hobonichi Cousin, Home Spa Time; Happy Mail; Handmade anything; (trips to) Hollywood; Hearts; Hot Cocoa; Halloween (see below)

I: Ink Pens, all kinds!

J: Journals

K: Kitchen towels

L: Letters in my Mailbox; Libra, my sign; Leopard Print; The Little Mermaid (Disney); Letter Sets

M: Mermaids; Miniature anything, I love tiny things!!; the Moon

N: Notecards

O: Octopus, the Ocean; Orange/chocolate flavor combinations; October, my birthday month

P: Postcards; Postcrossing; Penpals!; Pocket Letters; Podcasts (Smartless, What Should I Read Next are favorites); playing cards, any random cards you might have...I am putting together my Franken-deck

Q: Quiet Time

R: Reading (see below); Running, The Raiders (Oakland/Las Vegas)

S: Sewing; Stationery sets; Stickers; Sparkles; Starbucks, especially the holiday flavors; Soap, handmade or bought...I love having nice hand soap at my sink;

T: Tea, I love all kinds; Traveller's notebook, standard size, Trader Joe's shopping bag from your region

U: Under the Sea themes;

V: Vanilla, my favorite scent; Vintage Homemaking; my Vanity Table

W: Washi Tape; the Golden State Warriors; What We Do in the Shadow (movie and show)

X:

Y: Yellow, a cheerful color!; YouTube

Z:

Favorite Books

I like mysteries, I am a reader of Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series. …Amazon Prime did a series based on the book called Three Pines.

I get most of the books for my to-be-read list from the podcast What Should I Read Next. If you haven't listened to this podcast I would highly recommend it, it is lots of fun.

Books I've read and enjoyed (that I can think of right now): Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry; Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann; Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel; The Dry by Jane Harper; We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson; The Library Book by Susan Orlean Trejo, a memoir by Danny Trejo


Favorite Movies

My very favorites are:

Amadeus

Groundhog Day

Overboard (the one with Goldie Hawn)

Let The Right One In (I don't normally enjoy "horror" movies, but this Swedish film is sooo good! If you've seen it I would love to hear your thoughts!!)

Favorite Television

My Favorite TV Shows:

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

What We Do in the Shadows

Peaky Blinders

The Office

MASH

I Love ALL HOLIDAYS

Halloween: my favorite decor/style is vintage/mid century. I love black cats and witches. I am that person that loves pumpkin flavored everything. I am not super into horror or gore, but if that's your things I am interested to see how you craft it...I'm not totally put off by it.

Thanksgiving: I simply love Thanksgiving and the entire Fall season. My husband was born just two days before me and we got married on that day in between...Fall is definitely OUR season. It's such a cozy time, everything slows down a bit after summer and we have time to reflect and practice gratitude.

Christmas: my favorite decor/style for Christmas is mid century vintage, although anything Christmas makes me happy. I love red and green, but also non-traditional Christmas colors like pink and silver, teal and tomato red, or whatever you might combine!

Ratings

kromo rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 1-US on Oct 28, 2024
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Comment: Received your envie today. Can’t wait to see what you sent in December.
PinkPengin rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 11 on Oct 28, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the awesome jacks for this swap! I especially love the purple rainbow unicorn!
mchesser12 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 1-US on Oct 27, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the swap. I'm going to open it closer to Christmas. Love the Rudolph drawing!
bpl76 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 1-US on Oct 26, 2024
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Comment: Thank you.
rosehippo rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 10 on Oct 26, 2024
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Comment: Thanks a bunch!
Meeshywii rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 9 on Oct 17, 2024
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RainbowClaw rated for Email Accountability 2024 #19 on Oct 15, 2024
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insectambassador rated for World Postcard Day 2024 on Oct 12, 2024
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Comment: Nice fashion postcard! Thank you! I especially enjoy that it came from Bodega. I visited there some time ago and thought it was a cool place.
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Comment: I so appreciate you taking the time, looking at my profile to send me things that could REALLY make me SMILE. Thank you so much. The last item I got was a package that arrived in a CARE bag from the post office, ripped open. It held a wonderful kitchen towel from San Francisco and some Paper Mate pens. I hope nothing was lost. Previously, you sent me address labels, sticky notes, more kitchen towels and napkins. Everything was so very nice. I felt spoiled. Hope you are enjoying the Autumn Season. We have a colorful palette of leaves and cooler air (this morning was 39 degrees).
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Comment: I agree, just to be greeted in the mailbox with a postcard is something enjoyable. Thank you for the 1950's look of the post card.
KarenFife rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 8 on Oct 10, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for the great eights! Love all of them!❤️ And the notepaper is perfect for this swap!!!!
CraftyCrow rated for September Mini Diary on Oct 8, 2024
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Comment: Oh goodness, what a roller coaster ride this read was...one second I'm going Yay!! the next Oh no! LOL I'll write you a letter. The address on the envie you used should be ok?? BTW Happy belated birthday and thanks for the card!!! Fun!
Aseret25 rated for World Postcard Day 2024 on Oct 8, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the postcard - and I hope you had a great birthday! :)
sarafey rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 5 on Oct 7, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for.the wonderful cards
Meeshywii rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 7 on Oct 5, 2024
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Comment: Thank you! I loved the cards!
riftvegan rated for Email Accountability 2024 #18 on Sep 30, 2024
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Comment: Good Job! I hope you'll start on your Spanish app, soon... Self improvement stuff like that is pretty fun, and really makes you feel accomplished!
Jaymmers rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 6 on Sep 28, 2024
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Comment: What neat cards! I absolutely love the plants vs zombies one! Thank you!
Sweetrizzo44 rated for SWAPS Dear Summer Diary on Sep 24, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely diary! I can't wait to get into the entries and savior each one. Oh such joy that awaits me! Take care and keep sharing happy mail...
marclively rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 4 on Sep 23, 2024
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Comment: Thanks! Marc
shinyserra rated for Coloring Collab 2024 #8 on Sep 8, 2024
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Comment: Soooo pretty!

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Comments

SuperNay on Jun 15, 2023:

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the June AATW bookmark via Amazon. My week has been really tough as a good friend passed away. The happy mail I receive this week has helped lift my mood. Thank you. :)

Heirloom on Dec 31, 2022:


Happy New Year from USA Happy Mail

MisplacedfromPA on Dec 23, 2021:

A HUGE HUG and gigantic praises for my Squirrel stockings you sent for the WIYM Stuff the stocking September USA. So adorable,,squirrels paddeling down the river in a canoe. Just love them. Thank you so very much. Merry Christmas---Michelle

OrigamiGrace on Dec 2, 2021:

dec

Stepht on Jan 8, 2021:

Hey Kathy! Thank you for the cute postcard!! I'm so glad you liked the mermaid stuff. Happy New Year!! <3

debtea2 on Nov 14, 2020:

Put a little Pumpkin spice in your life

nomadmama on Nov 10, 2020:

I got my first mail for Happy Mail all Month yesterday! Thak you. We do definitely have a lot in common. What an exciting elector your daughter to have as her first! I just finished Radicals and Roses by Susan Zimet about women's suffrage. I am not a big non-ficton person, so I was pleasantly surprised by how engaging it was.

ittybittykitty on Oct 31, 2020:

Happy Halloween!

OrigamiGrace on Oct 28, 2020:

halloween

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

debtea2 on Oct 2, 2020:

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