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sebastian122

sebastian122
Date Joined: January 25, 2010
Last Online: June 8, 2023
Birthday: March 26
Country: United States
Stamps for the Wounded

Because It's All About Me

June 7, 2023

Sadly, the smoke from Canada isn't helping things. We have 3 air filters going, and are masked here in the house. She just can't catch a break.

SO! My wife has long covid and all of my energy is focused on her at the moment.

Everyday day we are back to square one. She has brain fog, fevers, insomnia, migraines, joint pain, no appetite, and everything (EVERYTHING!) exhausts her. Eating breakfast is cause for a 2 hour nap.

The (minimum) twice a day fevers are taking a toll on us both. The nightmare drags on.

So, if I seem to be MIA, I'm caring for my wife. Fingers crossed she mends quickly.


My wife's book is now available, and we're over the moon. If you're a fan of yuri anime, get yourself a copy!

By Your Side

And now, back to me. ;-)

Pokemon Trainer: 4987 7700 1795
PAD: 350 987 357

Hello! I'm Pattie. Welcome to my profile.

Before I say anything, thank you. A big thanks to everyone who has swapped with me. The quality of people I have had the pleasure of interacting with is amazing. Thank you and may all your swaps net you hearts. ^__^

Second thing! If the swap you send me is smoky I WILL throw it out.

Third thingie! Please please please DO combine swaps if you have more than one to send to me. While getting lots of mail is fun, saving money for more swaps is funner.

And finally, regarding postage due swaps. If I receive something postage due, I will refuse it. I ask you to please do the same, i.e. if you get a swap from me, with postage due, refuse it. I take 95% of my mail to the post office and if it's something I had weighed, and is now postage due, I wanna discuss it with the postmaster. Thank you, and I apologize should this actually happen.

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Very random things I like in no real order: the wife, anything with an ancient history feel, mythology, Surrealism, comparative religion, Halloween, British and Japanese folklore, the Goetia, Star Trek, kitsune, old maps, pumpkins, bees, statuary, Peeps, stickers, images of raw meat, C9 Christmas lights, stationery, Betty Page, crabs, the Uffington White Horse, Takashi Murakami, conversation hearts, the Mahabharata, cheese, archaeology, pork, purple, Tarot, honey, driving, cemeteries, Doctor Who, vacuuming, fonts, Liz Taylor, vintage Jell-O cookbooks, Cryptozoology, clouds, Sailor Moon, bellydancing, alchemy, holidays and observances (the older, the better), horses, Mansai Nomura...

I look forward to the day when people spell my name right. ^__^

About me as a hostess:

I think hosting is hugely important and I don't enter into the task lightly. I cull as I go, with a final sweep before assigning partners, so that you can see, at a glance, the people you will potentially be swapping with. I always angel my swaps should a flaker slip by, and I apologize in advance if that happens. I will do my do-diligence, keeping my standards absurdly high so the risk is as low as I can make it.

I do not host, or join, profile based swaps because, frankly, I suck at them. Senders' choice is how I roll. I will also, 99.9% of the time, have the sign up end on a Saturday so that I assign partners on Sunday giving swappers all day to get their swap together for a Monday mailing. =D

About me as a group owner:

Like hosting, I view owning a group as a responsibility not to be taken lightly. Which is not to say I'm not eager to have fun. I obsessively check my groups to approve any pending members because I know that I hate waiting.

Current obsession... Melon Cream Soda! (Not to drink, it's yucky, but to look at.)

I'm only here for the...

I'm always up for private kawaii swaps!! AND I created a public forum kawaii tag for when you're between swaps and want some kawaii mail!

TL;dr favorite colors are purple and pink. I lust after kawaii ghosts, anything Alice in Wonderland, and kawaii food (especially with faces, ESPECIALLY with arms and legs!) I prefer stickers over memos. Stickers, stickers, stickers!!

I adore “coupons,” die cuts, and oddly shaped memos.

Things I dislike are: Children (in all forms), birds, pandas, hmm…. guess that’s it. Oh, and I don’t do letter sets. It's not that I dislike them, they're just too fussy to mail.

Major Hobbies

The basics are: I love papercraft. If there's paper involved, I'm totally there! And it's like an illness! lol@me I'll buy paper just to look at it. To possess it. It must be MINE! Bwahahahahahaaaa!

(Themes I can't pass on: Anything historic, mythic, Halloween! color related, involving quotes, Asian, holiday, literary, postage stamps and food)

People have said for years I'm a good cook and frankly, I think anyone can be a good cook...you just have to pick good recipes, the rest is simply following directions.

(My comfort food is forever Indian. All my friends share this fate.)

I have combined these two loves in what is known in my immediate circles as the Magic Cookbook. Think, very usable scrapbook. There will be blood spilled for possession of this blibit when I die.

(This is where my love of stickers really shine! I tend toward food themes - obviously - Japanese and kawaii, holiday related, anime, and celestial. I avoid like the plague Disney and cats.) (And BTW, stickers, stickers, stickers! Sheets, cut from sheets, flake...I love 'em all.)

Favorite Desinations

I love to travel, and my favorite destinations are England and Japan. I love Bronze, Iron and Roman Age Britain. All my pictures of England are rocks and grass. I can spot a tumulus a mile off in a moving car and snap a picture without swerving into oncoming traffic. I have mad driving skills over there.

In Tokyo it's ALL about the shopping. It's a paper-lovers dream. Flying halfway around the world to buy paper has come to feel natural at this point. I'm a big Inari fan and visiting shrines is tied with shopping.

(I'm an anime and manga fan, as well as Q-lia and Crux products. I'm helpless before food with a face drawn on!)

Been there... France, Prague, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway, Sweden, Egypt, Scotland. And closer to home, done that... Central and South America, with the usual coterie of states thrown in.

BTW, Sailor Moon!!

We're big anime and manga fans in this house. The wife founded Yuricon and writes Okazu so there's always something new to discuss. Aside from SM, I'm a huge SAO fan, and we're looking forward to season two of My Next Life as a Villianess (Team Mary!!) Feel free to PM me if you wanna gush over your fav anime/manga. I'll be happy to gush back. ;-)

PERFECT is the enemy of GOOD.
Voltaire

Things I don't like...

People with no boundaries who feel the need to over-share and/or use their personal problems as excuses.

(More specifically I don't like Diddl, Disney, Peanuts, Winnie the Pooh (what is a pooh anyway?), celebrities, alcohol, smoking, Suzie's Zoo, Precious Moments, Snow Babies, zombies, clowns, and 99% of the shows on TV.)

(I'm also learning to dislike people who don't send their swaps out...) (Or perhaps I should say I hate people who send out their swaps on the last day. I know, I know, that's what a deadline is for, yaddi yaddi, there's no need to preach to me, but I seriously think that if you've joined a swap --with no craft element involved-- there is NO reason to not send it out within days of the swap date. Feel free to think I'm a sanctimonious bitch. I'm good with that.)

Ratings

raniheartspaper rated for KSU: 20/20/20 on Jun 8, 2023
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Comment: Thank you so much for all the goodies, Pattie! Lots of new-to-me items, thank you for sharing and hosting!
Response: And thank you for joining. =D
raniheartspaper rated for KSU: 25 Sticker Flakes on May 31, 2023
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Comment: Thank you so much for all the sticker flakes! I haven't seen those Sanrio ones before. Thanks for sharing, especially those food with face vintage flakes! Thanks again!
Response: Always a pleasure. Thanks for joining. =D
raniheartspaper rated for KSU: 25 Large Memo Sheets on May 31, 2023
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Comment: What a wonderful selection of memo sheets! So many vintage and oldies that I haven't seen in a while, perfect for my collection, thanks!
Response: It's so fun to dig through them and stress over what I'm willing to part with! LOL@me
raniheartspaper rated for KSU: KWIK Kawaii: 30 flakes! on May 31, 2023
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Comment: Thank you for all the sticker flakes! Always fun going through them. Thanks for hosting!
Response: Thanks for joining! =D
manders2280 rated for KSU: Join now, mail Monday on May 20, 2023
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Comment: Thanks for all the sticker flakes - my collection needed your input.
Response: Let your collection know I'm available whenever it feels the need. =D
raniheartspaper rated for KSU: 20/20/20 on May 20, 2023
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Comment: Omg, absolutely love the goodies you sent from the memo sheets to the vintage sticker flakes. Thank you so much, Pattie!
Response: Woot! A happy Rani is my goal!!
raniheartspaper rated for KSU: Join now, mail Monday on May 20, 2023
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Comment: Thank you for spoiling me with all the sticker flakes and memo sheets. Always a fun swap, thanks for hosting!
Response: Awww, my pleasure. It IS a fun swap. =D
Ellen101 rated for KSU: Pick a Theme May23, Edited on May 13, 2023
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Comment: I believe your theme is strawberries!! Thank you for so many delicious stickers🍓
Response: Good call! =D Hope it wasn't too hard. ;-)
Ellen101 rated for KSU: Scavenger Hunt on May 11, 2023
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Comment: Thank you for all of the mini memos... And the extras
Response: You're welcome. =D Thanks for joining my swap.
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Comment: Thank you for the postcard and sharing your thoughts. Rainy it was, we basically tended indoor plants but a week later we held a loosely MayDay celebration for families in the community garden.
Response: That sounds wonderful.
manders2280 rated for KSU: Meet me... for breakfast on May 6, 2023
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Comment: Great envelope! Yummy breakfast! Thank you! Thank you for hosting!!!
Response: lol You just wish your junk mail was so productive. ;-) Thanks for joining my swap. XOXO
fighterangel rated for KSU: 20 or 20 or 20 round 198 on Apr 28, 2023
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Comment: Thank you so much for my sticker flakes. I'm so happy to hear that the acupressure is working for your wife! I hope it continues to do so and she continues to get better every single day!
Response: It's supppppper slow, but yeah, we're moving in a positive direction, thank you for checking in. =D And thanks for joining my swap! Looking forward to more of the same. XOXO
5
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Comment: Thank you so much for the goodies. I can't believe this one took over a month to get here. Thanks for joining my swap and hope you're having fun abroad!
Response: Thrilled it got there, after its adventures in maillandia.
MelissaLB rated for tPCC: A Tarot cafe swap! on Mar 21, 2023
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Comment: I love your discussion on the Magician. Interesting. These swaps are great! And I love your postcard. So fun.
Response: Woot! Fun is what I'm all about. =D I look forward to sending you the next one.
MrsSarahMonster rated for KSU: 5 LARGE flake stickers on Mar 15, 2023
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Comment: Thank you so much! I loved them all!
Response: You're very welcome! Thank you for joining my swap. =D
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Comment: Love the theme you went with, thanks for always being so generous! Absolutely love all the memo sheets.
Response: Awww, I'm so glad. =D Thank you for hosting!!
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Comment: Mega thank you for a great package. The nightlight puts it over the top. But those unicorns might land in your next package.
Response: lol Soooo glad it made it! Unicorns always welcome! LOL
fighterangel rated for Kawaii Happy Mail Swap USA #46 on Mar 10, 2023
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Comment: Hi stranger! How are you? I'm so happy to get mail from you! Thank you for the wonderful happy mail and goodies. Also, I adore your handwriting! It's so pretty. Take care!
Response: OMG you're SO SWEET! Thank you!! Totes made my day. XOXO
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Comment: Thank you so much for the sticker flakes, Pattie! And the extras. Love everything as usual!
Response: You're my 1800th heart! Thank you for that, and thank you for hosting. It's such a pleasure swapping with you.
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Comment: Pattie, thank you for sharing your goodies with me. Love all the memo sheets and the large sticker flakes. Thank you so much!
Response: I'm so glad!! Thanks for hosting!!

Rating Overview

Overall Hearts Stars Hosted
5.0000 1817 1005 1069
Completed Fives Threes Ones
1663 1952 0 0
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Uncategorized
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Comments

enchantedgabi on May 22, 2023:

Thanks for the KSU random evie tag! eeep I love Kawaii happy mail <3 The Band-Aids are SO cute. I am putting them in my purse and never using them ((:

Bhindblueeyes on Apr 23, 2023:

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for such a wonderful envie full of such joyful items (KSU: Not a swap but a RAK). I love everything, but I am super pumped about that band aid. It's coming to work w/ me for my next ridiculous paper cut. I'm so sorry to read about your wifey!! I hope you are both taking care of yourselves as best you can. I'm here if you ever need to vent your frustrations - it's SO hard right now to get any help, it seems! Sending you hugs and love!

ccmmsu on Mar 24, 2023:

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Thank you so much for the Not a Swap RAK! OMG, the die cut memos, the piyoko mame letter, the SG bandage! I could go on and on. This was like the All Star game of kawaii characters. :D Thank you, Pattie!

HausOfImps on Mar 23, 2023:

Thank you so much for all the cute Pokemon memos! I've never seen anything like these before. Where did you get them? I see you are not currently on this site in full capacity -- neither am I, but I will be harassing you with mail when that changes ;)

enchantedgabi on Mar 20, 2023:

Thank you so much for the Kawaii "not a swap" RAK! Such a sweet surprise. This is definitely happy mail... You are so lovely! ^^

turboneko on Mar 20, 2023:

Thank you do much for the Not a swap RAK! Love everything <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

turboneko on Feb 5, 2023:

Thank you so much for the Kawaii Instant Gratification surprise!! You're the best! ;)

Heirloom on Dec 31, 2022:


Happy New Year from USA Happy Mail

Bhindblueeyes on Dec 28, 2022:

Thank you so so much for your lovely happy mail!! So sorry for the delay in my thanks; December has been absolutely mad! Your envie brought me much happiness!!! If you ever need a new pipe cleaner, I'm your gal - I'm swimming in them now :D

TC on Dec 19, 2022:

I love cottage cheese, preferably with a few peach slices on top. That's often my evening meal. GREAT MINDS and all that.....

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