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krspellman

krspellman
Date Joined: March 14, 2016
Last Online: January 14, 2025
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 54 year old married mother of two adult daughters and 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)

My focus word for 2025 is AUDACITY

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. โ€ฆAmazon 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

colleenbUSA rated for R&W 2025 TBR Planning on Jan 12, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for sharing, and welcome to the swaps! It usually doesn't take me quite this long to rate, but I've had a sinus infection.
Bucket rated for R&W 2025 TBR Planning on Jan 10, 2025
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Comment: So glad you joined the series! I also listen to What Should I Read Next and have quite a few Anne recs on my TBR too. I also like Book Riot, The Stacks, and Debutiful (as far as book podcasts).
LilacSilence rated for R&W 2025 TBR Planning on Jan 10, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for sharing! --- And welcome to the TBR swaps, see you soon in another one.
SeleneW rated for Coloring Collab 2024 #12 on Jan 9, 2025
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Comment: Fun ramen PC! I look forward to coloring it!
MamaKek rated for Email Accountability 2024 #24 on Dec 31, 2024
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Comment: Have a fabulous 2025!
MamaKek rated for Email Accountability 2024 #23 on Dec 21, 2024
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Comment: Great job making progress on your list! Merry Christmas!
Mystyne rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 6-US on Dec 17, 2024
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Comment: Thank you. I can't believe Christmas is almost here. It will be a short wait to open this one.
mchesser12 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 5-US on Dec 6, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for sending. Waiting closer to Christmas to open.
Mindy82671 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 4-US on Dec 5, 2024
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Comment: Thank you๐ŸŽ„
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kromo rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 4-US on Dec 2, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the swap. I will be adding this to the basket and randomly picking. Merry Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ yay. Thank you for the address labels for 2025!
bpl76 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 4-US on Dec 2, 2024
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Comment: Thank you !!!
Wambatty rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 3-US on Dec 1, 2024
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Comment: Thanks. Received.
riftvegan rated for Email Accountability 2024 #22 on Nov 30, 2024
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Comment: Looks like you got stuff accomplished! Good Job! Hope you get time for a hike soon, and the trivia night sounds like fun too! It's nice to pull out the Christmas stuff and start decorating. Thanks for sharing your to do list with me!
Sagebrushs rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 5-US on Nov 29, 2024
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Comment: Thank you and Happy Holidays!
m0xiegal rated for WIYM: Paper for Junk Journaling on Nov 25, 2024
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Comment: If I could give ten hearts I would. I have never received so much stuff in one envelope! You went above and beyond. Papers of all sorts, stamps, die cuts, stencils. Wow. I could make an entire journal with everything you sent. Thank you so much!
SasseyLynn rated for Playing Card Swap: Bonus Round on Nov 21, 2024
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Comment: Thank you Kathy for the wonderful mix of jokers!! I love them all <3
Amy528 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 3-US on Nov 20, 2024
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Comment: Thank you - I love all the Christmas vehicle stickers and am excited to open this!
inoracam rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 3-US on Nov 19, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for the envelope with the cute stickers on it! I look forward to opening it soon!
bpl76 rated for WIYM- -Christmas countdown 3-US on Nov 18, 2024
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Comment: Thank you

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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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