kater

Hi! I'm 40 years old, live in California with a house full of people and one occasionally snuggly cat.

I love to read, watch TV, go to movies, play card/board games, make cards, scrapbook, and knit (although I'm not very good at the knitting part yet). I especially love to travel and have been to:

• Canada
• China
• Croatia
• England
• Greece
• Italy
• Japan
• Mexico
• Russia
• Ireland & many US States

I desperately want to visit Thailand, France, and Alaska.

card making, scrapbooking, photography, knitting

Billy Joel, Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas, Sarah McLachlan, showtunes

The West Wing, NCIS, The Good Place, Brooklyn 99, Criminal Minds

Love Actually, The Sound of Music, The Usual Suspects, Memento, Pretty Woman. I enjoy romantic comedies, foreign films, comedy, a lot of kids/animated films, and dramas. I don't like horror, movies which are overly vulgar or very sad.

My favorite genres are mysteries and science non-fiction. I loved The Davinci Code by Dan Brown, Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and just about any book by Richard North Patterson. I don't read science fiction, am interested in current political books and books on the formation of the United States, and my guilty pleasure is books by Nora Roberts.

Favorite colors: light blues, bright greens, & browns

I'm a tea addict and prefer black, oolong, green, and occasionally white teas. Those teas that are flowers and bloom are pretty cool, but other than that I don't drink herbal or fruity teas (even those masquerading as black teas).

In addition to actual tea I also love tea accessories: pots, cups, cozies, etc, especially in a contemporary or Asian style.

Please note: I do not drink coffee. Ick! But I do like chocolate covered espresso balls and other coffee flavored desert type items.

I love chocolate in most forms particularly dark, including cocoa. The one exception to my love of chocolate is white chocolate, I don't eat that at all.

Pretty much anything Japanese or Asian

Handmade cards, calendars, or home decor items.

I love to cook but I have a gazillion cookbooks. Personal favorite recipes are awesome though! Kitchen gadgets/accessories are also fun to receive, I love red & lime green colored items for my kitchen!

Sushi themed items & sushi accessories.

I collect matchbooks from all over & also love photo postcards depicting a town/city/country.

I do a lot of work with pit bulls, so anything pit bull themed is awesome! Also cats, and pet rats!

I try and rate every swap I receive. If I don't rate you please send me a message and I'll be happy to correct the oversight.

If I don't receive a swap from you I will message you before rating. I understand that sometimes life intervenes, but please let me know what's going on so I can give you more time to fulfill the swap before rating.

I love getting notes from my swap partners so I can learn a bit more about everyone I swap with. I try to add a note to all swaps I send out, please enjoy!

Want to do a private swap? Just let me know!