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Hello! My name is Carrie and I live on beautiful Cape Cod. I am a twenty-something year old trying to figure everything out!

So about me- First of all, I love to travel. I have been interested in traveling for quite some time now and I have recently stumbled upon some websites that allow me to send mail to different places in the world. I think it is awesome, and allows me to follow my dream in a different way until I can see everywhere I want to see!

I am trying to get to every continent and as many countries as possible. So far I have been to Northern Ireland, Canada, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Singapore, and South Africa. I have trips planned to go to Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, and Norway) as well as Italy. I also want to go to every state...only been to pretty much the East Coast, but haven't been able to explore some places as much as I'd like to.

I have a 1 year old dog who I absolutely adore. I love taking her for walks to the pond and spending time with her. I also have 2 cats with quite the personalities!

My passion is definitely working with children and families in aversive situations. I have spent time working in hospitals with sick children and with children with autism and other disabilities. Currently, I am preparing to sit for my board exam in behavior analysis and I am in anticipation of starting my own practice!

My hobbies include the following: - Going to the beach: Who doesn't love spending the afternoon lying on the beach and taking a cool dip in the water when it gets too hot?

• Scrapbooking and taking pictures: I want to develop my photography skills more. Right now my photography documents my life events and I am working on my 41st scrapbook...that's right I have 40 complete books!

• Spirituality: I am very involved in my spirituality and attending local workshops to develop skills.

• Collaging and dream boards: This goes hand-in-hand with the spirituality piece. I have a collection of homemade collage cards that have pictures of different things I want in life.

• Collecting: See below :)

I absolutely love country music. Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley are my favorites! I enjoy listening to top hits radio too as well as cover songs.

Scrapbooking is my number one craft. I am currently working on my 41st scrapbook!

I am also interested in collaging and making vision boards..

I have a few small collections that I am hoping to grow.

• Heart-shaped rocks: I recently took the ones I have and they are now displayed in a shadow box.

• Spiritual Items from around the world- butterflies and angels are my top two favorites. I also have a Buddha from Asia and some Native American spiritual pieces that I adore.

• Postcards: I love cards that represent the culture of a country.

• Sand- I have a sand collection from around the world. I put it in jars with the name of the destination on the bottom and display them on a shelf.

• Coins: I have a money collection from around the world that I want to keep growing!

One more thing I am passionate about is my bucket list:

Here are some of my favorite items that I have already completed:

• Spend New Year's Eve somewhere exotic
• Learn Reiki
• Earn my Master's degree
• Learn Sign language
• Sleep on the beach
• Visit a castle
• Convince someone else to write a bucketlist...thanks swap-bot!

Here are some of the things that I am most excited to do!: - See a moose - Get married and have a family - Send a message in a bottle -Travel to South America -Travel to Australia -Travel to Alaska - Have a scrapbooking room in my house - Meet my soulmate

• Buy a house

I started collecting postcards on postcrossing.com beginning of July and between these two sites I already have a great collection started! My favorites are the following:

• Toursity cards (my favorite)
• Famous monuments/scenes from your area
• Natural scenes
• Architecture
• Cards with people in traditional dress
• Cards that represent specific customs
• US state cards
• Anything your town/state/country is famous for!

Please write on the card about the area you are from as this is my way of traveling the world :)

• The beach
• Watching sunsets
• Playing with my dog
• Getting mail from swap-bot or postcrossing
• Organizing
• Bubble Baths
• WICKED
• Moose
• Rainy days
• Sunny beach days
• Child Life
• Traveling
• Italian food
• Researching places to travel to
• My iPad
• Taking pictures
• Shopping at thrift stores
• Doing yoga
• Attending spirituality courses
• Tarot cards
• Making collages
• Abraham Hicks
• Playing basketball
• Riding my bike
• Scrapbooking
• Spending time with family
• Going on adventures (fairs, white water rafting, seeing shows)
• Going out dancing
• Genealogy

I Dislike:

• Disney
• Hello Kitty
• Any other cartoons or media figures
• Anime
• zombies and vampires
• Religious
• Advertisements
• homemade cards

**My note that my username has nothing to do with liking care bears...It is a nickname that I have had all my life. I do not like the cartoon care bears.

I am interested in private swaps that will help me add to my sand collection! I will trade you whatever you would like from my area in exchange for teaspoon size of sand!