colleenwrites

Everyone, my apartment complex has gotten a brand new posty, and my mail has been located on the ground in the parking lot, and twice I’ve had neighbors deliver my mail to my door because they got it in their mailbox. For this reason, I may not receive my swaps. Outgoing mail hasn’t been a problem so far. If you don’t receive a rating from me, please message me and we can work something out.

Hi everyone, I'm Colleen.

I'm in my mid 20s, a wife, a step-mom, and an aunt from central Arkansas. I enjoy swimming, and used to swim about a mile every day. Now I’ve “joined the circus”.... not really but I am on a journey to become an aerialist! My apparatus of choice is the aerial sling, but I’ve been experimenting with Lyra as well.

I am now a dispatcher and part time student. Sort of...I'm not rushing myself on school at the moment. I don’t have much of an idea as far as my long term career goes. I thought I wanted to teach, so I started subbing...thank goodness I learned I didn’t like it before I got a whole degree!

I really enjoy being outdoors and in the sun. Summer is my favorite season. The sun on my skin and the occasional summer thunderstorm is lovely and great way for me to relax and feel completely in the moment. I'd be a beach bum if I could!

I love houseplants!

I have type one diabetes and am on an insulin pump, so some days are harder than others. But so far my diabetes journey has been pretty smooth.

I'm an avid reader and am always looking for book recommendations.

I’m dying to travel the world, Japan, Jeju island, yunnan province, Dublin, Greece, Israel. You name it, I wanna visit it!

I'm somewhat of a collector..and by collector, I mean getting a little of everything post-related and stacking them in disorganized piles. Those piles include - foreign currency - postage stamps (new or used) - sea shells - postcards - matryoshka - bookmarks - washi - Japanese themed items - Chinese themed items - anything about Haenyeo

Harry Potter- JK Rowling

Winter Garden- Kristen Hannah

Shanghai Girls- Lisa See

China Doll- Lisa See

Snowflower and the Secret Fan- Lisa See

The Tea Girl on Hummingbird Lane- Lisa See

Peony in Love- Lisa See

Pachinko- Min Jin Lee

Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden

Valley of Amazement- Amy Tan

Island of Sea Women- Lisa See

The Kitchen God's Wife- Amy Tan

Inspector Gamache series- Louise Penny

I will read just about anything but those are my favorites.

I love to receive photos that you yourself have taken, or have around the house from various times. Something about them makes me feel connected to the time and the place where they were captured. I just find them to be very personal.

Mushroom themed things!

Celestial themed things!

Animal crossing themed things!

Harry Potter Series

Studio Ghibli films

Hercules

Aladdin

Finding Nemo

Silver Linings Playbook

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

PS I love you

to all the boys I’ve loved before

little rascals

the rescuers

Jane the virgin

cold case files

unsolved mysteries

forensic files

snapped

murderous affairs

20/20

I survived

Schitts Creek

Avatar the Last Air Bender

FairyTail

Deathnote

Darker than Black

Samarai Champloo

The Office

Good Girls

Dead to Me

Sea foam green

Tiffany blue

Peach

dusty rose

coral

Rainforest green

Lavender

On GameCube

-mario kart double dash

-mario sunshine

-paper mario

-luigis mansion

-animal crossing

On Wii/WiiU

• LOZ twilight princess

• mario galaxy

• LOZ breath of the wild

• animal crossing city folk

On Switch

-animal crossing new horizons

• Luigis mansion 3

On 3DS

• harvest moon

• LOZ Majoras mask

• luigis mansion 2

-animal crossing new leaf

• LOZ link between worlds