gypsyinthecastle

I am not currently active and don't expect to be in the foreseeable future. If you wish to contact me send an email with the word "swap-bot" in the subject line.

If any of you in my groups want to become leaders, please let me know.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May we find peace in the world and learn to love one another accepting that we agree to disagree.

The mean girls on here ruined swapping for me, and I'm not referring to my swap partners-they have been pretty great, the 3's and 1 I have on my profile were earned and are accepted with no ill feelings on my part.

The atmosphere in July 2013 when I moved and fell behind in my swapping reminds me too much of the book "Lord of the Flies". I have made a concerted effort to eliminate drama and drama queens from my daily existence.

The sea. The Sea. Always the sea.

BEACH-OCEAN-SEA-SHELLS-FISH-BIRDS-SKY-WATER-SCUBA-SNORKEL-FUN-SUN

(a) animals, alpaca, artists, air, amusement parks, (b) butterflies, bugs, boys, beaches, bread, bees, bed, boats, books, bicycles/bicycling, baking (c) cats, caterpillars, crochet, cotton, cake, cameras, coral, cards, church, cloth, clouds, cheese (d) dragonflys, ducks, dogs, driving, drawing (e) egg-shell artists, eating (f) fireflys, fairies, flying, faith, felting, farms, feathers, floating, fish, frames (g) galloping, God, grace, goats, gardening, (h) horses, hummingbirds, hope, hearts (i) islands, indian lore, iris, insects, intelligence (j) jelly beans, jam, jumping jacks, (k) kindred spirits, kids, knitting, kisses (l) laughter, ladybugs, llamas, love, lace, landscapes, lightning, leather, leaves, learning (m) money, movies, miniatures, mountains, maps (n) needles for sewing, nooks (o) ocean (p) people, painting, power tools, paper (q) quiet (r) roosters, riding, rain, ravelry, roller coasters (s) sand, sea, sunshine, solitude, snorkling, small towns, sailing, scissors, sheep, ships, socks, sticks (t) traveling, talent, tools, thunder, trees (u) underdogs (v) violets (w) waves, water, world, wool, wine, wood, woods, whales, windows, worms, wire (x) (y) yarn, yarn, yarn (z) ziplines, zentangles

All of them.

All of it.

My swapping philosophy that I follow more or less consistently. Follow the rules. Be kind. SHOW GRACE. Forgive people. Communicate.

Ratings: Rules are rules and I accept my ratings.

I am a good swapper with a history of 100's of 5 ratings and stars - and in the blink of an eye, over 4 ones (which I honestly and responsibly encouraged my partners to leave in my anticipated absence - and are now changed to 3's) I've experienced what I have seen happen with other swappers...I have no solution to offer the SB community and it's incredibly discouraging for me to proactively be evicted from the groups I was part of and to receive messages that are unneccessary letting me know what a terd I am.

""Word to group owners and moderators** - receiving notification that you have a potential "flaker" in your group does not obligate you to delete them, unless it states in your group rules how you will handle this. You have discretion based on your groups history with that individual. I am sorry that I was removed from a majority of my groups during my absence without most of the moderators contacting me either by PM or by email.

I don't do drama. I have a house to remodel, horses to train and flowers to enjoy.

I pledge to rate!

I pledge to read your profile and prepare a package to your tastes to the best of my ability.

I pledge to re-use, recycle and reclaim postage packages when I can!

I pledge to follow through! If your package from me doesn't arrive arrives damaged, with postage due or any other problem . Please, please contact me right away! I will fix it even if that means sending it a second time! I want you to receive a great swap!