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2/10/25 - All swaps are mailed out. Started a new SB Community that anyone can join on Dreamwidth (which is like an improved Livejournal for us 'old people' circa 2002.) It will include the LJ info and also have open posts for wishlists and such.

11/1/24 - Still don't have time for that shutdown. You know that thing where So Much is happening, you just... shut off? That. But I put up the new Livejournal blog post with this month's swaps. There are few since I'm still working on two from last month.

10/6/24 - courting nervous breakdown. cleaning out deep flooding since last week, and another hurricane is coming. likely cat 3, direct hit. i've spent $1000 in the past week. which we don't have. what do i do.

Message me for my e-mail address for messages longer than trading links, or anything I need to respond back to with more than a line or two. Otherwise, I have to keep every point of your message completely in my head while composing a response, especially on the phone when I can't get to a computer. So it doesn't happen.

SB was never intended to be an email server. SB Messenger does not allow for photo attachments, messaging multiple people, or most importantly, message chains. I cannot see what you messaged me at the same time that I'm writing back. That alone will significantly delay response times.

I have to go back and open a separate window to look for every single exchange we've had on a topic and any other relevant history before assembling it into a timeline. That is incredibly taxing. I can accomplish other things that are also important, OR I can drop everything for this one stupid message response. Both need to be done, and only enough energy for one 'set' of things.

Also, I can only respond when I'm on an actual computer. I can't do it from my phone. I try to avoid typing on that tiny keyboard for anything at all if it's longer than a phone number. Even my text apps need to be accessible via PC. Relatives who use SMS only often do not get responses because... I can't... type... on... my... PHONE. Which I've repeatedly told people. And yet!

STUFF I LOVE GETTING:

• I love trading out washi + stickers. I have lots of them! I like 'academia,' 'dark forest,' animals, all kinds of things that aren't the cute, kiddie, kawaii, or cartoony kind.
• Naturalist or Pre-Raphaelite postcards or inspired things
• Embroidery floss + other threads for hand embroidery.
• Pieces of lace or tiny scraps of cotton for crazy quilting. No "kid" or licensed themes, please.
• Larger-eye needles. Mine are getting dull or somehow I'm losing them. I have piles of standard sewing needles and plastic needles.

Everything else, I have So Much of right now and I feel like I need to use more of it before I let myself buy more Things.

Feel free to message me if you want to send any of this stuff instead of the swap items asked for. It isn't a problem!

Dislikes:

It isn't personal, I just won't use these items in my own work. So things I will pass on automatically: - Used stamps - Kiddie stuff, kids' stickers, kawaii aesthetic - Most items from Dollar Tree - Most planner stickers unless it's just numbers - Felt stickers - Recipes (too many dietary restrictions. :P It's just a puzzle...) - Shaker-type items. - Postcards or notecards. Way too many right now! Unless they are Xmas POSTcards, which I send to kids as Mrs. Claus.

Please no dog hair, cigarette smells, or strong perfumes. I tend to get migraines and don't have a washing machine, so it could take 2 weeks to hot wash something properly.

• Sewing basic items. I try to use natural fabrics only, including scraps larger than 2x2" for sewing. Right now my joints are getting worse and will for the forseeable future, so lifting the sewing machine and such in a small space isn't doable easily. But hand-sewing with fine needles for more than a few minutes also isn't... I fear I'm losing one of the very few things I can still do. Any advice?

• Papercrafts like art journalling, scrapbooking, and some bullet journal/art journal hybrid work for daily use.

• Embroidery or sashiko

I started a blog just to post FAQs about my swaps, USPS, tracking, etc.

Please check the link before asking about lost things, swap requirements, why I don't just go off ratings before banning someone, etc.

https://nb-sb-notes.livejournal.com/ CURRENT

Blogspot is no longer accepted as a safe site by Spectrum ISP so I've gone back to Livejournal. I've been using it off and on for maybe 25 years and it's still one of my favourite blogging sites.