Aleesha

Hello from Minot, ND! My name is Aleesha, I am 46 years old, been married to my husband for 23 years and have a stepson (29) & son (23). I am patiently waiting to one day become a grandma - LOL, so in the meantime I baby our 2 dogs, Millie & Cooper! I have worked for our city government for 20 years - the last 13 have been as a GIS Coordinator. I love my job - making interactive maps for the public is very satisfying to me and also making maps for internal use by all departments to help them analyze assets. When I'm not working, I love to be crafting. Lately I have been obsessed with cardmaking, atcs and art journaling. I love die cuts and clear stamps. I spend a lot of time on Pinterest and YouTube also.

I have been penpaling for several years as well and enjoy swapping crafty letters with my pen pals.

If I'm not crafting, I enjoy reading (Thrillers), doing jigsaw puzzles, diamond painting, genealogy, and watching all kinds of tv! I enjoy decorating for all holidays and seasons, and Halloween is my favorite. I love everything about Halloween but don’t care for real gory images. I love ghosts, goblins, witches, mummies, owls, vampires and zombies. I love vintage and steampunk styles, you name it!

If you want to know more about me, please feel free to ask. I look forward to swapping with you all, and if you're interested in a private swap just let me know.

Also, if my packages or letters arrive with postage due, please contact me and I will make it right! Our post office is horrendous and I only have half hour lunches which don't allow me enough time to stand in land and wait for someone to help as the lines are often very long. I try my best to get it right using their guide system, but if I get it wrong, I am more than happy to send you postage to compensate :)

I love most music, but my favorite would definitely be pop rock. Some of my favorite artists are Post Malone, Teddy Swims, Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Lizzo, Sam Smith, & Daughtry. I love 80's music as well and older stuff such as Credence Clearwater, Stevie Wonder & Conway Twitty!

I read mostly thrillers. My favorite authors are Freida McFadden, Mark Edwards, Tarryn Fisher, and Jennifer Hillier. Occasionally I like to try other genres, and I haven't found a Colleen Hoover book I haven't absolutely loved yet! I'm always looking for bookmarks :)

I love action movies. Bruce Willis is my favorite actor - Die Hard is my all-time favorite movie. I also like Jason Statham and Kevin Costner. I also enjoy Melissa McCarthy when I need a good laugh. Some of my all time favorites are: Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, The Goonies, Tombstone, and The Expendables.

There might not be enough space here to list all my favorite shows!!! I've been a Days of Our Lives fan for about 30 years. I like to watch, Survivor, Fire Country, Big Brother, Tracker, Chicago Med, Fire & P.D, The Masked Singer, The Voice, 9-1-1, 9-1-1 Lonestar, Station 19, Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, and anything true crime (Dateline, 20/20, First 48, Forensic Files, etc...).

I enjoy:
Card making
art journaling
DIY crafting
ATC's

Please note that I really don't need any extras and they are not necessary for me to give a heart rating. I really don't have a lot of room to store more stuff, but if you would like to send something, I would appreciate the following:

• Pre-loved metal dies
• Postcards (naked or blank)
• Napkins for decoupaging

A- Alice in Wonderland, Animals, Apples, Astrology, Astronauts, Autumn

B- Baking, Basketball, Beach, Birds, Bees, Books, Bright or Bold Colors, Butterflies

C- Cacti, Cartoons, Cartoon Characters, Cats, Christmas, Chucky, Circus, Cows, Cute

D- Daisies, Disney, Dogs, Dolphins, Dragonflies, Dragons

E- Elves, Easter

F- Fall, Fairies, Fantasy, Flamingos, Flowers, Frogs, Football, Fox, Funny

G- Geishas, Ghosts, Gnomes, Golden Girls, Grinch

H- Halloween, Hedgehogs, Holidays

I – Ice cream

J- Jungle

K- Kawaii

L- Lace, Ladybugs, Lemons, Lighthouses, Llamas, Lunar

M- Marine life, Mermaids, Moon, Mushrooms, Monsters

N- Nature, Neon colors

O- Ocean, Ocean life, Otters, Owls

P- Pandas, Peacocks, Pirates, Pixar, Plants, Pokemon

Q-

R- Rabbits, Raccoons, Rainbows, Reading

S- Sloths, Space, Spring, Spooky, Steampunk, Summer, Smurfs, SpongeBob, Sports, Super Mario, Superheroes

T- Trees, Travel, Thanksgiving, Tropical, Turkeys, Turtles

U- Unicorns

V- Vintage, Video games

W- Whales, Whimsical, Wildlife, Witches, Winter animals, Wizard of Oz, Woodland Animals

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Y-

Z- Zebras, Zombies, Zoo

I have been a member of Postcrossing for a few years and enjoy sending and receiving postcards. Please no homemade postcards or nudity unless the swap specifically calls for it. Other than that I would be happy to receive any postcard - some of my favorites are:

*Animals
*Space/Astrology
*Buildings
*Roadside Attractions
*Fantasy / Medieval
*Illustration
*Disney/Pixar
*National Parks
*Ocean Life
*Japanese Life/Art
*Weird/Odd things

I love Zazzle cards and don't mind them even if the swap says No Zazzle cards!

I love touristy cards too, but prefer if they are sent naked (written on and sent with a stamp - not in an envelope).