SasseyLynn

Child of God saved by Jesus, Wife to a wonderful Husband, Mother of 5 (awesome and challenging teenagers / young adults) +3 Fur Babies (Lab & Maltipoo, Orange Tabby), Aunt of 10 + 3 Bonus', Friend to many! Army Vet (Combat Medic), SAHM, Homeschool Student Math Tutor, Designer (Web & Graphics), Gamer.

🎄Christmas Update (12/06/2024)🎄

I will be on vacation out of state mid-month through Christmas to visit family. During this time, I will still be sending mail, but I won't get any of what y'all send until I return. I will post ratings on everything I receive while I am away within a couple of days after Christmas.

Why Snail Mail?

I like to receive mail and learn about people from all over the world, to be introduced to things I wouldn't otherwise, and to be inspired by the many forms of creativity others come up with. I enjoy reading what y'all want to share about yourselves. But even more than that I LOVE putting mail together, making something that you will hopefully enjoy. I love the idea that when you receive it you will be excited to open it and will have a big ole smile on your face the whole time, maybe even some laughs!

I have been pen-palling since 2021 and started swapping in 2023.

My rating goal: I rate as soon as I receive your mail if I receive it in a timely manner, and I check my P.O. Box at least every other day. If I have not rated your mail, then most likely I have not received it. I will contact you at least once before rating you with a 3 or 1. I appreciate you letting me know if you will be late sending your mail, but I don't check postmark dates. I do this for fun and that feels more like work. Typically I wait 4 weeks for US mail and 6 to 8 for International mail from the due date before checking in. If it has been longer than these periods and I'm not as active when I do receive it then it may not get rated right away, but I will always rate anything I receive.

My swapping promise! I will NOT flake. If I sign up for a swap, I send that mail! I try to send swaps out within a day or two of partners being assigned, but I also want to take my time and make something YOU specifically will like and that does take some time. If you do not receive yours in a reasonable time, please let me know, and I'll send you a replacement swap and/or photos of the one I sent. Sometimes I need a break and have to step away (not often). If this is the case I will still send ALL swaps I have signed up for and will just not sign up for any new ones for a while!

I make lists all the time, for just about anything and everything... so here are some lists of my Favorites:

Colors:

Orange, Coral, Pink, Red, Gold

Color Themes:

Orange, Blue, and Green; Coral, Teal, and Beige

Season:

Autumn, Spring in 2nd

Flowers:

Calla Lily, Canna Lily, Lily of the Valley, Easter Lily, Water Lily, Azalea, Orange Ballerina Tulip, Tulip, Mexican Sunflower, Carnation, Marigold, Mandarin Sunset Rose, Rose, Dahlia, Hibiscus, Columbine,

Themes:

Boho, Cottagecore, Cactus, Botanicals, Victorian, Medieval, Gardening, Classy, Geometric, Christmas (think gingerbread and plaid or kraft paper style), Viking, Fall...

Paper:

Dot Grid, College Ruled, Vellum, Tissue Paper, Music Sheets, Decorative Paper, Aged Book Pages, Coffee Dyed, Homemade Paper,

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Foods:

• Chips and Queso, pretty much all varieties
• Hot Fries
• Pizza
• Buffalo Chicken Dip
• Sausage Balls
• Chicken Fried Steak & Chicken
• Dark Chocolate
• Peanut Brittle
• Biscuits and Gravy
• Chicken and Dumplings
• Shrimp and Grits
• Brisket
• Tacos of all kinds
• Macaroni and Cheese
• Steak
• Cobi, Mahi Mahi, Rainbow Trout and Salmon
• King Crab and Snow Crab Legs

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Drinks:

Coke Zero, Mountain Dew, Red Bull Zero (these are all on my limit list)

Tea (What I mostly drink + water)

• Unsweetened Iced Black Tea
• Tazo Joy
• BOH Ginger & Lime.
• Black Teas are my go-to
• Oolong Tea
• Dislike Mint and Matcha and Decaf

Alcohol

• Vegas Bomb Drink
• Rum Punch varieties
• Wine (these are all on my limit list)

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Games:

• Minecraft
• Board Games of all kinds
• Sudoku and other brain games
• Boggle
• Chess
• Texas Holdem and other varieties of poker
• Skipbo and Phase 10
• Rummy & Rummikub
• Cornhole
• Volleyball

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Hobbies:

• Journaling
• Penpalling
• Reading
• Crafting!
• Skating
• Hiking
• Swimming

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Kid:

Haha! Almost got me!

Share with Me and or Recommend to Me:

• Art
• Music
• Books/Authors
• Jokes
• Quotes
• Poetry
• Short Stories
• Photos
• Places to Go
• Testimonies!

Dislikes:

• Anything Satanic, Demonic, Wicca
• Witchcraft, Devining, (in worship, religious, or belief sense... fiction is okay) I don't mind Halloween for instance (though I don't celebrate it anymore), and I do enjoy Harry Potter and Anne Rice books, but things like reading palms and casting spells for this or that, tracking horoscopes and tarot cards don't interest me.

• If you would like to write about your story or experiences with any of the above and/or would like me to share my story I am 100% open to having those conversations so long as we both enter into the convo with the intent of learning and being kind! 😍

• My name being spelled wrong when it is right in front of the person writing it.

• Snakes, spiders, roaches, centipedes. Grasshoppers and black beetles (because they are a constant issue in my garden). Fruit flies and flies, and ants!
• Washing dishes and doing laundry (though I try really hard to be grateful for both!!)

I love anything creative and see art in everything. I never know which medium will grab my attention each day, but I always try to have fun with it!

Some that I enjoy most would be:

All Papercrafts (scrapbooking; DIY ephemera, bookmarks, tags; flipbooks of all varieties, paper weaving, origami, decoupage...)

Bookbinding

Crocheting & Cross Stitch

Sewing (I'm a newbie with this one but have done a few projects I am happy with)

Calligraphy & Hand Lettering

Sketching, drawing, zentangles, doodling, digital art, painting (watercolor, gouache, acrylics), sculpting

Jewelry making, wood earring painting, dangle making, glitter and sequin shakers,

Stamping and stamp carving (newbie at making my own stamps but its a lot of fun)

Cardboard crafts & Carpentry... I like to make small and large furniture and storage pieces. Some I have done include:

• Foam board: pen organizer for a cube shelving unit to organize my obnoxious pen/marker collection...

• Wood: lazy susan organizers, kitchen drawer organizers...

• Cardboard: DIY boxes, slotted boxes with back flaps, DIY book covers, DIY binders, DIY organizers...

Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

--- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and does not do it.

--- James 4:17

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

--- 1 Peter 4:10

But to you who are listening I say, love your enemies; do good to those who hate you.

--- Luke 6:27

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is God's gift - not from works, so that no one can boast.

--- Ephesians 2:8-9

Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.

--- Albert Einstein

"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."

--- C.S. Lewis

Doubt is part of the process.

--- Unknown

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

--- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Can't never could, but you can!"

--- Me (to my children everything they say "can't")

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

--- C.S. Lewis

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

--- Bruce Lee

The Bible, by the inspired Word of God from ~40 authors

Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson (and many other of her books, as well as Sarah Clarkson, Clay Clarkson, and Nathan Clarkson)

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (and many other of his classics)

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Host by Stephanie Myers

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

The Maze Runner series by James Dashner

The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

Carve the Mark series by Veronica Roth

Year One series by Nora Roberts (and many others by Nora)

Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Legend series by Marie Lu

Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery

Divergent Series by Veronica Roth

The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry

The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll

Fire Prayers by John Ramirez

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Many titles by Nicolas Sparks (I haven't read one of his yet that I didn't love)

..... and many others!

A --- acrylic storage, adventure, animals, art, ATCs, Autumn, axolotls,

B --- babies' breath, barrels, baskets, beach, bees, berries, Bibles, Bible study, bikes, bookmarks, book pages (in all languages), books, botanicals, buildings, button pins,

C --- cactus, calla lily, candles, cheese, Chevrolet, chess, chocolate (dark), Christmas, clips, Colorado, cotton plant, crosses, cups,

D --- dangles, die cuts, dimensional stickers, doodles, dogs, dresses, dried flowers,

E --- earrings, Easter, elephants, envelope art, essential oils,

F --- family, Fiji water, flip books, flowers, foxes,

G --- geometric, glitter, God, gold, garden

H --- handmade, hammocks, happy mail, Harry Potter, hobby lobby, Holy Spirit,

I --- inkpads, inks, interesting facts,

J --- Jesus, John Deere, jokes, journals,

K --- karate, kayaks, Kentucky, keys, knit,

L --- landscapes, lighthouses, lions, long letters,

M --- magnets, maps, markers, mascara, mason jars, Minecraft, Minecraft Hermitcraft SMP Youtube Series, Minecraft Last Life SMP Youtube Series, music of all kinds, music sheets

N --- notebooks,

O --- orange, origami, owls,

P --- paint, paint brushes, paper clips, pencils, penpals, pens, piano, pictures, planters, playing cards, pioneer woman, pocket letters, poetry, popcorn, postcards, prayer cards, punches,

Q --- quilts, quotes,

R --- raccoons, rain, recipes, ribbon, rose gold,

S --- Scripture, scrunchies, seashells, seeds, sequins, skates, stamping, stamps, starry nights, stencils, stickers, succulents, sudoku, sunrises, sunsets,

T --- tea, tea cups, testimonies, Texas, thunderstorms, tissue paper, tote bags, trails, travel,

U --- umbrellas,

V --- vineyards, violin,

W --- washi tape, watercolor, wine, word games,

X ---

Y --- youtube,

Z --- zentangles,

IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER...

Christian/Gospel

• I Speak Jesus and Endless Praise by Charity Gayle
• Even Then by Micah Tyler
• My God Fights for Me by Charity Gayle, Micah Tyler, and Kaden Slay
• 10000 Reasons by Matt Redman
• Even If by Mercy Me
• Whom Shall I Fear by Chris Tomlin
• Give My Love Away and Nothing Wasted by Laura Meadows
• Scars by I Am They
• Face to Face by Mat Kearney
• Keep Me In The Moment by Jeremy Camp
• Don't Tread On Me by We The Kingdom
• John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 by Keith Urban
• Run by OneRepublic
• We Goin' Be Alright by Tye Tribbett
• Weary Traveler by Jordan St. Cyr
• Nobody by Casting Crowns feat Matthew West
• Head Above Water by Avril Lavigne
• I Trust You by Jonathan Traylor
• Cornerstone, Scars, I Just Need U and Help Is On The Way by Toby Mac
• Brighter Days by Blessing Offor
• Good God Almighty, Grave Robber, Dash by Crowder
• House Of The Lord and Battle Belongs by Phil Wickham
• Awake by Beckah Shae
• Cries of the Crusaders by Struggle Jennings and Caitlynne Curtis
• Big God by Terrian
• Up by Forrest Frank and Conner Price
• To Hell with the Devil by for King and Country, Lecrae and Stryper
• Jesus Called My Name by Zauntee

Instrumental

• Lindsey Stirling: Transcendence, Crystallize, Artemis, The Phoenix, Master of Tides, The Arena,
• Unspoken by Ian Wong
• Fade Into Darkness by Avicii
• Faded by Alan Walker
• Misty Mountains by David Arkenstone
• Alejandro by Vitamin String Quartet
• Heathens by Simply Three
• First Harvest by Informant
• Center of Gravity by Pjutureprimitive
• Blessed by Josh Vietti

Pop Rock/EDM/Funk

• Addicted by Saving Abel
• Cassie by Flyleaf
• Radioactive, Thunder and Demons by Imagine Dragons
• Paralyzer by Finger Eleven
• Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
• Counting Stars by One Republic
• Stressed Out by Twenty-One Pilots
• First Date by Blink 182
• Father Of Mine by Everclear
• Real World and 3 AM by Matchbox Twenty
• Here Is Gone by The Goo Goo Dolls
• B!tch by Meredith Brooks
• Psycho by Puddle of Mud
• Californication and Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Clocks by Coldplay
• Promises by Nero feat Skrillex
• Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones
• Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars
• Fighter by Christina Aguilera
• Cruise by Florida Georgia Line
• Pompeii by Bastille

Rock/Hard Rock

• Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• I Hate Everything About You and It's All Over by Three Days Grace
• Cold by Crossfade
• Fake It and Breakdown by Seether
• I Will Not Bow, Evil Angel, and The Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin
• Bodies by Drowning Pool
• Last Resort by Papa Roach
• Me and Mary Jane by Black Stone Cherry
• Sweet Home Alabama and Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynard
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and Thunderstruck by ACDC
• My Sacrifice by Creed
• Take Me To Church by Hozier
• Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
• Renegades by X Ambassadors
• Love Don't Die by The Fray
• Call Me When Your Sober and Wake Me Up by Evanescence

Folk/Rock

• Savage Daughter by Sarah Hester Ross
• Come Away To The Water by Maroon 5 feat Rozzi Crane
• The Hanging Tree by James Newton Howard feat Jennifer Lawrence
• Silhouettes by Monsters and Men
• Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
• I See Fire by Ed Sheeran
• Arms Of A Woman by Amos Lee
• I Am Yours by Tracy Chapman
• House of the Rising Sun and Lullaby of Woe by Peter Hollens
• Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Country

• The Champion by Carrie Underwood feat Ludacris
• Country Must Be Country Wide and Kick It In The Sticks by Brantley Gilbert
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band
• Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson
• Don't Take The Girl by Tim McGraw
• Amarillo By Morning by George Strait
• Fancy by Reba McEntire
• God's Country by Blake Shelton
• Champagne Night by Lady A
• You Make It Easy and Dirt Road Anthem by Jason Aldean
• Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter

Rap/R&B/HipHop

• Human by Rag' n' Bone Man
• Tha Crossroads and Thuggish Ruggish Bone by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor
• Hideaway by Kiesza
• Sway by Luis Fonsi
• Migraine, Screen by 21 Pilots
• To Be A Man, God's Eyes, Lonely Dirt Road by Dax