SwapBot - International Hot Chococlate Sachet #3

Almost totally forgot about this one! I have just reeived a request from Malaysia to re-send my package because it was not received yet however the same package to my second partner in England was received. Hmmm... should I wait another week? Maybe thier customs are holding it or thier mail is slow? I told her I would re-send so that my ratings wouldn't be tarnished. I received my pacakge to from my partner in Poland and what great surprise because not only was there the 2 sachets of hot chocolate but there were 3 extra teas and some cutie stickers too. I have given Aleksandra a heart as well as a BIG 5 rating for her great swap.  Thanks!!

Tea Swap #160 - 5 Herbal tea's

I have got SO MUCH tea now, even more than I can drink in a month. I am definatley going to have to take a break from tea swapping for awhile just so that I can catch up. It is coming summer and the amount of tea I drink will drop as the weather gets nicer. It seems like a winter thing to me to have a nice hot cup of ta on a cold night. Am I right? Well, money is getting tight too and so I will eventually have to cut back on my swaps (as much as it kills me to do so!) Anyway, here I have some new swaps adding to the collection! % herbal teas which is right up my alley cuz most of the teas I swap are herbal. Go a great package from Erin on the US including something called Trader Joe's Bedtime tea. Sounds cool. I have also received a swap frm Josey in California. Josey girl, you are the best trader! Always on time and always my favorites! Thanks to both ladies for the great tea! Still having a little struggle to get my tea out for this swap, will attempt after this blog post. Got new teas though to send to everyone so mine arn't always the same Stash brand anymore. :S

Sweets RR - Group 9 Gums

Nom, nom, nom! Who doesn't like gum? So I joined this RR because you got to send your partners 5 types of gums. I have receieved some now so I can post. Got my first package from Spain, 6 pieces of gumballs and a extra Lots-a-fizz candy. his are always good. the gumballs cme squished flat but still work and taste good all the same. Thankst Amapola for those. As well, DaeRiin also sent me some gums, more than I had sent to anyone else but there was a statement saying you could send more if you chose. I did not due to mail costs. I a hoping thatmy partners did not feel cheated by the lack of gum I sent compared to others. I feel there should be a better specification, not just "if you want" you can send more. I don't think I will be signing up for aher swap like this again and I should have given it more thought before I signed up. I had to go buy 5 different gums, most of which I would not chew myself. I only got them for variety purposes and to give someone else a different taste of gum from Canada (this is the reason for the swap) Now each of those packages come with 20 pieces so now I am left over with this gums that taste too sweet. Kind of a waste to me. I guess I could give it to my room mates child. The swap is a great idea but ony a one-time deal for me to see how it went. Not easy like the tea swaps!

SwapBot - International Book Swap

Heya peeps!
Joined another swap quite awhile back for a International book swap through SwapBot because i was looking for something new to read. I totaly love this idea of swapping a paperback book with someone else in the world. We were assigned one partner for this swap and had to go by what thier preference of book was in thier profile. My partner was a lady from the US who requested a mystery or crime type book so I sent her (from my own collection of books) A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton. It was the only one I had in that genere because I have tried to get into that stlye of reading but connot. It had been hanging arond, unread for years so I figured maybe it needed a good home. I received from Germany the book Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Inncodent. I have started reading it and it is interesting based on the fact that it has to do with real life goblins, centaurs and fairys in real life. I haven't gotten too far into it but it seems pretty good. I have to admit, I have interupted that book with a different one called The Hunger Games.

Tea RR #172 - 5 Tea's

This particular swap has to be the BEST one I have recieved yet just because the tea's were so aromatic and OMG they taste like cinnamon and apple and mint!!! A BIG Thanks to Leslie (Ctrekoza) in Turkey for sending me the first of 4 to be received for this swap. She warned me on a note in the envelope that the one "Hot Cinnamon Spice" is very hot and caught her off gaurd when she first drank it. Thanks for the head's up but unfortunatley I choked too when I sipped it. IT's REALLY spicy!! Like 100 melted cinnamon heart candies or something. It took me awhile to drink it actually and it was kind of gross at the end when it got cold. Not quite a fan of that one but thanks for letting me have a try! It smelled great as did the whole envelope, the whole mailbox radiated cinnamon!! The postman either likes to deliver my mail or thinks I'm strange. Happy to see another Dr. Otker tea again. The only one I have in my collection came from Brazil last Christmas. I am lovng the loose tea bags more and more too. Once I have depleated my current stash of tea, I will go and get a better round of loose teas. I know a little coffee shop close by my house that sells Two leafs and bud teas. They are a bit pricey but maybe I'll try one out for starters. We'll see!! Can't wait for the rest to arrive.

April 28, 2011 - Oops! Have been far too busy and had to take a break from this for ahwile. I have received some teas and other items from swaps but now I have gotten them all mixed up and I cant remember what goes where. :( I know I have received Xiru's tea for this swap because it took the longest to get to me. I forgot to take picture of all the others that I got. I am so totall not organized anymore. I also received from Manme in Finland too. Thanks guys for all the great teas. I have to make a huge confession, I have not had more than one glass of tea this whole month. I am horrible but have been so busy. I know, not a good enough excuse. I have about 50+ tea bags that I have to scan and upload to my Flickr account. That is going to take most of the day to do. Unfortunatley, my days off from work were guided somewhere else. Maybe next Monday because I have 2 more days off then. Let's see if I can do it. The good news is that I finally got some new teas, not the same Stash teas that i alays get, some new one's from Mighty Leaf and Tazo as well as a Maple flavored tea made here in Canada. Yippie!! I will have to go and sign up for some new swap too to get back into the mix. Thanks everyone for being so paitent, if anyone actually read

these blogs???

Sweets RR - 50 grams Chocolate Bar

Received this package from Kenji in Japan today. Was a little dissapointed that it was only half the chocolate that I was supposed to receive, 26 grams instead of 50 grams BUT I am not going to worry about it. He sent a tea bag to make up for it. Thank you Kenji, hope all is well there in your area of Japan. Kenji re-sent his package which I received 2 weeks ago but I was too busy with work to be able to post. It got eaten inj like 10 seconds and was very good. I like almonds and chocolate! Thanks again for re-sending Kenji although you did not have to. Secondly I got a chocolate as well from Slovenia. WOW! This was the sweetest chocolate I've tasted in awhile but it was chewy which made it all the better. Yummo!!!:) I think I also got one from Josey in California but I forgot to take a picture and I ate them all but thanks to Josey ernandez too! LOve that Hersheys stuff, we don't get those sizes here in Canada.

Swap-bot 2 teas swap #2

Got this swap on Tuesday but I forgot which swap it was form so I did some searching and found it in my Swap-bot account from Valerie Donley in the US. Scored another Tazo tea and some others too. Gave Val a 5 for her swap.