Can February March?

Hey, remember me?  I'm still here, I promise!  The past three weeks have been a whirlwind of tests, picking up extra hours at work, and most importantly: practicing ... i swear my fingers twitch in their sleep :)  But I am a survivor ... and I can't believe that only two weeks of classes are between me and spring break!

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I'm sitting here drinking Chai tea, listening to the Les Misérables soundtrack, and looking out the window at our latest snowstorm ... this lazy Sunday afternoon is perfect for blogging!  I was thinking about writing about how I fail at time management, or how social media is ruining females' perception of beauty, or how I am stricken with wanderlust ...but I thought I would ease back into blogging with a list of things that I am excited about in March!  :)

I'm seeing Les Misérables live!! For those of you who don't know, they came out with a movie version of this in 2012. Basically, it's a depressing musical depicting poverty during the French Revolution. Well, technically it could be considered an opera because the story is told through song ... but the music is incredible :)

I applied to be a CA (community assistant, aka resident assistant in other colleges).  I had an interview, job shadow and I have a group interview this Friday!  The job shadow was really helpful because I got to see all sides of the job.  I don't know when I will find out if I got the job, but I think my chances are good :)

I can't wait for weather like this:

I want to run through a field of wild flowers wearing white clothes and waving lightweight bed sheets!  Who's with me?  But instead, we're stuck with below freezing temps.

Alas, I'm forced to ask for extra buffalo sauce on my wrap and drink large amounts of tea and hot chocolate.  It's a struggle, I know :)

Most importantly, I can't wait for spring break!  I'm not doing anything crazy ... just spending time with my family, boyfriend and friends!  Oh, and I hope to sew a lot of doll clothes for my Etsy shop.  Besides, I can't even imagine going to the beach in March ... It sounds too c-c-c-cold!

So that's my list, it sounded a lot more impressive in my head!

Thanks for reading, and don't worry ...

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Sorry, I couldn't help it ... 

Hang in there - spring is coming :)

Amanda

Shameless Self-Promoting

Unfortunately, my job that I was counting on for over winter break fell through, so I had to be creative to come up with a way to make money.  I remembered that my mom used to make Barbie clothes when she was a preteen and teenager.  So, if she can do it ... I can do it too ... right?

That was the dreamer in me talking!  Sewing doll clothes is so much easier said than done.  I mean, you have to cut everything out exactly.  Then, you have to sew itty-bitty seams as straight as you can.  It seems like every time you actually get sewing, something goes wrong.  The thread will get caught, but then it will get caught in another place.  And then you'll go two teeny-tiny stitches in before your bobbin runs out.

Anyways, so I had some frustrating moments ... and my mom was probably the pickiest quality control ever.  But I love her, and I'm eternally grateful.  I need someone to keep me on my toes!  Towards the end, I decided that I really did like sewing ... and I like it even more now that I'm starting to sell some stuff.

In a couple weeks,  I sewed  dresses, pajamas, jeans, shorts, jeans, scarves, lace headbands, gym shorts and skirts.  Mom has continued to sew new clothes, and our Etsy shop is growing!  Right now we have a lot of adorable Valentine's Day outfits! Here's some of my

Here's some of my favorite things that I made :)

My first outfits!  The coral is sold out already, 

but I think the green and pink one is my favorite. :)

Lucky for me, this model 

accepts payment in free doll clothes!

This was the last thing that I made 

before I had to go back to school ... 

I think it's my favorite!

So that's a little bit about how I spent my winter break!  I would love it if you could check out some of the stuff that I'm selling and spread the word.  

Here's my Etsy shop:

www.etsy.com/shop/itssewmedollclothesitssewmedollclothes

If you are local, you can check out my Craigslist's ad here . The clothes are cheaper if you buy them through Craigslist because we won't have to pay for shipping or other fees (shipping is included in the Etsy prices).

Alright, so I'm done repping myself ... I have to stop before everyone starts to hate me!

Much love,

Amanda

Brumal Temperatures

Brumal: of or relating to winter; wintry.

So I wanted to do a post chronicling my day as a music major.  But today was a really bad day to do it because two of my classes were canceled because we got snow overnight ... and I randomly worked for two hours. It was just a weird day.

But yeah, it's kind of cold out.  9* actually.  Yeah, you read that right.

Not 39. 

Not 29. 

Not even 19.  

Just 9.  

That's Fahrenheit, my friends ... 9*!

This morning I was running late* and I thought to myself It's not really that cold out, I don't need to find my hat.  Lies!  It was cold.  Then, class turned out to be canceled.  But it's okay because I needed to practice piano before my lesson ... which I hadn't practiced as much as I should have.

See, this is the problem with being an optimist.  You're never prepared for anything.

It can't rain when we're taking prom pictures.  

I can wear white pants ... I'll just be extra careful where I sit.

My professor wouldn't dare give us a pop quiz the second day of class.

I'll just study extra tomorrow morning before class, maybe put my textbook under my pillow.

Sure, memorizing 10 guitar songs a week before the final is completely possible.

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I rest my case.  In my defense, I usually know how much I can get away with.  My secret?  It's all about working smarter, not harder.  And calculating the lowest grade you need on your final to get the letter grade that you want.  :)

But I guess I can be okay with the cold ... because there's a campus-wide 2 hour delay tomorrow because the temperature is supposed to drop even more.

Rant over.

Huddling for warmth,

Amanda

*This is a normal occurrence ... so really, I guess I shouldn't have been surprise

Ps: I know I sound really whiny, but I would just like to say that I think it's justified a little bit because right now in Alaska it's so much warmer!