Sewing Machine

Just spent an hour figuring out how to:

--Wind a bobbin

--Thread the bobbin

--Thread the needle

--Make sure everything worked!


It has been a Looooooong time since I've actually done all this. Now I can really get to work on that pirate coat! Yay!!!

First Day of Fall Break

As I sit here typing this, I'm enjoying a cup of fresh-brewed chai tea. I'm on a chai tea kick and I just bought some delicious new loose tea leaves at this great store in Downtown Asheville called The Spice and Tea Exchange! They had everything; 30+ kinds of tea, sea salts, and any kind of spices that you can imagine. Downtown Asheville also has A LOT of rare book stores. I think I got dragged into three. They were wonderful though. Then Teej and I ate luch at this new Indian street foods restaurant called Chai Pani. It was surprisingly good, but a little too heavily spiced, which is untraditional. :(

I also realized today that I have a strange urge to give dollar bills to street musicians...not plain old bums...but street musicians. Everytime I walked by one I would want to pause but TJ wouldn't let me, which is probably a good thing. Haha. I'm so torn on this subject. Most of them appear to be grubby bums who probably just want cash to go buy some booze. Thinking about them like this makes me not want to give them money, because I don't want to enable them. On the other hand, what if they really are hungry. It's just such a difficult issue!!!!

After we finished downtown, we went to the mall and shopped which was super fun! I bought a few new fall clothes, some new perfume, and this really amazing dress that I absolutely LOVE! :D I love the mall, but shopping makes me really tired, so after shopping we had to eat again. Went to Olive Garden because I HAD to have their salad and breadsticks! If you can't tell, TJ and I love to eat. :D

Coming home we got stuck in I-40 construction traffic...yay....
It was okay though cause we had good music...Taylor Swift...to listen to.

Fall break is off to a great start! I can't wait til Rachel and I go on our monthly dinner date! It's my pick this time. Where should we go? Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe Rumor Haz It in Clayton.

Spiders

Spiders absolutely scare the living daylights out of me. I LOATHE them with an intense, fiery, passion. I have seen more HUGE spiders in the past two weeks than I have in my entire life. When I see them, I run screaming "KILL IT KILL IT" like a little girl, to my Daddy. He ALWAYS rolls his eyes and says you really need to get over this...but
I CAN'T. Spiders are probably one of my biggest fears.

Another thing I hate is diction.

I hate it so much I dropped the class and I'm going to take it next year. I just had too much on my plate this year. It is amazing how my stress level decreased.

I also have this dumb health and wellness class where all we do is busy work. I'm healthy; I'd rather dance my butt off than sit in a stupid lecture.

Ugh, anyway. On a lighter note, tomorrow is the last day before Fall break!

*Angel Choir sings HALLELUJAH*
Speaking of hallelujah, watch this video. Its fun! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTEzNU

Can't wait till fall break...That means this semester is half way over! WOWWWW...
I'm dying to go shopping. I think I'm going to go this Thursday and buy a bunch of new clothes for fall! YAY!!! I'm turning into a clothes horse...

Anyway, I'm procrastinating. I have a melodic dictation to do and then I need to sleeeep.
Goodnight!

Love,
Abishmell

I'm so excited! I'm making mine and TJ's Halloween costumes this year! We're going to be pirates! Went to Goodwill and found some fun pieces that just need a little roughing up and embellishing! Will post pictures later!

Also, just in case anyone is wondering, school is AWESOME this semester! I absolutely love all my classes...except for Diction for Singers II. UGH. Anyway, I'm really focused on my major and I really really love it. I just hope and pray that I'll be able to use all the wonderful skills I'm learning.

Played at a reception before a big concert today. Then I got to go see the concert, which was a group of five violinists that played arrangements of well-known classical, bluegrass, and popular tunes while dancing and singing. It was SO amazing how talented these people were. The group was called Barrage. Look them up if you get the chance.

Love ya'll!
Abishmell

The reason I've been posting such random, short, blogs is because I've nothing to say, but I feel as if I should post something. :D
This school year is going to be interesting. I'm working a little bit at the dessert factory...Mostly on weekends. And I'm going to school five days a week. funn funnnn funnnnnn!

Choices

Picking out a toothbrush is difficult.

To Rachel-poo:

Abishmell sad.

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Abishmell miss her Rachel-poo terribly.

Love,

Abishmell