December 2011
6 posts
Merry Christmas Eve! →
This is how it looked outside a few days ago: SO PRETTY! But it’s all melty now. Boo. It’s actually sunny today, but it’s still VERY COLD outside! I let the boys open a Christmas Even…
UPDATE... →
I know I am the biggest nerd, but how great is this: Because I finished my last semester with STRAIGHT A+, I bumped my final cumulative GPA to a 4.18!! Hooray! I’m just tickled. And I’m…
Hooray For Me! →
Pretty excited that I made this happen (three months before my 40th birthday!)… Supergeek! But I’m happily nerdly. Graduating at the tippy-top of my class… summa cum laude…
Stranger Factory Winter Salon Goodness... →
So last night was the opening reception for The Stranger Factory’s Winter Salon… Of course I had to go… But I didn’t anticipate the FREEZING COLD STORM that blustered through with 80 mph wind…
November 2011
6 posts
Only the Coolest People... →
I’m giving myself a little break from the 20-page research paper I’m writing to update about the Stranger Factory show that I went to last week… There is a fantastic article over at Circus…
Picture of the Day →
This photo is just TOO GOOD not to share… I give you Brown University’s Taxidermy class of 1875: (Click image to see larger) Today was an excellent day… I caught up on about a million…
600 Posts and Still Truckin' →
According to Blogger, this is my 600th post… Not bad. Could be better. But I’m still here!! Here are a slew of fabulous pictures… I have so many that are keeping me in my HAPPY PLACE, I could…
Hand washing song →
Stone and his friend Conner, singing at school… That’s my boy! ;)
Mop Art →
Here’s some more pictures from set-up weekend - this shows how AWESOME my husband is! Seriously. He was the BEST help!! I’m still sifting through a million…
On An Artist's High... →
So it’s only be two full days that my exhibition has been open, and I already have over 20 pieces sold! It’s really overwhelming… The response from the faculty has been beyond anything that I could…
October 2011
9 posts
Installation Day!! →
Holy cow, I am beyond exhausted… But I am SO EXCITED!! I only had one casualty while hanging today… But it has already been repaired and…
HETERODOXY! →
My postcard is done!! Also, I’m baby-stepping towards my own website… It’s pretty much just a shell right now, but it will be developed more soon… ValencyGenis.com is there now, at…
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September 2011
6 posts
Cats and Dogs and Ducks →
The boys and I have to get visas to go to England this time… When we went back in 2000, I don’t remember having to get visas, but that was pre-9/11, so that might be it… I’m just waiting on dates…
Fast Photo Post and MY SISTER!! →
So my best and favorite sister Kippy just surprised me with the news that SHE IS COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR MY SHOW!! I am so excited - she finally gets to glimpse a little bit of my world, AND she…
Thursday Randomness... →
Shane and I went out to dinner this past weekend with a group of friends, one being my best-guyfriend AC (who took his longtime girlfriend on a hot air balloon ride the next morning and PROPOSED to…
When Scorpions Attack! →
On Sunday, I woke up to this note on the floor outside my bedroom:
“I let a scorpion out last night but I’m not sure if it might have gotten back inside So watch your step”
When Stone…
August 2011
2 posts
Born This Way. →
Sorry for my absence - first week of school, moving prep, it is just insanity around here. Shane had to replace his clutch in the Escape, which we’re selling in a matter of months - couldn’t it have…
July 2011
10 posts
Sneaky Peeky... →
The production for my solo show is plugging right along… I have both 3D and 2D works going into it… My Unorthodox Taxidermy-based pieces are some of my FAVORITES! Ever since I started…
Mug Shots, To Go... →
Went and got our passport photos taken on base yesterday… The lady took 4 or 5 pictures of me, because she had to get the lighting set up correctly… By the time she got the photo right, my smile…
Kathie and Brandt = SWOON. Seriously. →
So the artist talk from Kathie Olivas was AMAZING. There was just a handful of student’s from the painting class, and Kathie was sweet and endearing and answered every trivial question…
Appointments, Mate! →
This week or two is full of appointments - dental for me, dental for the boys, doctor for me, doctor for the boys (all in order to get paperwork signed off that or health and our teeth are GOOD),…
Five Alive →
I think editing and posting five pictures each day is do-able… Here is my niece Vivian, who is also my surrogate daughter: She is the funniest, giggliest girl in the world and I ADORE…
Making A List, Checking It Twice... →
So my life is FULL of lists right now… Shit I need to do around the house, schoolwork, getting ready for THE BIG MOVE… The pool is up and the boys took their inaugural swim immediately - it…
June 2011
10 posts
One Step Closer to the Edge... →
Yes, we’re officially one step closer to the UK… The first set of whatever paperwork is necessary in the military was issued, which means the boys and I need to head in and get our passports - OH…
Wine and Sh*t... →
Tired of the red dress yet? I’m not. I was fully channelling my inner Patsy in this shot. My friend Lindsey snapped the shot below as I daintily plucked burrs from my fancy dress…
Art of the Electronic Type. →
Our instructor will be giving us a copy of a DVD with everyone’s films on it, I was told… This is GREAT because I want to show them to my husband and my sister… I wouldn’t dare post them on the…
My PEEPS... →
Here is the official ‘Group Shot’ that I took on my humble little fancy-pants camera (there were a lot of nicer cameras than mine there, but no one else was in the mood to set up the shot on their…
May 2011
4 posts
A Valency Art Book, or A Book of Art By Valency →
So in going through all of my CRAPOLA in order to have a massive yard sale in order to move overseas AGAIN, I came across this book I made about 2 years ago for my Drawing II class… The…