Wednesday, January 7, 2009
what to do, what to do?
Today I had to go up to campus to take care of a few things and I got pretty sad that I don't go to school there anymore. There are definitely a few things that I won't miss but BYU has been good to me and I will definitely miss it. Mostly I'm sad to leave the social aspect of it all- running into old friends, making new friends in classes, and having teachers/peers help me learn to be better. I have always liked school and I love learning new things(not that I will ever stop learning but school does make it pretty convenient). Plus I have been in school for almost as long as I can remember so this is a pretty weird transition for me. I think the main problem is that I am really bad with change. I have no idea what to do with myself and I change my mind every five minutes. On Sunday I decided that I was not going to look for a full-time job and just start making stuff to sell on Etsty, etc. On Monday I started a letterpress project and decided freelance work is a big pain. Today I have been home all day working on projects and decided once again that a full time job at a place where there are other PEOPLE would be great. We'll see what I think tomorrow. I am open to suggestions.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Christmas Break Festivities
James and I have both had a busy but good Christmas break! We decided to stay in Utah for Christmas this year so we could get on the same Christmas schedule as the rest of James' family. I was relieved not to have to drive to Washington in the snow but I think it might have been more relaxing to go! We have spent most of the break working and driving to Midway when we were not working to hang out with my family. All of James' co-workers left town for the holidays so he has been really busy overseeing their projects and I continually wonder why I decided working retail during the holidays is a good idea. Oh well, we are both grateful that we have jobs!
Don't worry we've been busy having fun too. We got to see my entire family, go sledding, play games, play wii, eat a lot of Nancy's food, and watch quite a few movies. Here are some pictures from all the festivities:
CHRISTMAS DAY
We spent Christmas morning at my parents' house with the Austins. Later we braved the snow and headed down to Provo to meet the rest of my family. I am really sad I didn't get a picture of all the snow. It was ridiculous. I don't think I have every seen that much in such a short period of time.
Knights Spencer and Andrew opened some knight shields. They didn't even need swords they just started attacking each other with the the shields.
James and I sporting our Christmas presents. Don't we look lovely in the morning? We like to call this year the Christmas of Knives. We asked for kitchen knives and we just kept on opening REALLY nice knives! Plus I got James a pocket knife. If you need anything chopped, sliced, or diced you know who to call. Hopefully I keep all my fingers.
Opening presents at Matt's house
My nephews and brother-in-law in their matching Holiday sweaters
Classic Jerry photo. Eyes closed. Mouth open.
Cute little Anna, We haven't seen her for a few months and it is crazy how much she has changed!
SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY
Every year my Mom's side of the family has a party. Apparently this year there was a talent portion but the Joneses missed the boat. We tried some impromptu singing from the grandkids but it didn't go over too well. The highlight of the party was probably when my Aunt Susie came out dressed in my Grandma Winnie's old fur and hat and danced to "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer".
The Jones Family "Jingle Bells" performance. As you can see from the thumbs down in the photo we were not the most popular act. At least they're all so good lookin'.
Aunt Susie in her Grandma Winnie outfit. My mom makes that same face when she dances.
MIDWAY ICE SKATING
Sarah, Andrew, and I decided to take a trip to the Midway ice rink. We had a good time playing tag.
Slowly we are getting back into a normal routine. I think it will be really weird for me not to go back to school on Monday when James goes. Today is the first day I have felt a little bored so I started the job hunt. Hopefully I can find something good...the problem is I have no idea where to look. I found a few okay possibilities today so I guess I better get my act together and send out some resumes.
We hope everyone had happy holidays!
Don't worry we've been busy having fun too. We got to see my entire family, go sledding, play games, play wii, eat a lot of Nancy's food, and watch quite a few movies. Here are some pictures from all the festivities:
CHRISTMAS DAY
We spent Christmas morning at my parents' house with the Austins. Later we braved the snow and headed down to Provo to meet the rest of my family. I am really sad I didn't get a picture of all the snow. It was ridiculous. I don't think I have every seen that much in such a short period of time.
Knights Spencer and Andrew opened some knight shields. They didn't even need swords they just started attacking each other with the the shields.
James and I sporting our Christmas presents. Don't we look lovely in the morning? We like to call this year the Christmas of Knives. We asked for kitchen knives and we just kept on opening REALLY nice knives! Plus I got James a pocket knife. If you need anything chopped, sliced, or diced you know who to call. Hopefully I keep all my fingers.
Opening presents at Matt's house
My nephews and brother-in-law in their matching Holiday sweaters
Classic Jerry photo. Eyes closed. Mouth open.
Cute little Anna, We haven't seen her for a few months and it is crazy how much she has changed!
SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY
Every year my Mom's side of the family has a party. Apparently this year there was a talent portion but the Joneses missed the boat. We tried some impromptu singing from the grandkids but it didn't go over too well. The highlight of the party was probably when my Aunt Susie came out dressed in my Grandma Winnie's old fur and hat and danced to "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer".
The Jones Family "Jingle Bells" performance. As you can see from the thumbs down in the photo we were not the most popular act. At least they're all so good lookin'.
Aunt Susie in her Grandma Winnie outfit. My mom makes that same face when she dances.
MIDWAY ICE SKATING
Sarah, Andrew, and I decided to take a trip to the Midway ice rink. We had a good time playing tag.
Slowly we are getting back into a normal routine. I think it will be really weird for me not to go back to school on Monday when James goes. Today is the first day I have felt a little bored so I started the job hunt. Hopefully I can find something good...the problem is I have no idea where to look. I found a few okay possibilities today so I guess I better get my act together and send out some resumes.
We hope everyone had happy holidays!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
I am Hendricks (almost)
Good news: I am driving legally again. Bad news: I no longer have any proof of being a Texan. First the TX license plates went, then the 512 area code, now the driver's license. I still love humidity, warm weather, longhorn sports, good BBQ, and breakfast tacos but legally I'm a Utah gal.
I finally got a new driver's license yesterday and changed my name while I was at it. I still have to go to the social security office and get a new card but I'm half way there. Hopefully it won't take me 2 years to do that. Since I'm terrible with change I just went ahead and kept all my names(although I spent the majority of my childhood hating my middle name and pinching boys who called me Amelia Bedelia). I am now Utah driver Meredith Amelia Jones Hendricks. How's that for a mouth full.
I finally got a new driver's license yesterday and changed my name while I was at it. I still have to go to the social security office and get a new card but I'm half way there. Hopefully it won't take me 2 years to do that. Since I'm terrible with change I just went ahead and kept all my names(although I spent the majority of my childhood hating my middle name and pinching boys who called me Amelia Bedelia). I am now Utah driver Meredith Amelia Jones Hendricks. How's that for a mouth full.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
BYEbye POLAROID
I saw this article on CNN today. It made me really sad. I always wanted to own a polaroid camera...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/08/polaroid.farewell/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/08/polaroid.farewell/index.html
Sunday, December 7, 2008
finally some stuff to blog about and some time to blog about it
Even though life has been a little crazy lately we've managed to have a little fun too:
THANKSGIVING
James' family came for Thanksgiving and since my parents decided to take off on a cruise we took over their house in Midway for a few days. It was a much needed break for James and I and mostly consisted of eating, playing the Wii, football, and of course my favorite shopping trip to Park City the day after Thanksgiving. We also played paintball with one of James' co-worker's family. I think it will probably be my first and last time playing paintball. I'm not sure the pain is worth it. Below are some pics from all the activities.
The annual Turkey Bowl participants
The before shot - check out our cool paintball gear. I tried to wear lots of padding. I definitely recommend the puffy vest for protection.
The after shot
This is one of my many bruises from paintball. The picture does not even do it justice.
CORRESPONDENCE OPENING RECEPTION
Friday night was the opening of my BFA show. I'm so glad my show is finally all up and it was a really fun night. There was a good turnout and it was so fun to see friends and family and answering all the questions about my show was really good practice for me. Thank you to all those who helped by sending me their correspondences and to those who came to see the show. I owe a special thanks to my former roommate Sarah Cowan Larsen for flying in from San Fransisco to see it. I really appreciate the support from everyone and I am grateful I have such wonderful friends and family! A lot of people were asking me if I was going to sell my prints and for how much but I was kind of unprepared for that part of it and didn't really know what price to tell them. The business part of art is really overwhelming for me (I always just want to give them away) but I think I sold some of the prints.
NOAH'S BAPTISM
My nephew Noah was baptized on Saturday morning. He is one good kid and we were glad we could be there for his Baptism!
Our handsome nephews Noah, Trevor, and Jacob
HOLIDATE 08
On Saturday night we went to our friends Melissa and Emily's grandparent's cabin in Oakley for a holiday party they like to call holidate. It was fun to hang out with old friends and Melissa did a wonderful job cooking, decorating, etc. Because James and I were some of the few lame marrieds there and because James refuses to dance we spent the latter half of the party sitting on the couch being very entertained by other's dance moves.
King James - I think James looks pretty good as royalty
Just posing for a Christmas picture by the fire
Hair pieces courtesy of the white elephant portion of the party. Everyone agreed it was a good look for James.
I debated whether I should actually post this picture but I figured Sarah would if I didn't...Rachelle and I were just reliving some dance moves from our Freshman year but apparently my dance skills have gone down hill. Perhaps this picture explains why James won't dance with me.
It has really been a roller coaster ride the last few weeks and I have never been so ready for Christmas break. I hope to avoid vinyl tape/numbers, matboard cutters, and t-pins for quite some time. This week is the last week of class and next week is finals hopefully it will be smooth sailing from here on out. James and I hope to get some letterpress projects done this week so I will try to post the results.
THANKSGIVING
James' family came for Thanksgiving and since my parents decided to take off on a cruise we took over their house in Midway for a few days. It was a much needed break for James and I and mostly consisted of eating, playing the Wii, football, and of course my favorite shopping trip to Park City the day after Thanksgiving. We also played paintball with one of James' co-worker's family. I think it will probably be my first and last time playing paintball. I'm not sure the pain is worth it. Below are some pics from all the activities.
The annual Turkey Bowl participants
The before shot - check out our cool paintball gear. I tried to wear lots of padding. I definitely recommend the puffy vest for protection.
The after shot
This is one of my many bruises from paintball. The picture does not even do it justice.
CORRESPONDENCE OPENING RECEPTION
Friday night was the opening of my BFA show. I'm so glad my show is finally all up and it was a really fun night. There was a good turnout and it was so fun to see friends and family and answering all the questions about my show was really good practice for me. Thank you to all those who helped by sending me their correspondences and to those who came to see the show. I owe a special thanks to my former roommate Sarah Cowan Larsen for flying in from San Fransisco to see it. I really appreciate the support from everyone and I am grateful I have such wonderful friends and family! A lot of people were asking me if I was going to sell my prints and for how much but I was kind of unprepared for that part of it and didn't really know what price to tell them. The business part of art is really overwhelming for me (I always just want to give them away) but I think I sold some of the prints.
NOAH'S BAPTISM
My nephew Noah was baptized on Saturday morning. He is one good kid and we were glad we could be there for his Baptism!
Our handsome nephews Noah, Trevor, and Jacob
HOLIDATE 08
On Saturday night we went to our friends Melissa and Emily's grandparent's cabin in Oakley for a holiday party they like to call holidate. It was fun to hang out with old friends and Melissa did a wonderful job cooking, decorating, etc. Because James and I were some of the few lame marrieds there and because James refuses to dance we spent the latter half of the party sitting on the couch being very entertained by other's dance moves.
King James - I think James looks pretty good as royalty
Just posing for a Christmas picture by the fire
Hair pieces courtesy of the white elephant portion of the party. Everyone agreed it was a good look for James.
I debated whether I should actually post this picture but I figured Sarah would if I didn't...Rachelle and I were just reliving some dance moves from our Freshman year but apparently my dance skills have gone down hill. Perhaps this picture explains why James won't dance with me.
It has really been a roller coaster ride the last few weeks and I have never been so ready for Christmas break. I hope to avoid vinyl tape/numbers, matboard cutters, and t-pins for quite some time. This week is the last week of class and next week is finals hopefully it will be smooth sailing from here on out. James and I hope to get some letterpress projects done this week so I will try to post the results.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Done
Well after 3 somewhat traumatizing (I'll explain in detail later) days of installing the show is up. It will actually be up until Jan. 9 because nothing was scheduled to go up over the holidays. I'm glad it will be up longer because I feel like it makes taking so long to install it worth it.
James and I are worn out and really glad it's done. We did have an enjoyable Thanksgiving and I have some good pictures from our activities so I'll try to post those soon.
James and I are worn out and really glad it's done. We did have an enjoyable Thanksgiving and I have some good pictures from our activities so I'll try to post those soon.
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