the marshalls

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

two days in a row...

i wore flip flops and loved it!

thank goodness for my glitter toe pedi in slc, just in the nick of time.

back from the dead

owen

ella

liam

remember that time when i opened an etsy shop.

i gave it a great name like "my paper moon".

sold around 10 items right off the bat.

...and then completely dropped the ball and let the thing die a slow and painful death.

well, my sister had spencer and i make her these silhouette images of her kids to hang in her living room and they turned out so cute i'm resurrecting the store.

i'm thinking of making one each year of olive to include in her baby book.

check it out here.

i think they'd be pretty cute framed, on canvas, as wall decals, on cards...

Thursday, March 11, 2010

all for a ke$ha makeover...?

right?

questionable. though dumpster diving in l.a. does sound fabulous...?

the makers of this spoof could care less. though they'll likely be the winners of this coveted prize, i'm betting the reward for this video with almost 500,000 hits in less than a week will be much better than a makeover from ke$ha.

can you say:

u-tube home page-check

link from timemagazine.com-check

...the film crew for a major motion picture-i wouldn't be surprised

if you've seen ke$ha's music video for "tik tok" and are aware of the competition to spoof it, if you like obscure star wars references, if you'd like to see a man princess leia, or if you're curious as to the creativity of my brother-in-law ty and his coworker eddie...

this is worth a view.

if it doesn't make sense to you just go with it, nearly 500,000 other views have.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

life.

last saturday we made the familiar drive with my parents from boise to nyssa.

i hadn't been in years, and it was nice to have olive meet my grandma and grandpa frederiksen for the first time. we spent the afternoon talking around the kitchen table as i remember doing so many times as a child. i watched my grandma sleep, i admired the quilt that was stretched in the living room, i watched my dad feed his mother, i took a walk with olive in the field by the barn, i listened to grandpa play the piano. nothing unusual happened, but it was deeply memorable and reflective for me.

my grandma passed away last night.

she was 77 years old and she had been battling alzheimers for several years. alzheimers is a mean disease. she digressed in stages from forgetful to confused, to delightful, to combative, to sedative, to helpless. I wasn't around for a lot of the process, but I was able to see her on occasion and it was a difficult journey to witness, it took her from us long before last night.

she died peacefully on wednesday, february 24, 2010 surrounded by family, a reminder to me that the most important things in life are our relationships with others.

my grandma lived a simple life in terms defined by many, but she was a great example to me of creativity, determination, and service. she was the only one that called me andrea.

we will miss you grandma.