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mommy and journey, originally uploaded by joymadison.

sanctuary is a word which here means a small safe place in a troubling world;
like an oasis in a vast desert or an island in a stormy sea
the [...]

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self portrait tuesday 5/21, originally uploaded by joymadison.

more tatoos, sorry again mom:) These are my 1st and 3rd tatoos. Sun was done before I was even legal. It was my ONE act [...]

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too much sun, originally uploaded by joymadison.

journey’s first day at the pool was a little too much for her:)

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father’s day 1, originally uploaded by joymadison.

Father’s Day photo shoot with the kiddos and daddy!
Click photo for more.

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fathers day minibook/deskframe, originally uploaded by joymadison.

from me and the kids to daddy.
Click photo for more views including decorated front cover.
Patterned paper:
blue polka dot-doddlebug
pink striped-doddlebug
green polka dot-anna griffin (I think)
orange-ki memories
letters-poster letters from [...]

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sitting 2, originally uploaded by joymadison.

Yesterday was Journey’s first day of sitting on her own for a long period of time. She is offically a sitter! YAY!!!

I am a world class ass. I don’t know how to be “normal.” I know I know, what’s normal, but seriously I wish I was a little more normal than I am. I cannot for the life of me keep things straight. Do you watch Starting Over? I feel like [...]

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tie one on – june, originally uploaded by joymadison.

Here’s my entry for this months “tie one on.” I am not SUPER happy with it, it looks better on the hanger then it does on [...]

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forest prints online store, originally uploaded by joymadison.

Another cool place for yo azzz! More fun with felt, and other things…I guess I like the felt, b/c everything I chose to display is felt. [...]

HERE is a cool site that shows a bunch of sketches from different artists journal/sketchbooks. Check it out!

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giorgia atzeni_jpg, originally uploaded by joymadison.

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jump ropin fool, originally uploaded by joymadison.

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Lifebuoy, originally uploaded by Joey Harrison.

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old-gas-pumps, originally uploaded by swardraws.

After a LONG day with my kids (every day is a long day with 3 5 years old and younger) I went to get gasoline in the car. My 30 [...]

….I don’t think we are ready to own a home again.
For those of you who’ve followed this blog for awhile, or just know me personally, you’ll know we’ve been trying to sell our house in Indiana for a LONG time. It went on the market Oct. 31st, and finally went through around [...]

I hate commercials as much as the next consumer. I don’t think that commercials make me buy things….it might help name recognition, but I don’t usually buy things b/c they have a commercial. I really hate annoying commercials, commercials for medicine, previews for horror movies (during Jay Leno every night) and car [...]