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bad day, originally uploaded by joymadison.

I’m glad the weeks almost over!
I’m not going to go into it….ask my brother Kevin, its an amazingly long story.
Let’s just say it involves:
3 dead batteries (3 actual [...]

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Cat Clutch Interior, originally uploaded by Lizette Greco.

I have been talking about Lizette lately and I wanted to introduce you to her if you don’t know her work. She takes her childrens drawings and [...]

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Ella’s E, originally uploaded by joymadison.

I’m gettin crafty folks! I found this sweater again at the Goodwill. It was smaller so I decided to embellish it for my new niece coming next month, [...]

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thrift store collage, originally uploaded by joymadison.

Yesterday was a good day at Goodwill:
6 pairs of jeans for $1 each
3 vintage sweaters for journey
(2 for her and 1 for her new girl cousin arriving in 2 [...]

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, originally uploaded by joymadison.

On Friday night before all this craziness, we went to the Plush You exhibit at Schmancy in Seattle. I got to hang out with the wonderful Moki, and Lizette (and [...]

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sleeping outside, originally uploaded by joymadison.

Jaden is sleeping out our small (approx 5×7 foot deck) for the first time. How boyish….how cute!

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windblown, originally uploaded by isaidjon.

look at this fool, ridin a HARLEY!!! What a stud!

Praise God! They sent him home with few drugs, and a call in to the the cardiologist. Everything is looking okay. Thanks for all of the thoughts and prayers!

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7 months 21, originally uploaded by joymadison.

God is good ALL the time!
He is watching out for us! I have a story to tell you:
On the Saturday night of our move (2 weeks ago tonight), [...]

Jon is in the hospital overnight for observation. He’s had some chest pain that they are trying to diagnose. Everything is coming back normal, but they want to observe him overnight to rule out cardiac problems. He will be seeing a cardiologist in the morning. Please pray that they are able to figure out what [...]

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sewn card 1, originally uploaded by joymadison.

are these machine sewn cards. I had the idea a few days ago. My friend Jill had made this cool tag for Jaylie’s birthday, that had her [...]

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self p self t, originally uploaded by isaidjon.

is hardcore, yo!
This is a recent self portrait!
check out his phtos HERE
check out his blog HERE

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Tara Whitney Photography, originally uploaded by joymadison.

I am not an uber fan. Its something I actually think is a problem. I blogged about this a LONG time ago, but I don’t get THAT [...]

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muscles 7, originally uploaded by joymadison.

m-”jaden you are a pretty boy”
j- “no mama, I’m a coooooool boy”

idiosyncracy: structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. write down five of your idiosyncracies. then, if you wish, tag five people. so here we go:
a. I like to make lists and then lose them. I rarely actually follow my list and cross things off, but I do like to make [...]