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Joy's Hope
www.joyshope.com
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Can you punch a hair product in the face?

(Feel free to laugh at me.  Because this is an awful, laughable, disastrous, mess, times fifty thousand.)A bit ago I had a little adventure at Walmart.  Apparently, the aftershocks of that ...

1 day ago

Easy sandal makeover.

So, I have wanted a pair of yellow Salt Water sandals forever and ever and ever. Sigh...Someday.  Perhaps.  Until that day, I was severely lacking in the yellow sandal department. &nbs...

3 days ago 1 person likes this

Happy Sunday.

5 days ago

Insta-friday week 21

Its been a Pot luck-ing, Eight celebrating, Food begging, Fast and Furious watching,(It never gets old, and I might have even watched it by myself.) Sand eating,  C...

25 may 12

Magical pajamas.

So, I was really awesome at getting my kids to sleep.  Like the mom you hate.  The mom whos kids sleep through the night at eight weeks.  The kids who still take naps in second grade. ...

23 may 12

Totally Desperate Mom

Wendy Hagen is rad.And real.And funny.And encouraging.AND FUNNY.Plus, Im taller than she is, and I am shorter than everyone.If you dont read her blog, you should.  Her post about Pinterest? Go. ...

22 may 12

Happy Sunday.

21 may 12

Insta-Friday week 20

Hello.Just your average week.Pirate ship jumping, small friend walking, baby sleeping, mama celebrating, old school reading, laundry folding, hole digging, treat yoselfing, small friend cozying, teep...

19 may 12

Kapow, Cuppow

So, the morning was crazy.  As it always is when I am trying my best to get the few extra minutes of sleep that I am desperate for, get two kids dressed and detangled, then the other two fed and...

17 may 12

Last year.

Last Mothers day I only knew pink.Last Mothers day the thought of a baby boy was scary.Last Mothers day our son was a mystery.After my hardest pregnancy,my hardest delivery,my hardest recovery,the ha...

15 may 12

Happy Mothers Day.

14 may 12

Thoughts on the job of motherhood...

You can find me here today.Sharing my heart on what working for a neurologist taught me about being a mom.Because not all of it is happy, smiley, and perfect.But that doesnt mean its not important.{P...

12 may 12

Insta-Friday weeks 17-19

 {Hi Shauna.  Your frames are my fave.} {On the day that Janey is finally tall enough to visit Smaland, Halley is too tall.  Blergh.} {$1 soft serve helped diffuse the drama....

12 may 12

Ten on ten.

Ten pictures for ten consecutive hours.Seeing beauty in the ordinary.Hi there May.

11 may 12

The wisdom of Robert California.

{a little Free Pretty Things For You, a little Picmonkey}Im working on not swooping in to fix things.To control things.To stress about things.Its really hard.  But its sort of freeing.Freeing is...

10 may 12

Not a mascara ad.

Yes.The eyes.The eyelashes for miles.Of which I am super jealous.But, lets just have a little laugh on my behalf, okay?Because its fun.Because its involving the Walmarts.Of course it is.You see, I am...

09 may 12

Hello marathon.

Hello 25.2 miles of afterschool training.Hello youngest representative from school. Hello running the last mile with 500 other seven year olds.Hello happiness.Hello proud mama. Hello happy ...

08 may 12

I just had to.

May the 4th be with you. {tooth!!!!}

04 may 12

Dye is rad.

Again with the dichotomy.Food dye.  Hate it.  It is horrible.  It stresses me out.  It should not exist.Fabric dye.  Love it.  It is awesome.  It makes me happy. &n...

04 may 12

April Photo Challenge.

Complete.Barely.This month was tough for me.I took A LOT of freedoms with the prompts.It was a very, very, very, full month.But looking back at each day I remember a bit of the happy, the sunshine, t...

03 may 12

Favorite Things Party

If I could have a party every single weekend, I would have a favorite things party.It was sooooooo fun.It might even be my favorite event to date.Yummy food.  Cozy pjs.  Crazy laughing. &nb...

02 may 12

Happy Sunday.

30 apr 12

A few of my favorite things.

I am co-hosting a Favorite Things party tonight with the Pink and Aqua apron sisters, and to say that I CANNOT WAIT is a laughable understatement.  We have been trying to get this on the calenda...

27 apr 12

Scrappy vintage sheet garland DIY

Feel like making a scrappier, shabbier, vintageier (totally a word) version of the Rainbow Garland?No rotary cutter required.Just patience and pretty sheets, lace, trim, fabric, and a pair of scissor...

25 apr 12

Hello sand.

Hello Monday. Hello favorite little breakfast place.Hello earthquake.Our food was so yummy, we barely felt you. Hello spooky skies.We arent scared of you.Hello deserted beach. Hello re...

24 apr 12

Happy Sunday.

23 apr 12

Insta-Friday week sixteen

Sprinkles, sunshine, saltwater, chunky baby, adventures, crafts, and music.Thats what our week was made of.

21 apr 12

Just sad.

Im having a sad day.The kind of day that you know is dumb.  The kind of sad that is not really truly sad.  Just emo.  Emo is lame.Sad Im not at Snap.Sad Picnik is closing today.Sad our...

20 apr 12

Love is a song.

Grab your headphones.Click play.Repeat.So much of my life is surrounded by music.As much as I crave quiet, I also crave long aimless drives with just my playlists.Switchfoot is always on those playli...

16 apr 12

Happy Sunday.

16 apr 12

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