Happy Birthday to Me! (And to JoyfulAbode.com)

26th May 2008

Happy Birthday to Me! (And to JoyfulAbode.com)

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 24! Woo hoo!
And today is JoyfulAbode.com’s birthday. Check out the first-ever real post, from May 28th, 2007… Desk Makeover.

I didn’t really do anything to commemorate JoyfulAbode.com’s birthday but maybe I will do a belated thing later… it’s hard to keep up with things in the middle of a move. Speaking of which, we spent our first night in our house last night! We still don’t have much in the house (it’s all still in storage until the movers get it to us) but it was nice to be there!

For my birthday, we went “into town” and did a little bit of shopping. We got some shirts and jeans for the guy, and I got a new shirt too. Then we went to lunch (I already forgot the name of the place… but it was like an Applebee’s sort of).

First we shared some French onion soup. Not too great… I want to try making some at home sometime though.

Then I doodled on the table while we chatted and waited for our entrees. 3 points go to whoever can correctly tell me the origin of this quote… but no googling or other methods of cheating! I seriously love places that have paper and crayons on the table… unicorn doodle

Mmmm… my salad. The guy had a Philly cheesesteak.

southern chicken salad

And this place gives free dessert to birthday girls and boys! I picked out a fried brownie… it was amazing. It came with vanilla ice cream and lots of whipped cream…

fried brownie birthday dessert

Mmmmmmm…

yummy birthday dessert

The man helped me finish it off.

man eating ice cream

Then we went to PetCo and did a scavenger hunt… I had a list of puppy essentials (from the book The Art of Raising Puppies by the Monks of New Skete… very good read) and we found them all and wrote down prices. Very exciting. I hope we find a good puppy when we go to South Carolina!

After that, we went to Lowe’s and my hubby bought me the makings of a (container) veggie garden! I couldn’t be more excited.

container garden stuff

This is me being excited.

container garden and me excited

The veggies waited in the back of the truck while we watched Narnia: Prince Caspian (which was only okay, but VERY pretty to watch… and gorgeous costumes).

veggies

This post probably already broke your computer with so many pictures, so I’ll save the garden post for tomorrow. *grin*

In all, it was a fantastic birthday, and I got very nice phone calls from my parents, my little sister, and my dear friend Meagan. I always love that part. You know, where they either burst out into song or pretend that they don’t know what today is, “Hey, is something special happening today? I can’t remember what it is! Do you know what today is??” haha. Thanks, you guys.

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1 On May 26th, 2008, Teresa said:

Hippo Birdie two ewe!

Looks like you had a very nice birthday! That’ll be fun to set up your vegetable garden that can move with you. What a neat gift idea.

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

2 On May 26th, 2008, terryann said:

was it rainbow bright?…. I am older than dirt.☺

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

3 On May 26th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

Teresa, thanks for the hippo birdie! It WAS very nice!

Terryann, it wasn’t rainbow bright, but I’ll give you half a point for bravely putting your guess “out there.”

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

4 On May 26th, 2008, Emily said:

The Last Unicorn! I love that movie! Hubby makes fun of me because I probably watch that at least once a month. Great flick.

Happy Birthday. Looks like you had a blast!

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

5 On May 26th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

Nope Emily! Sorry! Not the last Unicorn though that is a good movie… you get half a point for trying!

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

6 On May 26th, 2008, Lindsay said:

I got it! I won’t spoil the guessing so I’ll IM it to you.

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

7 On May 26th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

Lindsay, you rock! I’m so proud of you for knowing. Three points for you!

I have more points in my pocket in case anyone else knows!!!

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

8 On May 26th, 2008, Meagan said:

It’s not a unicorn, it’s a horse with a sword on its head.

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

9 On May 26th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

Good job, Meagan! (She IMed me the answer too).
3 points to you too!

Keep those guesses coming, everyone!

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

10 On May 26th, 2008, violingirl said:

Oh, J.D. …..

posted on May 26th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

11 On May 27th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

violingirl got it! 3 points for her!

posted on May 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am

12 On May 27th, 2008, Kristy said:

So was the restaurant that you went to called Garfield’s? That is a place here in Indiana that we go to, to draw on the table cloths.

posted on May 27th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

13 On May 28th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

Kristy, yes! that was it!

posted on May 28th, 2008 at 11:50 am

14 On May 29th, 2008, Cassie said:

happy belated birthday!!!!!
i am jealous. you went to garfields…that is our very fave restaurant!!! braedan and jeof love to color on the table too…there is always lots of tic-tac-toe!!

posted on May 29th, 2008 at 6:34 pm