Good: Basil is growing (from seed! Thanks Meagan, for the herb kit) Not so good: No parsley is growing… it died (I like basil better anyway). Also, something is munching on the basil leaves a little. Good: The eggplant is making lots of fruits and flowers. The plant is in generally good health. Not Good:… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Home & Garden
What is this creepy furry bug?
I’ve seen it a few times now, on our back patio. Because of the fuzziness I’m thinking maybe some kind of moth? But it looks SO FAT to be a moth… I’m not sure. Anyone?… Continue Reading
Our Front Garden
This is how the garden looked a few days ago… lots and lots of monkey grass, a weird bush thing on the left (which was actually 3 separate plants), and a bunch of weeds. So we pulled up a lot of the monkey grass, that ugly bush, and all the weeds. And put in lots… Continue Reading
Meridian NAS House – on base housing
So, things are looking a lot nicer around here, as far as home decor goes. Now that we’ve finally been home for a couple of weeks, we’ve gotten some pictures on the walls and everything! Check out our guest room! Who wants to come visit?? The lamps don’t match, but that’s kind of lower priority… Continue Reading
Container Vegetable Garden – Update
The plants are (mostly) thriving! I took these pictures several days ago, and they’re already outdated! The first two plants (left) are my tomatoes. They both have had little flowers but no tomatoes yet… The left one looks kind of sickly compared to the right one, and I’m beginning to think that those two may… Continue Reading
Post-Mover Chaos – NAS Meridian, MS
We tried to keep up with the movers as they unwrapped each of our belongings from the copious paper, cardboard, and tape. We really did! But it’s hard to put everything away as it’s unpacked when we’re still not sure where everything goes! So… some of it was somewhat organized-ish when the movers left, but… Continue Reading
Our New Abode – NAS Meridian, MS
So, I showed you pictures of our little garden already, but not pictures of the house! Basically, we moved up to Meridian from Milton on May 16th (a Friday) and lived in a hotel (the CBQ or combined bachelor’s quarters, really) for 10 days. On May 25th (my birthday!) we moved out of the hotel… Continue Reading
The start of a container vegetable garden
On Sunday, for my birthday, my sweetheart got me some veggie seedlings, pots, and potting mix. I couldn’t be more excited! We were thinking about digging up part of the yard to make a “real” garden, but evidently that is a LOT of work… you have to get rid of the grass, till the soil… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Milton, FL Craft Room/Office
I never did post pictures of my craft area in Milton, did I? I loved the color of the walls and the curtains (they were like that when we got there)… perfect. And they coordinated perfectly with my bulletin board and office chair, too. The desktop computer is only hooked up because I forgot to… Continue Reading
Pantry shuffle… or Reorganizing the FoodStuffs
My pantry was starting to bug me more and more each day. Things were in front of things I needed, the open boxes of crackers were mixed with unopened boxes, bags and boxes of pasta were everywhere… So do you want to know what I did? I took everything out of the pantry, cleaned the… Continue Reading
Making your Guest’s Stay More Comfortable (I hope!): Finishing Touches
This is sort of part two to this post, “Getting Ready for a Guest, or How I Pulled a Guest Room Out of My Bum.” Now that my dear friend Meagan is safely on her airplane, I can tell you about the other things I did to get ready for her stay. But… I’m going… Continue Reading
Hi! I'm Emily. I'm a Navy wife and stay at home mom of two beautiful children. I cook simple, delicious, grain-free recipes, do crafts, decorate my home on a budget, and keep a happy household. I tandem breastfeed, babywear, cloth diaper, practice elimination communication, homebirth, and co-sleep, but I'm not a hippie.
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