A little bit of this...

Tra la la la. I just finished feeding all the flowering plants that adorn our front walk. They're beautiful btw. All the flowers have come out on them. See for yourself in the slide show provided below.

Side Note: I just realized the pictures I have taken are before super beautiful flowering time! GASP!! Where is that trusty camera?? Lucky for you, I am on this... be right back -- time line -- Phew! That was close.

Not to mention, the coolest shelf ever is completed and on the wall. I am waiting for the little tap LED lights that will assist me when concerning the grand finale and the fish's final resting place. The lights will help all their fabulous colors shine when it's dark. Without wires I daresay! I just want to be clear that this shelf was ALL MY IDEA. See, I'm the starter (and go team go cheerleader of sorts) of this team. Mr. F? He's the finisher. This is a working system that cannot be denied. The shelf is proof. It's perfect. I found it online and I was all bummed out by the price. Since this guy is nothing short of super-hero status he said he'd make it for me. And make it he did. I am beside myself with glee. Then the LED lights were purchased for a fraction of the price Lowe's has them for. F Lowe's anyway. There should be a cage fight between Lowe's and anyone else that sells helpful build it yourself items. This is so not the point is it? After the fish, I do believe some bad ass framed pictures will go up there as well. Will the Jim make the shelf? Only time will tell but I mean, come on, it's the James.

Some of my flower pots are finally painted. They look good enough for me and that's all that matters. Mr. F is thrilled that I am so crafty and I am starting to realize I could simply splatter paint on things and he'd think it was genius. Of course he'd be right as it would be me doing it. I have two more to do and Egyptian hieroglyphics are scratching at the door to be let in. I'm going to go make some coffee and start this little visit right after I am done blogging.

We have started the backyard too! This is exciting since up until this point it was full of rocks. Needless to say this is not the most pleasant of things to have in your backyard. It hurts and it's totally unforgiving. So we are going to put up little walls and plant desert plants in them. I have found six that I like a lot. The main thing is that I will be able to plant them and then walk away forever if I deem it so. They are all flowering desert plants and I am hoping they will fill our eyes with beauty every time we walk out the back slider. With me at the flowering desert plant helm, what could possibly go wrong? Exactly. Here are the ones I have chosen. They are hearty and they flower. Here's the list. All we have to do now is find them. Ha!

Oleander is my first choice since it has tubular flowers that will help attract the little hummers I so adore. Texas Sage is totally what that large fab bush is out front but I just can't get over it. I love it and I want more. So there. And who knows if we'll even need all six you know? Bougainvillea has the coolest flowers and they come in a range of colors. I'm digging the yellow but I haven't asked the finisher yet so it's still undecided. Lantana is next and check out the flowers! Woah! Different colors on the same stalk? You don't say!! The Fairy Duster is another one that has rad flowers. This isn't going to be a garden folks... this is going to be an experience. And what desert flower garden isn't complete without the Red Bird of Paradise?? A lot of the people out here call them the Mexican Bird of Paradise but that one only has yellow flowers so... I won't tell them if you don't. However, if you do end up telling them I will happily heckle and laugh at them with you. Until it seems dangerous anyway and then I am going to flat out ditch. So, there you have it. The absolute coolest part of this garden is that all these plants do well in drought conditions. That is perfect because I don't want to water or worry about this stuff. I want to just walk away and have pretty things for my eyes when I return. That is a garden I can deal with. The rest of the yard is going to have something like grass. Not sure yet. And then we will have a fire grill thing and a stone walkway where we end the grass. Man are we good or what?? Oh yeah. We are going to take all these rocks and put them behind the new little walls and have the plants growing up from them. Yes, of course the plants will be protected. Who wants to grow through rock? I know people that like to smoke rock but that's different and in no way makes it right. Here are the beginning shots of the yard... I'll keep them coming as we progress.

Am I the only loser past the age of 8 that still enjoys carving pumpkins? I personally feel October could be one of the best months due to that and that alone. I mean, what's Hell Night without candle lit pumpkins?? My point exactly. I might even have some sweet stuff ready just in case the children think the pumpkins mean friendly adults with candy to hand out. They usually do. And I always let them way down while being snarky and telling them to get lost. And this dictates they must come back later and do something nasty like throw rocks at my house. As I am no longer in some dump I don't care about, this simply won't do. What I would really like to do is put some of the rocks from the backyard in a so available pile, and wait outside with the pellet gun to pick them off as soon as they prove to be evil doers. Little bastards wouldn't even see it coming. And what are they going to do? Run back to mommy and cry about how I shot at them while they were throwing rocks through my slider? Plan B, I know. I know! But someone/something is clearly going to get it with the pellet gun, that's all I have to say.

The job continues to be a wonderful thing. The people there are oh so nice and easy to deal with and the clientele aren't so bad either. I am going to continue working there and enjoying every minute of it. Go me. Also, go Jim. Of course everyone there loves him. Of course he gets treats all day. Of course even the people from the hair salon down the walkway come by to see him. I'm not joking. He hangs out with the girls up at the front desk all day receiving visitors they just think he's the cats pajamas. He loves the girls but has no idea what to do with the fat cat Max (or Fatty) who has no fear and sometimes even goes so far as to rub his face on Jim. He also steals Jim's bed at times even though he has a perfectly good one on the counter between the computer. And let's just remind the crowd of how much trouble Jim would be in were he to try and lie on anything that was on top of a counter. The cat is clearly pushing the limit just to be a loser cat. I am considering bathing the scoundrel while James watches on just to solidify who has backup and who doesn't. Cats understand things like that you know.