The weekend:

Zan knocked out on the couch. 

New succulent bowl.  I'm going to make 3 different displays for one of my side tables in my living room. 

New betta habitat on my coffee table. :D

Spied this guy at the petstore.  It's a ghost catfish.  I'd love to have one of these one day, but until then my new Betta, MG, will suffice.  

Mum Madness!!

The other night I received the Lowe's ad via email which had 4/$10 Mums.  A great deal, right?  So, I planned to go the next day and pick up two.  Before picking out my sale mums in the front of the store, I went over to the clearance section in the back of the garden department only to find mums on sale!

I ended up getting 2 orange, 3 red, 3 white, and 3 little yellow mums.  That's 11 mums for $9.28!

Publish Post

My house is somewhat secluded.  I jokingly refer to it as the "haunted house at the end of the cul-de-sac" because it has little-to-no curb appeal from the street. In return, I have loads of privacy.  Unfortunately, the first, and pretty much only, feature you notice from the road is the mailbox. This is what it looked like when I moved in:

The first thing I did was give the poor mailbox a much needed haircut.  I went with a clean shave.

Progress:

And.......... *drumroll*

So, so much better.  However, I think anything would have been an improvement.

Dear Deer,

I bought this house a little while ago and I'm trying to clean up the neglect from the previous owners and make the exterior stand out.  Please stop eating my newly planted plants.  I left these out (way too long, I might add) for 2 weeks in their containers. Not one nibble.

The second I plant them, they get devoured in the night.

RIP Hibiscus.  You will be remembered and replaced with something deer resistant.

(who thought a hibiscus would be so appetizing?)

I'll make updates as they happen with my new house.