Here's some of the crap that's on our back patio.

1. Angle grinder.

2. Scooter. With the price of gas today, scooters are a great fuel efficient mode of transportation. This one gets especially good mileage, ’cuz it’s broken.

3. This is either an air compressor or generator.

4. KFC cup.

5. Our fancy outdoor lighting.

6. A cabinet that the previous homeowners left behind. They left us lots of cool stuff, like a bookcase and fudgesicles.

7. Dirt.

8. Potpourri.

9. We’re in the process of redoing our pool. This is a hole the guys dug which will later be used to install lighting. Just kidding-it’s where we bury the hobos.

10. A Coconut.

Composting? Yes, composting!

Top 10 Things that Make Phoenix Bearable in the Summer:

(in order of awesomeness, 1 being the most awesome)

10. You do get a certain amount of street cred for having endured a summer here.

9. No tourists/Less traffic.

8. Swimming at night.

7. You can spend a whole day laying on the couch watching crappy movies without feeling guilty for not doing yard work. Only crazies do that.

6. Drinking Margaritas. They taste so much better when it's 105 outside.

5. Listening to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (or, as is the case right now, Neil Diamond) whilst drinking said margarita.

4. It only takes a couple hours to drive somewhere that's somewhat more tolerable.

3. Having an awesome job that's inside and air conditioned to spend a good portion of the day at.

2. AC.

1. Monsoons.