Messy Kennedy

Fall Beauty Swap Jackpot

A few weeks ago I helped out Crystal from Crystal Cattle with her latest Beauty Swap. I was so excited to be able to help her with this project because I love a good Beauty Swap and this one was a total success. So, thank you to everyone that participated and for those of you that missed out, keep your eyes pealed for the next one! If you love anything beauty related, you will really enjoy this. I got paired with an amazing woman named Kayla Ross. She grew up on an Oklahoma cattle ranch and now travels with… Read More

We are Getting There: Home DIY Project

I had a friend request an update on the home DIY project I have named House Extravaganza 2014. When someone asks about it I know it has been too long. So I am going to give you little snippets of it. We have a functioning kitchen again but it is not finished so I don’t want to give too much away. Just enough to wet your whistle for the time being. I don’t want to show you the entire kitchen until the back spalsh and paint are on the walls. So for now, this will have to do. To make you… Read More

Why I Appreciate Our Milk Cooperative, State and FDA Inspectors

In July of 2014 the Michigan Department of Agriculture forced a Standish, Michigan farmer to dump over 240 gallons of milk and over 1,000 eggs over a technicality. If you carouse the internet you will find a lot of stories about how the MDA was wrong and what a waste of food. A lot of people are saying it is because the government is against small, family farms. It was a major waste of perfectly good and I’m sure delicious food. I cannot tell you how heart wrenching it is to watch the food you work hard to produce be… Read More

Tea Drinking of Beginners: Kinds of Tea

So you have your tea supplies for tea drinking. We got the most basic supplies so you can get started on trying tea. The next step is deciding on what kind of tea should you get? That is always the million dollar question! It really depends on what you like because everyone’s tastes are different. I highly recommend going to a tea store. Not a store that has tea on the shelf, I am talking a store dedicated to selling tea. You will learn more about tea than you ever thought you could. Also, they let you smell the teas…. Read More

Fall Beauty Swap

So I am so stinking excited that I get to help my friend Crystal from Crystal Cattle with the Fall Beauty Swap. I have been involved with all 3 of her Beauty Swaps so far and each one has been a blast, so I totally did the girly scream when she asked me if I would like to help her out. So what exactly is the Beauty Swap? A) It is a great time. B) It is an opportunity to get to meet a great gal that involved in blogging or instagram or twitter too! C) You get to share… Read More

Tea Drinking for Beginners: An Introduction

I began drinking tea about 6 months ago, so I am very new. Growing up my parents did not drink tea and a few college roommates had tried to enlighten me to the world of tea drinking. It did not work, I honestly hated the taste of tea in a bag. Since then, I have discovered that I do not like black teas. The majority of tea bags have black tea in them, so that explains why no one was able to convert me into a tea drinker. For our bridal shower my cousin bought us some loose leaf tea… Read More

House Extravaganza, a.k.a. the Farmhouse Remodel Update

A lot has been happening in our big farmhouse remodel and I have neglected to update you about the progress. House Extravaganza is going really well, but that means we have been quite busy. I can still feel the tightness in my tush from sanding and varnishing our new kitchen floor. So here is the farmhouse remodel in pictures. In the above picture, the dads were working together to “gently” remove the old kitchen cabinets so they can be saved. On the right is my dad and on the left is my father in law. Below, is the kitchen totally… Read More

Top Resources for Slow Cooker Recipes

If you have been following our house remodel here you know we living a crazy life. I am due for another update because we currently don’t have a kitchen at all. Which means we can only cook out of a slow cooker and I have to wash the dishes at my parent’s house. Luckily, we are in the downslide and the cabinets should be installed the next few weeks. Which means we are definitely due for a house update…. Since we have been stuck with slow cookers I had to get creative on the slow cooker recipes and I have… Read More