Messy Kennedy

Beans are not Just Food

Growing up in “The Thumb” of Michigan, agriculture is not just making food. It is kind of similar to a cult. It is this life that even if you do not work in agriculture, your life revolves around it. In this cult is a small but wonderful group of dry edible bean farmers. I have talked about my love and affinity of dry beans. I don’t think I have mentioned an entire segment of women who have made a massive impact on the dry bean industry. Not only am I talking about the wives of these farmers who deal with… Read More

Whole Chicken Slow Cooker Recipe

So I love buying whole chickens. Living out in the country it is easy for me to buy them from a local FFA Chapter, family or a friend. They are so affordable for the amount of meat you get and you can get so much out of them. If you have a 6 qt or larger slow cooker you can basically cook it without even being there. I call that a huge win-win for this busy lady. I had one last chicken to cook before we got in a new batch from my in-laws. My ingredients were sorely lacking since… Read More

5 Things I Love for Summer: Summer Skin Care Edition

I decided to share my 5 Favorite Things for Summer and most of them revolve around skin care, because we all want clear, dewey, beautiful skin. So we are calling this the Summer Skin Care Edition! 5 Things I Love for Summer: Skin Edition by messykennedy featuring urban decay cosmetics 1. Peter Thomas Roth Un-Winkle Peel Pads – I just started using these puppies and I love them. I’ve been having problems with these bumps coming up on my skin and I could not get rid of them so after some research I decided to give… Read More

A Classic Cupcake Flavor for All: Red Velvet Cupcakes and Cream Cheese Frosting

I have been on a cupcake baking frenzy lately. I am not a baker because it requires being precise which totally is not me. I tried this cupcake recipe for chocolate cupcakes a few weeks ago and they were awesome. So I decided to switch it up and try another from scratch cupcake recipe, Red Velvet Cupcakes. These were really good, but I will admit my frosting needs some work. In my defense, I couldn’t find a recipe I was totally happy with so I combined some and tried to make my own. It tasted great, but the consistency was… Read More

My Favorite Weekend Look

My Favorite Weekend Look by messykennedy featuring a purple tote Black cut out shirtbodycentral.com Black and white aztec leggingetsy.com Vans purple shoes$62 – zalando.co.uk Purple totebuxton.co Italia independent glassesfarfetch.com

Technology on the Farm: Modern Dairy Farming

On our farm, we love technology. We all have iPhones (even my Dad has upgraded to an iPhone), I love social media and try to stay up on the latest developments and programs. You know we have robots to milk our cows which is some of the latest technology in dairy farming. Now, our robot technology has gotten even more advanced and fun! Our robots now have apps. After all, there is an app for everything… Including checking on my cows. Let me tell you, they are SO COOL! I have a menu just like every other app… Read More

Parenthood: Things I Remember from the Outside

A note from Ashley: I will start out by saying this, I am not experienced in parenthood. I am not out to make anyone mad and I am not trying to tell you (the parents) how to do your job. This is totally my opinion. As someone who wants to be a parent some day that enjoys working I know I will deal with guilt of being a working mom. So I decided to write this after seeing some other friend’s opinions on the internet. During the past few weeks I have been reading a lot on Facebook about how… Read More

Rustic, Upcycled Door Turned Jewelry Hanger: Home DIY

This weekend, in between getting the new site looking better and refreshed (by the way, what do you think?!) we were working on some small projects around the house. One of the projects is an upcycled door that I am so excited about. It is totally Junk Gypsies material! A lot of the “new” items in our house are actually salvaged from an old house we went through a few years ago. And this beautiful, wonderful, junkie door is one of them. Enter the door. The door is not pretty. The door is rusty. The door has paint peeling. The door is… Read More