Messy Kennedy

Spring is Here & Tractors are Out: Planting 2014

Here in the Midwest Spring is a busy time of the year. Last week we finally finished planting most of our crops. We only have one field of dry beans left. The spring has been extremely wet, which means our field work is behind. What we call field work on our farm, is what you might compare to gardening on a bigger scale. The weather is a huge factor in both, if it is not warm enough and the soil is not the ideal moisture we cannot plant our crops, just like if the weather does not cooperate you cannot plant your… Read More

Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes In all Their Glory

After being hit hard with a food borne illness a few weeks ago I needed a task to help cheer me up. So what better way to get past feeling ill than by making cupcakes. I have a slight obsession with cupcakes, you can ask my family. I found this recipe on Pinterest one day and decided to give it a try. All of my test subjects gave me rave reviews so I decided to share it with you! When I say rave reviews, my mom told me I should sell my half of the cows and start baking cupcakes from scratch. But do… Read More

5 Things I am Loving Right Now for Country Women

With spring upon us I decided to do another edition of 5 Things I am Loving Right Now. For those of you who missed my first edition it was featured on the Housewives of Rural America site in March. With the snow long gone and the beautiful Mother’s Day we had yesterday I decided to do another one. After all, all of us country women are going crazy after being cooped up all winter! 1. 24/7 Glide On Lip Pencil by Urban Decay in Ozone – I bought this lip pencil during my Chicago trip in April and I love it. I… Read More

Agriculture is Everywhere with Some Dirt Road Charm

Editor’s Note: Today we are continuing with our Agriculture is Everywhere series. My friend Taysha is the amazing woman behind Dirt Road Charm! If you don’t follow her blog you need to, she is funny and informative and all around a great person. I would know from experience because we managed to not listen to any chemistry lectures in college. Ag is everywhere…. That is no lie! I mean you can almost connect everything back to Ag in some way shape or form……disclaimer: I said almost everything so don’t spend the next 10 minutes trying to prove me wrong. How… Read More

Spring Brings Changes on the Farm

Spring always brings a rush of activity into our lives. The days are getting longer, there is work outside the home, and our social lives always seem to pick up. This pick up in activity all happens on the farm! We also seem to get busier this time of the year. We have a lot of building changes going on this spring and summer. Earlier this spring we started tearing out our old parlor. After all, we don’t need it now that we have the robots to milk the cows. We added in a larger milk tank and have… Read More

‘Hellbent’ on this Beauty Swap Box

I apologize if the title has offended you, but as you read about my Beauty Swap box you will understand why I used that word. This was the third time I participated in a Crystal Cattle Beauty Swap and this time was just as fun as the two before. I was paired with Hannah at the Rustic Boot Company and let me tell you she is an awesome person! She runs an online store and blogs at her website where she has oodles of amazing things. She sells home decor, clothes and accessories. Be sure to check out her store because… Read More

Chicken Chimichangas

This recipe is not really authentic Mexican food. It is delicious and very much so American with some Mexican inspired spices. With that out of the way, I’m going to show you one of our household’s favorite recipes. It is an easy recipe that I often make ahead because it’s easy to leave in the fridge and throw in the oven 40 minutes before dinner. My husband actually saw the recipe on Facebook and suggested I try it. Being the good wife that I try to be I made it and it is delicious. The filling has this delicious flavor of creamy,… Read More

bareMinderals Leaves me with a bareSkin Feeling

I am an avid bareMinerals user. I love how natural and light their powder foundation is. A few months ago I got invited to take part in a new product testing for bareMinerals. They had just developed a brand new liquid foundation called bareSkin and it was rumored to be revolutionary. Needless to say, I was excited to get this opportunity and was waiting on pins and needles for my foundation to arrive. When I first opened my package I was kind of concerned because the foundation was a little darker than I normally would have picked out,… Read More