PL Peek: Moving to the Cottage

The dreaded weekend finally arrived.

The weekend I had to move out of my dream home has come and gone and it doesn't feel lovely.

As excited as I am to come live at the cottage, I can't help but feel so sad and hopeless.

It truly is over. We're over...

Forever.

The move was easy and not bad at all, the unpacking is less desirable.

Usually I love this part of moving, but this time it feels pointless when it's just me.

I miss it so much.
Everything.
The house, him, my neighbors, my life.
I had everything I ever dreamed of, and now it's gone.

Sometimes life is so very hard.
My life has been hard before, but never like this.
This is a pain I have never felt before, heartbreak is a terrible feeling.
I don't wish it on anyone.

Thank god for Chuck Norris.
My poor puppy has been smothered with hugs and sobs lately. LOL

My morning view does help a little.
It is spectacular. :)

I will have an excellent summer I know it, it's just hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel right now.

So, here is a list of happy things I keep reminding myself about:

~ I found my shark fin water wings yesterday so now I am very excited for swimming in the river :)
~ I am going to be doing the market again this year and I think I'm gonna start selling maxi dresses and cake pops!
~ I think my friend is going to come spend the cottage week I'd purchased for his son with me in July.
~ I have had lots of job offers and work is good!
~ I am going to make all my friends maxi dresses once I have a desk to put my sewing machine on.
~ I have the best view ever.
~ I can now put Miracle Whip in everything I eat (he hated it!!! LOL)
~ I got my own BBQ and I'm gonna barbeque up a storm!!!
~ I am going home for two weeks to see my 2 nephews! (highlight of the summer)
~ #5 has a trampoline!!!
~ I'm gonna plant a small veggie garden to save money this year.


**Sorry this post is so sad...I have read it a couple times now and still don't know if I should post it. I just want to keep my blog honest and real, I'm not always happy go lucky and right now my life is in shambles. I'm trying my best to keep it together, and considering the circumstances, I think I am doing a fairly good job. Most of my friends say they would have slit his tires, keyed his car, put a nasty ad in the classifieds or stuff much much worse. The fact that I still haven't enforced payback is mind boggling to most of my friends, but also a true sign of who I am (I think). He can continue to hurt me as much as he wants, but I refuse to be like him and hurt him. I don't want him to feel like I do.
It's not fun.

Please know that I am not a depressed, lonely, pathetic single lady now.
I am fine, everything will be ok...
It's just scary to be alone again.

Cheers,
Messy

DIY ~ Kitchen Curtain

Here is a super quick and easy way to make a curtain for any window.

I needed one when my old house was on the market so I could get rid of some hideous shutters.

First, measure your windows width and length.

Second, find a piece of fabric that is big enough and matches your decor.

Third, cut one large rectangle to the measurements you took adding a 1/4 inch to each side for hem, and 1 1/2 inches extra on the top.

Fourth, with an iron press your seams over twice and show (do not to top seam yet)

Fifth, roll your top edge down once 1/4 inch, then again over one full inch. Sew right across so you have a tube at the top.

Sixth,  sew at the very top of your tube 1/4 inch down. This will create a nice ruffle on top.

Lastly, insert your rod into your curtain tube on top and put up in your window!

Ta da!!!

Cheers,

Messy

My Faves ~ Dot in the City

Have you checked this chick out???

I love her blog.

I swear to god her photo and blog titles always catch my eye when I'm scrolling through my blogs on Bloglovin'.

I love her blog because she is renovateing a 90 year old home and it is coming up wonderful!

I love old homes and home renos :)



So head on over and visit Beth at Dot in the City on any of the links below - she's so sweet!!!

Say hi from me :)

BLOG - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - PINTEREST - BLOGLOVIN'

Cheers,

Messy

**all photos are property of Dot...in the City blog.**

This Is How I Cook: Quinoa Bites

I found this recipe here on pinterest but it comes from the blog So Very Blessed.

I put this appy out for my Margarita Party cause Friend Number One can't have gluten!

(So annoying - but love her so much I make new things LOL)

I personally hated them, found them really dry and hard to eat...

but all my guests loved them. Raved about them actually.

 I tried making them again and I added and changed it a bit to make them more tasty. LOL

Now...these are good eats!!!

YOU NEED:

• 2 cups cooked quinoa
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup shredded carrot
• 2 stalks green onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup cheddar cheese
• 2 Tbs all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp seasoning salt
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 1 tsp onion powder
• dash of hot dried chilli's

1. Make your quinoa in a large pot as per package instructions.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Once your quinoa is fully cooked, mix together quinoa, carrot, egg, green onion, garlic, cilantro, parmasen, chedar cheese, flour, onion powder, chilli's, salt and pepper.
3. Distribute mixture into a greased mini muffin tin, filling each cup to the top (1 heaping Tbs each).

 

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Messy



Miss Travel McTravelson ~ Nice, France

My first stop in France was Nice.

(Say neeeeesssssss)

It was very relaxing despite the fact that my room was so small there wasn't even enough floor room to keep my bag on the ground. LOL

The weather was very chilly while I was there, but compared to Turkey, I guess anything is cold.

I went to the circus one night which I really enjoyed.

The animal acts were fantastic!!!

I spent a lot of time in the back alley stores and Indian restaurants.

There was also this cafe in the town center that had the best spaghetti

(Not as good as Italy of course...)

While I was there I took a day trip to Monaco too!

That's up next week :)

Cheers,

Messy

Outfit Post ~ Concert Style

As you all know I went to my friend's concert a while ago and it was amazeballs.

I love his band Rococode.

Anyhoo..

I wiped out my hot new red jeans for the occasion!

I hadn't worn them - and damn they looked fine!

(If I do say so myself! ha!)

I absolutely love the lace cutouts on the shoulders of this top!!!

It is so soft and comfy too!

A few years ago I met my family in New York City for Christmas! It was amazing!!!

All us ladies bought ourselves a pair of ridiculously priced "New York" Shoes! :)

These are mine and I adore them! (Just wish they were a little comfier!)

My red jeans definitely make this outfit! LOL

Cheers,

Messy

Swap-a-roonie???

Who wants to swap?

I'm gonna rotate all my buttons this week and I thought I better give a shout out to all my new followers saying I do swaps :)

If your interested, just send me an email to shelleysarina(at)hotmail(dot)com with a button size 185x100 and the link you want it to go to.

Please also let me know what size button you require for your blog and I will send mine over. :)

May is gonna be a fab month here on 2Messy.

I'm moving to a cottage and going to be doing tonnes of DIY's and home decor projects.

I'm heading off today to clean it! So excited!!!

 

Cheers,

Messy

PL Peek: Dance Competition

I had a fabulous weekend! ;)

I went to the Shine Dance Competition in Kingston, Ontario with my kidlets.

All day Friday and Saturday were spent watching students dress up, get ready, stretch, stress, have minor meltdowns, get so nervous they want to die/pee their pants/passout or crap themselves and then kill it on stage. :)

MISS SHELLEY IS SOOOOOOO PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!

Love you guys. xoxo

We got some great scores and some not so great scores.

My favorite number went off amazingly, they were together, the choreography looked great, spacing was bang on, noone forgot the steps....

and we got gold.

This is a low score...

GOLD - HIGH GOLD - PLATINUM - DIAMOND.

I am very anxious to see what the comments from the adjudicators are.

Too ballet not enough modern?

Wrong category?

These are the only things I can think of.

I have to admit.

I was pretty upset.

I went to my car and had a little scream and held back tears.

I was counting on this number. :(

Oh well, maybe they will tell me what they didn't like and we can fix it before next competition.

You win some, you lose some.

I will say, we did have people standing in the audience, other dancers were telling there parents when we were waiting to go on that they HAD to see our number.

The place was packed...and it sounded like everyone loved it.

We love it.

Ok enough, enough, enough.

I will make sure to let you all know what the adjudicators said when I find out this week :)

Fingers crossed it just needs to be changed categories.

We had loads of other dances too that we did really well on, and now I feel bad about venting. {sigh}
Moves Like Jagger is one of my favorites :)

Tyler and all his awards! He did so well this competition!!! :)

Jump For Your Love! Jessa & Erica!!!

Erika & Raven getting ready to get some Platinum's!!!

My mini's getting ready to tap their hearts out!!!
Paige, Ana, Macey, Eve & Jessa



Ready to "Shake Your Body" Conga style? Look at those Maracas!!!

Practicing before they go on! Good students!

Anna, Macey and Eve ready for their solos!

Thank you to Cindy McCarthy and Shine Dance Competitions Facebook page for some of these photos!
Congratulations BDA dancers - so proud of you all!!!

Is the Groove In You Heart? LOL

Cheers,

Messy

Photo A Day {April 19th - 23rd}

Gosh this month is crazy!!!

I am having a hard time finding the time to write one post a day let alone do the photo challenge too!

I spent the weekend in Kingston, Ontario at the Shine Dance Competition with my kidlets.

I will tell you all about it tomorrow. :)

April 19th ~ Something Orange

I just painted one of these for a friend :)

April 20th ~ Something You Drew

Ok this is the way I am going to lay out my new place :) I know I'm a dork for doing this, but I needed to sell alot of stuff and I wanted to see what would fit LOL

April 21st ~ Bottle

Some random bottle sitting in a now empty book case. {sigh} Moving.

April 22nd ~ The Last Thing You Bought

I thought it was this China Glaze polish in Liquid Leather, but then I realized I bought a black leather jacket :( Oh well, I'll do an outfit post with that! :)

April 23rd ~ Vegetable

Tomatoes, Cilantro, Purple Onion, Red Onion :)

Cheers,

Messy

Etsy Love ~ Rugged Rugs

I am going to need a rug in my cabin.

This excites me. LOL

Is that weird?

I thought I was sold on getting a chevron one, but then I started browsing Etsy and saw all these lovely rugs.

Which rug do you think I should get??

I already have a beautiful hand pulled rug from Tuckey I bought while I was there.

But it was too expensive to have it on the grouund, so I hang it as a wall hanging. :)

So help me out here peeps...

Cheers,

Messy

DIY ~ Who Wears Short Shorts?

As we all know I am trying to spring clean and get ready for the big garage sale coming up soon.

I had to get rid of some jeans and I thought "I should make my faves into shorts".

I have two pairs of jeans I have had since 2001.

I adore them and they are so worn and comfy.

But they are gross at the bottom and are a weird old cut...

so why not upcycle them???

First get a pair of shorts that you love the legth of.

Match it up and cut to the length you want.

The first pair I just cut and made some major holes in.

Second pair I added some pretty lace to "countrify them".

Just pin the lace in place around the leg holes on the inside of the short leg. I tapered mine in the center cause I know the lace would bug me on the inside of my thighs.

Then sew!

After, wash your shorts and dry them in your dryer.

This will fray they edges a bit.

Cute eh?

I think so.

Cheers,

Messy

This Is How I Cook: Homemade Salsa

Hiya!

This is a really quick and easy salsa I whip up all the time.

I made it for my Margarita Party and all the ladies were raving about it

...so I thought...

clearly I should share it with my blog buddies :)

WHAT YOU NEED:

- 2 large tomato

- 6 -8 sweet cherry tomatoes

- 1/2 purple onion

- 1 green onion

- Handful of fresh cilantro

- Salt & Pepper

- Onion powder

- Food Processor or Blender

FIRST: Wash all you vegetables.

SECOND: Cube your large tomatoes, purple onion and green onion and throw into your food processor. Add your cherry tomatoes, spices and cilantro at the same time.

THIRD: Blend until it's the consistency you want. I like mine to be completely mashed together so it looks like chunky soup. :)

Ta da!

Salsa!

Ole!

Add taco chips and serve!

**I've also used this same recipe for Bruchetta and melted cheese on top! mmm...

Cheers,

Messy