Messy Messy Fail - There were so many this week I couldn't even keep up. Can we start with car brakes that are squealing so bad my children tell strangers about it?
Tidy Victory - My husband and a good friend were able to change the brake pads themselves and saved us a ton of money - a big thank you to those two awesome guys! :)
Messy Messy Fail - In an attempt to equalize my gardens a bit, I had pulled out a few pieces from one of my ornamental grasses and replanted them on the other side of a tree that was completely bare. They now look like dead cornstalks (PHOBIA!!!) - I'll have try again in the fall.
Tidy Victory - I cooked more dinners this past week then I have in MONTHS! My goal is usually to cook 3 meals a week and enjoy leftovers on the others, a frozen pizza, etc. Let's just say my family was very pleased with all of the food!
Messy Messy Fail - I did something so dumb and stupid last week, and I was so dumbfounded by my own stupidity that I CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER what I did. Now that's fail - I cannot recall my own fail. Wow.
Tidy Victory - I pitted 12 cups of freshly picked cherries with an empty wine bottle and a chopstick - what a hack that was!!!!!
Messy Messy Fail - As I listen to local folks setting off their fireworks in preparation for the 4th, our beagle is frantically licking and pawing at the inside of "her house". I'm expecting quite the messy messy in the morning.
Tidy Victory - We've got our 4th of July plans ready to go - local parade in the morning and fireworks at night. I just love this holiday and our great country!
Messy Messy Fail - I managed to completely forget to post this until the following weekend when I was supposed to be posting party #178. Better late than never!
Tidy Victory - SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE SUMMER!
Messy Messy Fail - Have you ever had that moment when you realize you have been driving around town on a flat tire all day? It's quite a clarifying thing.
Tidy Victory - I am now a Fix-A-Flat expert! Call me, I can make home visits ;)
Messy Messy Fail - It's been a bad year for me for typos in my school programs - I can only see what I want to see when editing! I left a student out of the last program AGAIN by accident - but I ALWAYS retype and print out a new program with their name in it. Now if only I could stop with the errors!
Tidy Victory - Only one more concert to go and this orchestra teacher is done. At the end of the year I have our orchestra awards concerts and feature student soloists, small groups, distribute awards and acknowledge my seniors/8th graders. Such a wonderful way to end the year for sure!
Messy Messy Fail - Don't ever try to make rice krispie treats with old marshmallows - just take my word for it.
Tidy Victory - MY JAPANESE SNOWBALL BLOOMED! It's been 5 years in the making, growing from a small Walmart purchased stick in a bag to my beautiful flowering bush. Did I get a picture? No, of course not. But again take my word for it :)
Messy Messy Fail - I had a rack of frozen spare ribs in my freezer and I had never made them before. I took them out, let them thaw and looked for recipes on Pinterest. I had no idea almost ALL recipes called for 3+ hours of cook time! Needless to say we did not have ribs that night.
Tidy Victory - But when we DID have the ribs a few nights later, I used this recipe and they WERE the best ribs I had ever had!!!!
Messy Messy Fail - At a wedding that I was playing at on Saturday, I broke a window. I broke a window in a church. We all know where I'm going now!!! :)
Tidy Victory - I planted a Japanese snowball in my garden, oh I don't know, perhaps 4 years ago. And FINALLY, in this 4th summer, IT HAS BLOOMED! My patience has paid off - I was ready to rip the thing out this summer if nothing happened!
Messy Messy Fail - Getting this Mother's Day post up in time, but you understand :)
Tidy Victory - Got the the gardens cleaned u and weeded, now just to lay some new fresh mulch (although I DESPISE the smell!)
Messy Messy Fail - As we prepare to put our house on the market, you wouldn't BELIEVE the things I have found stashed away that I thought were lost forever. Not to mention some gross things. Moldy sippy cups of milk? I wondered where that thing had gone!
Tidy Victory - This house has never been cleaner. Truly.
