Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #438

Messy Messy Fail - I must have poison ivy growing in my flower garden because I have it on my hands.  Now I am highly allergic but I'm pretty surprised that I didn't see it - no better way to ruin a good time!

Tidy Victory - Puppy potty training is going well - we make sure to take her out every 30 minutes or so when we are home and that is working for us!  BTW - did I tell you we got a puppy?  :)

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #437

Messy Messy Fail - Don't every try to change a windshield wiper blade on your front windshield without a blanket, towel or long piece of cardboard to cover the glass with.  Enough said.

Tidy Victory - I changed the wiper blades on my own. :D

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #436

Messy Messy Fail - There was 100% NO WAY I was going to get this party posted before going on vacation last week, so I didn't. :D

Tidy Victory - But here I am to catch up now on all the things!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #435

Messy Messy Fail - The gardens are full of weeds but instead of getting them out...

Tidy Victory - We got a puppy!  Into our lives has come a sweet mutt from the country rescued from the side of the road.  All of her 8 brothers and sisters have found good homes, and now Miss Stella Luna Ulani Artois is with us :D

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #434

Messy Messy Fail - Look what happens when school ends for the year and I'm on summer vacation - I forget to post the link party!

Tidy Victory - Wearing pj's or loungewear all day, taking it easy - that's what summers are made of!

Happiness is Homemade Link Party #433

Messy Messy Fail - I bought so many cute plants on clearance to put in the garden several weeks ago.  They are still sitting in their pots drying up by the minute.  Goal for tomorrow?  Get all those plants into the ground!

Tidy Victory - School is done for the year and it feels GOOD to be home with my kids.  So many projects planned for the summer including - wallpapering the camper (peel-and-stick), finish cleaning out the boys rooms, continue to get rid of STUFF!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #432

Messy Messy Fail - The oil percentage in my car dropped from 40% to 5% in like, a couple weeks.  Maybe not really but still, in quite a fast fashion.  I'll be ready for my lecture from the mechanic.

Tidy Victory - It's amazing what some clean liners and acrylic containers can do for a refrigerator - seriously.  It looks so shiny and new again!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #431

Messy Messy Fail - I went outside to check the germination status of my row of "fun" pumpkins - only about 5 of the 9 mounds had seedlings!  However......

Tidy Victory - This year, I took pictures on my phone of the seed packet next to the mount where I planted them in order so I would remember what seeds went where!  That way, if seed didn't germinate, I could refer back to those pictures to see what I had planted and try again.  Fingers crossed for acorn, delicata squash and pink pumpkins!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #430

Messy Messy Fail - Every year I say I'm going to be better about marking what I plant in the garden for the next year.  Didn't do that.  I have forgotten about nearly everything I planted last year.  But it's fun to be surprised! :D

Tidy Victory - I found the best acrylic pop can fridge stacker at Aldi today - total score at 4.99 each!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #429

Messy Messy Fail - Do you every check the start time on something, or SWEAR that you had, only to find out upon arrival that you had the wrong time?  That happened yesterday after driving all over East Jahunga to get dinner (chicken bbq fundraiser), get plants for the garden and gather some u-pick asparagus.  It was the asparagus - at least u-pick was only a dollar cheaper.

Tidy Victory - Garden annuals and some new perennials are purchased and going IN!  Every year I go to Troyer's Greenhouse in Panama and they never disappoint.  Best prices around!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #428

Messy Messy Fail - I overslept like I have not overslept in a long time on Friday morning and it shook me.  Truly there is nothing worse when you suddenly wake up realizing you should have been up a 1/2 hour ago.

Tidy Victory - I have slowly been changing out and decanting all of the food in our pantry.  It was such a hodge-podge assortment of items in boxes, cans, etc.  I scored a great deal on some sealed clear containers with chalk board stickers for labels on Amazon and have slowly been changing everything out.  Extremely satisfying!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #427

Messy Messy Fail - I'm telling you, Friday the 13th was INSANE!  It started off with leaving my phone at home from which point it quickly went down hill.  Glad that day is OVER!

Tidy Victory - Are you planning on watching the lunar eclipse of the Flower Super Blood moon tonight? Fingers crossed we don't get clouds :D