The Many Faces of Chuck Norris "The Giveaway"

I was catching up over at Freckled Nest last night and saw this absolutely adorable post LA did on her puppies Tom. He is so cute and I loved it so much that I just HAD to go through my pictures of Chuck Norris and see what his face says about him....

LA also made hers into a giveaway - so why not be a complete copycat (sorry!!!). Check at the bottom of this post to see what you need to do to win the FAB prize!!!

Here's what I found...

Oh how I love him. Except when he runs away.

To Win:

Just leave a comment telling me what is your favorite Chuck Norris pic and follow 2Messy on Bloglovin' (button is on the left sidebar) and you will be entered to win a braided headband, 3 homemade cards, and a $15 coupon to the 2MESSY shop!!!! :)

I will draw the winner using random.org and annouse it next Wednesday. Contest Closes Tuesday @ 7pm EST. Good Luck!!!

Cheers,

Messy

Fine. I Admit It.

Today I was browsing through Bloglovin' and came across a post titled "Postpartum". It instantly grabbed my attention and I had to read more. Natalie over at Mr. & Mrs. Smith has written something that made me cry. I'm not a crier unless it is secret in the shower crying so no one would ever know kinda crying.

On Sunday I had to finally admit to My Paddy that I am suffering from Depression again. :(

I hate it when this happens, and the worst part is this is the longest I have gone in between bouts of it. Last time was in 2008.

I get so down and low and negative. I feel like crawling in a hole till next summer. All I do is sit in sweats, watch Cosmo TV and eat junk food. When I get depressed I get sick too. It's an added joy really {kidding!}. I get major nausea, nothing is appetizing and before I know I have lost so much weight I look like a skeleton and friends are asking if I need help. {sigh} I appreciate the love, and yes...I need MENTAL help. You know when you have people over and someone says "Shelley! Do you need some help?" I always yell back "YES....mentally!!!" and then in my head say 'I'm not joking' to myself. Even when I'm not depressed.

I don't know how I have gotten out of it in the past. I don't think about it once the session has passed for fear I will get so depressed about the way I have treated everyone around me. I turn into a horrible friend who doesn't call or go out anymore. I don't talk to anyone, or participate in anyway. I get mad at the drop of a hat, sulk, fight, say mean mean mean things and my poor Paddy takes it. He loves me. I'm lucky.

Depression runs on my Dads side of the family and to be honest, I didn't believe in it until I was 23 or 24ish. I just thought people used it as an excuse to be lazy and selfish. It is a very selfish disease. You purely think about yourself, forget about all the amazing things you do have, don't see how blessed you have been. It's crazy even as I read it right now...but yet I still feel it.

I have tried anti-depressants, but the mood swings are too much to handle. Plus, I don't 100% believe in using drugs to solve mental problems. Lots of people take them and have no problems, but the 3 kinda I have been given to try weren't for me.

Natalie used the word "low" in her post. I use it all the time to try and explain how I'm feeling. That is the most connecting word for all of us with depression. You can only truly know what that word feels like when you have felt it yourself. And once you have felt it...you will know....you are so very low.

Cheers,
Messy


***I just re-read this post to myself and by the end I had a little bit of hope. Right this second I can say - It makes me hopeful to know that it will be over eventually.

*** Thank you Natalie for giving me the strength to admit it. xoxo

New Lot at the Shop

Gooda Mornink!!!!

Have ya'll been to our shop lately??? We have so much new stuff right now, I definately can't post it all...but here are some highlights...

And that's only half the stuff!

Check out our pages at the top of our blog, or visit us on Etsy at www.etsy.com/shelleysarina

Don't forget - it's always free delivery to Brockville and surrounding areas, so if you live near us, forget about the shipping charges!

Also, our items are always cheaper if you visit us at the Brockville Farmer's Market on Saturday's from 7am - 1pm!!!

Cheers,

Paddy & Shelley

100 YEARS / STYLE / EAST LONDON

I don't know if you have seen this video or not, but I loves it!!!! It is everything I love, vintage dancing and great style!!!!! I am so gonna use these dance moves this year! Waahaahahaha

Happy Labor Day eh!

Cheers,

Messy

Etsy Love - NEED IT

There is no theme to my post today, which I usually dow hen I am picking stuff from Etsy I want. Today is just stuff that isn't a want...I NEED them!!!! LOL

This cool Sports Bra would be awesome for Dance!!!

I know this is mostly due to the cutie pie puppies, but I want one of these for Chuck Norris!!! 

This bathing suit is sooooo cute!!!

This would be a sweet fruit bowl!!!

I NEED these beauties!!!

I love this color and the ruffles!!!

Cheers,

Messy

Outfit Post ~ Sa-Sa-September!!!

Happy September Everyone!!!!

Only one more week off for me, then the dance studio is open for the year again! I am super excited!!!

Yesterday I wore this outfit out and about to do errands and go get my passport renewed. I thought I would take my pictures in my garden with my JUMBO sunflowers! These things are MASSIVE and they don't even have flowers yet!!!!!!

{on a side note - can you believe how long my hair is?!?}

I absolutely adore being in my garden. We dug a huge new garden along our back fence for privacy and I have done lots of weeding and planting keeping it nice. I am VERY lucky that my beautiful neighbor and close friend Maryse gives me flowers from her garden to plant!!!

My jeans are sorta homemade. I do this alot with jeans...I make holes and sew patches on them. I would say this is my favorite pair of jeans It is a close call between these and another pair with patches :)

I got this cute top at a flea market one Sunday recently. I love the tie in the front and that it is so airy and breezy! It has a cute little lace detail on the shoulders and is baggy and flowy.

Thanks for stoppin' by! I will be at the Brockville Farmer's Market tomorrow all day so keep your fingers crossed for good weather and lots of sales! :)

Cheers,

Messy

Free Ad Space!

Hi Guys!!!

I have recently decided that i am going to start putting ads on my blog for you all!!!! I love sponcoring other peoples blogs and this is a great opportunity to start that here at 2MESSY.

So, if you would like to advertize for the rest of September here then please send me an email {shelleysarina(at)hotmail(dot)com} with your ad button size: 185 x 100 and if you would like to do a guest post or send something for a monthly giveaway!

Miss. Travel McTravelson ~ Pisa, Italy

Good Morning!!!

The next stop on our European trip was to finally leave Spain and head to Italy!!!! First stop - Piza!!!!

We took Ryan Air from Gerona, Spain to Piza, Italy and it was terrible. Quite possibly the worst airline we used the whole trip. But who can say no to $11 flights to Italy {sigh}. First off they wouldn't let us bring our sleeping bags so we had to ditch them in the airport!!! Then once we waited an hour in the lineup, they told us we had to get our passport stamped at another place in the checkin area!!!! Then we didn't know we had to wait in line to board because it was first come first serve seating! Weird!!!!

We got to Piza early in the morning and took a taxi to our hotel. We picked it for it's location and the fact that TripAdvisor had great reviews for it! The hotel was an old Monastery that had been converted into a hotel. The grounds were spectacularity well kept and the inside of the hotel...looked like an insane asylum. LOL It was a square box and everything was white. I mean EVERYTHING. Walls, drapes, bedding, tiles in the bathroom, flooring....EVERYTHING!!! The window was a tiny box with bars on it! ha! It was unsettling...

Of course the first thing we did is start a HUGE walk to go see if we could stumble apon the tower. There were tonnes of cute little Ma & Pop restaurants and the Italian people were so nice. Not very many people spoke English...but everyone was willing to try! We were just walking around enjoying the hot beautiful day when we turned the corner and all of a sudden you could see it!!!!

I got so excited I started jumping around like a kid!!!!

The tower looked like a postcard even when you got right up close. It was the most unbelievable sight.

 I would say even after seeing all the monuments I saw...the Leaning Tower is still the most stunning!!!!

There was a HUGE market around the tower so we got to do a little of our favorite kinda shopping!!! I bought some sweet mirrored aviators and a cute leather purse that I have used everyday since I bought it!!!

We had our first lovely meal at a beautiful outdoor cafe in their courtyard! It was so romantic and calming! Then we found a grocery market and bought some fresh pasta and Italian pasta seasoning to take home! :)

Another highlight for me as an artist was seeing Keith Haring's Tutto Mondo mural!!!! I studied it in High School and it was really neat to see it up close! It's HUGE!!!

So, that's Piza in a nuttshell. We had 2 full days and then we were off to our next adventure....VENICE!!!!

Cheers,

Messy

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***On a side note: I just got this super cute photo from my brother of my nephew wearing the jacket I bought him while in Italy...it finally fits!

Snail Mail Rocks!!!!

I love mail.

I love getting any typw of mail - even bills.

To me, a letter is so much more personal. It's like when someone calls you instead of texts.

It's lovey, and it makes me feel loved.

As a kid I had a HUGE amount of penpals. I was lucky enough to travel with my family alot and I would meet kids from all over the world. I still talk to some of them via facebook (Hi Michelle!!!! *we met on a Mexican Cruise when I was in Grade 9). My Grandma and I always used to write letters back and forth and I would wait and wait for them to come in the mail.

Letters are a lost art.

I used to send alot of homemade cards to friends and family, but now that they sell so fast it is hard to get them sent out before they are gone!

Well, the opportunity to start the penpal love arose when I saw a post on Allisons blog, Crafted Love. As I mentioned in my first penpal post, I mailed a lovely headband to a girl named Nadine in England.

Well, yesterday I got a letter from Alison herself!!!! Isn't that sweet!!!

Today I am going to send her something lovely. So lovely that you'll are gonna be so jealous!!!! heehee

Have a great Tuesday!

Cheers,

Messy

Lauren's Idea...

Lauren over at Busy Bee is asking one very amazeballs question to us all...

If your love story was made into a movie, who would you want to play you and your sugnificant other?

This is hard...

I am like Lauren and have no idea who would play me...ideas anyone?

But My Paddy would be played by Jerry Sienfield (with bleech blonde hair) LOL

Of course Jerry is going to have to get a few tattoos, buy some crazy colored runners and about 150 hats...but it could work. LOL

Can anyone think of anyone else we could be played by?

Cheers,

Messy