A Change in Topic

I started my lovely blog a little over a year ago. I started because my best friend, Lilith over at Crunchy Green Lovin' Mom, told me to! (She even set my blog up for me...shhhh... don't tell!)

I started doing the Bloggy Giveaways and then that stopped.

I did a couple reviews. I love doing reviews. I just did not do many.

I really thought about what I wanted my blog to be about. I have come up with idea after idea for over a year now and I finally decided!

I bought the book Garden Witchery: Magick from the Ground Up by Ellen Dugan. I bought this book 5 or 6 years ago. At the time I lived in a apartment in Downtown Denver, Colorado with no yard or balcony. Why would I pick up a book on gardening? Because something told me to. Something deep down inside told me that I would need it one day.

I did not start reading this book until 4 months ago. I was hooked! I am a slow reader so it took me some time to read it and I also took notes as I went along.

My husband, Dan, and I have been trying to re do our little yard for YEARS! We can never finish it! Something always comes up! One thing that definitely comes up is WEEDS! That is the ONLY thing that grows in the back yard. Dan tried to grow grass back there for years when he first moved into the house. It never worked. He tried almost everything. No grass. Only weeds. This past summer, we decided to either put down stamped concrete or flag stone in the entire back yard (it is only 16'x30' ish) and have container gardens. About a week after we decide this, grass started to grow in our backyard. Someone must have been seeding their yard and some flew into ours! It is in patches and it did not last, but I thought it was funny! It was like Mother Nature saying "I'll show you grass!" Dan was PISSED!

I have always loved gardening. My grandfather and I use to do it all the time when I was young. His back yard was always lush and green and beautiful! To be honest, that was really the last time I really gardened except for on Mothers Day when we plant my grandmothers flowers for her to kill... SERIOUSLY! She says she waters them, but they do not look that way! Back to the subject....

I consider myself a VERY new gardener. I have a yard that needs much work on it. Gretel's Modern Day Fairy Tale will now be a gardening journal of sorts. From now on, I will be sharing what I learn as I learn it, what things I did wrong in my garden, Before/During/After pictures of my backyard and any gardening I try to do.

And if anyone has any words of wisdom on gardening do's and don'ts or even on blogging (still very new at) PLEASE SHARE!!! I need all the help I can get!

I have to thank Lilith for getting me into the blogging:) My Grandfather, Fred, for introducing me to Mother Nature, and Ellen Dugan for writing such a wonderful book! I truly felt like I was sitting down talking with a friend as I read it!

So here we go! I hope you enjoy the ride!

YoBaby Yogurt Winner

A couple of weeks ago, Lilith over at Crunchy Green Lovin' Mom had a HUGE Birthday Bash Giveaway. I was one of the lucky winners of one of the many giveaways. I won a YoBaby bowl with lid, an organic YoBaby bib, and a bundle of five YoBaby coupons. I love it!
I have a One Year old, Grady that eats YoBaby Yogurt all the time! He loves the peach and vanilla yogurts! Thank you Crunchy Green Lovin' Mom and YoBaby!

Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce

Like to cook? Like to BBQ?

Check out Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce!

Country Bob started making his All Purpose Sauce in 1968. He would give it away to family and friends. In 1977 Country Bob decided to start selling his yummy sauce.


I have to say this sauce is AWESOME! My Husband, being the cook in the family, cooked up some chicken breast in a pan with Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce. That was all the chicken needed! Nothing added to it! The sauce has a kick to it. A tang! Think BBQ or country home cookin' and you have Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce! Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce is better then ketchup when eating french fries!


The All Purpose Sauce is not the only sauce Country Bob sells! They also have BBQ Sauce, Seasoning Salt and Spicy All Purpose Sauce. They also have great recipes that you may try out as well. Everything from Shrimp Cocktail Sauce to Grilled Pork Tenderloin to Honolulu Bob Burgers.


Hungry yet? Check out their website!

Last Day for Birthday Bash Giveaway!

Hurry! Hurry!
It is the last day for the Birthday Bash Giveaway over at Crunchy Green Lovin' Mom!
Today is a double giveaway full of things to clean!
ALL Might Laundry Detergent and “Kiss My Face” natural body cleansing products!
I know I got a messy family, how about you?
Below is my messy one year old!
Pick me! Pick me!

Grady with his Birthday Cake in Florida



Grady eating a cupcake on his actual birthday



Grady eating a cupcake at his BIG PARTY!

Grady's 1st Birthday

Today is Grady's First Birthday!
Has it really been a year?!
Grady is the missing piece to my life that I did not know I was missing!
Thank you, Dan!

Last week, we traveled down to Ocala, Florida to see my in-laws. While we were down there, we celebrated Grady's first birthday, Tyler's 16th birthday, and TJ's High School Graduation (TJ and Tyler are my nephews!).

Today, Grady has decided to go in his "Birthday Suit" until we go to Great Grandma Ginny's for a BBQ in Grady's honor!

Sunday is the BIG party! Friends and Family all together to eat cupcakes, play with squirt guns, blow bubbles and have as much fun as we can on the playground!

(TJ, Grady, and Tyler all waiting to dig into their cake!)







(Grady diggin into his cake!)

2nd Day of the Birthday Bash

Hello Everyone!

Today is Day 2 of the Birthday Bash over at Crunchy Green Lovin' Mom! Today she is giving a way a Nalgene bottle! Totally check it out!

Crunchy Green Lovin' Mom's Birthday Bash!

So one of my favorite people is having a birthday today. And to celebrate, she has put together a huge blog giveaway! Check it out! It starts today and goes until the 17th!