Yes I'm Still Reading

I've finished the first book, now I'm on to the second of the trio.  Sinfully delicious!
I did manage to get a few things done today and yesterday though, apart from all the naughty books.  Yesterday I spent the entire day with my man, having Chinese food, napping, planting pepper and tomato seeds, and having a great day!  Today I did a bit of grocery shopping (cooking pics tomorrow maybe?), went to church, did my nails, and shaved my brother's head:

Today's mani: Sally Hansen polish in Very Cherry with Bundle Monster zebra pattern stamped using Konad black polish

My brother's scary Mr. T look - he looked like Grizzly Adams before I took the clippers to him

All in all, its been a productive weekend!  Back to work my real job tomorrow!

New obsession!!

I took yesterday off from posting because 1. I had to work my REAL job :)  and 2. all my free time was taken up with the new book I downloaded onto my Kindle and I'm OBSESSED with!  The book is called "50 Shades of Grey" written by E. L. James and I'm telling you, its HOT!   The author was inspired by the Twilight books, and while there aren't any vampires or werewolves or anything supernatural at all, you can definitely see similarities.  It is set in Washington State, the heroine is young, naive, clumsy, and doesn't realize she is appealing to men.  Mr. Grey, the main character, is in his 20s as well, wildly successful and wealthy, gorgeous of course,  ridiculously attracted to Ana (heroine), but he has a dark secret.  The secret is all about SEX!  Very graphic sex, to be exact.  Things most of us wouldn't dream of and maybe didn't know even existed.  But WHOA!  What a good read!  Even without the sex parts, its a good book.  And I'm only halfway through.  So what am I doing here???  See ya... :)

Lunch was Delish!

So I'm off work today and was inspired to cook a few things.  I have been completely addicted to Pinterest for the past few weeks, and found a recipe for Baked Parmesan Asparagus there that looked SO good (I don't even LIKE asparagus!).  So while grocery shopping today I saw that they had asparagus on sale...I picked up a bunch, along with some seasoned bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, and eggs.  Took them home and made these! 

Crunchy Baked Parmesan Asparagus - with ranch for dipping :)

DAY 1

Hi.  I'm Gretchen.  Hence the name of my blog.  Basically I've created this space for me to spew my thoughts and inspirations for anyone (or no one!) to enjoy, laugh at, be motivated by.  I'll be discussing and posting photos of mostly things I like, parts of my everyday life, things I'm obsessed with, including: crochet, decorating, cooking, nail polish art, tattoos, DIY fun things, and beauty in nature.  So, without further ado, some pics!

My manicure currently: HITS No Olimpo polish in Demeter with ring fingers stamped using Konad white stamping polish and Bundle Monster plate BM19.

My favorite picture of my Mom's homemade jams and jellies. See the whole collection and more at www.auntsallyspantry.etsy.com

Beginnings of my herb garden!  

The giant crocheted flower pillow I'm working on - front is done, now I'm working on the back half!  It's about 2 feet in diameter and made with Caron Simply Soft yarn. Gonna be awesome!

So this is an idea of what you're in for - just me, my projects and latest obsessions.  Fun!

Just Gretchen