I've been married for nearly 31 years. We have 2 children, a daughter who is a graduate of UW Eau Claire with a BS in nursing. She was married in August 2009 and is now working on her master's degree at UW Milwaukee while working full time at a local hospital. Our son is 19 and a sophmore at UW Oshkosh. He is studying business. I've been a nurse for over 28 years and have worked in a variety of nursing positions including ICU, Cardiac, Geriatrics, Home Health Care, and now at a BioLife Plasma Services. My husband retired after 35 years on the Sheboygan Police Department is currently the Deputy Chief at the Police Department. He is now working part time as a sherrif in another county and loves his new job. I love to travel and spend quality family time. My husband and I took a trip to Hawaii in June in celebration of our 30th anniversary. January of 2009 we took off for 8 glorious days in St. Thomas in celebration of his retirement. It was 86 degrees there...in the middle of winter!!! We love casseroles. I'm always looking for a new and exciting casserole to try. Or we also like a good slow cooker recipe. We are great soup eaters too, so a good soup recipe is always a nice standby. I also enjoy baking and have been trying more low fat and low sugar recipes. There isn't too much I don't like. On Christmas, we all get together and share our favorite appetizer recipes. We always manage to come up with some good new foods, but there are always the old stand-bys that everyone wants from year to year. Finally learned to make homemade bread! I've been experimenting with cheesecake recipes, too. One time I tried a new chicken casserole for dinner. When I lifted it out of the oven, the glass bottom of the pan popped out and all the food ended up on the floor, thankfully not on my bare feet!