I work full time and am going to grad school while raising my 14 month old cutie pictured with me. It's a busy life but I love it! In my "spare" time I spend time making photo gifts, working on my photo library, learn new things on my computer, read, swim and spend time with my family. I love to travel and hope to do more as Charlie O gets older. I love to cook tuna curry - a favorite since I was 8 years old. Other favorites include chicken and veggie in foil on the grill, pesto pork tenderloin, which is super easy but looks fancy for company ;) and anything in a cream sauce! I love baking Christmas cookies and always make seeral different kinds to give to neighbors during the holidays. I have not had a tragedy with actual food - mine was with the cookbook itself! I was living in Germany and had a flat glass plate stove in my apartment. I started cooking and smelled something burning. It turns out I had turned the wrong burner on and my Betty Crocker cookook was laying on that burner! Luckily, I saved it, but it does look questionable when I pull it out to cook from these days.... do you trust a cook with a burn cookbook?? :)