I love to read, and bake and take pictures. I have 17 cats(that live in the barn. 10 of them kittens) 3 dogs, and too many cows to count and I love to watch "So You Think You Can Dance" :D I LOVE to bake desserts! I can't help myself. I'm really not good I making meals though. I usually make way too much and way too little but mostly way too much. My fav family cooking traditions are every year at easter time my mom makes hot cross buns and puts some icing on them! They are really good! One of my cooking triumphs is Mac N' Cheese! It's right from scratch and is pretty much the only meal I can make that is no fail. :P One of many cooking tragedies is when I made these lemon muffins and they turned out horrible. My dad ate them, but I hated them and so did many other people.