45 this year, YAY!!! I like getting older & learning new things. Moved to PA 3 yrs ago to live w/my Grandparents so they could stay @ home & so I could quit my bank job & become a Bodywork Therapist & Esthetician (which I am!). I'm a two-time survivor (leukemia & breast) & enjoy all of the bitter & sweet life has to offer. I like to take on new challenges in cooking, but I enjoy cooking fish & meats. I really enjoy the convenience of slow-cooking and I like to add the little touches and flourishes that seem gourmet but actually cut down on prep times. I've learned to cook my mother's dutch oven fried chicken which I found out was an Amish recipe once I moved to PA. I wasn't patient enough to learn from her when she wanted to teach me, so now I'm having fun making my own traditions (salmon @ Christmas!!!) Learning to cook without post-it notes on every pot & pan & hostessing my grandfathers' 77th HS Class Reunion (Lemoyne HS Class of '31) at our home. There are 6 of them left. It was very nice. Cooking doesn't include tragedies unless I've accidently poisoned someone. (Which I haven't yet, thank heavens!)