I am a teacher with a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction. I love learning and teaching. My family is very important to me. My children are my one greatest accomplishment in life. I am so very glad that I stayed home and raised them until they were in school. They make me so proud! Mexican is my favorite thing to eat so I work on that. It is easy to cook and ingredients are readily available. Christmas "Jesus Cake"; Black Forest Cherry Cake for birthdays; and trying new things. I especially feel proud when a friend or family member is served something and they say "I have never had this before" and they like it! I started cooking at 8 years old. I entered a Black Forest Cherry Cake in a 4H contest and the judge couldn't believe a 12 year old could make something that good and so didn't give me the blue ribbon. Cream Brule' (I don't like custard but my family loves it!) Starting a fire in my friend's kitchen at our annual Christmas dinner. It was all grandma's fault - she used to warm the buns in a paper bag in the oven. Maybe her oven wasn't quite so hot!?