I'm a stay at home mom of one daughter (she's the single greatest thing I've done). My husband and I have been together almost 10 years and he is my best friend. We're that couple that other couples like to hate 'cause we never fight! He's born and raised in Oklahoma. I've lived all over the place. A long time ago he cooked in a restaurant but since finding me he hasn't cooked so much as an egg! We live on a cattle ranch and life is GOOD. My husband is my cowboy! Every woman needs one :D I have not always been a (self proclaimed) cowgirl. For about a dozen or so years I was a hairstylist. Then I met my husband and we moved to the country. It's a great place to raise our daughter. She's my little shadow....8 going on 18 UGGHHH! For the gift exchange.....I'm probably the only cowgirl who collects oriental art (anything asian inspired, really).That's all the help you're gettin' because I love surprises and don't want to sway you one way or the other about your gift. :D I make a mean spaghetti sauce, before my husband met me he wouldn't eat spaghetti. The first time I made it for him he had 3 plates full! Now it's a favorite. There are now a couple meatball recipes from AR that I love. I never used to like meatballs. They are Lana's Sweet and Sour Meatballs and Honey-Garlic Glazed Meatballs. I highly recommend them. I fixed Christmas dinner last year. Does that count as a tradition?! Most all my family live too far away. By having my daughter in the kitchen with me I believe I'm instilling in her a love of cooking that I hope she will pass on to her children one day. I've always had a hard time with pan-fried pork chops. Recently, after watching Rachel Ray, my pork chops came out JUICY, yeah!! Usually they are dry and tasteless. See the pork chop story above. My pork chops have always been smothered and cooked very slow or they didn't turn out. Now I'm pan-frying with confidence. I used what Rachel Ray taught me to also pan-fry a steak. My steaks have usually suffered the same fate as the pork chop. Not anymore.