Right now I'm a stay at home wife who enjoys reading, cooking, blogging, and working on any of my many projects. I only really started cooking after I got married, but I quickly found my stride. I've become one of those people who rarely measures anything or sticks to any one recipe. However, I often use Allrecipes.com as a place to get inspiration. I'll read several recipes, and then throw my own thing together. So far it's worked pretty well. I really like one-pot meals like the kind my husband and I both had growing up. They make great left overs on the days when I spend a little too much time on the couch reading :D Some of our favorites are veggie soups, meatloaf, pasta, tex-mex inspired, and Southern style foods. Hmmmmmm, my mom makes fabulous bread, but unfortunately that's not something I've been able to keep up with myself. She also makes wonderful pancakes and biscuits every weekend. I really loved weekends growing up, and hopefully that's something I'll be able to pass along once we have kids. Every time my husband says he's enjoyed a meal and he's grateful I'm such a good cook is a triumph. Other than that,just going from being scared and feeling incompetent in the kitchen to feeling confident and creative in under a year has been a wonderful achievement. Chocolate chip cookies -I'm not good at making any sort of oatmeal or chocolate chip cookie. They turn into some sort of dried out wafer. I can't say I understand why.