Happily married, empty nester. I Love my grandchildren and cookie with them! Bake actually! Christmas cookies and desserts Making Olie Bollen on New Years Day, Cooking for Thanksgiving and making more Christmas cookies than ANY family could eat! Where to begin: First time I cooked for hubby I added baking soda to the gravy instead of flour! As a new bride I set the lid of the pan on the stove and set off the alarm-burning my new pots and pans. I still have this problem: Starting some elaborate recipe, that I am SURE I have all the ingredients to only to find out at the end, usually late at night, when I am my scuziest,that I am missing a key ingredient!