I am married, with three children and one stepchild. I am an empty-nester and loving it. I am an attorney and have a great job that I love. Cooking is very therapeutic and I especially like baking b/c when I'm having a bad day, it feels good to be in complete control of how my cookies, cake, pie (or whatever) turns out. :) Christmas cookies, pies, homemade ice cream, ribs, soups and chilis My daughter and I do a Christmas cookie day every year. We spend the entire day baking lots of different kinds of cookies. On most holidays, we have a family celebration and I try something different for each one. The first beef tenderloin I made for a Christmas Eve dinner. Lasagna. My first apple pie, made completely from scratch, crust and all, last Thanksgiving. This year, I'm going to try pumpkin pie.