I'm a mom to two adorable children, love to read, listen to music. I've recently taken up the sewing machine again after a 17 year absence, and am a novice photographer. Baking is my favorite, and I especially enjoy baking with my 5 year old daughter. Baking, baking, baking. Cookies, squares, biscotti, cakes, pies, cobblers, crumbles, fudge (oh yeah, I make a WICKED chocolate peppermint fudge, ideal for Christmas time), the list is truly endless as I've got a majah sweet tooth. The usual, turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas, stuffing, all the fixings, etc. No other traditions besides those when it comes to cooking. I baked the cutest train cake for my son's 1st birthday. I had an engine with a marshmallow smoke stack, and train cars following behind stacked with assortments of candy, all of which was placed on a black licorice train track. It was so much fun to construct! Too numerous to remember, but nothing too tragic. When things go wrong it's because it's burnt. I really think our oven is too hot, I've learned to have the temperature 25 degrees lower than a recipe calls for, no incidents since then.