I love my family...I'm a Mom, Grandma & Great Grandma. My great grandson calls me "GeeGee"...you know...for "Great Grandma".... he's adorable. I've been a widow for over 20 years & still miss my wonderful husband. I love family get togethers...in the summer we spend two weeks together at a cottage on L.I. Sound as well as getting together for holidays, birthdays etc. Those special times together give me a good excuse to cook & bake. I also have been a menber of my church for over 60 years. We have fund raisers & pot luck suppers etc. which also gives me a chance to bake. some of my favorite things to cook are one dish meals...I have some good recipies....also I enjoy making cookies...we have invented some recpies over the years. I have one named for my grandson, Kevin....we call them "Kevmars"...for "Kevin & Grandma"...the inventors!...everyone loves them. the most fun we have is before christmas....we all get together to make gingerbread houses....each family makes one. The tradition goes back 50 years when I made my first gingerbread hosue....they started out simple but have progressed over the years. As was bound to happen the next generation has taken over & I basicly get to sit & watch...I do construct the bases for teh houses but everyone has a hand in the decorating....some getting very elaborate. My cooking triumphs are probably some of those one dish meals. I've made some really good ones. When I was first married I made a pound cake that looked beautiful. We had guests over & as we were having tea & cake we realized my lovely creation had an odd taste. Since we lived in a small aparment at the time there wasn't much storage room so things got store together. My husband's can of turpentine was right next to my can of baking powder...need I say more? The baking powder absorbed the turpantine "flavor".It was a disaster.