Mother of 4 and have been married for 32 years! I grew up helping both of my grandmothers in the kitchen and learnig from them the importance of spending time creating food gifts for others. I love to cook and do not really mind the clean up either... Pies, cookies to give to others...my children and I were always baking for our neighbors. Thanksgiving dinner for the family... Thanksgiving Holiday and Christmas Season! Years of enjoyment serving my family... The first casserole I cooked in 1976 as a newly wed...my husband didn't like and after hours of preparing it...I tossed it in the garbage disposal. I'll never forget how I felt! It was truly a tragedy that I wasn't able to just grin and bear it! He likes my creations now!