I work as an ophthalmic assistant fulltime and a mommy and wife all the time. I really like the work I do but I relish my time with my boys. Pumpkin rolls, chess bars, peaches and cream tart...anything sweet! Chicken and dumplings, BBQ pulled pork. I'm just getting into soups and crockery cooking. Cooking is always a family event. My husband and I met in a restauraunt...he was a chef and I was waiting tables for extra money. He wooed me with orange chicken and jasmine rice ;) Now our 8 year old and 21 mo. old help prepare nearly every meal in some (usually big) way. It is such a great way to bond with them! And by the way, if you marry a chef, don't expect them to cook for you at home! Guess who cooks at our house! I have a board in our kitchen where I write things the boys do that make me proud. After a very good dinner of pulled pork and all the fixins, my eight year old wrote on the board, "Mom's meal was better than Moonlight*, Mcdonled, tacobell and minicheeseburgers!" TRIUMPH! *Moonlight is a local but world famous BBQ joint. Chicken and dumplings...they started off so bad, my husband would take them to work for lunch and dump them in the river. He later told me the fish wouldn't even eat them. But...I've come a long way...now they're one of my specialties.