Very happily married for almost 12 years. Recently became an 'empty nester' so I'm learning to cook less amounts, and experimenting more. Comfort foods. Mother gave me her Christmas Tree cookie cutter that her mother gave her. It is very worn, so I plan to fram it and hang in the kitchen. I got a new one to use and bake Christmas Tree sugar cookies starting the first of December. I'm still searching for the perfect recipe. Pot roasts! Struggled for about 7 years, then subscribed to Cooks Illistrated and never had a bad roast since! Accidently bought a corned beef brisket, instead of a regular brisket, and put a rub on it-it had a lot of salt. So by the time the meat was done (slow cooked it on the grill), it was like eating a big hunk of salt!! We had friends over for dinner too!! I was horrified!!! Our friends are cowboy's and love salt and meat, so they ate it anyway. But I still think they were just being nice. It was awful & embarassing.