I'm married to a wonderful guy, have been for 41 years. We live in our small town, where my husband runs a plumbing and HVAC business. We have 3 grown kids and 7 grandkids, all of whom live at least 2 hours away. We love the theater, go out of town a lot for various presentations, and we love to travel, are recently back from two weeks in Ireland. I am a "retired" nurse; actually I didn't exactly retire, just burned out and became a stay-at-home wife and at the time, mom. It's a good life. There are too many to choose just a few. I hate frying. Thanksgiving dinner is our big annual cooking fest. We cook the usual, and that is the only meal of the year that I prepare without regard to the HEAVINESS of it. There aren't many actual traditions because we try new things so often. My kids all cook and cook well, and of that, I am proud! ?? One of my favorite things in the world is lemon meringue pie. A couple of years ago, I got an issue of Bon Appetit with a lemon meringue pie with a hazelnut crust. I decided to try it. That pie took a whole day of mixing, chopping, chilling, rolling, baking, etc., but it was worth it! It was gorgeous and as good as it looked. I brought half to the neighbors to keep from eating it all ourselves. What is life without tragedy? I've had many. One that comes to mind was the Thanksgiving that I used self-rising flour in the pumpkin pie crust. I never buy self-rising flour. It was a salty mess. Everyone makes mistakes and I've made my share. Just have to get over it!