Happily married with 3 teenage daughters, 2 dogs, a koi pond, a tropical fish tank and one lizard. Love good o'le country southern cooking, also, baking breads...without a bread machine...and desserts, just like my granny taught me! Being in the kitchen with my mom and grandma "fixing" and preparing for a holiday meal the night before. They're both gone now and I miss them so much! I do carry on the tradition by preparing their handed down recipes with my daughters! Learning to smoke a turkey with hickory (mmmm) Also, re-creating my dad's "secret" BBQ sauce and getting rave reviews from my brothers. Ha! Too many to count. (it's part of the journey, ya know) And although I'm a pretty good baker, I can never seem to toast garlic bread in the broiler without burning it. LOL