I'm a 30 something happy stay at home mommy, homeschooler and wife to my high school sweetheart. I blog about once a week, mostly about food. http://asinglestepblog.blogspot.com/ I'm developing a passion for local, sustainable food. Living where I do, local produce is abundant. We're working on sourcing out local meat as well. My mother's 5 day pasta sauce. She started it with a pork hock and let it simmer for 5 days, adding things like kielbossa, pepperoni, hot sausage and meatballs. I have gone as far as 3 days with mine, but being a busy mom, I find that just one full day is often enough. But at Christmas I look forward to her dark, tangy sauce. I made our son's birthday cake from scratch one year (I'm a cook, NOT a baker), complete with Italian meringue frosting. The cake recipe wasn't great, unfortunately, but I was still quite proud of myself.