Mom and wife, in my 50's and likeing it so far. My greatest joy aside from those I love is painting. I deal with symptoms of Lupus lately and am in the process of teaching myself a better way to think about food. I LOVE to eat so I'm seeing the need to retrain myself to eat differently as a great adventure! Some of my favorite types of foods have been Thai, Indian, Mexican, & Italian. I'm also discovering great new tastes lately by trying out different ways to prepare foods I rarely or haven't eaten before: African Peanut Soup, Spicy Baked Tofu, Fried Eggplant & Bean Scrample. I've always been really big with the macraroni and cheese or speghetti. I'm excited to start introducing wonderful new traditions. Food is a wonderful means of expression, nurturing, and having fun with those you love. Created a full birthday dinner with appetizers, soup, main course, and dessert for my son and his friend completey vegan as he'd asked for ;) Forgetting to butter and flour the cake pans for the centerpiece layered cake for an family gathering