I work in the lab as a med tech at a small specialty hospital in the Milwaukee area. I live with my boyfriend and enjoy doing most of the cooking for us. My mom did a great job teaching me the cooking basics early on, and I still rely on some of her staple recipes - my mom is cooking tradition for me. On Christmas night we all sit down to a prime rib roast feast, with all the trimmings. I also love the time I've spent in the nights leading up to Christmas, stirring and forming and garnishing the many Christmas cookies and loaves of zucchini bread we'd give to the relatives :) I was making a black forest torte back at home to suprise my mom with, and I didn't want to wait for the cake layers to cool completely before adding the cool-whip topping and cherries, and the whole double-layer dessert came sliding down, all over the plate and into the fridge. It didn't taste too bad, but ever since I've always let the cakes sit hours before frosting.