I work full time and still find time to cook. It is my stress reliever. When my husband comes home on a Saturday or Sunday and finds the kitchen a mess with piles of muffins, cakes, cookies, rice krispy treats and candies the first thing he'll say is "what's wrong?" Sometimes I just get inspired to create, other times I need to releive stress by taking control of the ingredients and manipulating them into something beautiful. Right now I am into using fresh home-grown garden ingredients and trying to branch out a bit into underused ingredients. It can be difficult with a VERY picky husband, but I sneak plenty of things in that he has never caught onto. Eating the cookie dough while my mom was trying to make cookies. Thankfully she always made a double batch of dough. My mom also cooks when she is stressed...I must have learned that from her. Finding out that I am very skilled at cake decorating, and creative enough that friends often call me to do cakes for them. Starting the stove on fire when I was 13 (the morning after my sleepover party) because the oil splashed onto the burner