My life is a little hectic, especially in the last year. I got married to my husband, Jay on December 31, 2007 and just graduted college in May 2008 with a degree in Social Work. I work with the adult mental health population as a Supported Living Counselor. We just found out in September that we are expecting our first little one :) and couldn't be happier! My mom and (believe it or not) my husband have taught me the most about cooking, and the rest I learn as I go. I'm somewhat of an adventurous cook. My mom and mother in law are both great cooks but always tend to cook the same things. My husband loves the fact that I try to make something different everyday. I love cajun food (I waitressed in a great Cajun Restaurant for a few years) and pasta dishes. I tend to cook chicken a lot but always try to find a different way to cook it. I also love baking and grilling. On Holidays we all go to my parents' and my mom cooks all day and plays music. I help her cook and she shows me her secrets, we drink wine and have a great time. I've learned so much from watching my mom in the kitchen. We go to the outerbanks every year with my family. We rent a house on the bogue and have crabbing nets out. I peeled about 3 dozen crabs and we used flounder that we caught and made stuffed flounder for my family. It was a true seafood feast complete with bacon wrapped scallops, stuffed mushrooms, and plenty other goodies. I can't take all the credit because my husband helped me every step of the way; but my family loved it and I have done it every year since. I cooked dinner for my husband's family (when we were dating) and I decided to make fried chicken for the first time ever. I double breaded the chicken with bread crumbs and even though I fried it forever, when I served the perfectly browned chicken to the family, his uncle immediately spit it out and screamed "It's Raw!" No one ate it of course, and still to this day, I never made fried chicken again.