I am a Pampered Chef® Consultant, visiting people's homes to demonstrate a recipe using our FANTASTIC products! I enjoy all of the great people that I am able to meet through this venture. I have been married since November 2000, have two stepchildren and one little boy that was just born in April of 2005. I love my family! I always enjoy baking desserts! (This is my way of getting to eat them, too!) When I was working, I would bake and bring in goodies almost weekly. I love sharing things that I have made with others and seeing the smile it brings to their faces! I can remember growing up (I was probably 10 or so) my Mom would let me make Sunday dinner, and then I would spend Sunday evening "testing" a new dessert recipe. It always made me feel good to be in the kitchen. Especially since finding this site, and using Pampered Chef cookbooks, most of the things I make work out well! I usually make recipes on this site that have already been reviewed by quite a few people, and that have received high marks from most of the reviewers! I am sure that I had many crazy concoctions that I tried as I was growing up and experimenting in the kitchen...nothing really stands out, though, as a tragedy!