
ummm, my husband and I are barely living under the same roof right now. Tense would be one word to describe it. Now his 83 yr old father and his new wife are staying here? His father spent a winter with us a few years ago. I cooked virtually every night, because... I cook,.... real food, .... ya know, meat we raise, veggies I grow... bread I make.... never once would he say, thank you, it was good to me, but if my husband cooked something on the grill... it was ooohhed and ahhed over. He is the kind of man that thinks women are less intelligent than men and need to be seen and not heard. One day we were talking about gardening and I had said how I prepare the soil.... in regards to ph balance and he looked at me and said, "what do you know about ph" with a sneer on his face. Guess what, he was lost when I began a dissertation on parts of hydrogen per million, acid vs alkali , how to change organically.... helllllooooo the science degree comes in handy occasionally

I am NOT cooking this year as I always have. My house is where everyone comes... not this year, my SIL is cooking in a one bedroom teeeeny tiny apartment. I love it!