In the beginning...

There was me, Tee. I'm a middle-age Housewife who has gone back to college to earn my Bachelor's degree. Eventually, I would like to gain my Masters and become a teacher. In NYS the law states to be certified you need a Masters. With the Bachelor's I can be a sub and/or teacher's assistant. I have a teenage son. He plays football and baseball. He knows a lot about sports. If only he put as much effort into his grades as he does with his sports predictions he'd be a consistent A student!
My hubby and I have been together for nearly 10 years, however, we only got married in September '08. I will most likely refer to him as "Honey" or "Bear". Because, well, he's a big bear. He's a park ranger for our County and makes a good living. Which is why I've been able to stay home this past year and just focus on classes. We live in the home he grew up in. Hubby has a twin brother who lives nearby with his wife and son. I have a younger brother who is married with 2 kids and an older brother, who is sadly, MIA at the moment. Bear's Mom is alive and lives with us. My parents are divorced. My Dad lives in VA and my mother still lives in NY in the town I grew up in.
In addition to my teenager, I am the "Mom" to a few critters. We have a 4 year old basset hound named Emma. A 6 year old tabby cat named Toby. We also have 2 birds and several fish. We are looking to adopt another dog. Bear says that Emma is my girl and she is. He wants a dog he can rough house with, so we are looking to adopt a male if possible.
That's my little bio. The reason for this blog is because I have been inspired by the WC ladies over at The Nest.com who all have cooking blogs. Staying home gives me the chance to cook and bake a lot, but I didn't want this blog to be only about cooking and baking. I wanted to be about different projects I do. Currently, Bear and I are in the process of re-decorating 3 rooms of our house. The living room, master bedroom and my son's room. I've started with the living room, but it still needs lots of work. The bedrooms haven't even been touched yet. We are also in process of landscaping the front and backyard. We plan on building a dog pen in the backyard so that Emma and any other dog that comes into our lives has a safe area to run and play. Plus, on those mornings when no one wants to get out of bed to walk her, we can just open the back door and let her in her pen.
The front yard has one bed Bear created last fall and another that we still have to dig. We had the front stairs re-done last summer and this was the inspiration to landscape the front yard.
I try to take pictures, but I forget a lot of things sometimes. I'm new to this blogging thing, so it may take a while for this to become a "pretty" blog.
As for cooking, I haven't really "created" anything on my own. Usually what I cook, comes from an already existing recipe that I've tweaked to my family's likes and dislikes. Sadly, Bear is one of the pickiest eaters I know. He makes it difficult sometimes to try new ideas. Luckily, The Boy (aka my son) likes to try things at least once and is very honest when something truly doesn't taste well.
So I guess that is it for this post. I do have some dishes to post as well as the beggining of the outdoor projects. Thanks for stopping by. I hope as time goes on I'm able to share with friends and family.