Sweetielola's Exciting Bio -:)
Submitted by sweetielola on May 01, 2010 at 4:22 pm

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Sweetielola's Exciting Bio -:)

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Ok, let's see. I am a 60-year-old woman who has lived in either Delaware or Maryland all of my life. I graduated from the University of Delaware and met my husband at my first job out of college.

I have an identical twin sister. We talk every day. Unfortunately she now lives in Florida and I miss her so much. I also have a half-sister that I hardly ever see, which I feel very sad about.

My husband and I have been married 39 years and have one child, a 36 year old son. My son is the light of our life. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and we are very proud of him. We are even more proud that he is a caring, loving, generous person. He works for a non-profit organization in Baltimore. He is the first to develop the curriculum and teach a Culinary Arts and Life Skills Training Program in Baltimore to students who live below the proverty line and when they graduate they are able to find and hold successful jobs. His first class graduated in April. He was filled with emotion and very proud--they all received job offers!

I have not worked full-time since 1992 when I developed lupus. It is hard because I loved working at the University of Delaware. I worked for one professor who had his own research lab. I miss my interaction with the graduate/undergraduate students. They were like my kids/family.

Since leaving the University in 1992 I have had several bad falls and now have five herniated discs--so this keeps me from doing a lot of my favorite hobbies (like reading for extended time or too much computer time).

My husband decided five years ago to leave the country life and come back up to Newark, where the University and my family is--even though this is only about 35 minutes difference it has made a big difference in the quality of life I now have. I can see my family a lot more or just meet some one for lunch in five minutes. Also if I'm not feeling well they can get to me. I appreciate that he made this sacrifice as he loved being out in the country!

I have taken cooking classes and have been lucky enough to meet Nick Malgeri, Madleine Kamman, Jeff Smith when I was a souf-chef for a local cooking school years ago. I love to bake but am learning so much from BC.

My favorite vacation destination is Hawaii. Now if we would just hit the powerball....:)

I will add more as I think of it.

Update: We now have a 19 month old granddaughter, Bella...crazy for that girl!