I'm Gonna Be A Writer!!!!!!

Well, sort of a writer.  I have finally decided to do something that Chuck has been trying to get me to do for years.  I'm gonna write a cookbook!!

Years and years ago, I had found this awesome program {Kitchen Gourmet} that I could enter all of my recipes in.  It had a great layout and made a nice presentation.  One year for Christmas, I printed it all out, put it in sheet protectors and made a nice binder cover for it and presented it to Terri for a gift.  Through the years and several computers and operating systems later, I can no longer use that program, but I have all of those recipes printed out and many more added to it.  Occasionally, Chuck will mention to someone that I "wrote a cookbook", like it was some big deal.  They always end up asking for one and I have to explain that it's just my personal collection of recipes from friends and family.

The past few days I have been looking at different cook book software, trying to find a replacement so I can get all organized again, and found one I tried and liked= Incentive #1.  A dear friend has just written a book and is about to have it published= Incentive #2  A couple of close friends have mentioned that they would love to have access to some of my recipe collection and I thought how they would really make great gifts= Incentive #3 And the last time I saw the one I made for Terri, it has been well used and could use freshening up=Incentive #4.  So, I have decided to embark on this mission and hope that, if nothing else, I will come up with something that my friends and family will enjoy!

I'm excited and hope I can make it work!  I have recipes that were my Great-Grandmother's, my Mom's (both of whom were amazing cooks).  I have some of Terri's, Chuck's Grandmother and many from numerous friends.  And along with the usual categories, I plan to add an Alaskan specific category. And mayhaps even a "Derby Girl" category! There will be foot notes about the friends and family, as well as some photos, I hope.  I plan to put as many photos of the food items in that I can, as well.

So, if any of you dear ones would care to suggest any recipes or SEND me some of your favorites, I will 'test' them and add them to my book :) .  My original was simply called "Family & Friends Recipes", s0 I will be thinking on a unique name for this as well.  Any and all suggestions are most welcome!!  So, send recipes, title ideas and so on.  I will eagerly await your input!

Aside from the fact that my 6 hummingbird feeders are constantly surrounded and require refilling each day, not much else is happening.  I may have to sneak off to Lowes and get a couple more feeders!  They are so fun to have flitting around my front and back windows!