I love series books you get to know the secondary characters and start wanting some of them to get their own stories and eagerly await them. Plus you get to hear whats going on in the lives of former book characters
I have all 3 of my daughters are now out on their own and right before the youngest left I got divorced. So now I'm on my own with 2 cats and I'm still learning how to cope. I had my oldest at 19 and now at 46 I'm single, living by myself in a 3 room apartment. I found I needed a creative outlet so I do alot of different crafts and paint and do needle felting and it helps.
My grandma has Alzheimer now my favorite thing she used to make every holiday was a jello dish with lime jello, pecans, pineapple cool whip etc. I still make it every holiday. As to banana bread I make it often and of course give loaves to all our friends