Homemade chocolate chip cookies

Tomatoes from the garden

Supreme omelet with toast and grits from first watch in Dayton Ohio

My 1st time to steam the ribs with pickled mustard stems. DM me how's the process if you're of any interest to try.

My first brilliant move

I managed to pull off an absolutely devious lick

What about it?

They resigned after I put them in check

Don't overpromote!

Just hit my all time high! What's your highest puzzle score?

Why is this a mistake

What about it?

It wins a queen

My first brilliant move

Hitting 1000 Elo in 7 Months

What about it?

I never really use Reddit, but no one in my life would understand this news. I started up my chess.com account on January 6 of this year. It at first classified me as a 900, but I quickly lost my way down to 300. I had never really played before, besides playing with family from time to time around the holidays. Chess was fun to me, but I never really loved it - that is until I started to play online. I was hooked immediately. I was intoxicated with wanting to improve. My initial goal was to be a 1000 rated player by December of this year. Through all the ups and downs and many many games later, I hit my goal 6 months sooner than I set out to. I’m not trying to brag or toot my own horn, just wanted to share with a community that would care about my accomplishment.