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A Cinco De Mayo Girls Night In With Sauza Tequila
Enjoying Sauza-Ritas And Making The Besos & Margaritas Video
April 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of enjoying a wonderful girls night in over in California along with five other bloggers (Jenn from Hostess With The Mostess, Jillian from Catch My Party, Marisa from Margaritas In The Rain, Jenny from Good, Bad, And Fab and Candace from Fashionably Organized). We were celebrating Cinco De Mayo, eating yummy Mexican food and drinking delicious Sauza Blue Sauza-Ritas, all while shooting a Cinco De Mayo Girls Night In video for Sauza {Read More}
Catching Up
April 7, 2013 by 6 Comments
It’s been a crazy few weeks around here. Well, it’s always crazy, but it’s been super crazy, like things you never expect to happen kind of crazy! So let’s play catch up on what’s been going on here at Love From The Oven… First, big exciting news, I recently signed with Running Press to write my first cookbook, Smart Cookie, which will hopefully be hitting stores in Fall 2014! This has been in the works for a few months, as {Read More}
Away From The Oven Special Needs
Giving Up The Fix To Find & Focus On The Joy
February 15, 2013 by 21 Comments
I’ll be honest, it’s felt like quite a risk to step out of my kitchen and share a bit more of my personal life on this blog. I worry that people looking for cake pops will be all confused and upset about a post that doesn’t include buttercream. I worry about exposing so much of myself, my feelings and who I am, especially when it really isn’t sugar coated. Cake pops are safe to share, life and emotions, not so {Read More}
2013 Arizona Apraxia Walk
Raising Funds For & Awareness Of Apraxia
February 5, 2013 by 4 Comments
I’ve done my share of fundraising over the years for different causes, but I’ve just started my most personal fundraising journey – raising money for Apraxia Of Speech, a neurological disorder that our daughter has, and is severely impacted by. I have shared before what apraxia is as well as talking about The Childhood Apraxia Of Speech Association of America. In short, apraxia is a neurological disorder that affects motor planning, making speech hard for some kids and almost impossible {Read More}
Away From The Oven – Special Needs Care Map
January 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
Last week HuffPost Parents shared an amazing and powerful “care map” that special needs parent Cristen drew to illustrate all that goes into caring for her special needs child. It was incredible to look at and see all of the items written out, the items that for most parents are juggled around in their head day after day. I am a very visual person, and seeing it all written out was incredible to me. It also made me realize “yeah, {Read More}
Away From The Oven – Keeping Up With Mama Jones
And Her Picture Perfect Pinterest Boards.
January 21, 2013 by 6 Comments
I am supposed to be sitting down to write a post about cookies or cupcakes or something baking related. But I was distracted (well, what’s new) by a great post from Francesca Kaplan Grossman over at Huff Post Parents. Jealousy, Judgement & Motherhood. When she talks about wanting to be that mom who has it totally together, but in reality is the mom peeling a half eaten granola bar out of her bag, unwrapped, and handing it to her toddler {Read More}
CASANA – Sharing A Cause Close To My Heart
January 20, 2013 by 16 Comments
I was recently asked by the folks at Kleenex if I would like to write a post that shared a cause or organization that was close to my heart. The answer was an easy yes, and I didn’t have to think twice to know which organization I would love to share with my readers – The Childhood Apraxia Of Speech Association Of North America, otherwise known as CASANA. CASANA is the only nonprofit public charity exclusively dedicated to children with {Read More}
Decorating Cuteness
January 16, 2013 by 3 Comments
So as I do each morning, I hit Zulily’s website to see what sort of treasures I’d find. It’s like the lottery, you never quite know what to expect. Well I came across the cutest prints and just had to share them. They are by Ellen Crimi-Trent and not only are they darling, but really affordable for wall art. Love!!! I’m not half bad with Photoshop so I often just make prints myself, but for the price, these were too {Read More}
Special Needs Parenting – Some Days.
January 9, 2013 by 26 Comments
There are days that are good. There are days that are bad. And there are some days that are hard. Today is hard. I always feel like I need to immediately add a disclaimer – it could be so much worse. I’ve watched friend’s lose spouses at young ages, children go through cancer, terrible awful soul breaking devastation. I’m always aware of how blessed we are, and I am so thankful for that every day and am so aware at {Read More}
Getting Organized – School Stuff Free Printable
January 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
I am not, in any way, organized by nature. I struggle (really struggle) to stay on top of things. My oldest daughter has such a busy schedule as well as a very demanding academic load, and she is her mother’s daughter – organizationally challenged as well. We are trying to come up with new ways to stay on top of things, especially with school. I came across an old 11×14 frame that had been sitting in a closet for years. {Read More}
Sweet This Week – Catching Up
January 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year. I think I skipped a weekly wrap up, so it’s time to get back into the groove and recap what’s been going on around here. One of the biggest things going on around here is that I announced that I will now be sharing more of my “Away From The Oven” type of stuff here on Love From The Oven. The main focus will still be baking, sweets, treats {Read More}
