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Where to begin?

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Heather

Things have been crazy. All things.

I can’t believe the last time I wrote something on here it was June. But for anyone who knows how crazy my life has been, it’s not so surprising.

The kids are in school, I have a house full of things to be done, a business to run, and the biggest secret of all that I had been keeping- Cupcake Wars. I have bits of things I’ve been stashing away to share, but I’m not even sure how to go about it. So, I’m going to cheat a little. I’m going backwards. Yeah, I do that a lot on here since I went back to work. But it’s the best way for me to recap, so I’m going to start somewhere–going back to June.

My goal is to try and keep up on here. I feel like everything is flashing by me and I’m missing little bits of my life, so I’m going to make a conscious effort to write at least once a week. Even if it’s just to chat about my kids. I don’t enjoy writing about cooking or baking much anymore, which is sad. Maybe I will find an interest again by blogging, I hope so.

Now, I’m heading back to June and recapping my summer up until now. At least what I remember of it.

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say hello to some of our prize money.

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Heather

The monster.

Tara’s first go at using it could’ve been much worse! We found a re-furbished Hobart and now we only have to make each frosting once a day! Thank you, sweet baby Jesus!

(and cupcake wars, of course).

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Cupcake Wars. On Food Network. Pinch Me.

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Heather

I was sitting at my desk when the phone rang. It was almost time to close.

I screamed. The girls heard me scream and they started to scream. And that was it. It’s a little hard to believe that they called. When we did the first CCW video and applied for Season 2, I was shocked how far I got through the interview process-even though I was baking from home still and building the shop. But when they called and asked if we would be interested in Season 3…I was definitely SHOCKED. I still find it hard to believe we did it, it’s so crazy to me. It’s even crazier that we won, after all of the insanity with Debbie blowing up the kitchen with fire, then the Sweet Tea cupcake debacle….

When I watched the episode it was like an out of body experience, like I was watching someone I “knew”, but not really “getting” that it was us.

Kind of insane.

And the shop went crazy for a few weeks. I actually cried a few times because I was so stressed out at first. I barely saw my family, I barely had time to shave my legs in the shower, the pressure was crazy.

For the most part, people were so wonderful about the show. We’d laugh at ourselves while they told us they were sure we were getting kicked off or that they just knew that we won or whatever they were thinking while watching.

Things are calm again and back to normal. Whatever normal is. I do know that I was able to make dinner a few times over the past two weeks for the first time in months and actually spend some time with my kids!

As for the winnings….EVERYONE asks what we did with the money. And those people know we did not get boob jobs. We did buy a used 30 quart Hobart (we were still trying to make all of that frosting on little kitchenaids, 2 which blew up!) and I’m taking Debbie to Disney World.

Yep, it’s true. If you saw the episode, you watched us compete against Bobby and Jose from Nantucket. Well, we are going to their wedding in Disney World this November and we’re super pumped about it! I will be sure to post all about it, but for now, here are the pictures from Cupcrazed’s 5 day California Tour.

Some mall in LA, we needed makeup. I needed Spanx.