Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Start of a Story (Feedback Appreciated)
The car was the same. It was about the only thing that hadn’t changed in the past few weeks. Yancey had loved every other road trip her family had taken. This road trip she hated. She stewed in the back seat as “oldies” rippled unreassuring sound waves through the car. Mason gently snored in his car seat, Fanny snored in the back, and their mother looked glassily to the long road ahead. Yancey made a mental note to forever loathe the song playing: “I’m into Something Good.” She watched out the window for hours until the landscape began to change. Rolling hills and large oaks replaced the flat and sparse land she had all her life called home. Before tears could flood her eyes again, she, out of pure exhaustion, fell asleep as well and began to dream a memory. Continue reading
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Baylor Homecoming Come To An End Again… 2nd Year Returning
So many things were different (I heard there is an Einstein’s Bagels in the SUB now -not fair) and it made me sad to see the places I loved so changed. But it just reminded me that it was not the place, but the people who made my college experience what it was. Continue reading
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Little Mermaid Cake
This cake was for a little girl, obsessed with mermaids, for her 3rd birthday. The family requested an Under the Sea/Little Mermaid theme. The cake is strawberry (little girl’s favorite) with cream cheese icing, covered with slightly marbleized light blue … Continue reading
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Derby Days Cake
This was my first fondant cake to make. It was for Baylor – Sigma Chi’s philanthropy event, Derby Days. The cake is modeled after a woman’s derby hat. It is a chocolate cake with butter cream icing covered in homemade, … Continue reading
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