Hey guys!

Any ideas for the abstract cake competition? My bezzies came over yesterday and are here now, silverdawn and kinyonga. Follow their blogs, they're really good! As I'm bored, I looked up all the things that happened on January the 13th. Here they are!

Henry Ford patented a plastic car. (1942) The car was actually made of soybean derivatives, and was 30 percent lighter than a normal car at the time. Known as the "soybean car," the design was abandoned when World War II diverted the focus of the auto industry.

The USSR boycotted the United Nations Security Council. (1950) The USSR had been unhappy with the UN's refusal to recognize the government of the People's Republic of China, and refused to attend security council meetings in hopes of preventing the council from any further action. The council continued to operate, and undertook the decision to send troops to fight in the Korean War during the USSR's absence, an action which the USSR likely would have vetoed.

Emile Zola exposed the Dreyfus affair in a French newspaper. (1898) Alfred Dreyfus had been sentenced to life in solitary confinement after allegedly passing military secrets to the German embassy. Dreyfus was later found to be innocent, but was still kept in jail on fabricated evidence, and the whole thing was covered up. Writer Emile Zola exposed the whole cover-up in his letter "J'Accuse," which started an intense political scandal, eventually leading to Dreyfus' release.

One British survivor escaped Kabul after his 16,000 man troop was massacred. (1842) British authorities had been trying to establish authority in Afghanistan to protect their holdings in India. Dr. William Brydon was the only survivor of an exploratory expedition to Kabul, which ended when Afghans massacred the troops in the Khyber Pass.

Allied leaders promised to prosecute war criminals. (1942) As word of the atrocities committed by the Axis forces began to leak out, Allied leaders met in London to agree on how to deal with them after the war. This was one of the first times the idea of "war crimes" was recognized and one of the first times it was decided to officially punish those that committed them.

An ejection seat was first used in a fighter jet. (1942) Before the ejection seat was designed, it was incredibly difficult for a pilot to get out of a fighter jet if something went wrong. This invention is still commonly used, and has saved hundreds of lives.

Gunslinger Wyatt Earp died. (1929) Earp was a famous outlaw and gunslinger, and was one of the main people involved in the shootout at the OK Corral. Earp died quietly in Los Angeles at age 80.

The Colored National Labor Union was founded. (1869) The CNLU was one of the first national associations of black leaders in America. Frederick Douglass was the second leader of the CNLU.

A vote in Saarland, a state in Germany, showed that 90 percent of the population wished to join Nazi Germany. (1935) Saarland had been occupied by allied forces after World War I, and developed heavy anti-French sentiments. When their term of occupation was over, the state voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Nazi Germany.

The Pope recognized the Knights Templar. (1128) The Knights Templar was a military order that protected Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The order was later persecuted by the Catholic Church, and has since played a large role in conspiracy theory

Love Honey bea xx :)

Cake competition?

Hey Guys!

You may not know that I am a big fan of baking, but I am, and I have entered a competition for the most abstract cake. Any ideas? Post photos and recipes in your comments! xx :)

Love Honey Bea xxxx :)

Ps: Is this idea any good? Post comments below! xxx :)

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Hey my name is honey bea! Follow this blog and I will tell you about my life. First of all, get to know me. I love gymnastics, I hate geography and I love writing! I have a dog, a cat and five sheep. Its January and its supposed to snow on Monday!!!! :)!!! So excited!!

Love honey bea xx ;)

Hey hey!!

Snowed five inches! Been sledging, made three snowmen and got a day off school!! Yay! Kinda melted last night but it started snowing very heavily just now!!! Birthday wishes to my bro Tom, his birthday is today. He got lots of lego and woke me up at 4am!!!  My dog is outside catching snowflakes in his mouth. He is silly. Did it snow anywhere else? Comment if it snowed where you are.

Love Honey Bea xxxxx <3 :D

Forecast heavy rain. :( Why can't that be snow????? So unfair!!

Hello again!

Got a heavy cold now. :( Don't feel the best but I can carry on.

Hi
So I'm not at school today because I don't feel to well at the moment. Nearly all the snow has melted. I'm so unhappy about this. It was my brothers birthday party yesterday. Of course, I wasn't allowed to come but I got some cake so I don't feel to bad. I'm writing a short story. Here is a bit of it:

I awoke, dazed and sleepy. My sister was snoring peacefully in the bed next to mine. She never gets up until around ten on Saturdays  I am the opposite. I normally wake around six, sometimes earlier. My sister was called Lilli. She was your average teenage girl, loves clothes, make up and facebook. Well she did.

In the mornings I used to read or draw until she woke up, then we would play one of our made-up games. Then on school days we would get up and walk to school together, and on weekends we would go swimming, or to the park, or just stay at home and work on our dolls house we were making. We never finished it.

This all changed when she started the secondary school. Suddenly she wanted nothing to do with any of us, even me. We had always been so close, but now I was a stranger to her. An outsider, a foe.

I was starting the big school in September, and I was terrified. I didn't used to think about it at all, I always thought that Lilli would look out for me. Now, I doubted that she would even acknowledge me. She was always much, much tougher than me. She would knock anyone who dared to say a word about her flying, whereas I can barely say boo to a goose. Literally, those birds scare me. They a very aggressive, always pecking at you, hissing at you. Its a stupid expression really, because I don't know many people who would say boo to a goose.

I knew that at Claveram Community College that there would be bully's, I knew there would be thief's  and I knew about the older children. The fact I had established what was there did not make me feel any better about the place. I wished a million times that I wouldn't have to go, but it never worked. I had the uniform, the blazer, the sweater, the knee length skirt, the blue blouse. Lilli managed to look effortlessly cool in her uniform but I just looked like some fashion-impaired frog with long, ash-blonde hair and glasses. That's my best feature, my hair. It is honey coloured and reaches past my waist to the top of my bum. I plait it in fish tail plaits, or put in a bun but most often I wear it lose. I would not be allowed to at secondary school, another stupid rule made by the stuffy head who couldn't control a terminally ill potato if he tried.

While I was thinking this, I felt someone was watching me. I turned round to see Lillis grey cats eyes staring at me, oddly unresponsive. For a moment it felt like it used to be when we were younger, before Lilli put on a fake image for other people, a mask.

"Your up early" In fact, it wasn't early, it was 8:30 am but for Lilli, this was the middle of the night.

"Mmm" She grunted, and pulled herself up into a sitting position. A silver stud glistened in her belly button, shining bright in morning sun.

" What have you done now???????" I wailed "Mum is going to murder you!"

"Damn." She said angrily, covering her belly button with her hand. "Don't you dare tell her, or I won't be the only one dead."

This should sound menacing and threatening but it actually sounded a little desperate and anxious. A hope started to well up inside of me. I was working out a plan,  a dream. It was manipulative but I wanted it too badly to care.

"I won't tell her."

"Oh my god, thanks! You don't know how grateful...."

"If" I interrupted. "You finish the dolls house with me."

Lilli looked at me, surprised at my suddenly forceful manner. She was used to the wall flower side of me, the crumble-up-like-a-piece-of-paper-at-any-sort-of-threat me. But I loved the old Lilli, and this was the only way I could get her back, even if it was only for a couple of weeks.

"But I made plans this week and....." Lilli feebly protested, knowing she couldn't win.

"Ok then, Mu-um....."

"Alright then fine!" Lilli spat. "I hope you know that that's classed as BLACKMAIL!"

"I know" I said quietly. This was the real me, frightened about blackmailing someone, even my sister.

Ok, hope you like it. I will post the rest soon. Please post whatever you like, or don't like about this story, and any improvements that could be made.

Thanks

Lots of love

Honey Bea xxxxxx :) :D <3

Hey guys and girls!

Nearly all the snow has melted. Can now only see thin, tiny white patches scattered across the garden.

Love Honey Beaxxx