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2012 Kaylena Mitchell (your very own California Kay) has moved back to the outskirts of Sacramento. Yay suburban life! She resides in a 3 bedroom house with a (currently deployed) Roomie of the female variety, 2 dogs, 1 cat and a fluctuating number of freshwater fish. She loves writing, baking, hunting down new music, walking her dog and trying to wrestle a fair amount of her bed away from Lolo and the other furry roommates each night.


2009 Kaylena Mitchell was residing in Western Washington, in what her friends lovingly labeled "East Jesus Nowhere." Kaylena (or Kay) was the very definition of a twenty-something "boomerang kid," meaning that she left home, lived on her own, then went back to living with her parents. This worked out very well for Kaylena, since she abhors cooking and had a built-in babysitter for her overly spoiled Mini-Dachshund, Lolo. When not writing, Kaylena enjoys an intense game of fetch, baking cupcakes, playing Guitar Hero, and perusing personal ads on CraigsList (They are hilarious and you really should try it one of these days).

I love cupcakes

After a two week hiatus caused by migraines and busy schedules, tonight it's time to bake. Tonight is devoted entirely to experiments, so stay tuned for pictures. That's right, we're updating all night.

First experiment: the tried-and-true brownie cupcakes with several as yet undecided variations. Check back soon!
Brownie cupcakes are just coming out of the oven. Half have an oreo inside, the other half have a chewy chips ahoy. These will either be awesome or epic failures.

More pics when they cool and I cut them open.

Now on to gingerbread cupcakes!

Just as the Gingerbread were going into the oven, it was time to bust open those brownie-cookie cupcakes and see how they turned out.
Oreos inside of brownies=not a delicious delight. I actually threw it away after 2 bites (one has to double check).
Chewy Chips Ahoy inside of brownie=EPIC! My tastebuds cried with joy over the sweet, sugary victory they were tasting.

Oddly there is no picture of the Gingerbread Cupcakes. They were very yummy though, and received good reviews at the sleepover I may or may not have had Friday night.

Hello my pretties

I've neglected you for far too long, and for that I apologize. I think about you all the time. I scribble little notes to you on the edges of my papers while I'm in class, so that I can come back and talk to you later, and then I forget. I'm sure my Psych professor loves the little memo's though. He cut his shaggy hair, so I'm assuming he read that one. The gotee's still with us though, so perhaps he doesn't read everything...

Anywho, I'm back in Washington. I'm in school. And I miss you. Lolo turned 1 last month! She's still my wee little bastard. I <3 Twitter. I got a Facebook (But I blame Crossbow for that one. It was a deal/dare, and I had to pay up by getting a FB.) I believe I've mentioned before that I <3 this chick, but if you're unclear, you should probably go check her out again. She makes me laugh, therefor you shall love her.

I have an English paper I'm semi writing right now, but it's being a frustrating little thing and won't come out right, so I'm "taking a break." I was actually Googling Strawberry Cupcakes and decided to pop in and tell you all that I <3 you. And cupcakes. And lamp.

Lolo's growling at me in the way that translates to "Bitch, if you don't come play with me, your shoes are going to pay," so I'm going to be a good little human-slave and listen (I have new shoes people. They don't deserve to die.) Plus I have cupcakes to bake. Let's do this again soon shall we?