Chinese New Year

It's the Chinese New Year and it's the Year of the Dragon

Started the day off with Green tea and Oriental green tea

The dragon is upon us!

Having to[ ramen for the 1st time in her life

She's also out of the high chair and in a booster seat

Dressed in a kimono

I wore chopsticks and she wore her kimono

Visiting her friend Max

I made low mein, asian almond cookies, and fortune cookies

Mine is on top and Briss is on bottom

Happy Birthday Cary Grant!

Cary Grants birthday is January 18th and TCM always plays a marathon of his movies.  Since that day I've been trying to watch as many as possible.  I've already seen a bunch of his movies so heres so far what I've seen: *means it's really good and I'll watch it again or even own it.

She Done Him Wrong (1933)*
I'm No Angel (1933)*
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)*
Topper (1937)*
The Toast of New York (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)*
Bringing up Baby (1938)*
Holiday (1938)*
Gunga Din (1939)*
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
In Name Only(1939)
His Girl Friday (1940)*
My Favourite Wife (1940)*** This will always hold a special place in my heart because I used to watch it with my dad
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)*
Suspicion (1941)
Once Upon a Honeymoon(1942)
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)*This is a good Halloween film
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer (1947)
The Bishops Wife (1947)**
Mr Blandings builds his Dream House (1948)
Every Girl should be Married (1948)
Room for One More (1948)
To Catch a Thief (1955)*
Houseboat (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Charade (1963)*
Father Goose (1964)* Also used to watch this one with my dad
Walk, Dont Run (1966)

That is a total of 30 out of 74 movies he made. 

Movie of the Morning 1/18 Mr Skeffington

Movie of the Morning was Mr Skeffington.  It stars Bette Davis and Claude Rains.  Although I love Bette Davis it was Claude Rains who astounded me with his performance.  What an incredible actor and he should have won an Academy Award for it.  The other interesting thing was it one of the 1st Hollywood movies to battle anti-Semitism.  The films plot is that beautiful Fanny has all the suitors in New York but must marry for money so she chooses Mr Skeffington a wealthy Jewish Wall Streeter.  Mr Skeffington truly loves Fanny but all she is concerned with is her looks and her age.  Skeffington tells her, "a woman is only beautiful when someone loves her".  Despite his love for her, her constant rebuffs of him puts him off and they divorce.  After several years Fanny loses her looks and her suitors and realises the only man who really will love her is her husband.  Unfortunately, he has been in a concentration camp and has lost his sight.  Making for a perfect ending because he will always see Fanny as beautiful and young. 

This movie was a bit long at 2.5 hours and not one I need to see again but was still very good.  It's a good picture to see at least once in your life.  3/4 ***

My birthday

My pink nails from a Kardashian Color

Pink outfit

Making pink cookies and Kaellyn was helping

My birthday was very fun.  It started with Monday night when Briss and I were able to go out to dinner and a movie.  We went to a italian restaurant and I had spaghetti.  Then we went to the movies and saw Sherlock Holmes.  It was a good fun night.

Star Wars Episode I is coming to the theaters again!!

The movie we went and saw

My outfit for date night

Then on my actual birthday I woke up and had a big cuddle with Kaellyn and then we got ready for my tea party.  When everybody arrived it was a great time and I'm so glad everybody was able to come down to the house.  The kids ran around wild and all of us women sat around talking.  It was great.  Kaellyn got pretty tired so halfway through the party I found her on the stairs wanting to go to bed.  So she went and took a nap.  She didn't mind leaving the part at all, she knew what she wanted and she wanted to nap. 

Bright colored flowers with dyed water.

Quotes from Alice in Wonderland

The tea table

Pocket watch, Alice in Wonderland tea, and Alice in Wonderland book opened to the Mad Tea Party

Cupcake platter

Hot pink cookies

Suzie and Piper

I wore one pink and one blue earring.  Both from Flawed Perfection

My favourite tea ever

After the party and when Kaellyn woke up we watched Spice World which is something I've done on my birthday for a few years now.  Then we went to Red Lobster for take out crab legs and salmon.  That way I didn't have too cook and I could eat crab legs at home in a messy way.  Briss was able to come home "early" around 8 pm.  We were able to chat and watch some movies.  It was a fun and nice day.  So thank you to all who were able to spend the day with me near and far.

Kaellyn playing with my shoes and hat

Her cowboy boots are so cute

Dancing to Spice World

My awesome Juicy Purse!