All I needed......

was new TV.

But this little baby sucked me in.

I got wind of it from my Twitter friend @jaminrules (follow her).

I watched the entire first season in two days and I live for the new episodes every Sunday.

I love to adore Anna and Bates.

I love to yearn for Mary and Matthew to be together

 I love to hate Thomas and Mrs. O'Brien

And I LOVE the Dowager Countess of Grantham

You should all watch it...all of season one is live streaming on Netflix and season two is online.

You have no excuse.

The Challenge

It is Oscar time again.

And there are a lot of movies bestie and I need to see. 

8 to be exact....

Albert Nobbs

Iron Lady

Hugo

My Week with Marilyn

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The Artist

The Descendants

We have until February 26th....and we are going to do it.

This means a movie every Saturday and two Tuesday nights.

We started last week with.....

It was great. 

Made bestie cry which was...a thing. 

I mean little girl with a dying mom in the hospital....that's going to make bestie cry.

It was funny and sad and heartwarming. 

Just like me.

Then yesterday we saw.....

And it was beautiful.

Like...I have not seen every best picture contender yet but...this has my vote.

It was so so so so great.

Black and white...not a word of dialogue and still so amazing.

Just like me.

That did not make sense at all.

Friday Fact - My Monniker

Over the past three years I have adopted a "nickname"

Sweet J

Twitter? @sweetjdp

Instagram? @sweetjdp

Gmail? sweetjdp@gmail

Blogger? Sweet J

License Plate? Sweet J

Where did it come from?

Everyone thinks it is that I am sweet....I have had that comment before.

But alas no...it comes from Sweet Dee on Sunny in Philadelphia.

It's an ironic nickname because Sweet Dee is not sweet at all. She is a b word (censored for my family).

And so...Sweet J...for the same reason. 

Except I am a bit nicer than her....not by much.

Also when I google image searched for Sweet J I got this....

I can't make this stuff up.

Do you have a nickname?

Splurge?

When I first saw this I said...

"I am spending all the gift cards I got for Christmas on this"

I told Ed ....as I went to the website....that was what I was doing.

He tried to talk me out of it.

I said I was doing it.

Then I saw the price.

$700.

I think it is worth it.

I really do.

So...if I can be a size 4 in one month and the skirt is still available I am buying it.

And if anyone would like to know...that is impossible.

So maybe for craft night we can glue sequins to a skirt I already own.

Communicate

On any given day, bestie and I will communicate in 398457398475 ways.

Gtalk

Text

Hey Tell

Facebook

Twitter 

Instagram (soon)

We usually start the convo with something specific...and then it goes in a million directions....

Case in point.

Completely normal for us...

entertainment for others.

I needed a prize

So I bought three.

But seriously everything on sale at J.Crew was an additional 40% off.

And I had gift cards to use.

Tights and two sweaters...a perfect prize.

Hurry and get your prizes before the sale is over.

New soup

So for soup night this week I tried this delight....

curried butternut squash soup

It was divine. 

Seriously I could eat it for days. 

Bestie bowed out of this one because she is not a big curry fan...

But you should try it...if you like that sort of thing.

Moral code

As we enter this presidential year, we hear a lot on honor and integrity.

The candidates try and spin that they are the the candidate with the most integrity...that we can trust them. 

We hear that this country needs this type of leader...that if not our country will end in moral decay.

I think....the true test of their so called honor is playing Words with Friends with them.

I am addicted to this game and I will play it with anyone..... and I KNOW a cheater.

I, of course, just let it go and shake my head but...

REALLY?

Have we fallen so far in our world that we have to cheat at a phone word game?

Is it so important that you win...that you cheat?

I will let you win if you will just play fair. 

So I suggest Words with Friends is used a a moral barometer.

I guarantee Mitt and Newt cheat.

Book Club

So I am on my way to making my resolution dreams come true.....

I started a book club.

We will meet once a month. 

We will read fabulous books and eat fabulous food.

We will have super deep insight into the books and the world in general.

Our first book is "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer.

Who is in? Leave me your email and I will send you the deets.

It's gonna be tight y'all

Nikki...we can Skype you in.

iPad

I want an iPad.

My birthday is in March.

Hint, Hint Ed Parker.

And since my soon to be new iPad needs a case I went on the hunt.

And I found this

The DoDo case at J. Crew.

It has a spine like a book...an elastic closure.....and it is cute.

Perfection.

So I am all prepared for my iPad...in March...March 8th....it's my birthday...in March...

Soup

Last week I had bestie over for soup.

I made this delicious creation

Zupas Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup

It was fab.

And momentous....the soup called for onions and I USED them.

Usually when a recipe calls for onions I skip over that part. I hate onions. So my poor husband never gets them and sweet Navy will never know them.

I am gong to make this a tradition...perhaps bi-weekly.

Anyone have any good soup recipes they want to share? 

2 Years

Ed and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary on Saturday.

We went to the temple and then to Ruth's Chris (thanks Dad and Lori).

side note....ruth's chris is good but it has nothing on maddox and maddox is half the price.

I am very lucky to have such a great man.

He loves and takes care of me and our daughter.

He is an amazing father and husband.

So for all you single ladies who want an amazing guy...

well....

Go to jail I guess.

Update

Miss Navy

One month

10 lbs

Still cannot fit in her clothes

Smiles

Coo's (a little)

Sleeps through the night

New Year

Last Year

Will dance my little butt off in a musical - Check

Will go to girls camp - Check

Will go to the beach - Check

Will go to Disneyland at least once - Boo no.....

Will read more - Check 

Will gossip less - Ha ha ha ha no

Will work on my language - Ummm it actually got worse

Will still be at a job I love - Quit that job to be a mom

Will make my calling and the Savior a priority - Did ok...could have been better

Will do my visiting teaching every month - *sigh* no

Will lose weight - Yes and then gained it in pregnanacy

Will love my husband - Every day
Will have days with my bestie - Check

Will gain a better relationship with family - Check

Will become heavy with child - Check Check Check

Will have 30 people following my blog - WOOT check
Will blog more - Check
*on my new incredible blog. don't y'all just love it? thank you miss and jenna for your hard work! it is perfect!*
Will be on Oprah - *Sob* no

Will plan TWO 30th birthday bashes - Check

This Year

Will lose the baby weight

Will read the Book of Mormon with my husband

Will try a new recipe once a week

Will love on my sweet girl baby

Will remember birthdays

Will drop ONE swear word....I even know which one

Will read a book a month

Will have a blow out J Crew birthday with Bestie (I mean esse)

Will not cry about turning 35 anymore (seriously it freaks me out)

Will start a craft night and a book club

Will SERIOUSLY do my visiting teaching every month

Will still have Bestie Saturdays

Will go to Hawaii for Thanksgiving

Will budget

Will have 100 followers on my blog

Will be kind

Will NOT get pregnant

Will stop and breath more

Will be happy

Will survive the apocalypse

Get three month supply (just in case)

Happy New Year