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fill your week with smiles!

MONDAY, MAY 6 INTERNATIONAL NO DIET DAYIndulge in yum!Treat yourself to delicious “fried” ice cream today with this surprisingly easy recipe from Gemma Stafford of BiggerBolderBaking.com.To make her No-Fry Fried Ice Cream: Place six 2 ½ " balls of vanilla ice cream on a parchment-lined tray. Pop in freezer. Pulse 2 cups of corn flakes in food processor. Melt ½ cup of butter in pan; add crumbs and 2 tsp. of cinnamon, stirring for 5 min. Remove from heat; mix in 3 Tbs. of sugar. Place in a shallow dish. When cool, roll ice cream in mixture. Top with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and a cherry.WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 NO SOCKS DAYTreat your feet!Get your tootsies ready for sandal season with a soak! “Foot soaks soothe skin and help reduce pain,…

start your week with a laugh!

“Normally the hashtags go in front”Q What did one toilet say to the other toilet?A You look flushed!“I’m okay—I’m just doing yoga”Kids are funny!We were staying at a cozy bed-and-breakfast for a weekend getaway last month. When my 8-year-old daughter saw the rotary phone on the bedside table, she suddenly exclaimed, “Oh, Mom, look. It’s an old-time rotisserie phone! That’s so cool!”…

relax and have fun this week

Get a glimpse into the making of a future queen!TV: STARZGet caught up in royal intrigue with The Spanish Princess!It’s the year 1501, and just shy of her 16th birthday, Catherine of Aragon arrives in England from Spain as the new bride of Prince Arthur. But when he dies less than six months later, it seems that the throne she has been promised since she was a small child may be out of reach…that is, until she claims her marriage was never consummated and begins her new plot to win the heart of Arthur’s younger brother, Prince Henry, who would one day rule as King Henry VIII. Tune in on May 5 to see the first of eight episodes.Does this city dweller have what it takes to run a farm?MOVIEWatch…

it happened this week!

● Laverne & Shirley aired its last episode in 1983. A spinoff of Happy Days, it actually beat its parent show in ratings!● George Clooney, who scored his breakout role as Dr. Doug Ross on ER, was born in 1961.● The first modern perfume, Chanel No. 5, which was named after designer Coco Chanel’s 5th sample scent, launched in 1941.● After five seasons, Shelley Long’s character Diane Chambers made her final appearance in the TV comedy Cheers in 1987.● Singer Amy Grant hit number one with “Baby Baby” in 1991—the song’s lyrics were inspired by her then-6-week-old daughter, Millie!…

this week’s best new books

FictionROMANCEFumbled by Alexa MartinRom-com fans will flip for this sassy (and steamy!) story about single mom Poppy Patterson, who moved across the country in search of a fresh start when she got pregnant at age 16. After years of hard work, she built a life she loves. But when she runs into her high school sweetheart, T.K. Moore—who’s now an NFL superstar—sparks fly, forcing Poppy and T.K. to ask: Can they score a second chance in the game of love?COZY MYSTERYProbable Claws by Rita Mae BrownBeloved author of more than 50 novels, Rita Mae Brown returns with another quirky-meets-cute, feline-friendly mystery. Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen happens to witness her friend and local architect, Gary Gardner, get shot by a masked motorcyclist. Aided by her loyal crime-solving cats, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, as…

“not all super heroes wear capes!”

“A driana isn’t responding to treatment,” the oncologist said with a sigh, his eyes full of sorrow. “Your little girl’s best option is a bone marrow transplant. We can check the donor registry, but I have to warn you…the odds of a match are very slim.”When Jessica Aviles’ 4-year-old daughter had begun complaining of pain in her arms and legs four months earlier, the pregnant Cleveland mom had just assumed it was from to playing too rough with her twin sister, Maiya.But when Adriana’s pain had gotten worse, Jessica and her husband, Mike, had taken her in for tests. Within hours, they’d gotten a diagnosis that rocked their world: Adriana had leukemia.“She will beat this,” Jessica and Mike had prayed. But now, despite aggressive treatment, it seemed the cancer was…