Woman's World January 30, 2023

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 NATIONAL CARNATION DAY Feel happy all day! It’s easy to transform supermarket flowers from simple to surprisingly stunning by displaying them in an oversize coffee cup. The easy how-to: Fill a large mug with a cut-to-fit piece of soaked floral foam. Next, cut 8 orange roses, 12 yellow variegated carnations and a handful of evergreens (like cypress) to 6" to 7". Insert greenery into the foam around the edge of the mug, working toward the center. Then insert rose stems into the foam, spacing evenly. To finish, tuck clusters of carnation stems between the roses to fill gaps. RIDDLE OF THE WEEK Flipped I’m the only place where today comes before yesterday. What am I? Answer in lower-right corner TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 NATIONAL HOT CHOCOLATE DAY Relax & enjoy Enjoy these tasty hot cocoa bombs from mother-and-daughter…

MUSIC Get your toes tappin’ with new music from Shania Twain! It’s been six years since country music star Shania Twain released new music, but the wait is over. On February 3, her new album, Queen of Me, will be released, featuring the single “Waking Up Dreaming” along with 11 more songs, including the energetic opening song, “Giddy Up,” the passionate finale, “The Hardest Stone,” and other tunes like “Best Friend” and “Pretty Liar.” Shania will also hit the road on her worldwide Queen of Me tour on April 28. Get more information at ShaniaTwain.com. LIFETIME Be captivated with Starving for Salvation! Lose yourself in this drama about the life of megachurch leader Gwen Shamblin Lara. As the founder of Remnant Fellowship Church and the Weigh Down Workshop—a successful Christian-based diet program—Gwen’s power and influence…

• The Dukes of Hazzard debuted on CBS in 1979. Over 300 cars were destroyed during filming! • G.I. Joe action figures went on sale for the first time in 1964 and featured each of the four branches of the U.S. military. • Gustavus Dows patented a more advanced and modern form of the soda fountain in 1870. • “I Want To Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles was #1 on the Billboard charts in 1964 and sold 3.4 million copies in the U.S. alone. • Sleeping Beauty was released in 1959. In the film, Princess Aurora only appears on the screen for about 18 minutes.…

Fiction WOMEN’S FICTION The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis Bestselling author Jill Shalvis has penned more than 50 tales, and her latest is a feel-good, heartwarming story of love and friendship. Alice is stunned to learn she inherited an old B&B along with two people from her past—her ex-best friend, Lauren, and the only man to ever break her heart, Knox. Now they must all work together to renovate the inn, or else they risk losing their inheritance. Before long, hearts begin to heal again. HISTORICAL FICTION Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah Readers are transported to 1982 Mississippi in this richly captivating and emotional novel. Ella, a Black, precocious 11-year-old, meets Ms. St. James, a mysterious white woman from Princeton who appears in Ella’s community to carry out some research. They become friends, and what follows…

On November 25, 2019, 31-year-old Searcy Hughes nervously scanned the note she had constructed on Facebook. I was born on June 29, 1988, in San Francisco, California. I was also adopted in December of that same year. You are the man who caught me as I was born. I don’t know how to adequately thank you, but from the bottom of my heart, I mean it… Searcy’s heart jackhammered, imagining the stranger she’d thought about for so many years reading her words. Would he answer? Hope surged through her as she hit send. Searching for a hero Adopted into a family of five children, four others having been adopted as well, Searcy was raised in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. She was told she was born on a front porch aided by the man who…

1 Comb the web With more than 68% of adults signed up for social media profiles, finding a long-lost friend is often just one click away! Simply log on to Pipl.com, create a free profile, then type in their name, address, phone number or email to search databases from all social media sites and “nontypical” sites with data from documents, job search sites and public records. 2 Dive into genealogy Bring your family’s history to life by visiting FamilySearch.org and creating a free account. Type in the name of a specific ancestor, search cities in the catalog and look up your family tree in the genealogy directory to start collecting information about your family’s history and to make it easier to find and reconnect with long-lost loved ones. 3 Check the library In most states,…