Carrie Underwood is engaged! People.com reports that Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher proposed to the country star at his home Sunday afternoon. Fisher’s rep released this statement, “I’m happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn’t be happier. No wedding date has been set at this time.” Underwood, 26, and Fisher, 29, have been dating for over a year, keeping their relationship mostly private.
More strange news from the Tila Tequila world. The reality star, who recently announced her engagement to Casey Johnson, is now letting the world know that she is serving as a surrogate mother. She announced on her Twitter that she is a surrogate mother to her brother and his wife. People.com reports that the nature of the surrogacy is still unclear.
Tequila and the Johnson & Johnson heiress announced their engagement earlier this month online. The couple is currently trying to reclaim Johnson’s adopted daughter, Ava, from her mother, Sale Johnson. Ava was adopted two years ago from Kazakhstan, but Sale took custody of the girl this year out of concern for her safety.
Lyssa Allen cannot believe it when her boyfriend, Jake, announces he is moving out. The two have been trying (unsuccessfully) to conceive a child with multiple IVF attempts, but Lyssa’s growing obsession with motherhood drives Jake into the bed of a colleague, the younger, athletic, more independent Neve. With her job going downhill, Lyssa decides she needs a major change in her life- and she is going to find it by trekking through the Himalayas. If ‘the other women’ Neve can do it, there is no reason Lyssa can’t. What does it matter that she hates the outdoors and can’t live without her blow-dryer?
Turns out, Lyssa takes to the Himalayas better than anyone could have expected. It doesn’t hurt that she quickly falls for the tour guide, the sexy American Dean. Dean was once a California man, but left the easy life behind to live permanently in Nepal. As the days go by, Lyssa realizes she is falling in love with this man, and the ways of her ‘old’ life seem so silly and mundane now. But can she really leave her family behind? Leave behind her career and all her friends?
With or Without You is one of my favorite novels from Carole Matthews. Following Lyssa’s story will make readers think, and all the curves that get thrown in along the way will keep you on your toes until the end. The supporting cast brings so much to the novel; with Lyssa’s sister (known as the “Rabbitt”) juggling six kids under the age of 30 and a mutual friend of Lyssa and Jake’s confessing his crush on Lyssa will keep the plot interesting throughout the way. A heartfelt ending to this compelling story is a definite winner.
Janice Kaplan holds many titles, among them include: writer, television producer, and magazine editor. Kaplan began her career as an on-air sports reporter for CBS Radio, and then moved on to be a producer at ABC-TV’s Good Morning America, where she won awards for investigative reporting. She was also a columnist at Seventeen magazine and contributing editor at Vogue. Kaplan graduated from Yale University and won Yale’s Murray Fellowship for writing.
Janice Kaplan is the author and co-author of 11 books, including the chick lit titles The Botox Diaries, The Men I Didn’t Marry, and Mine Are Spectacular!. She currently lives in Larchmont, New York with her husband and has two sons attending Yale.
The new fitness game I want to get for the Wii is Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy. This personalized workout routine comes with a motion tracking camera, so your every move can be detected and guided. Jenny McCarthy is the workout buddy/trainer along the way; she is there to motivate, inspire, and even bring a few laughs while guiding your workout. The camera brings that extra component that we haven’t seen before, so instead of just monitoring your balance or making sure you are completing reps, it can make any corrections you need to be getting the most out of your workout. Some other features include:
Personalization. You will begin by completing a fitness test to gauge your current fitness level. After that, you can choose what you are hoping to achieve (toning thighs, strengthening upper body, etc). After that, the game will design a specific workout routine for you based on your current level, goals, and schedule.
Controller Free Workout. Unlike the Wii Fit, you do not have to hold a controller or any other hardware while working out. This is where the camera comes in. Your image will be projected onto the TV screen, and the motion sensor will be monitoring your moves, leaving your hands free to complete the exercises.
Wide Selection of Exercises. Your Shape comes with over 400 workout moves, so it will not be repetitive and boring after time.
Ability to Add in Workout Tools. You don’t have to use free weights, balance balls, or other workout gear, but if you have them, Jenny will add that to your workout routine.
When I go out to eat at a restaurant, I usually order an appetizer so I don’t get as much food. I don’t eat a lot in one sitting, and I don’t like being wasteful, especially for a meal that isn’t so yummy reheated. Lately, appetizers are looking more and more like entrees, huge chunks of food filling my plate- and my stomach! It can be even worse for some diners that order an appetizer in addition to their main meal- they can consume between 500-600 calories by choosing to get both! So how can you avoid this situation? The writers of the best-selling book Eat This, Not That! have put together a list of some of the worst starters you can order at restaurants. Be prepared before you order, and if you just have to order both and appetizer and entrée, try splitting the entrée in half right when you get it. Put one half in a to-go box, that way it won’t be on your plate so you can mindlessly pick at it even when you are full. Yahoo! Health also helped list some appetizers you should think twice about before ordering. Check out these worst appetizers:
Worst Kid’s Side
Bob Evans Smiley Face Potatoes
524 calories
31 g fat (6 g saturated)
646 mg sodium
Worst Drive-Through Side
Arby’s Large Mozzarella Sticks
637 calories
42 g fat (19 g saturated)
2,047 mg sodium
Worst Chicken Appetizer
Denny’s Buffalo Chicken Strips
730 calories
32 g fat (0 g saturated)
2,940 mg sodium
Worst “Healthy” Starter
P.F. Chang’s Chicken Noodle Soup
759 calories
24 g fat (4 g saturated)
4,135 mg sodium
92 g carbohydrates
Worst Dip Appetizer
Chili’s Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Chips
930 calories
77 g fat (34 g saturated)
3,130 mg sodium
Worst Potato Side
Dairy Queen’s Chili Cheese Fries
1,240 calories
71 g fat (28 g saturated, 0.5 g trans fat)
2,550 mg sodium
Worst Appetizer in America
On the Border’s Firecracker Stuffed Jalapenos with Chili Con Queso
1,950 calories
134 g fat (36 g saturated)
6,540 mg sodium
Check out Eat This, Not That! or head to Yahoo! Health for some healthier alternatives!
TMZ is reporting that actress Brittany Murphy has died. The report states that the 32 year old actress suffered from cardiac arrest Sunday morning. An emergency call was made from Murphy’s husband, Simon Monjack, from their home at 8 am. She was then pronounced dead on arrival after being taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Murphy has appeared in 8 Mile, Clueless, and Sin City.
Kevin Jonas is a married man. The eldest Jonas brother married long-time girlfriend Danielle Deleasa Saturday night at Oheka Castle, a French-style chateau on a Long Island estate. People.com reports that the nuptials were attended by 400 friends and family members, who were greeted with a fairytale forest under white heated tents, which included 14-foot trees draped in hydrangeas and crystals made to look like icicles. The bride, a former hairdresser, walked down the aisle with her father, wearing a strapless tulle and Chantilly lace Vera Wang gown, including a silk and crystal flower in hair (she was wearing one when she met Kevin in the Bahamas in 2007). Brothers Nick and Joe Jonas served as the best men.
Deane Sheremet has filed for divorce from LeAnn Rimes after separating three months ago. People.com reports that Sheremet sites “irreconcilable differences” in his filing from the country singer, to whom he was married for eight years. The marriage ended when Rimes started having a relationship with then co-star Eddie Cibrian, who was also married at the time to Brandi Glanville (Cibrian and Glanville are in the process of divorcing.) Sheremet, 29, is seeking spousal support from Rimes, 27, and wants her to pay the attorney fees. They have no children together.
