It feels like sum­mer, so we’re ask­ing “Tan­ning:  Yes or No”

Take our poll on Facebook.

Your kids will be out of school for sum­mer vaca­tion in a cou­ple of weeks. What are you stock­ing up on? Side­walk chalk — bub­bles — frozen pizza — Band Aids?
What are the most essen­tial items for summer?

Mike made Schmoopy break­fast in bed “Pin­ter­est Style.” He put the refrig­er­ated cin­na­mon roll dough in the waf­fle iron and driz­zled the cream cheese frost­ing over it. Delicious!

What can you make in your waf­fle iron?

Here’s another deli­cious recipe — try it today.

1 Box DUNCAN HINES Chewy Fudge Pre­mium Brownie Mix
3 Large Eggs
5 Tbsp. But­ter, melted
2 Tbsp. Water
Mix all ingre­di­ents until well blended, about 30 sec­onds or 60 strokes by hand.
Spray your waf­fle iron with Non­stick cook­ing spray.
Spread bat­ter just to edges of grid­dle. Not too deeply pud­dled — it will rise and spread a bit, and there’s nowhere for it to go but OUT.
Cook to well done.
When you’re sat­is­fied they’re done, open the iron, and let the brown­ies cool for about 45 sec­onds to a minute, tak­ing the “Open time” oppor­tu­nity while the crumb is not com­pletely set to use a knife edge or spat­ula edge to sep­a­rate the indi­vid­ual waf­fles or Bel­gian quar­ters.
Stick a fork under an edge or through the cen­ter by way of the edge to lift and remove.
Serve hot off the grill with a dust­ing of pow­dered sugar, a dol­lop of whipped top­ping, and a driz­zle of choco­late syrup, or….

PEANUT BUTTER BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
1/2 Stick But­ter
1/2 Cup Creamy Peanut But­ter
1/2 Cup Con­fec­tion­ers Suger
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
dash of Salt
Cream but­ter and peanut but­ter with elec­tric beat­ers until smooth; add vanilla and salt and beat until com­bined; scrape down sides, add half the sugar and beat until incor­po­rated; add remain­ing sugar, care­fully beat on low to incor­po­rate, then beat on high until fluffy.
You can glop it on with a spoon, get fancy with a pip­ing bag, or meet in the mid­dle by spoon­ing it into a ziplock sand­wich bag, snip­ping off a cor­ner, and squeez­ing it onto the warm brownies.

What’s the best thing you learned from Mom?

Tell us and all of East Idaho in honor of your mother for Moth­ers Day.

Dear Mike & Liza,

My kids both have Face­book accounts and spend a rea­son­able amount of time on them.  I insist on know­ing their pass­word and I check their pages daily.  I mon­i­tor the pic­tures they post, the arti­cles they read, the music they lis­ten to and even the mes­sages they send to their friends.

My hus­band says I’m “cyber spy­ing” on them.  He wants them to feel trusted so they will behave in a way that is trust­wor­thy.  I say I’m just doing what a good mom does.

Liz, Pocatello

Idaho Falls Cleanup week will take place May 5–12. The annual event is a chance for city res­i­dents to get rid of unwanted items con­ve­niently and safely.
Com­mon house­hold prod­ucts such as paint, clean­ers, bat­ter­ies and pes­ti­cides all con­tain cor­ro­sive, toxic, ignitable or reac­tive ingre­di­ents – all poten­tially haz­ardous – that require spe­cial care when thrown away.

In Idaho Falls and Bon­neville County, you can take it to the Bon­neville County Trans­fer Sta­tion, 2455 Hem­mert Ave., on the sec­ond Sat­ur­day of each month from May 12 until Sep­tem­ber, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

City-wide Cleanup Week is also a chance to get rid of big house­hold items. To arrange a pick-up, please call Elec­tri­cal Dis­patch at 612‑8439. The city San­i­ta­tion Depart­ment will also have dump­sters set up across town, along with recy­cle bins and dump­sters for card­board drop-off. An insert in your April util­ity bill lists the locations.

Mom, what do you really want for Mother’s Day?

Stop doing this one thing to be hap­pier and health­ier.  Can you guess what it is?

The answer is actu­ally…stop check­ing your email at work.

If you’re hav­ing trou­ble con­cen­trat­ing at work, the prob­lem may be too much email. A new study finds that peo­ple who dis­con­nect from email when on the job are bet­ter able to focus on sin­gle tasks, shift between win­dows far less fre­quently and have con­sid­er­ably lower blood pres­sure than they do when check­ing that sweet, sweet Inbox. The study sug­gests that work­ers take “email vaca­tions” to de-stress, but don’t you want to take a bite off that apple, baby? Just a quick peek. It won’t hurt any­one. Daddy needs some sugar, then he’ll go back to work. Honest.

She’s not THAT bad, but Liza Raley doesn’t know how to use a round­about.  What don’t you know how to use?  Are you will­ing to admit it?

Join us for the Classy 97 Sec­ond Chance Prom Sat­ur­day 8– Mid­night at Hill­crest High School in Ammon.  Get your free tick­ets at Com­mu­nity Care today or buy your $30 VIP tick­ets here.

What is your prom song?