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  • Frosty’s Fat For A Reason

    Posted on February 25th, 2011 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    I’m not a fan of winter.  But I suffer through it gladly for two reasons:  spring and fall.  Without weeks and weeks of cursing the icy back steps, the icy walkway, the icy driveway, and the iciness in general, would that first warm breath of air in late March or early April be as sweet?  And even though I know …

  • Bedbugs: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This?

    Posted on February 18th, 2011 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    When my children were little, I would tuck them in saying “night, night, sleep tight, see you in the morning light.”  I know the actual words to that little ditty offer a warning against letting the bedbugs bite, but I always thought that was a bizarre thing to tell toddlers as they were lying in the actual bed where the …

  • I Heart Valentine’s Day

    Posted on February 11th, 2011 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Be Mine.  True Love.  4 Ever.  If you mean these things, don’t bother putting it on a dinky conversation heart.  Say it with chocolate.  Heart-shaped.  With drizzled icing.  And make it fat-free.  Well, maybe in a future world ruled by women.  For now, three out of four is going to have to do.

    Watch Liv Hansen for the Betty Crocker Kitchens …

  • About This Blogger

    • Helen Jonsen is Editor-in-Chief of Howdini, a broadcast journalist turned digital and social media communicator. She has traveled extensively and covered news in the US and Australia. She is mom to four and aunt to many. For fun, she enjoys photography, hand-painting rooms and furniture, creating costumes, scrapbooking and gardening (growing weeds mostly). She has been known to let her children draw on walls and invite their friends to do the same!
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    • While hundreds of how to videos await you at Howdini, The Howdini Blog is where you’ll find out what goes on behind the scenes.  We blog about what’s hot, what’s new, what makes us laugh, and sometimes, what drives us crazy.  It’s our chance to share our opinions, and it’s your chance, too.  Feel free to post a comment…please!