When Paddington, the movie about the beloved English bear, arrives in theaters this coming weekend we Americans should be afraid . . . very afraid. While it might seem like this adorable scamp of a talking bear is just here…
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Beware Paddington Bear
Tagged with: British actors in Hollywood, British actors portraying Americans, British invasion, English, Evil plot, movies, Paddington Bear
Posted in culture, entertainment, humor, movies, News, Uncategorized
Posted in culture, entertainment, humor, movies, News, Uncategorized
Throw Some Love Thursday
I’m happy to introduce a new feature to my blog, “Throw Some Love Thursday” where I’ll feature a blog I like and/or want to introduce to ya’ll. I’ll do it every once in awhile – on a Thursday. Feel free…
Tagged with: Blogs, comedy blogging, funny women, Throw Some Love Thursday, websites, writing
Posted in blogs, Uncategorized, websites, Writing
Posted in blogs, Uncategorized, websites, Writing
Trendy, Trendy Culver City
Originally posted on Forrest Brakeman:
One current jewel of the great Southern California Basin is trendy, trendy Culver City, located near the Eastern border checkpoints blocking the way into the desirable West Side. If you bypass Checkpoint Charlie, and sneak…
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The FAFSA – New and Improved!
Everyone hates the FAFSA college financial aid form. It’s a pain in the neck to fill out, and for middle class families it seems like a big waste of time – they won’t qualify for need-based aid anyway. As usual,…
Tagged with: college aid, FAFSA form, How to improve FAFSA, new FAFSA form, parents filling out FAFSA help, scholarship money, tips for FAFSA form
Posted in college, education, humor, parenting, Uncategorized
Posted in college, education, humor, parenting, Uncategorized
Piece made it in HuffPo Parents!
Good evening! Happy to announce that my post about not being gaga about the baby phase of parenting made it into the Parenting section of the Huffington Post! “Kristen, You’re Not Alone” If you’re able to comment or “like” it…
Tagged with: Babies, Huffington Post, Kristen Bell, Not adoring babies, parenting infants
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Posted in Uncategorized
Why I Write For Free
Featured in the Huffington Post Media Section Dec 9, 2013 Back in October, essayist and cartoonist Tim Kreider wrote an entertaining opinion piece for the New York Times, Slaves of the Internet, Unite! that admonished young writers to do the…
Tagged with: blogging, books, literary agents, nonfiction writing, opinion piece, personal essays, publishing, Tim Kreider, Writing for free
Posted in blogs, PUBLISHING, Uncategorized, Writing
Posted in blogs, PUBLISHING, Uncategorized, Writing
“Movember” is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
“Honey, can you take out the trash?” “Well I would, but I have cancer.” “Oh, come on. You’re playing the cancer card again?” In the months leading up to my husband’s surgery for prostate cancer, we often used humor to…
Tagged with: Keeping humor through Cancer, Men's Health, Movember, prostate cancer, prostate cancer foundation
Posted in cancer, health, Uncategorized
Posted in cancer, health, Uncategorized
Judge & Fan Favorite This Week! (Round 4 Blogger Idol)
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m your host, Heather Reese, blogger from My Husband Ate All My Ice Cream. We’re live at the 2013 Blogger Idol Pageant and relieved the horror of the swimsuit competition is behind us! Let’s move ahead as we’re only weeks…
Tagged with: Beauty Pageants, blogger idol, blogging competition, humor, interview porttion, Liesl Testwuide, writing
Posted in Beauty Pageants, culture, humor, Uncategorized
Posted in Beauty Pageants, culture, humor, Uncategorized
I’ll Do Anything To Get Scholarship Money!
Here’s my complete entry from round two of Blogger Idol. It’s a fictional newspaper piece about a crime I committed. Remember, it’s fiction people. No need to alert the authorities. Neighbors on Cherry Tree Lane were surprised early Sunday morning…
Tagged with: college, college board, education, SAT's, scholarship money
Posted in blogs, college, education, Uncategorized
Posted in blogs, college, education, Uncategorized
Blogger Contest Finalist & NY Times Baby!
I’ve been smiling a lot in the last 24 hours. Yesterday I found out I am a finalist in the annual Bloggers Idol contest, and today I have a parenting piece in the New York Times Motherlode Blog! Sorry if…
Tagged with: blogging, contests, New York Times, parenting, writing
Posted in parenting, Uncategorized, Writing
Posted in parenting, Uncategorized, Writing
Kristen Hansen Brakeman 