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    Karen

    Karen Bertelsen is a lifestyle blogger at The Art of Doing Stuff. A former television host, writer and commentator, she now encourages and shows others how to do just about anything. Her blog the Art of Doing Stuff is a blog for people who like to sweat, swear and do stuff.
    • The English Cottage Garden (Fall, Year 8)
    • What I Did This Week
    • Your 2025 Fall To-Do Checklist. ✓
    • German Red Cabbage Recipe (Sweet & Sour Like Oma used to make)
    • If Your Furnace is Leaking Water Do This
    • My Weekend Plans & A Very Pretty Picture
    • 7 Reasons to Buy From Your Farmers' Market
    • How to Can Peaches: A Starter Guide
    • What I Did This Week: I Found a BumbleBee in My Underpants
    • Jalapeño Popper Recipe (You Can Freeze)
    • The 2025 English Cottage Garden Flowers
    • Leek Quiche with Goat Cheese
    • DIY Lazy Susan: Easy $8 Spinning Shelf Tutorial
    • Recipe for Canning Chili Sauce (Sweet, Tangy & Spicy)
    • How to Repair Cast Iron Without Welding
    • The $10 Toaster, Butterfly Attacks & Emergency Dessert
    • How to Buy a Measuring Tape
    • Homemade Chicken Burgers (Pub Style)
    • 12 Dollar Store Hacks That Still Hold Up
    • What I Did This Week: Goodbye Maureen, a Garlic Barter, and the Cabbage Bikini Threat
    • How to Fix a Loose Screw in Wood the Wrong Way — That Still Works
    • How To Get Rid Of Powdery Mildew (Organic Treatment)
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    • Snacks Returns, Sprinklers Reborn & Chicken TV Dinners - What I Did This Week
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    • Salads for People With Produce But No Patience
    • The 21 Best Things I've Bought on Amazon in 2025
    • Grow Your Own, Then Hit the Drive-Thru
    • The Classic Coleslaw Recipe.
    • Fermented Dill Pickle Recipe (Old-Fashioned & Made in a Crock)
    • Air Conditioning, Shreddies, & the Return of Snacks
    • This Is What The Garden Looks Like in Sweatpants
    • Plantar Wart or Corn? Same Gross Problem, Same Surprisingly Easy Fix
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    • Today's Puzzle: Literature, SPF 30, & Processed Cheese
    • This Fruit Fly Trap Catches 25X More Than Your Bowl of Vinegar Does
    • Apple Watch Band Stuck? How to Remove It.
    • Cleaning Copper with Ketchup: A No-Rub Experiment
    • Garbage Apples, Jam Trauma, and the Beige Poppy Crisis

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    My name is Karen Bertelsen and I was a television host. In Canada. Which means in terms of notoriety and wealth, I was somewhere on par with the manager of a Sunset Tan in Wisconsin.

    I quit television to start a blog with the goal that I could make my living through blogging and never have to host a television show again. And it’s worked out. I’m making a living blogging. If you’re curious, this is how I do that.

    So I’m doing this in reverse basically. I’m the only blogger who is trying to NOT get a TV show.

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