The Summer Expanse + Fall Renewal
As we transition back to school and the regular routine, as moms, some of us will suddenly realize that we have our lives back! We get up...
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merryyen1
Aug 8, 20234 min read
Parting with summer is such sweet sorrow
There is something that’s SO magical about the summer: the days are longer, the evenings are warmer. Without the school bell we’re all...
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merryyen1
May 10, 20234 min read
LOVE YOURSELF
One of our favorite “practices” when our family goes on a trip, is we plan for the breaks. As a general rule, We hire a babysitter to...
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merryyen1
Apr 17, 20234 min read
What do YOU want for dinner tonight?
Among the requests/questions I get, this is probably the most common, “how do you decide what to cook every night?” Maybe you’re a foodie...
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merryyen1
Feb 13, 20233 min read
To all the GALS I've loved before.....
I’ll go on the record and say that, with the exception of Christmas, I’m pretty much anti-holiday. I dislike all the consumerism, the...
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merryyen1
Feb 2, 20234 min read
What's the Opposite of a mid-life crisis?
I'm in the midst of my 40s now, and at this point, through the process of therapy, meditation, many years of self-discovery and ongoing...
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merryyen1
Jan 5, 20234 min read
New Year, Who Dis?
I’ll be honest, 2022 was a GREAT year. It was the first time in my entire adult life where I didn’t work a full time job (nor being home...
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merryyen1
Mar 25, 20224 min read
Am I a bad mom???
When was the last time you thought to yourself, “am I a bad mom for __________?” For me, it was a few weekends ago. We were on a 4-day...
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merryyen1
Dec 3, 20214 min read
We have no family... or do we?
Like many folks living in the Bay Area, Ben and I don't have any extended families living in the Bay Area. I came to the Bay Area to...
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merryyen1
Nov 12, 20214 min read
Love with Vigor, Laugh with Glee
I celebrated my 45th birthday last month. 45. It seems unreal. I remember turning 44, vaguely. I sort of remember 36 and 40, that’s when...
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merryyen1
Sep 24, 20213 min read
New Life, Who Dis?
Ever since I stopped working for Big Tech, I found myself ever-stepping into a more traditional mom/wife role: I take my 2 boys to school...
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merryyen1
Sep 16, 20215 min read
We LOVE San Francisco!! 2021 Labor Day Weekend Trip Report
In my late 20s (after I started working at Google), I learned about Burning Man. I heard that it’s basically one giant party in the...
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merryyen1
Sep 3, 20215 min read
We love the NEW Great Wolf Lodge (in Manteca!)
Just in time for Labor Day Weekend… Here’s a trip report from our visit to The Great Wolf Lodge in Manteca! In 2020 we visited the one in...
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merryyen1
Aug 25, 20214 min read
Be Kind, Decline (the extra stuff)
As a person who came of age in the 90's, I have fond memories of visiting Blockbuster Video on Friday nights, strolling through the isles...
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merryyen1
Aug 20, 20214 min read
The Schlep (AKA oh $h!* who's picking up the kids today??)
Starting next week we’re making a BIG change in our family. We’re moving my littlest one (A) to his brother’s school, starting on Monday....
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merryyen1
Aug 7, 20217 min read
So, your husband is a great guy.....
This post is in response to another post on the FB Moms In Tech group. The post was around that women tends to do most/all of the...
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merryyen1
Aug 2, 20213 min read
Brave
So, recently a strange thing has been happening to me…. Whenever I tell people I left Google to start my own business, a common response...
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merryyen1
Jul 28, 20213 min read
ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!
So, I’ll start by saying that we’re not road trip people. I don’t enjoy driving in general, and longer distance driving seems like...
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merryyen1
Jun 19, 20213 min read
Change is always going to be hard
So the Be Merry page has been quiet for a bit because there are big changes happening in my life. After 18+ years working for one of...
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merryyen1
May 27, 20213 min read
Keeping our sanity, one date night at a time
When Ben and I decided to get married, right after we booked a venue and booked an event planner…… we found a marriage counselor. We...
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