Category Archives: Life Lessons

I have a little (a lot) of this going on right now.

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What’s new with you? Tell me something good!

I’m not going to lie- my first thought when I see Memorial Day creep up on the calendar is this:

(Don’t do it, girlfriends.)

And then my mind wanders to this:

And then, finally, to this:

Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and the woman’s plight to work the white shoe into her wardrobe and is generally a day spent barbecuing with family and friends.… Read More

I’ve been thinking about how I was going to write this post for quite some time. Those of you who know me in real life, already know where this is going, but some of my readers have reached out to me privately, asking where I have been.

I’m not posting as much and I’m pretty much MIA in the social media scene.… Read More

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I’m in a funk.

I don’t know what the deal is. I don’t know what is going on. Nothing is wrong.

I’m just a little…. funkified right now.

I’ve been trying to shake it all week, but the week has just been… funky.

Which probably explains this funkified feeling.

On Monday, I flew to San Francisco for the day for work.… Read More

We all have a little Marni in us. Don’t try to deny it.

“The Thanksgiving Letter” was originally posted at Awkward Family Photos.

After much deliberation and some serious soul searching, I threw in the towel on the whole “SAHM” thing and took my first “real” job in 4 years.

I’m officially the Associate Editor for mint.com’s blog (Mint Life) and Quicken’s blog, both owned by Intuit.

It’s a big day here at The Little Hen House.… Read More

I didn’t learn how to ride a bike until…. well, I’m not sure exactly how old I was, but let’s just say I have very vivid memories of riding in a baby seat that was affixed to the back of my father’s ten speed. VERY VIVID.

I can almost hear him now: Huffing and puffing as he carted around a nearly 10-year old child whose legs were dangling around the backs of the tires.… Read More

I know, I know, BlogHer was so….. last month. And I already wrote my BlogHer ’11 wrap up, but something else has happened since then. Something so huge and so humbling that I had to write about it.

Because BlogHer ’11 wasn’t about the parties.

It wasn’t about the swag.… Read More

My hair is falling out. 

Sometimes I get sprayed by chickens.

One time my kid pooped on the floor. 

I accidentally dropped Emma off at school looking like this. 

And now?

I have….

Wait for it…..

SHINGLES. 

Check it out:

I know, it’s the stuff wet dreams are made of.… Read More

Yesterday I told you about how I was going on the radio to share a very special story about, well… oversharing. And since we are on the subject of oversharing, I thought I would repost one of my favorite oversharing stories of all time.

It’s been almost a year since this happened and it still hasn’t gotten old.… Read More