February 28, 2009 – 12:01 am
Mamacita says: It’s time for Quotation Saturday! Where did the week go, anyway? 1. Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not. –Thomas Huxley 2. Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, “Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.” –Lillian Carter 3. [...]
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February 26, 2009 – 6:41 pm
Mamacita says: Clutter. I think far too many people set far too much store on “things.” The value of our “things” – be it sentimental or actual – is often so high, in our minds, that it is inconceivable to us that everyone in the world doesn’t want a chance at our “things.” Thieves steal [...]
February 23, 2009 – 10:24 pm
Mamacita says: It’s time for Ten Things Tuesday. 1. Cleaning out someone else’s house makes me want to go home and clean out my own house. Bare, blank walls. Stark, sparse furniture. Empty closets. Nothing in the attic or garage except bats and cars, respectively. To quote my lovely friend Monty, “I’m just sayin’.” 2. [...]
February 21, 2009 – 3:26 pm
1. I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich. –Dan Wilcox & thad Mumford, “Identity Crisis,” from M*A*S*H 2. It is not flesh and blood but the heart with makes us fathers and sons. –Johann Schiller 3. The family is a haven in a heartless world. –Attributed to Christopher [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in children, Family, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, My daughter, My son, Quotation Saturday, Scheiss Weekly, The Things We Do For Love, Traditions
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February 21, 2009 – 2:43 am
Mamacita says: When I’m stressed out, I want Popsicles. It simply has to be some kind of anomaly, however, that in a big box of 48 Popsicles, three flavors, every time I dip my hand in that box, I bring up a cherry Popsicle, the only kind I don’t like. This stresses me out further. [...]
February 18, 2009 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: Bits and pieces of this post were first published on December 19, 2004, and December 10, 2006. Some people are very, shall we say, “unlucky,” in the grab-bag of in-laws. People talk about how awful their mother-in-law, or father-in-law, or siblings-in-law are, and they wonder how the person they married could possibly have [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Family, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, My daughter, My son, Scheiss Weekly, The Things We Do For Love, Traditions, Uncategorized
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February 16, 2009 – 11:09 pm
Mamacita says: 1. I haven’t gotten more than three or four hours of sleep any night since Christmas. 2. I’ve done tons of laundry, but I haven’t done much of my own. 3. Ditto with cleaning. 4. I haven’t reconciled myself to this particular inevitable. 5. I meant to get her meat loaf recipe, but [...]
February 15, 2009 – 2:03 am
Mamacita says: Things have been hectic here, more so than usual. I haven’t posted much, and since this blog is as much a part of me as my heart, lungs, big toes, and girlie bits, I feel the lack. Hard. But things have been hectic. Not the good kind. Realizing, acknowledging, comprehending, and accepting are [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Family, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Literature, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Quotation Saturday, Scheiss Weekly, The Things We Do For Love
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February 13, 2009 – 9:15 pm
BlogHer, my beautiful BlogHer, is asking us to write a Letter to My Heart. This is mine. Dear Heart, They say that scar tissue is the strongest kind. If that really is the case, dear heart, you must be Arnold Schwarzenegger; not as he is now, all saggy with age and lethargy, but as he [...]
February 12, 2009 – 11:53 pm
Mamacita says: Rant, rant, rant. This essay has been posted on many an education blog; Dennis Fermoyle used it a while back, and I used it WAY back. Some interesting history about the author and the essay can be found on Jim Trelease’s blog. This is an essay by John Taylor, retired superintendent of Lancaster [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in children, Education, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Literature, Mamacita, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Politics, Scheiss Weekly, schools
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