December 31, 2009 – 6:53 pm
Mamacita says: Happy New Year to all of my Blogosphere friends. We’ll be spending New Year’s Eve, as we have done for the past many, many years, with our best friends, playing euchre far into the night and talking about everything under the sun. It’s a mixed metaphor kind of evening: the very best kind. [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Christmas, Friendship, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, memories, Scheiss Weekly, Traditions
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December 31, 2009 – 1:58 am
Mamacita says: It used to worry me that the vast majority of my favorite movies are always the very ones that end up on “Ten Worst Movies of All Time” lists But it doesn’t any more, because I figure that people like what they like, and those lists might be one of the reasons more [...]
December 25, 2009 – 12:48 am
Mamacita says: Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Fruitful Kwanzaa. Happy Holidays. Peaceful December. Happy Solstice. Please pick one, or two, and apply them to yourself and to your family. Christmas Eve is such a magical time. It’s all ahead of us, you see. To paraphrase Katie, age 8, in What Child Is This, by Caroline Cooney, [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in children, Christmas, Family, Friendship, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, memories, nostalgia, Scheiss Weekly, The Things We Do For Love, Traditions, Uncategorized
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December 24, 2009 – 8:19 am
Mamacita says: This was too good NOT to share! What a fantastic activity for kids at any time, but especially during holiday season! Just think of all the lessons we can sneak in, with this activity! Holidays, following directions, scissor usage, where paper comes from, recycling. . . . I’m SO using this one with [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in children, Christmas, Family, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, Steve Spangler, The real Mamacita, The Things We Do For Love, Traditions
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December 23, 2009 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: My father had an 8mm movie camera. Every Christmas morning, he would sloooowly set up the monster lights that burned so hot and so brightly, they half-blinded us and heated up the whole house. Then he would slooowly position himself with the camera, so as to get the best shot of his children [...]
December 22, 2009 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: Do you know what I miss, especially at this time of the year? Variety shows. Those weekly shows hosted by Ed Sullivan, Andy Williams, The Smothers Brothers, Sonny and Cher, Glen Campbell, Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Perry Como, Flip Wilson. . . Laugh-In. . . The Muppet Show. . . . John Gary. [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Christmas, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, memories, Movies, music, nostalgia, Scheiss Weekly, The Arts, Uncategorized, Wishes
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December 17, 2009 – 8:56 am
Mamacita says: My daughter was seven when she asked the question I’d been dreading for seven years: “Mommy, is there really a Santa Claus?” However, thanks to Caroline Quiner Ingalls, I knew exactly how to answer her. And, this answer fully satisfied my little child, and me. Laura and Mary’s Ma knew how to explain [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Books, children, Christmas, Family, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Literature, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, memories, My daughter, parenting, Scheiss Weekly, The Things We Do For Love, Traditions
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December 15, 2009 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: My all-time favorite Christmas movie is still Love Actually. That doesn’t mean, however, that I don’t like any other Christmas movies. There’s nothing like a zany Christmas movie like “Mixed Nuts” to really get me in the holiday mood. It’s Steve Martin back when he was cute and funny and cool, like WAYYYY [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Christmas, holidays, Humor, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Movies, music, Scheiss Weekly, The Arts, The real Mamacita, Uncategorized
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December 12, 2009 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: I love these days leading up to Christmas more than any other time of the year. I love the planning. I love the baking. I love the making lists. I love the shopping, which I actually do all year long. I love the Amazon super-secret-discount-deals. I love wrapping the boxes and decorating them [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in children, Christmas, Family, Friendship, holidays, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Literature, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, memories, Movies, music, nostalgia, Not the imitation Mamacita, Quotation Saturday, quotes, Scheiss Weekly, The real Mamacita, The Things We Do For Love, Traditions
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December 11, 2009 – 11:20 pm
Oh, how I love the poetry of Christmas! The Three Kings By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Three Kings came riding from far away, Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar; Three Wise Men out of the East were they, And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star. The [...]
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