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Flatulence won’t fill the tank.

February 6, 2010 – 7:27 pm

Mamacita says:  When I was a little girl, Dad would often wink at Mom after dinner, and say “Now I’ve got gas; I guess I’ll go out and sit on the car.” And she would roll her eyes and say that HER family didn’t talk like that.
And I would be all happy because, hey. Free [...]

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Rambles With No Easy Answers

January 12, 2010 – 11:52 pm

Mamacita says:  Women who had difficult labors probably hate me already right now, but I’ll go ahead and make it worse: I loved being pregnant. I felt GREAT.
Even when I was sitting still, doing nothing, I was still doing something wonderfully productive.  I was euphoric.  I felt very off-balance, but I’m so inclined that [...]

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Quotation Saturday: Shades of the Past!

January 10, 2010 – 4:08 am

Mamacita says:  “Shades of the past” is an expression I occasionally use.  I’ve said it several times these past holiday weeks, in fact.  So I thought, well, why not use it as the theme for this week’s Quotation Saturday?
I know it’s Sunday now.  Shhhhh.
How very seemly to quote about the past when my deadline is [...]

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The Twelve Rules of Christmas

December 29, 2009 – 12:21 am

Mamacita says:
. . . interrupting my post-Christmas blues, my wallowing in Love Actually, my longing for visits from family, and my dread of taking down all my holiday decorations, with the Twelve Rules of Christmas, just for you:
1.  Christmas is always better than you thought it would be, even if it’s not.
2.  Christmas brings people [...]

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. . . and Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will

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 [...]

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Quality Television? Bring Back Variety Shows!

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. [...]

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Quotation Saturday: Christmas, Pt. 1

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 [...]

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Wherefore Scheiss? Oh, and I Do NOT Have A Dead Bird in My Pocket.

December 2, 2009 – 12:33 am

Mamacita says:  I was reading my dear online friend Judy’s blog tonight and stole this meme idea from her.  Thank you, Judy.  I haven’t done a meme for a while, mostly because I loathe them, but this one appealed to me so here goes:  How I Named My Blog.
Back in early 2004, my friend Wes [...]

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Dear Parents: Every Child Deserves An Audience. Stay In Your Seat. And Shut Up.

November 20, 2009 – 3:46 pm

Mamacita says:  I’ve posted about this subject before, but with the approach of holiday season, it’s on my mind again, so I’ve written a new post about this same thing.
We’re tired.  We work all day and in the evenings, we deserve a few hours to rest, eat, and just, well, unwind. We deserve some time [...]

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Make someone happy, Make just one someone happy, And you will be happy, too. . . .

November 5, 2009 – 9:28 pm

Mamacita says: Whether or not you celebrate Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with being Santa Claus for someone. Call it whatever you wish: just call it something, and go forth and do it.  Letting your soul curl up into a ball of resentment because YOUR religion, or lack of such,  doesn’t “do” [...]

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