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Jelly Marbles – Clear Spheres – Home Decor – Live Plants

January 4, 2010 – 2:28 am

Mamacita says:  Those green marbles aren’t really marbles at all; they’re jelly marbles.  Clear spheres.  You’re looking at a clear glass vase that is about a foot tall.  I put a pinch of water jelly crystals in it, and added water colored with green food coloring.  As you can see, that tiny pinch of jelly [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, The real Mamacita, holidays | Comments (3)

Let Your Kids Make Their Own Trees!

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 [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Christmas, Family, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, The Things We Do For Love, The real Mamacita, Traditions, children, holidays | Comments (1)

Everybody Needs A Hero

November 28, 2009 – 11:58 pm

Teaching at any level requires an energy level many people do not have. Teachers don’t even have it at the end of many long days. People who don’t understand this like to mention vacation days and summers off, usually with “that look” on their faces. They don’t understand. When teachers get [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Education, Family, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, fools, schools | Comments (2)

Happy Hallowe’en. Eat Up. Sing Along. Read Up. Jerk Down. Smash. Freeze. Blow Up. Enjoy.

October 29, 2009 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says:
Of course, you all probably already know that if you mix candy corn and salted peanuts together in a big bowl, you’ve got handfuls of PayDay bar goodness.
Peanuts are a meat substitute, and candy corn is pretty much fat-free (paraffin never hurt anybody) so really, a big bowl of candy corn and peanuts is [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Censorship, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Literature, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, Uncategorized, Video, children, holidays, schools | Comments (2)

BlogIndiana, WordCamp, BlogHer, BlogWorldExpo, and Pickles

August 7, 2009 – 8:56 pm

Mamacita says:   In a few days, I’ll be off to Blog Indiana – which you don’t have to be from Indiana to attend, why don’t all of you sign up, too?
I’m hooked now on writing conferences.  Social media get-togethers have become my crack cocaine.  No longer do I have to cook my meth in [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in BlogHer2009, BlogIndiana, BlogWorld Expo, Friendship, Indiana, Jane Goodwin, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Not the imitation Mamacita, Scheiss Weekly, Science in the Rockies, Social media, The real Mamacita, WordCamp | Comments (2)

BlogHer Is Officially Over, Except That It’s Never Really Over

July 27, 2009 – 3:52 am

Mamacita says:  The day after Christmas BlogHer is always hard for me. A full year of intense anticipation, building up to an amazing flash of fun, love, learning, friends, and hearty partying educational experiences of many descriptions, and then BLAH, home again. I mean, I love to be home, [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in BlogHer2009, Christmas, Friendship, Indiana, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Not the imitation Mamacita, Scheiss Weekly, The real Mamacita | Comments (12)

Quotation Saturday: Science

July 12, 2009 – 12:19 am

Better late than never. . . .
Mamacita says:  Anyone of any age who “hates science” never had a good science teacher.  With a good science teacher, a child will explode with enthusiasm the minute he/she runs into the house, and will talk about what he/she saw and learned all through dinner.  A good science teacher [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Education, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Oh No She Dinnit, Quotation Saturday, Scheiss Weekly, The real Mamacita, children, schools | Comments (7)

Science in the Rockies

July 7, 2009 – 5:23 pm

Mamacita says:  I’m in Colorado at Steve Spangler’s Science in the Rockies
It hasn’t even officially begun yet, but already I’m having an AWESOME TIME!  Steve and his staff are absolutely wonderful, and I know that the actual seminar will be fun, fun, FUN – not to mention enlightening.  I’m serious; everyone I’ve met has been [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Education, Friendship, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Mentos Geyser, Not the imitation Mamacita, Scheiss Weekly, Science in the Rockies, The real Mamacita, children, love, schools | Comments (4)

Ten Things Tuesday

July 7, 2009 – 1:25 am

Mamacita says:
1. By the time most of you read this, I’ll be in Colorado at Science in the Rockies, having a fantastic time, learning incredible things, meeting amazing people,  and collecting unbelievable swag.  There are a lot of people in Colorado whom I love dearly;  CALL ME!
2.  My feet are killing me.
3.  It’s [...]

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Thises and Thats

July 2, 2009 – 10:03 pm

Mamacita says:  I’ve been throwing dirty laundry down the stairs all day and now we can’t open the garage door.  I’d go downstairs to start a load but I can’t get to the bottom of the stairs.  Someone will have to go outside and come in through the garage, open the door really hard, and [...]

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