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Leave That Sleeping Teen Alone!!!!!

February 19, 2010 – 6:45 pm

I posted part of this a couple of years ago, but it’s the weekend and I think it bears posting again because when I think of all those exhausted teens being dragged from their beds because some adult thinks that because he’s up, everyone should be up, I get really angry on behalf of the [...]

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It’s Outrageous: Not Everyone Deserves A Real Diploma!

February 3, 2010 – 3:36 pm

Mamacita says:  Does anyone else wonder why parents and teachers are spending so much time on topics such as red ink, dodgeball, and T-shirts, when it seems to me a much better topic for discussion might be, “Why are we allowing illiterate people to actually graduate from high school?”
Because I can’t think of a single [...]

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Quotation Saturday: Heroes

January 24, 2010 – 4:51 am

Mamacita says:  Heroes are all around us. We don’t know who they are until something happens and they leap into action. Ironically, the heroes don’t know they’re heroes until something happens, either.
We all hope that we’ll react heroically, but the fact is, NOBODY knows until after the fact whether he/she will even [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Quotation Saturday, Scheiss Weekly, Social media, love, quotes | Comments (2)

24-Hour Telethon to Help the People of Haiti

January 17, 2010 – 7:47 pm

Mamacita says:  Let’s all use the power of social media to help the people of Haiti!  Tune in to One by One Media’s 24-hour telethon via WhatGives.com beginning TONIGHT and do what we can. Our dear friend and mentor Jim Turner, AKA Genuine, is the man behind the telethon; his post here at One by [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, Social media, The real Mamacita, love | Comments (1)

Quotation Saturday: Let Us Help One Another

January 16, 2010 – 3:48 am

Mamacita says:  Sometimes it takes a major catastrophe to remind us that we are all living on the same planet; that we all have the same basic needs; that the entire universe is based on Six Degrees of Separation; that the wheel of life turns and turns and the fly on the top will be [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Quotation Saturday, Scheiss Weekly, love, quotes | Comments (0)

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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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 [...]

By Jane Goodwin | Also posted in Baking, Christmas, Family, Friendship, Humor, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Movies, Scheiss Weekly, Traditions, children, holidays, love, memories, nostalgia, religion | Comments (2)

. . . 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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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, Steve Spangler, The real Mamacita, Traditions, children, holidays | Comments (1)

Explaining about Santa Claus

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 to her [...]

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