Mamacita (The Real One) Rants About Wiggly Kids and Recess and Stuff

Mamacita says:  Some of this was first posted on June 30, 2007, but my opinion hasn’t changed since then, and I’ve added a few more opinionated Mamacita-isms. Are you surprised? I didn’t think you would be. “No two people are … Continue reading

Because.

Rerun. November, 2004. Before some of you were born, yes? == Mamacita says:  Remember that anecdote about the young bride whose husband asked her why she cut the beef roast* in half before she put it in the pan? She … Continue reading

Scheiss Weekly: Age Six

Mamacita says:  I’ve been blogging for six years now, and it has changed me.  Even the way I blogged in the beginning has changed.  I think that part has changed for a lot of people. When most of us first … Continue reading

Rambles With No Easy Answers

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 … Continue reading

Limited-Vocabulary Readers are the Devil. Yes, THAT Devil.

Mamacita says:  I don’t think there are any words coined yet that would adequately describe the complete and total loathing I have for simplified, edited versions of good books. I’ve heard quadrillions of elementary teachers argue that small children learn … Continue reading