Dear Parents: Don't Sweat the Trifles

Mamacita says:  I had a lot of expectations and I made a lot of plans.  Then I had kids. There’s nothing like having children to knock most of our lofty expectations and plans into a cocked hat.  Other people’s children … Continue reading

Too Bad, So Sad. . . .

Mamacita says:  So many people have emailed me (doesn’t anybody comment any more?)  about the following lines from a previous post that I decided to feature them by themselves.  Yes, my readers are the boss of me. There is such … Continue reading

July 4 Weekend Is Here!

Mamacita says:  Sunday is Independence Day! And, if you do not believe in that, then, Sunday is the Fourth of July. Deny it if you will, but you will be wrong. You have a fourth of July. Everybody has a … Continue reading

How We Spend Our Days Is, Of Course, How We Spend Our Lives *

Mamacita says:  “Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” –Frank Scully I’ve always liked that quotation. I also believe it is absolutely true. I think about it whenever I’m feeling particularly cowardly. It helps … 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