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Teach Your Kids How toTalk!

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No more "like" or talking in 'lists.'
No more "like" or talking in 'lists.'

So, I have 5 kids. They all bring home 5 friends. Most days I’ve got 10 for dinner, but they all know, when they enter my house, they must leave the word, “like” behind. ‘Like, I don’t want to HEAR it!’ If you think before you talk, then you don’t NEED the word LIKE. It’s only a delayed thought process mechanism. That word gives you time, to think about what you want to say.
Contrary to what us radio people have been taught, ‘dead air’ is OK. If you don’t know the right word, or the correct thought, take a minute, breath, and think. There’s no need for the word, “Like…” Right? And let’s go on for a minute…

Talking in lists has got to STOP. “I went to school? I talked to my friends? I had lunch?” SHUT UP! You might as well be telling me what you bought at the grocery store! I am so not interested in what a “list talker” has to say, that it’s not even funny!

Teach your kids to be expressive! One thought at a time. Even if it sounds choppy, it’s better than a list!
Kids need to be taught, that space between words, is GOOD. It makes us want to hear, what’s coming next! Some PD’s need to be taught that too! LOL!
The funny thing is, my home is the one, that all the kids want to come to, even with my crazy rules. Once they’re in? They don’t want to leave. All kids need guidelines, but I also encourage them to color outside the lines, but just make sure we know what it is that you’re coloring! Be articulate, be creative, be real, be you.
Robin

I’m in Panic Mode!

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Where is he when I need him?
Where is he when I need him?

What am I panicked about? I’ve hardly begun my Christmas shopping. My kids keep looking in the closets to see where I’ve hidden the gifts… but there aren’t any! Have I told you lately, that I HATE shopping? I do believe I’m the only woman I’ve ever known that can’t stand it. Only out of shear desperation, will I shop. The TV keeps bragging about these “Outlets” that have opened here on the Island, and as far as I’m concerned an Outlet is something like drugs or alcohol. Not DISCOUNTS.

So, if you have any clout with Santa, could you send him my way?

Thank you!
xoxoxo

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Disc Jockey's Nightmare!Listen. Not ONE of us knows, if we’re gonna have jobs tomorrow. It’s just become ‘the nature of the radio beast.’ Not our faults. In the meantime, if someone can make you smile, or make you laugh, Take ADVANTAGE of it! It’s what I do, and it makes me feel good! Grab hold, join my 2 Facebook groups and ride the wave with me! One, Jayne FM… you get to be the listener… Two, Disc Jockey’s Nightmare…you get to tell the story and read others’ radio nightmare stories! You will FOR SURE, be smiling by the time you sign off! Pinkie Swear. 😉
You are my buds! I’d never mislead you. Have fun and forget the rest of the world for a minute. You deserve it. Just a little break….
xoxox

Jayne FM
Disc Jockey’s Nightmare

(both on Facebook)

My Birthday Felt so Special!

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Facebook made my birthday feel HUGE!
Facebook made my birthday feel HUGE!

I know this is not the real world… it’s Face Book. I know most of us have never met, and most likely never will. I know we speak to each other freely, because we don’t have to do the ‘face to face,’ but let me say this about that.

I have never met so many caring, warm and lovely people at one time, in my entire life. I’m grateful that my children are also able to have the ability to meet people through platforms such as this. What a world we live in. Our virtual world offers so much warmth. It makes the real world, harder to live through sometimes, can be confusing at times, but I am extremely honored to have met you all, and be able to call you my friends… not just Face Book friends.

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes!

25 Random Things you didn’t Know about Me…

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the Mystery of Robin Marshall! Whoo-whee!
the Mystery of Robin Marshall! Whoo-whee!

1. I’m not organized enough to remember 25 things to tell you. Thank God that takes care of ONE of the 25!
2. I’m too honest. It tends to get me trouble because I think everyone’s just like me.
3. I just recently realized why I had 5 kids. I always need something to be passionate about.
4. Regarding number 3? I don’t know what I could have been thinking.
5. I work entirely too much. I should be very wealthy for the amount of time I put in, but a lot of it, is just ’cause I believe, and don’t expect.
6. When I have a friend that I consider to be ‘close,’ there’s nothing I won’t do to keep them where they want to be.
7. Things I respect the most in others, are clarity, integrity and sincerity.
8. I used to be a master at understanding people and knowing if they were real. Lately, I’m slipping, or they’ve gotten better disguises. I’m not sure…
9. I will teach classes on ‘how to make a difference,’ for free. I feel, if I can show ONE person the magic of cutting through, it’s all worth it.
10. I need to feel luxurious, without expensive things.
11. It doesn’t take a lot to make me happy. A look, a kiss, a hug can sustain me for a few days!
12. I’m half way through the list, and so far, it wasn’t that hard! It shows, once I get started, I’m ok.
13. I’m a writer first, a performer second, but I’m lucky that I get to do both.
14. Being on the air, is not what’s important to me. It’s what I’m able to say freely, that’s compelling while on the air, that matters.
15. My show, Jayne FM, is not about ego. If someone else had written it, and aired it, I’d still be pushing it. It’s about ‘change.’ I believe radio needed to ‘change.’
16. I sometimes wonder why, I chose to use the name Jayne, when Jayne is really what Robin is. Was I hiding? And from who?
17. I still suffer from “cheerleader syndrome.” Those girls did a number on me in middle school, and I wonder if most women are already over it, or if they take it out on other women in other ways.
18. Almost everything I’ve accomplished, has been done in an unconventional way. What’s scary is, I don’t even TRY to do it the normal way first.
19. Regarding number 18….I think that goes back to not having faith in most of those around me.
20. Once I have the faith, I’m yours forever!
21. I love jewel tones. Hahah! If you’re a guy, you won’t know what I’m talking about! I’d love to teach you though?
22. I was a rock n roll signer for 10 years, and then I just stopped. It was my passion. I still don’t know how I just ‘stopped.’ There’s more to it, that I keep procrastinating on, as to why I let that happen.
23. When someone reaches out to you, via phone, text, email…whatever they want will be the third thing they say. 1.”Hi Robin, how are you!” 2. “How’s your family?” 3.”So anyway…what I need is….”
24. If I ask you how you are? I really want to know.
25. If you read this whole note, you are someone that I’d really like to know about too. Fair is fair.