Mama(e) in Translation

2 sons, 2 languages, 2 countries, 2 "worlds" (work/home), 2 PhDs. Where translation and "in-between-ness" have become a way of life. Now with 2 cats & 2 Universities!

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Dissertatin'

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Finally I'm doing some progress in the dissertation work (sigh). I should be making even more progress from now on, because I bought a c...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Potty problems – Help!!

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I guess I liked asking questions, so here’s another one for all the Mamas out there :) Kelvin (3 ½) has been sleeping without diapers f...
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Friday, September 16, 2005

Do you write on library books?

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Why do people write on library books? I just got a pile of new books for the methodology part of my dissertation, and many of them, almost a...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Better late than never, or Beach in September

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So, we went to "the Shore" (the way they call the New Jersey coast here) yesterday. I've wanted to go to the beach all summer,...
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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Brasil

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This is the Brazilian flag. The banner in the middle says “Order and Progress.” We learn in school that the green represents the forests, th...
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Sunday, September 04, 2005

"Being Poor is..." - and I fall silent

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I had to link to this , post by Whatever (John Scalzi), that I found at This woman's work . Don't forget to look at the comments, t...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Accidental Academic

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Last week, on Monday, the day we took my DH (Dear Husband, DH from now on :) to the airport for his trip to Brazil, I told our son the follo...
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Monday, August 29, 2005

Where the Wild Things Are

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(I started to write this on 7/18 – over a month ago – this is the promised “fun” post. I guess I was referring to the pictures and the subje...
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Word verification on comments

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Just a quick note... I know it's a bit annoying to have to do a word verification (typing weird looking words) when posting a comment, b...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Safe arrivals

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Just a quick update on the travels in the family. My parents arrived safely today at 11:30 am. Our meeting with them was hilarious. I got to...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Blue... (not the feeling)

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Sandra has posted some beautiful pictures lately, and I thought I was long overdue posting pictures. So, here it goes... these have been ma...
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Alone

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But not for long... Hubby's in Chicago, staying overnight after a cancelled flight to Brasil (he flies tomorrow morning), and parents pr...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Busy, busy, impending departures and arrivals

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Just a quick note to say things have been kind of crazy over here. Hubby's travelling next Monday, my parents arrive from Brazil next Tu...
Thursday, August 11, 2005

Baby health update/ Another baby? NO WAY!

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Linton is "back to normal". He probably had roseola, because as the rash vanished, he started eating ravenously again, and stopped...
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100 things part II: 50 things about my personal life

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I’m leaving the “baby part” of our lives out on purpose, that can make for more interesting posts in the future! 1. My parents, b...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

100 things part I: 50 things about blogging

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I first saw this seemingly common "100 things" post a few weeks ago in Wet Feet , then, last week I encountered it again in the ar...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Mama worries/ Afraid of what?

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Quick update on baby's health. I think I figured what he has, since he's brother had it and we only found out weeks later: roseola. ...
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Monday, August 08, 2005

I did it!

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OK, I know nothing of HTML, but I edited my blogroll, yay!! And it doesn't look that bad either, does it? I just need to put a line or s...
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Mad at blogger

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Just a quick rant... I had just beautifully edited my blogroll, with categories, etc... (I'm an addicted "classifier", I wish ...
Saturday, August 06, 2005

Teething baby, helping a friend, high heat and humidity

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That's what's been going on here. Linton has at least one tooth (a molar) coming through, and I think (and hope, at least) that this...
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I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)
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