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!

Thursday, June 29, 2006

I'm Going to be an Auntie Again!! Maybe Today.

Hey, I knew there was mommy stuff coming up, see? (apart from my sleep troubles post that has been brewing for weeks now) We'll be on ou...

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

More on the World Cup - Why don't Americans Care for Soccer?

Note: Regularly scheduled "mommy" blog posts will follow and, pretty soon, some dissertation-related stuff. I think I'm just ...

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

The World Cup and I (updated with logos and bonus curious facts)

Note: I got the logos of every world cup I'm discussing in Google and I want to include them in the post, but I'll come back for tha...

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Playground Weary

Note: I started this post (only with the title) on Monday the 19th, wrote the first two paragraphs and uploaded photos on Thursday (22nd), b...

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Gender and Clothes - Amazing Post

I have been trying to post for many days now... I even have two posts half-written and a third started, but I just haven't been able to ...

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Ten Years Anniversary

Ten years ago today we arrived in this country, at the JFK airport in New York, with seven pieces of luggage (thanks to the fact that we wer...

Table and Chairs

Remember that I wanted finally, after 11 and a half years of marriage, to buy a dinner table and chairs? I said that when I posted about the...

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Lilian's Strawberry Bottom No-Bake Cheesecake

This is one of my husband's favorite desserts and it's pretty simple to prepare. I "developed" this recipe when a student ...

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

This One Was a No Brainer :)

All right, finally a quiz that worked. (I usually don't like these quizzes at all). In case you don't know yet: I am a brainy girl -...

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Breast-Feeding in the News Again! (edited)

Edited to link to a critical commentary from a blogger I respect a lot ( Selkie ) - at the very end. Look at this !! Wow, just Wow! "B...

Monday, June 12, 2006

So many things, so little time

Sometimes I wonder why life is like that, why there are so many things we want to do and we are never able to acomplish all of them. In my c...

Monday, June 05, 2006

Festive Weekend and Family Internationalization (Updated!)

Updated with photos My brother and his wife arrived on Friday to visit us for a week before they head to China, where he's going to work...

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Welcome, New Visitors/ Sejam Bem Vindos

I decided to take a look at my stats today and I found out that because my "online friend" Zee linked to me in her latest post ...

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Happy 2nd Birthday, "Baby" - Linton's Birth Story

If you read Kelvin’s birth story , you may remember that it took me over two months of pregnancy to find out I was expecting him. The second...

Monday, May 29, 2006

Getting Better and... Hot Weather

A quick update: We're mostly better from the flu, except for my mom who's still a bit congested and coughing a lot. Whatever virus h...

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Our Breastfeeding Odyssey, Or Persistence Pays Off – Part I

I'm still quite sick, so while I can't post something "new," I leave you with this huge post I wrote a while ago, it's...

Monday, May 22, 2006

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I haven't had much time or disposition to write lately and you'll soon know why. I thought that using the title's format (stolen...

Friday, May 19, 2006

My Son and My (future) Doctorate

K (my 4 year old): “Mama, did you buy a doctorate?” Lilian: (smiling) “No, sweetie, I’m going to earn one after I defend my dissertation, af...

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Turmoil in São Paulo (Brazil)

I've been really scared and appalled at the "dystopian"* scenario that has been unfolding in São Paulo, the largest city in Br...

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Why Babies Do That (Blog Book Tour)

I have another Blog Book Tour post coming your way, this time about a wonderful new book by Jennifer Margulis , editor of of the award winn...

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About Me

L: 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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