Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The New Year is Here

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Wow, we're in 2007 already. And now begins that confusing period when we say "last year" while talking about 2005 and not 2006...
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Sunday, December 31, 2006

The Year in Review

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I waited until today to post this meme not only because I didn't have time to do it earlier, but because I thought it would be more fit...
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Looking Back at my MLA Experiences

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The Job Interview I know this is what many of you want to hear about, so I'll start with it, drawing from the notes I took Friday mornin...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Quick Conference Update

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For those of you who may be wondering, my presentation last night went quite well. The section was really late, from 8:45-10 p.m. so I was r...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Academic Conferences, Why I Love and Hate Them

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I promise to be back as soon as I can with the completion of my Christmas tree post as well as some words about our Christmas, but... I real...
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Sunday, December 24, 2006

Christmas Trees - Part I

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We're spending Christmas with my husband's family and everyone but my youngest brother-in-law is here in my oldest BIL's house (...
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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Favela Rising - Mind Blowing Film

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I'm at a lack for words right now. Anything I think of writing about this movie just can't convey how amazingly mind-blowing it is. ...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Rejections and Other News

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A couple of weeks ago, my husband received his first rejection email of the job search, and I got mine a couple of minutes ago. It's OK....
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Housekeeping and Questions About Blog Safety

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There are several things that I need to do with this blog. I need to update my blog roll (several blogs to add and URLs to update) and the t...
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Monday, December 11, 2006

Some More Firsts (of an Emotional Nature)

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I'm the kind of mother who is always squeezing, hugging, and kissing my sons. They generally love to cuddle together with us on the sofa...
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Mothers and Ph.D.s II

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Thanks for your comment , Meredith ! I agree that graduate school is a good time to have babies, even though it may delay the finishing of t...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

Mothers and Ph.D.s

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I know I'm over a week late responding to this, but it is a historic moment in my humble blogging career, it's the first time I resp...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Grocery Shopping

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A few days before Thanksgiving I did my annual trek to the "regular" grocery store to buy Eggnog. Of course I don't go only on...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Small Steps Towards a Greener Life

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I have wanted to write about this ever since I got to review The Complete Organic Pregnancy book, thanks to Andi Buchanan (who quit writing...
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Monday, December 04, 2006

Exciting News

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Guess what? I got a job interview! I did expect it from this particular university (incidentaly, the only one with jobs for both my husband ...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006

I Wish I Could Be... & I Love that I Am...

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I wish I could be... ... more witty Particularly in real live conversations, I wish I could be able to quickly think of a witty, intelligent...
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Friday, December 01, 2006

Blogging is Very Useful Sometimes...

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.... even though it's not a blue engine . (I know only parents of little boys or girls who love trains may get this one , so I offered t...
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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Academic Job Application Season

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So... I know that several of you want me to keep you posted about the Family in Translation job search. Yesterday I finished sending out my ...
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Yams with Pecan Praliné & Maple Squash Pie

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I decided to post two recipes because I didn't have a photo of the second one, which is the one I really wanted to share. Yams with Pec...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Looong Weekend

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**Coming soon: Thanksgiving Recipe** First, I have just taken the plunge again and switched to the beta version. I could no longer wait to h...
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