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!

Monday, April 30, 2007

Update on Housing Hunt

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I 'm planning to write more about this soon already wrote it all in this post in the end, but I'll be back after we get to see even...
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Saturday, April 28, 2007

Back to the Drawing Board

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The house we had a strong inclination for and had almost decided to make an offer on received "a very good offer" yesterday. And ...
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Friday, April 27, 2007

Watch Out NBA! :-)

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I thought you'd enjoy some "action shots" I took last Saturday night as the boys played with balls in Virginia. We have tons o...
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Fearless Friday

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I'm taking a short break from dissertation writing to take part of Fearless Friday , the very first Mother Talk "Blog Bonanza...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Busy

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As you may imagine, I'm busy working on the dissertation since this is the last week my parents are here before their trip to China. It ...
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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Another Dissertation Distraction

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*updated* (and another blog post named after someone else's blog -- this was the previous one. I don't read these two blogs, I shou...
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Still Searching

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So many things to blog about, so little time... but hopefully I'll get to it . As for now, I'd just like to say that in spite of our...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

(No More) Blogging Blues

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( written last week on Friday, April 13 and amended today ) Every once in a while I write a post like this. I think it's an inevitable ...
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Complications

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We just found out this afternoon that the house we saw on Sunday, the one with the lovely pine trees, is going to get an offer put in tomorr...
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Monday, April 16, 2007

Finding The One

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Luckily I've already found the one person with whom I want to spend the rest of my life with :), but life has other needs that need to b...
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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Tiny Flowers

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I just love really small flowers, particularly if they have unique colors and design like those below. Since I don't have the time and e...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Watch a Great Film and Vote for Kiri Davis! Only Two Days Left!

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I was going to write this whiny post about how unhappy I am with blogging, but I decided to do something different and proactive instead!! I...
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Monday, April 09, 2007

My Parents' Voyages and My Life

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(Written on Saturday, March 24. I didn't post it earlier because I was looking for some photos. I couldn't really find any and decid...
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Saturday, April 07, 2007

17 years ago today...

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Well, if you haven't been reading my blog for longer than a year and you want to find out what happened 17 years ago today, you're g...
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Thursday, April 05, 2007

Breakthrough in Dissertation Writing

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If you've been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that I'm not very good at receiving feedback (to put it very mildly)...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Cherry Blossoms

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We had a lovely time in D.C. and... my husband was with us after all.* I took very few photos, compared to the number I usually take, and mo...
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Friday, March 30, 2007

On Dissertation Work and... Driving

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Dissertatin' This week, for some reason, I've been a bit down, not very motivated to write on the blog. Part of it has to do with th...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Fun with Search Engine Results Leading Here

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I've wanted to write a post about this for the longest time, but I don't check my stats very often (sometimes they freak me out a bi...
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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Building a (Small) House in Brazil

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I found this other online tool called Slideroll which I thought was very good. Too bad one can only upload 100 photos and do 10 slide shows...
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What Kind of Flower I Am

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I saw this at sandy cove trail . I decided to post it mainly because I truly enjoyed taking the quiz. It was long (e.g. I hate those quizzes...
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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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