Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - II (now sunny)

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I have to save my words for paper writing, so I'll give you more photos even though this is turning into a photo blog! :) Today was a ...
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Monday, July 30, 2007

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - I

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I arrived in Rio last night. It's always a thrill to arrive in this city, even if the bus station* is not in a pretty place, surrounded...
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Friday, July 27, 2007

Quick Updates: Trip, Housing, etc.

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*I'm having a "spacing situation" with blogger right now, so I apologize for the many updates and republications of this and p...
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Monday, July 23, 2007

The First Time Away a Mother Never Forgets

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(sorry for the edits -- Iwas trying to get rid of some weird extra spaces, and then everything was centralized, yikes!) I had never been 24 ...
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50 Years Together

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Last week on July 18 my aunt and uncle celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The celebration was in style with a party -- a banquet for...
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Back Online, Back in Business

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I'm finally back online, after being off since last Wednesday. Last night I checked email, but I had to work on my conference presentati...
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Saturday, July 14, 2007

From Brazil

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The Trip... ... went really well, in spite of our six hour sojourn in the Dulles airport in Washington D.C. . Thanks to the moving walkways ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Alternate Reality

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(hey, the date's seven eleven :) Right now, I was supposed to be in a flight to Brazil, maybe eating "dinner" and trying to he...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

A Beach Themed First Birthday Party

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The cake mirrors the design on the wall (the sand is graham cracker crumbs): Food tent: I just couldn't resist "playing" with ...
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More Bullets (Potty Training, Housing Situation, etc).

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On Saturday night/Sunday early morning I forgot a few things I wanted to say, but at 2:30 a.m. one can hardly think. I enjoy staying up late...
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Sunday, July 08, 2007

A Better Day

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Thanks everyone for your lovely words!! I'm glad to report that I'm feeling much better and that I had a nice day today (technically...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

07/07/07 - 36 Years on this Planet

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Too bad it's not 37, though. And 1970 would have been a nice year to be born: Brazil won the World Cup for the third time then (such a r...
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Friday, July 06, 2007

Contrary

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I've been feeling a bit contrary lately (although my name's not Mary ), but mostly it's because some "contrary" things...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

Success (Temporarily) Recalled

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(At least I hope it's just temporary! :( ) In looong and hard days like today I wish I could do what my older son Kelvin did the other d...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

From Massachusetts

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Yesterday we decided on a whim to take advantage of the 4th of July holiday and come to Massachusetts to visit my husband's parents and ...
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Sunday, July 01, 2007

Success!!

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I can hardly believe it, but Linton has been now fully potty trained since Thursday* -- I'm amazed that it took only three days for him ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

1987-1996: Ten Years in Journals

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Left to right, top to bottom: 1987-1996 I first started keeping a journal (writing on and off in an old notebook) when I was 13 years old an...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Fireflies/ Vagalumes, Pirilampos

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This evening as it got dark and we were all in the kitchen while my husband kneaded his third batch of bread in the past month (I'm so p...
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Monday, June 25, 2007

Movie Talk : Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Last night we finally watched (and I say finally because the movie is a few years old) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and we absolut...
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Live Potty Training Blogging

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Warning: this a typical "mommy blogger" post, feel free to skip if you don't like to read about potty training adventures. Th...
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