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, April 30, 2008

Cranberry Drink - Yummm (Blog Tour/ Review)

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I looove cranberries (and if you haven't yet seen my cranberry bog photos , I recommend that you check them out! :-) Anyway, Mom Central...
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Live Blogging Dissertation Upload

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I still don't know if it's in or not... It's uploading, but there are only 7 more minutes. 4:53 It could still not happen. I don...
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PHEW!! Spoke too soon....

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The grad school accepts files with errors All I need is to have SOMETHING, and I do have everything but the table of contents and list of fi...
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Not Gonna Happen

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I won't graduate because we won't be able to generate a PDF document in time for the 5 pm deadline. long story mostly, that K tried ...
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Almost 24 Hours, Almost There

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We've been awake for almost 24 hours, K and I, and the dissertation is almost fully assembled. 383 pages, without appendices and bibliog...
Monday, April 28, 2008

NOT Wonderful

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In contrast to that post . Revising the dissertation under the immense pressure of an upcoming deadline. Not wonderful. It's all I'm...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Flowers for You

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Dedicated to my friend Professing Mama , who just had " Chico ," her beautiful baby boy! It's been so long since I've pos...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Demolition

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Our first BIG outside-contractors home improvement project has begun this morning. This stucco wall: With this problematic buckling (there w...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Most Radical (for me) Work Avoidance Tactic

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You already know I have work to do. With a deadline looming in the horizon... But I think I'm going to bed early tonight (if you knew m...
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Back to Work

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First, a few announcements: (1) Thanks for reminding me about changing the "about me" and the blog header descriptions. I have edi...

Five Hundred and Eight Years Ago

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Today, back in 1500, the Portuguese sailor Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil with the group of thirteen tall Portuguese ships [ caravela...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Blogger Isn't Letting Me Post Video

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Good morning everyone, I stayed up late last night trying to get my post (with a short video) published, but I guess I'll have to use an...
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Friday, April 18, 2008

Milestones

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(ETA links) Phew! I finally figured out how to make the video public on Vimeo. Enjoy. You can hear my hoarse voice a bit, that's how it...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008

PSA: Mamma Mia! Contest

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Any AB*BA fans out there? (BTW, do you know there's a brand new museum [loud website] opening next year?) After the success of Mamma Mi...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Wonderful!

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Apologies for the suspense. Everything went wonderfully well as I already knew it would be. I almost blogged right there in the room, and my...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Safely Here, Going to Bed

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We made it in five hours and I drove half of the way. Driving is good for thinking, too bad it's hard to record those thoughts later... ...
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Hitting the Road

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Shortly we'll be on our way to Massachusetts for my defense tomorrow. I'm so sorry that K cannot come with us. I'm going with my...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

What (Not) to Wear - Dissertation Edition

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What should I wear to the defense? - Professional clothes (like for job interview)? - Casual professional clothes that one would wear for te...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Spring's Here -- Take a Look!

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Even my first tulip has began to open. I'm so thrilled that I planted all those bulbs back in December ! These photos were taken yesterd...
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

Ha! Guess What?

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After staying up most of the night up talking last Monday and then twelve hours walking in and out of stores the next day made my defense sy...
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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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