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!

Friday, April 30, 2010

Great New Site/Online Community for Special Needs Families!

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I just wanted to share a link (which will also be on my sidebar permanently from now on) to this wonderful and brand new website and online ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Kicked out of bed by the doorbell

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At 8:30 am sharp the doorbell rang. And immediately we knew that our realtor had given us the wrong date for the inspection. Three adults an...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Unsettled/ Quick Update

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The housing search continues. Several leads, but no decisions just yet. :-( (sigh) The inspection on this house is coming up on Thursday (a...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Flowers for Earth Day

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I thought I'd finally post some pretty flower photos for Earth Day (better late than never, both the flowers and the posting near midnig...
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This (S)Old House

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Before we move I want to post more photos of the home renovation projects that were done to this house (in addition to these ) , but tonight...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Blown Away (Again)

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I wish I could be less tired to think of a clever title and all, but this one will have to do. Our realtor (Roberta) didn't call us yest...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Second Time and Upcoming Offer

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There's a showing tonight for some people who are coming to see the house a second time. I thought they were the ones who saw it on Mond...
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Monday, April 12, 2010

Exposed and "Are they going to be _the ones_?"

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Exposed... Is how I feel when for some reason we haven't left when people come to the house for a showing or if we come back before they...
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Friday, April 09, 2010

A Lovely Date!

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I almost ruined everything, yeah, pesky old me, but in the end it all turned out OK (phew!). We were supposed to go here , but I didn't ...
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Summer in April Over (for now)

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This summery weather was lovely (and gorgeous) while it lasted (over a week!), but I hope temperatures can remain seasonable and lower from ...
Wednesday, April 07, 2010

20 Years Ago

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K and I became a couple. And I just want to say that our day was not very different than my blogger friend Pithy Dithy on her recent tenth ...
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I have an offer!

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No, it's not an offer on the house just yet, folks... But I have an offer!!! ... to teach!!!! ... a class in the Fall!!! At the universi...
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

The Delicious Smell of Freshly Baked Homemade Bread...

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(apologies for the many edits!) ... that's what permeated our first house in 2004 on the day it went on the market and we had the first ...
Monday, April 05, 2010

Reading, or, Like Mother, Like Sons

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I learned to read by myself even before I went to school. I was six, but at that time, most children in Brazil went to first grade when they...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Verdict

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So, now with the 1000th post out of the way, we can continue on to our regularly scheduled programming. ;-) This is one of the things I for...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Thousandth Post!!!! 20 Years Ago and a Mish Mash of Stuff

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Over 5 years of blogging. Exactly 1000 posts today. I wanted to go all celebratory, post some beautiful pictures, yada yada yada... Instead...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Here We Go Again! or Up for Grabs!

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The house is officially up for sale today (yeah, and I write at midnight, so the day just officially started). I'm so happy about that! ...
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Back in a Few Hours

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I'm still up because I was talking to our houseguest , a friend from Brazil who arrived from NYC after midnight. (It was a "blogg...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Moment of Truth, Census 2010, Hispanic or Non-Hispanic?

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I've been dreading this moment for a while now and I cringe every time I fill job application forms, sometimes filling in "Hispanic...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

That Empty Feeling

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This post is totally related to that one . So this evening, after we came back home from a boys' scout style meeting in church after whi...
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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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