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!

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Happy Birthday Vania!! or My Dearest Cousin Turns 50!

I can hardly believe it, but today my dearest cousin in my mom's side of the family* turned 50 years old! That means that a year from no...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Send in The Clowns

I've been a little sad lately. More disgruntled than sad. K is away (left this afternoon, will return Friday night). And while I hope e...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

2,210 Miles (3556 Km) Later

We got back home on Sunday after I drove a total of 2,210 Miles (3556 Km). More trip stats: Days and nights away: 11 Time on the road: appro...

Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Universe Gave Me an Incredible Gift!!!

I came to Montreal to stay less than 48 hours and my dear new nephew N was born while I was here and I was able to be at his birth with my b...

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Leaving for a (looong) road trip

I really love to travel, but I don't like driving very much. :-( Driving by myself with the boys does give me a sense of accomplishment,...

Ultra Efficient DMV

One of the things that I was slightly concerned about when moving to another state was getting a new driver's license. This proved to be...

Saturday, July 10, 2010

I'm Most Definitely a "Serrated Knife Person" ;-)

Edited to add: I just republished the post with the correct date and added one more expression. Sarah , just wrote a great guest post at Doo...

Friday, July 09, 2010

I Haven't Given Up

In spite of the previous post , old time readers know that I really enjoy going to academic conferences (blank stares or not), although I do...

I Really, Really Love My Dissertation & one more useless rant against the (humanities) academic establishment

Note: this is a rant that might not be of interest to non-academics. Academics may not care for it either since I'm mostly a "lazy...

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

39. Next Year I'm Throwing a Big Party. Today I just went to DC.

Spending the whole day in and out of museums with my family and coming home to a full inbox with over 70 congratulating messages, either fro...

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Blogger Meet Up with Scrivener!

If there's one thing that I like even better than blogging itself is blogger meet-ups! I was sad that there were so few of them last yea...

Sunday, July 04, 2010

I can't stand the "Peanut Butter" phase anymore!! :-(

If you have boys you know what I'm talking about. It's that annoying phase when they can't even say "peanut butter" wi...

Friday, July 02, 2010

Brazil is Done Gone from the World Cup :-(

Well, we cannot win every time, right? We're already the country with the most World Cup wins (five). Then, there's the fact that th...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

14 Expatriate Years

Ten days ago, on June 20th, was our 14th "anniversary" as expatriates in this country. We arrived from Brazil with student visas a...

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

I cannot believe...

... that my boys watched much more of the game between Japan and Paraguay today (we were cheering for Japan, the team with less tradition in...

Monday, June 28, 2010

I have one wish for the next World Cup

I hope my boys are old enough to watch the games with me/us, instead of complaining that they want to watch something else on Nick Jr. or a...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

A Tale of Two Games - Brazilians Watching the World Cup

This (exactly a week ago): Was way better than that : And after the game was over (we were watching together before an under the sea themed ...

Questions Without Answers

How many things won't I have time to unpack or find before it's time to pack again if we move a year from now? When will I find the ...

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Zeroed or, in the path of "financial freedom"

I didn't want to write that last part of the title because for whatever reason I can't stand Suze Orman, though all she says is true...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Roller-Coaster Ride's Not Over Yet! ;-)

That elusive interview is up! So, there's a real possibility that we'll spend a year at #3 and go on to #2 .* K's first words w...

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About Me

L: 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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