Friday, February 25, 2011

J.S. Bach + Bossa Nova = Sublime

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Eu sei que vou ter amar  [I know I am going to love you] is a marvelously touching bossa nova song composed by Tom Jobim with lyrics by the...
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My Jobbity Job (or a Job is a Job is a Job, Part 2)

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(Part 1 here , if you need a refresher, and thank you so much for your great comment , Laura/Geeky Mom !) First, a self-administered pep t...
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Trying to Catch Up (again)

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I've used this blog title before (the browser actually brought it up on its own once I started typing, as if it were reading my mind -- ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Lethargic

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That's how I've been feeling lately vis-à-vis blogging. For one, I'm not getting enough sleep (I've started a post about tha...
Friday, February 18, 2011

My Parents Are Coming! (& the In-Laws Too)

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Well... we already knew that my in-laws were coming to the U.S. in May -- they generally come a few times a year ever since they moved back ...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Out in the Quad

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Today the weather was so warm that when I left around 1:30 pm to go to the car and come home the quad was crowded with students... I'd n...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A Jane Austen Valentine's

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I really enjoyed Valentine's day because I got to spend most of it reading this: Persuasion is Jane Austen's last novel and my...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Murphy's Law

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If, after a couple of weeks, you finally decide to launder your child's bed sheets one afternoon and put them back in the bed right befo...

A job is a job is...

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... a job!? Even when it's not really a job? If I had written this post a month ago it would definitely have had a more uplifting begi...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

But Wait, There's Good News Too!

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That was today's bad news. The good news is that as of today our whole down payment is in our bank account which means that things ar...

:(

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This  didn't work out and my brother sounds very disappointed as well as discouraged (over email). I hope they keep on trying and are ab...
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Snow all over the country, and gorgeous day here

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This is what I really wanted to have posted today, accompanied by some nice photos taken with my phone on campus. I don't have the energ...
Wednesday, February 02, 2011

The Tooth is Out!!

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Well... the things in my " will happen " New Year's list are beginning to take place! (My apologies for the delay in posting...

After 8 Years, I'm Hitting the Slopes Again...

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I've skied exactly once in my life. For two days (Dec. 23 & 24, 2002) when my baby was 9 months old, he's almost 9 years old now...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

February: 28 days, 28 photos

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I have just decided to join my dear online friend  Zee , who is, I must say, a very talented photographer (check out her  Etsy photography s...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Home Inspected, Can't Wait to Move In!

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A cold winter evening is definitely a good "test" time to verify whether a house will be cozy and welcoming and the house we'r...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Can You Whip Egg Whites with a Fork?

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Oh, yes, I can, thank you very much!! And I can get it to be as stiff as I like. I saw something on TV over 16 years ago in Brazil that ma...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

They Weren't Joking When They Said "Conditions Will Quickly Deteriorate"

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Forecasters had that warning in the National Weather Service alert page (in the Weather Channel website) and I still worked in my office for...
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Snow Is Coming

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And I'm glad because the only "real" snow we had was back in December and I'm ready for some pretty snow to cover all the ...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Anxiously Waiting

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Do you remember the first item in my " wish list " for 2011? Well, several hours ago, my sister-in-law underwent an  IUI . Pleas...