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 29, 2011

Blogging from Home (& All Mine #2)

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We've been online since Wednesday evening (thankfully!) in the new house, but the last two days were extremely busy, so I didn't hav...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Considering getting wireless 3G or 4G cards

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I want to try to write a post about how I have this feeling that I'm working too much, but maybe I won't get to write it, so here...
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Our New Foe Has a Name: Sprint

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Once upon a time, my humble blog was the very first result on Google for "Verizon Sucks" (and I still think they did back then whe...
Monday, April 25, 2011

I Just Ordered...

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...  this clothesline and I can't wait to go back to line-dried clothes! I've missed my old one a lot. I just hope the person who...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Mine! Or... Dream(s) Come True

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Long time readers will recall that back in 2007, when my husband got the "dream [pharma] job" that became the most disastrous job/...
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The Red Wall is No More!

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The second coat is not on yet, so the color is still a bit light, but by Thursday night already, the red walls were gone. Before:  After:...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Homeowners.4 in 25 Minutes!

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That's how long our closing took, definitely a record time! We were out of there by 9:30 and I'm going to have some time to prepare ...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Back to the 20th Century! or Déjà Vu

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First, let me tell you this story. Back in 2001 we bought our first house in a small town in MA. In the days before the closing, when I wa...

What's been going on/ Afraid of moving

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There's too much that I want/need to blog about and, paradoxically, that is keeping me from blogging. (very old problem) Right now, I...
Friday, April 15, 2011

No! Not to her! :(

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Yesterday I picked up my boys from school after Linton's soccer practice and when we were driving home there was an accident on the road...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Couched

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Look at what we bought yesterday morning ( these , including the ottoman below, which has four drawers): I think I'm happy with our ch...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

First Game, First Goal!

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Soccer or, as we call it here at home, futebol , is the new family obsession. Even Kelvin has regretted not signing up and most certainly wi...
Thursday, April 07, 2011

Soccer Mom

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Today I officially joined the ranks of the millions of soccer moms in this country. Sigh... I am happy for Linton -- he is as excited as...
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They're here...

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My parents and my brother's parents-in-law arrived in the U.S. yesterday morning. They are in Philadelphia at the moment, shopping (my...
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21 Years Together

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I've recently blogged about this, but I wanted to register here that it was on April 7 that we "officially" started our rela...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011

My Turn, or... Mamas Cannot Get Sick

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Well, guess what? I have the sore throat that the boys had last week. Thankfully I don't have the fever, but I feel chilly and sleepy. A...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

This is it! (?)

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My 3 X 3 post was pointless, I admit it. I only wanted to write it so I could use it as a starting point for this one. You see, I wanted to...
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More about 21 years ago...

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... here (when it was only 16 years! wow, I've been blogging for a loooong time! ;) and here too , plus last year's " mish-mas...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

21 Years Ago Today...

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... I met a young man at a bus stop and I knew my life was forever changed. Our lives, to be more exact, which have now engendered two other...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

3 X 3

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We've owned three houses from 2001-2010 & we've lived for three years on each of them. Three years in a two bedroom townhous...
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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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