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!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Goodnight, iPad!

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I'm a big, HUGE fan of smart parodies, particularly of beloved books, such as Goodnight Moon (I thought that the Goodnight Bush parody w...
Monday, November 14, 2011

Seven!! I can't believe I've been blogging that long!

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Seven is my "favoritest" number, after all, I was born on 7/7! So I thought that this year my blog anniversary should be more spec...

And these... are my life

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This too... (part 2)

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... sums up my day (part 1 here ):
Sunday, November 13, 2011

This pretty much sums up my day! :)

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more later (I mean, tomorrow).
Saturday, November 12, 2011

happy days, filled with people, and music and friends

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So... I'm again pretending it's before midnight because it was lovely to go see a musical performance in which our dear friend was c...
Friday, November 11, 2011

11/11/11, 11:11 (pm)

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Another date like today's only in 100 years. I really like to look at all those ones, perfectly lined up. I missed posting at 11:11 am...

(For future reference) Cool video to show my sons

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Yeah, so now I'm officially using my blog as a "bookmark" for interesting stuff that I might otherwise forget about. I hope yo...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

The word that you never, ever want to hear

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I should have written "the diagnosis" instead of "the word," but I didn't want the title to be that obvious. I...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Worth Wild

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First paper graded today and I find this gem -- I was going to type "jam" (am I (un)learning from my students of something?): ...

Off with their balls!

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I know, it's horrible to say that, but the neutering surgery for our kitties is scheduled for next Wednesday... I hope they have a quick...
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67

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That's how many posts I still have to write until Dec. 31st to make my "noble goal" of posting more than last year... (not get...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Birthday Plans for Next Year (Note to Self)

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I love to make plans. In the micro, minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour (sometimes day to day) level, my ADHD makes me the most disorganized and ...
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Monday, November 07, 2011

What's making me supremely guilty & anxious right now...

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OK, I'm exaggerating... I'm happy, I'm fine, but I have this lingering guilty feeling in the back of my mind, ant the cause is.....
Sunday, November 06, 2011

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

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Today was my dad's birthday, I wish we didn't live so far away and could have celebrated with him instead of only talking to him o...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011

On the Stairs by the Front Door...

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Why is it that, at least for us and our personal interactions with good friends, the best is always last? (or...   is it like that for mos...
Friday, November 04, 2011

Relatively Productive Day

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I cooked two kinds of soup (minestrone and Caldo Verde * -- without the sausage) for the friends who came over tonight and I did some cleani...
Thursday, November 03, 2011

Sunset

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I should be posting photos on my other blog (the failed "project" to post photos once a day... sigh), but the only way I can post ...
Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Too Busy To Blog

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I'm only 65 minutes late, but, really, I've got very good reasons! First, I stayed up grading until 2 am. Then, I prepared to teach ...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

11/1/11 Another Palindrome Date... And So Begins my 5th NaBloPoMo...

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... but since I've been blogging once a day and up to five times a day for several weeks now, trying to partially fulfill one of my new...
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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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