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, December 31, 2011

In 2012...

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... I want to exercise more* and to spend more time with my husband; ... I want to go to Brazil, my dream would be to go twice, but once w...
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The Best of 2011

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Our new house -- my only "actual wish" this year (in small print at the end of my " what has to happen " in 2011 post...

What didn't happen in 2011

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About a year ago I wrote a post about " what will happen in 2011 " and one thing did not  happen: my 7 year old did not lose his f...
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I'm missing them a lot...

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they are my babies, after all:

Lighted

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Isn't it pretty?
Friday, December 30, 2011

Our Christmas, Before & After

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The other families were too busy enjoying their gifts to come play with the wrappings. :)

Two Days Left

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To post a whole bunch and be done with 2011. I'll miss this year, it was positively great and about to end in great style with K's f...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

I don't know...

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... if during this bustling week with family here in Florida I will be able to achieve my goal of posting more than last year, but I don...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Our Old iPod 30GB Died...

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... taking with it all the Christmas music we planned to play over the holiday. (Kelvin had transferred a bunch of music to the iPad, but th...

Merry Christmas!! (Before and Before photos :)

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Well... I'm glad that being stuck in traffic on Friday evening didn't prevent us to from going to buy a Christmas tree before we ma...

Beach!!

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We're having a lovely time here! We spent some time at! the! beach! on Friday and that delayed our arrival in Orlando and we got st...
Friday, December 23, 2011

Safely Here in Florida

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We still have a few more hours of travel from Jacksonville to Orlando and we'll probably drive down for a bit along the beaches! The wea...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Leaving in a Packed Car...

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... instead of a jet plane. Sigh. Well, packing for flying is even more stressful, though way more organized. OK, gotta go.
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Traveling to Florida

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I'm not 100% packed yet, but I need to go to bed because I can't keep my eyes open anymore! :( I hope I don't forget anything ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

My Uncle Called Me!

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Remember my uncle ? Well, I guess that another update is in order, since I last blogged extensively about him nearly two years ago (post abo...

15

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I have to write 15 more posts before the end of the year to beat last year's posts. I hope I can make it, in spite of the busy times ahe...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Free!!!

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Yeah... free from grading to go work some more, and more... Make packing lists, pack, pack, clean house and garage, get people in the airpor...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

17 Years Ago...

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... K and I got married! I blogged about it before several times ( 16th - last year, 15th -- with photos!). We were able to leave our son...
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In Grading "Jail"

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I have  to grade everything today and I'm actually thankful for the deadline (tomorrow). It will be a glorious feeling to be free from t...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Ayrton Senna do Brasil

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The year was 1994 and my job was teaching English for one class period (45 mins) a week for 2nd-4th graders. Maybe you'll think I'm ...
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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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