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!

Monday, December 31, 2012

2012: The Year of Transformations

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2012 was AWESOME! In fact, I'm thrilled to go back to my life's regular pattern -- with the exception of 2008-2009, every year of ...
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Done

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I forgot I had already posted enough to pass last year's number of posts! In spite of that I'll try to write a couple more posts b...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Computer-less

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I had been planning to write a series of end-of-the year posts, but our friends here in TX don't have Internet or wireless (not their fa...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Texas Trip Fiasco

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Edited to add: We are going to arrive after 10 pm when we could have been here for two hours already! Thankfully after Little Rock things w...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas!!!

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I'm delighted that I got my Christmas wish this year, though we haven't yet fulfilled it (we will in a few days): we are driving to ...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

USELESS! Netflix Streaming and Amazon Instant Video (Prime)

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Well, I haven't had time to blog this (hopefully I'll share some photos at some point), but we finally "broke down" and de...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

2012 Revisited

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I'm planning to write a series of posts here about this past year which was quite remarkable... ...so watch this space!

Nothing yet... (or the elephant in the room)

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... I didn't want to write about this, so I will write this post quickly and let it be buried by several others. I have heard nothing ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

18 Years Ago Tonight...

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...I was waiting at the airport with my brand-new husband to board a flight to go on our honeymoon. We were married earlier that day, arou...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Because Getting "Almost There" is Not Enough!! Apple Allows Google Maps Back

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Last night my iPhone 5 took us ALMOST to the hotel we were going to spend the night in. "Almost there" at 10:30 pm when you're...

More on the FedEx Arrow...

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... or, thanks Kate and Jo(e) , you made my day! You cannot imagine how many times (hundreds!) I wrote this post on my head while on the...

FedEx's Arrow

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There was a time when I didn't know that the FedEx logo had an arrow. Have you always seen the arrow? Once you see it for the first ti...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12/12/12 12:12 pm

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Fun, "historic" date! I couldn't miss posting today, could I? Since there are only twelve months, it's the last possible m...
Monday, December 10, 2012

First Day Off: Home with Sick Child

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Today it felt a little sad that on our first day after classes are over we had to take care of a sick child! I cannot imagine how hard it w...
Sunday, December 09, 2012

"L"

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So I decided to have my initial "L" as my name on the blog for now. I'm still deciding on whether to delete old photos or not...
Friday, December 07, 2012

The "Tele-Teaching" Poster Child or...

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... according to my husband's department chair, "everything that is wrong with [that] university." Apparently, I've beco...

The Last One!!/ Back "Home"

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I'm so thrilled that today is the last day I have to drive 152 miles to work and back every single day of the week! I have a lull in g...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Right Now I Really Wish I Were a "Bigger" Blogger -- Because of the WiiU

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I used to get stuff (mostly books and other things like cleaning supplies and food/drink items) to review on this blog, but that's ended...
Monday, December 03, 2012

So, so sad...

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This and that (identical posts from Heather & Jon). I feel so bad for them that I almost want to stop reading her blog (I have felt ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Online Shopping Spree

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Last Sunday I should have spent the whole day grading, but I didn't. This is what I did instead... ... I spent a really long time d...
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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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