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, July 26, 2013

Death to Dandelions! or... Fateful Weeding Frenzy!

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Foretelling Extra title: How I followed Jo(e)'s resolution * so precisely!  (down to the expected consequences ;-)             *at ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

I can keep the damaged book!

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the " saga of the photo book " continues... :) After Shutterfly reordered the book for me I felt really bad that I had let the m...
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Damaged -- or "The Curse of the South-Africa (Photo) Book"

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I'm kind of "sadly glad" that I hadn't shared on the blog that I had finally,  finally !!! finished the South Africa photo...
Monday, July 22, 2013

He's Back!

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When K drove into the driveway and opened the front door at around 7:30 pm this evening the boys and I could hardly believe it! "Is o...

Subversive Thoughts (with Cynical Overtones)

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A couple of weeks ago I began to feel that I missed work (a little bit) and at first that was a pleasant thought. After all, I do enjoy teac...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Overcoming Writer's Block from Infrequent Posting

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I blog in my head pretty much all of the time, ;-)  but coming here and actually posting sometimes seems to be so hard! I started a post sev...
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

45 Years Ago Today...

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...my parents got married! I hope that in 5 years we can have a wonderful celebration for them with the whole family for their 50th wedding ...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Justice?

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Back in April I went to a conference in Rhode Island and one night, as I talked to my friend in her hotel room, we heard some noise outside ...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Back Home!

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I'm glad to be back home, even though my husband arrived from the university right before midnight (and our 11 year old was still up, sh...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Bowling with our Boys

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I'm spending three days at my sister-in-law's house so the four cousins can spend some quality time together while their Dads work h...
Sunday, July 07, 2013

Productive Birthday!

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We started celebrating yesterday with a lovely drive in a nearby park and then over an hour driving to go to the restaurant where I wanted t...
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Thursday, July 04, 2013

My First Hydrangea!

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And my first "instagrammed" photo! I hope it'll bloom for years to come!  I love hydrangeas & I hope I can keep thi...
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Wednesday, July 03, 2013

They are so worth a $200 vet bill! ;-)

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My birthday is coming up and I'm feeling really sad about it

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We were supposed to be in Florida for my birthday, but of course it was too good to be true. Sigh... (scratch that sentence, typical "r...
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Those Dreaded Summer Tasks

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I actually wrote this on July 1st around 6:30 pm on my phone, but for whatever reason it wasn't published... (I can't believe I didn...
Friday, June 28, 2013

One Year Ago: New Eyes

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June is almost over, but before it's gone, I want to commemorate the fact that last year in June I had LASIK surgery and experienced a ...
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Thanks to My Wonderful Husband

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K doesn't read this blog (which is perfectly fine with me), but I would still like to thank him publicly for making yesterday's park...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Parking Lot Mishap

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Wow... Today is shaping up to be a pretty bad day! Look what I did! It's the first time that I hit car that doesn't belong to us...
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Guess What? (weather woes) & Fruit Salad! ;-)

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The very second I stepped outside with a heavy basket of washed clothes, it began to sprinkle! Isn't that frustrating? (especially consi...
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What the All-Nighter Taught Me or... I think I've really "converted" ;-)

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My son is thrilled. He was the one who got me/us into Apple products to begin with. I'm still upset that what ruined what could have ...
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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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