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!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Six Years Ago

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This evening I finally took some time to talk to my husband (even though I'm blogging in the middle of the talking while he's readin...

First Time in 95 Years!

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I let the boys stay up until past 11 tonight so they could see the Red Sox win the World Series. We'll see how their day will be tomorro...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

I like this one!

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How couldn't I like it? ;-)
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Cancelled :( or Something's Gotta Give!

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Things are going really well so far -- Thursday's dinner was lovely (I really, really, really want to share some photos & I hope I ...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

And this is going to be One. LONG. Weekend. of Cooking... Sigh...

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It all starts tomorrow. A friend who left for medical school last July is coming back to town for a few days, so I wanted to have a special ...
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What's up with that, Wordpress?

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I hate it when I want to write a quick follow up comment with a correction and Wordpress tells me "You are writing comments too fast, s...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Egypt

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Introductory note: my husband "K" has three younger brothers, and I've named them "K2, K3 & K4" here in the blog...

Two Years from Today I'll throw a "Back to the Future" Party

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Someone posted a Photoshopped Back to the Future photo to facebook just now and a smart commenter remarked that the day Marty arrived in th...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Wealth-Inequality in the U.S.A.: Mind Blowing Visual Representation

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This is very true, and probably hundreds of time worse in Brazil: It is outrageous, but I think there's no way out of this inequality...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Look what he brought me!

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K Arrived safely last night and look what he brought me! There's only one store for this boutique in Montreal, so he had to take...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Last Day as a (Temporary) Single Parent

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I'm exhausted! Good thing K is arriving tonight at 11:30 pm, 'cause I can't live without him, seriously!  The house is pretty...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Singing Performing Group - "Dream Stuff" I

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I don't think I this dream will ever come true and I had actually forgotten I had it. I sang in choirs for most of my life prior to co...

"From 8 to 80" -- The New Piano Teacher

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Yesterday  Last week on Wednesday afternoon, very late into the school year, our sons started piano lessons again. And WOW, what a change!...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

All I Want is to Sleep!

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I'm exhausted. And I had to be grading right now, but I'm laying in bed with my computer instead. I guess this is that time in the...
Friday, October 11, 2013

"Dream Stuff"

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I'm not a "dreamy" person. At least not anymore, because pretty much everything I dreamed about when I was a dreamy and overly...
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Thursday, October 10, 2013

On *Being* Dreams Come True

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I am beginning a new "series" of posts about dreams (not the sleeping kind)  and I think this may be a good place to start.  My...
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A Breakfast Date and... Wrinkle Cream (?) :)

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Ladies, I have a question for you, please respond!! Do you use skin products for wrinkle prevention/treatment, etc.? Which one(s)? If not,...
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Tuesday, October 08, 2013

No rest for the weary, or how did it go...

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                        { my apologies for the boring "update" post } ... I'm exaggerating, of course, but I haven't been...
Sunday, October 06, 2013

All that energy is gone

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And I have to cook for 50 people this afternoon. Wish me luck! I dictated this while I drove to the university, so I'm sharing with you ...
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Friday, October 04, 2013

Nine Papers to Grade & Weekend Plans

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This is all I have this weekend, but I will be SO INCREDIBLY BUSY that I probably won't get anything done. :(  But I NEED to return thos...
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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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