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, May 23, 2014

Green!!

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I had never painted my toenails any color other than doing a neutral Feench manicure, so a week ago when I bought this nail polish on a whim...
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Thursday, May 22, 2014

One More Thing!

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I forgot that I actually have one more thing to do, but it's such a "useless" thing that I had totally pushed it off my mind u...
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Out & In (Warning: TMI!)

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I know this is probably be TMI,* but "that's what blogging is for," isn't it? Not always, but some of the time, at least, ...
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Now I Fell Really DONE!

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With work, I mean. I was officially done turning grades in last week on Tuesday, but then I had professional development meetings I wanted...
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Monday, May 19, 2014

I don't know...

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... why I am blogging so little this year. If I make it past 120 posts in 2014 it'll be a victory, I suppose, unless all of a sudden I...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Orchard in Bloom -- For Heidi!

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I took these photos back on April 24 and never got around to posting them! The orchard always reminds me of my dear friend  Heidi & ...
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Monday, May 12, 2014

Breakfast in Bed II

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Here's the photo I promised of yesterday's mother's day celebration: Oh, and my gift was two Target gift cards!
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Waiting for breakfast in bed! (and link-love)

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It's taking a while (given that I was the first person up this morning), but I'm sure it will be worth waiting for my traditional mo...
Friday, May 09, 2014

Nearly Done!

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We're driving back from my last "final exam trip" to the third university, the one in which I only "tele-teach."  My...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

May the Fo[u]rth be with you? ;-)

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Hahahaha, I had no idea that today was Star Wars day, or something... Cool, I became an extremely late "adopter" when I finally ...

Swindled?

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We are all stressed out because only a miracle can solve my brother's family's problem right now... (please pray if you do, particul...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

I Missed Him!

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Kelvin was gone on a bell choir trip to Kentucky for nearly six days and I missed him! It didn't help much that we got him a phone ...

What I Did in April (with photos!)

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to mitigate this month's lack of posting  ;-)  together with the three posts I wrote on April 30 (scroll down to see them ;-) (oh yeah,...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Ignorance is Bliss! ;-)

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I just renewed my parking permit for U#2. I need to park there (after my 76 mile long trip), there's no way around it. I just didn...
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First Free Day!!

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I can't believe I haven't blogged for twelve long days!* I don't have a good reason, I've been busy and immersed in lots of ...

Adjunct Revolt/ Tenure Denial due to Maternity & Family Leave

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Just trying to keep up with relevant (to me!) higher education online news this week. First, the extremely personal issue of adjunct facul...
Friday, April 18, 2014

"Sisters"

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"And talking about our kind of shoes have you seen this one?" We were in the shoe section of TJ Maxx, and the black flats with ...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

"I'm Alive" A Song For Brazil's Rainforest - Coming on Earth Day!

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"I'm Alive" is project filmed in the Tijuca Forest in the city of Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso, Lenine...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

I hate money...

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Seriously... I don't have a problem talking about money as much as I don't have a problem talking about my age -- both taboo subject...
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Sisters I

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This weekend it was my oldest maternal aunt Esther's 85th birthday, so my mom's other sister, Ruth, drove (OK, her youngest son drov...
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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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