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, March 26, 2015

Brazil in Paris/ Bucket List #25

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The "Salon du livre de Paris" ended three five ago and Brazil was the "honored country" with 48 authors represented. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Bank of America is Selling its Customers!

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Wow... BOFA had sold us to another bank without even intending to close the actual branch that we use in the nearby town just because of ...
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Thanks!

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Thanks for the suggestion, Dana . I went online and chatted with a bank representative, but it didn't help much. Apparently they notifie...

How Could Bank of America Sell Our Accounts???

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We knew that Bank of America was evil and that we should have left them long ago, but, by inertia, we stayed with it. After all, it was conv...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Spring Has Sprung!

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I meant to share these yesterday! Happy Spring!
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Friday, March 20, 2015

Personal Shopper

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You know, if that was a viable and existent career option, I think I would make an incredible personal shopper! ;-) Years ago a friend i...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Milk & Honey

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There is a reason behind the fact that "The Promised Land" in the Bible was called the land that flowed Milk and Honey! One of my...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

After over 10 hours in the car...

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... my 13 year old said, matter-of-factly when we stopped the car in our driveway this evening: "I like car trips!" I was sooo...

About that grading

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I was supposed to do some grading during Spring Break and I obviously didn't so it! (she says unrepentant) I did grade some this afterno...

the switched laptops

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We had a good short visit to our family and friends in Canada.  This morning, shortly before we left, my sister-in-law was wondering if the ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

More than Ready to Travel

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This is quite unprecedented for our family! Having the car mostly packed the night before a long car trip. And the house mostly clean. I...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

13!

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My first baby turned 13 today! I can't believe I'm the mother of a teen! I'll write more about this later, but I didn't ...

Spring Break!!!!!!

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I'm on Spring Break!!! YAY!!! I need to try to get some work done, though, before we travel to Canada Wed. night/Thursday. It's ...
Sunday, March 08, 2015

ADHD forgetfulness sucks Vs. Great Skiing!

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Edited to add: I won't delete this whiny post. But I wanted to say that the grumpiness only lasted for about half an hour, thankfully. T...
Thursday, March 05, 2015

My New Toy!

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I 'm a strange girl/woman/wife. Ok, not strange, but maybe unique 'cause I hear that most women don't like to receive "hou...
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Guess who's coming home tonight?

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Yes! My husband!!!  I just hope his flight won't be delayed & that it won't be too difficult for him to dig the car out of the s...

lost post

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I dictated a post to the phone today.  It was about being a bad writer & it was important to me. I didn't save it as a draft & l...
Monday, March 02, 2015

Speed Grading!

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On the upside, I graded 32 five-page exams from 10 pm last night to 11 am today! I did grade a bunch of them while my other students wer...

Academic Single Parenting

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Once, sometimes twice, a year my husband goes to a conference and I have to be a single parent for a week. Saying that I don't look forw...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

Homemade Pippi Longstocking

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Last night I went to a "Carnevale" department party and dressed as an improvised Pippi Longstocking. Apart from the lack of red ha...
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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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