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, November 30, 2015

Three minutes late

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Oh well, I was reading blogs and other stuff and now I'm a few minutes late to post this. It's ok. I had a good time and I'll ...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Back to Work

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This evening I went back to work. I will probably have to stay up late for a few hours to be done or get up really early, but in any case, I...
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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Yummiest, Most Traditional Thanksgiving Ever!

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It was really yummy and there weren't too many leftovers (especially because I took a plate for a friend of ours who was sick with str...
Friday, November 27, 2015

A really good first: no shopping on Black Friday

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Ok, I did get up at 7 am to purchase a gorgeous watercolor calendar and a print Ruth Simmons's Grace Laced Shoppe because there was a 35...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

When you're curly haired & sleep with wet hair

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Also, the dark brown (that covered the blonde blunder from the summer) is washing away a bit... In addition to the hair being thick and ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Tomorrow's Menu

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Edited to add new photo, now with all items:  It's hard to see, but first item is "Veggie Loaf" and further down is g...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Mockingjay Part 2 - Awesome!

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This is the first time in my life I've seen a movie on the opening week! And I loved it, it was such a great adaptation!  Of course ther...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

sleepy

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I had thought of something to blog about today, thought of a title and everything, but now I am so sleepy that I can no longer remember... s...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

The biggest compliment I've received as a professor

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I almost gave it away in the title of the post, but changed my mind. First let me tell you about the greatest compliment I received ever! (U...
Friday, November 20, 2015

family blogging

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I won't write much because we're sitting on the couch seeing really old photos and telling stories about our childhood to the boys.....
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Rainbow Tree/ Rainbow Leaves

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I'm I shouldn't be posting these photos without watermaking them for fear of the rainbow one being pinned & going viral (I'm...
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Why I don't want to be "Home for the Holidays"

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Hmmm... First, because we don't ever spend them at home? And when we do its generally sad and depressing because it's only us and no...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

What to do? Aimless Holidays

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I really wanted to go visit my youngest brother-in-law and his family in Montreal, but K just doesn't want to drive that far and the boy...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

broken browser

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I'll blame the not blogging on the broken browser... :-) which is 100% true given that it just crashed again . You see, I have two ( ok,...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

He got it!

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Of course it's not "official" yet because it still needs to be approved by the dean, the provost, etc... but my husband's ...
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Restful weekend, productive day

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boring post, I'm super uninspired We had a low-key weekend and we needed it after the tiresome week and positively exhausting last wee...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

GOT THE JOB!!!!

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PHEW!!!! What a relief!! Oh, what a relief. 3 year contract. Decent salary. Now I have (and want) to ditch U#1 (where my husband works). I...
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52

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I would have to post 52 51 more times to write 215 posts this year. I don't know if I really want to go through the trouble, as I'v...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Traveling Mercies

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I find this expression a little strange, but I use it anyway, because I strive to sound and think as "natively" as possible in Eng...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Two Lost Posts

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I wrote two posts on my phone and didn't save them, so I they got lost, that is partly the reason why I didn't write posts yesterday...
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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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