Friday, April 29, 2016

Pop!

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"These are great pants! I love them!" Said the lady crossing paths with me at the university and smiling.  "Thanks!" I r...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

My "Baby" is Back Home & My Parents Arrived Safely in the U.S.

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On Sunday night, my 14 year-old son returned from a six-day trip to Florida with his school's bell choir. We all missed him so much! (es...
Friday, April 22, 2016

I forgot to blog about Brasil...

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Last Sunday, after a weekend of upheaval in the Brazilian Congress -- speeches ALL NIGHT from Friday to Saturday and all day Saturday, argui...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Your own kind of beautiful

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I couldn't resist and bought this for me a couple of months ago. It hangs right next to my closet! Oh, and somedays, one's hair is j...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

On being "cute"

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I don't know what got into me, but I felt like writing this post.   I am kind of cute. You can tell me that I'm "beautiful...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

He skipped two whole sizes! ;-)

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Two years ago, when my eldest son had turned 12, the pediatrician warned me: "Buy him only one pair of pants and one pair of shoes beca...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Letting Go...

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just a quick update to say I decided not to go to Ohio. (a few people asked me off blog about that) :-( It's hard to let go, but in ...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

New Book! Catastrophic Happiness

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[photo to be added tomorrow] Gone are the "good old days" when I'd get books before their release date to review on my blog. ...
Saturday, April 02, 2016

Watching Figure Skating! --> Silver!!

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I don't know if the Americans will earn a medal and make "history" tonight, but I'm enjoying watching figure skating!   10...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Really Hard Decision: Conference & Blogger Meet-Ups

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One of the unintended consequences of leaving U#1 is losing my academic conference funding. It was one of the "perks" that I reall...
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Monday, March 28, 2016

My car hit a bird! :-(

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And I'm so, so sad! :-( I could see its wings flailing desperately in the middle of the road through therearview mirror. I don't kno...
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Thursday, March 24, 2016

The Busiest Craziest Semester

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We are horribly busy this semester. It's all kinds of overwhelming! Sigh... And soccer season just started (practices, games in a week...
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Thursday, March 17, 2016

And now he hates the collages ;-P

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So, remember the graduation photos ? I spent a lot of time, stayed up really late and finally I have 10 photos now, but 4 of them are collag...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Chaos in Brasil! :-(

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"What's gone wrong?" is the link bait in the BBC's website for today's article " Brazil corruption: Is the govern...
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14 years in 10 photos - Hardest Task EVER!

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For 8h grade graduation I have been charged to choose ONLY TEN, out of thousands upon thousands of photos of my first born son. How is tha...
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Monday, March 14, 2016

March Torture (Revisited)

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Every March, for almost as long as he's been in graduate school, with the exception of a few years, K goes to his national conference an...
Wednesday, March 09, 2016

14!!

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My son turns fourteen today and I'm happy that he's growing and maturing by leaps and bounds! He is such a joy to be around, whip-sm...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Bad Girl!

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I've been a very bad girl, not flossing my teeth as I should, so, last week at my cleaning & check-up dentist's appointment, I w...

Pay Day*

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Yesterday I finally received the check with my payment from the "never-ending translation project" that took me a year and a half ...
Thursday, March 03, 2016

A Tale of Two Universities or... Why the Mixed Feelings

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I need to write at least one more lengthy post about this before I can put it behind me and (try to) move on, so please indulge me (if there...
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