Sunday, May 29, 2016

Manhattan, I've missed you!

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Photo taken from the George Washington Bridge I used to come visit nearly every year during our 8 years in MA. And for the six years...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Quick update of my "indiscriminate and reckless" helping ;-)

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I began to write this last night, but then felt bad that my husband was driving and I wasn't talking to him, so I stopped. And then thi...
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Friday, May 13, 2016

Almost over... and, Broken (by the grading)

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This year the grading broke me. I mean, it wasn't the grading, it was the online homework that many students didn't complete that ...
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Thursday, May 05, 2016

My parents are here! After 5 years not visiting.

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In the meantime, we visited Brazil twice and met them in other parts of the world (South Africa into 2012 and  in the Middle east and Europe...
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Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Should we be freaking out?? :-(

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Independents WON'T vote for Hillary, is it possible that a crazed outspoken, racist, bigot, anti-women, billionaire celebrity with no su...
Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Late!

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I can't believe I'm late for my first final exam. :-(  Class is at 2, exam was at 1 and I was on "automatic pilot" and for...

The Third "Last Day"

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This semester I have five "last days" -- last Thursday was the first, the last day of classes at U#1. Yesterday, was the second on...
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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