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OK... a fashion dilemma.. (what's new, right?...) HUGE party/show  this weekend.. It is a 45th jubileum.. and we are divided into decades... And lucky me... I get to represent the 90's. My SMARTass stylist friend said it shouldn't be too difficult for me.. HA (I assume because perhaps I look like I could still be stuck in the 90's?) Should be easy.  Hell, I probably still have clothes from the

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Where have I been all week?  Turning over a new leaf.  No, for real this time...   I have started 2012 with a bang. THIS will be the year I get FIT.... notice, I am not saying, finally squeeze myself into some size 6?  Ya, cause THATS never going to happen... but then again...who knows. This year started with the usual PANIC... HOLY Sh!T... what have I done to myself?  Did I really eat the entire

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What a year....   wonderful..fabulous.. exciting.. (OK... sometimes a bit SUCKY..)  But overall..FANTASTIC year. Both Bjørn & I started new jobs... Him being home more often... me.. being gone more.LOTS of things for the entire family to adjust to... but I like to believe we are all happier & wiser. I am excited & looking forward to many new exciting adventures in 2012. I hope to be MUCH MUCH

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In Stockholm at the moment. What an AWESOME city! Xxx be back soon

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Had a meeting on the other side of the fjord this evening. Early sunsets this time of year. These were taken from my ferry ride over. Pretty, no? So how was your day? ;-)

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Holy smokes.... I am SWAMPED.   Since I last posted we had...Halloween...  Little Smurfette... & a Zombie scaring kids taking candy..   I have been in Kristiansand  doing a make up show... & in Dublin for Dinner.. OK we were there longer than just dinner.. 36 hours to be exact to celebrate the hubbys Birthday Darling Baby boy & his team kicked  BUTT... during their

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When I turned 40 last Feb... I was a little  Incredibly Disappointed.OPRAH..PROMISEDlife would get BETTER after 40...The day after my 40th birthday.. I was thinking OPRAH was a BIG LIAR..Better? my ASS..  - I was miserable.... But as the days,rolled into weeks... my life started to change... FOR THE BETTER... I remember a few years back(38), thinking that " this is it..." sigh.. might as well

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I love fall... I REALLY do... But it also really makes me miss home... Football.. Halloween...CHILI.. all of the great decorations... sigh... We just don't have the same options over here... & if you find something CUTE... it is going to cost you...I WANT to get into the FALL mood I really do... I am going to have to get creative..Or at least find some really good ideas off of pinterest...

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Hønefoss, Norway.... Such a fabulous drive... hope to post more pictures this weekend...

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I am LOVING Fridays again... (OK, I ALWAYS love Fridays...)  But now since I started hanging back out at Lisa's The Long Road to China & back.... I am LOVING BLOGGING on Fridays... I am motivated to whip out my camera & document our lives again... I have been SOO bad this year! Last week, Bjørn & I decided at the last min.. to grab our babies & take a cruise to Kiel... It was their Fall Break...

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I am away on business today... about a 4.5 hour drive North... Oppland.. I was so lucky with the weather... it was so nice .. I  pulled over several times just to take a few shots.. LOVE my I phone & all of the cool little apps.... Yes... there is already snow on the ground up here...And the highligh...t SURPRISE of the day... Reinli Stave church.. so beautiful.. I had to take a 10km detour..

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(English Below...) WOW!!! FOR EN FANTASTISK INNSATS! Oriflame Norge vil gratulere alle som er med i Rose Sløyfe kampanjen!Vi har frem til nå solgt 3420 pakker!Dette betyr kr 136 800,- til kreftforeningen!!!!Kampanjen fortsetter frem til og med 31. oktober! Vi har en utfordring til dere: KLARER VI Å DOBLE ANTALL SOLGTE PAKKER?? Ha lyst till å kjøpe ei pakke...kontakt meg! :-)Oriflame Norway is

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Wondering where I have been?  Well it has been a BUSY week.... The highlight of which... taking my children & a couple of Dane's teammates into Oriflame's main Office in Oslo... Here are my favorite pictures from our outing... The kids are participating in First Lego League competition... and need SPONSORS... They met with the Big Boss... the Director of Oriflame Norway..they prepared & gave a

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Hope Y'all have a fabulous week.... :-)

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It has been so long since I have had time to concentrate on taking pictures.... I miss it... I have been looking though some of my favorite photo blogs for inspiration....  and found my way back to  Long  Road to China... I always find so much inspiration from Lisa....and found some additional photo blogs though her which   I am now digging. :-) My favorite photo this week is from Rhodes....

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When I found out last spring (before I landed the job) that I would be going to Greece for a week... I was THRILLED... Greece.. is one of my all time favorite places on earth...  OK Santorini to be more exact... is one of my favorite places on earth... But none the less I was headed for sunshine & Greece... sigh.. it was all good.... I worked a lot....during the week... but who can complain

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I am really enjoying my week of "Home Officce".... Getting my babies ready for school... having time in the morning...My mornings here in Norway are different than the mornings we shared in the U.S. Yesterday, I asked Eva to run & get something out of my car.... She came in YELLING...Mamma there are MOOSE standing by your car! MOOSE?... surely she means deer? ...Moose? I looked through the glass

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It has been AGES since I have been able to blog... As y'all know I was in Greece one week for work...  home 36 hours... just long enough to do my first ever PHOTO SHOOT... woo hoo...  & then turned around and headed to Spain... in Madrid until tomorrow. really thought I might have a quiet night or two in the hotel... to actually go through my pictures & blog a bit... HA. My butt is dragging with

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Attended a FABULOUS launch of Oriflames new make up line..STUDIO ARTIST.Have I mentioned how much I love my job?  Oh, I have?... sorry... :-) Nothing like a Thursday afternoon in the office with live music... catered lunch & a little VINO... The Studio Artist line is professional grade make up...  which will be availible in just a few weeks. yup.. same kind that the make up artists use.LOVE the

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Another Birthday party down....  I have to say, I really enjoyed this party... & I feel like the QUEEN of Papier-mâchéCupcakes are still pretty new to Norway... no. really.  Of course they have had "muffins" for years... but the whole CUPCAKE craze with frosting up to HERE. is totally new... So the idea behind the party, was that all of the girls could decorate their own cupcake. I made a

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There are a lot of us expats over here who bitch & moan about how RUDE people are (over here..)  especially us Southern girls.... I have never really experienced a RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS here in Norway...not until this morning. I have an hour & a half commute into my office.... & I like my coffee in the morning...CUPS & CUPS of it... I know how long it takes me to get down to the office & where I

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If you couldn't tell, August was my month... My month to get back into blogging... woo hoo.. I have blogged almost more in August than I have for the entire year.... I have been back commenting on your blogs... finding new blogs to fall in love with & meeting bloggy friends in real life... But now as the month comes to an end...So do my ideas for blogging...  :-( People I got NOTHING.  NADA.

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Mariane’s Cranberry Lime and Vodka Cupcakes  Now THIS is my idea of a cupcake... Sounds too delicious not to try.. perhaps for my next mommy get together..? Cranberry, Lime & Vodka Cupcakes Makes 12 cupcakes Ingredients: 100g butter 100g sugar 2 eggs zest of 1/2 a lime 2 tbsp cranberry sauce or jelly 30g dried cranberries + extra for decoration if desired 100g self-raising flour (or

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Bergen was AMAZING ... what a fantastic city....I only wish I hadn't spent then entire day in meetings...   I also wish I hadn't booked my return flight so early the next day. After our day long meeting, our boss planned dinner for us on top of the Fløibanen. We took the Funicular up to the.. Fløien Folkerestaurant Delicious food.. & great service (Roberto) ...   oh yes & the wine... :-) We were

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Early flight in the morning... off to Bergen.. I haven't been to Bergen in YEARS.. and am really looking forward to it. I have just started a board over at Pinterest  about the places I am going.anyone else totally ADDICTED?  I think of all of the neat places I have been in the last couple of years.. and all of the pictures I have promised to post... Remember Argentina?  Rome, Dublin... the 17

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Hi y'all!    Been a BUSY BUSY girl... traveling all over Southern Norway for work....Tønsberg... Oldest town in Norway KristiansandI am always AMAZED how beautiful these tiny little towns are... Too bad I am always driving & on a tight schedual I am POOPED... Hønefoss(Jevnaker)I haven't been blogging & I haven't been checking my personal email account.  (oops)I finaly got around to checking

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OKay... I will spare y'all with the "oh how I miss back to school in the USA".The kids had a great day... this sure was a LONG summer. Eva is in a different classroom with a new teacher...(WOWY)   Dane, of course, same classmates...same teacher... New school year would not be complete without photos... so here you go.  :-)

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Umm hmmm.. looks like we have hit the PRE TEEN years in all of their GLORY... Can you just hear the SARCASM dripping from  my mouth??... And I can just IMAGINE my mother having a good laugh... in her corner of the world... (at my expense) I am not sure how old I was when I realized my MOTHER was pretty much right about MOST things.But she IS... & I know that..  and often sit and wonder how the

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Pressure to be BEAUTIFUL... loved this & thought it too good not to pass along. Makes you think.

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OK folks... heading into a busy CRAZY week... Still trying to get used to this horrible broken toe... Should be interesting how I will pull of all of my appointments this week hobbeling around..PLEASE do not let it RAIN...please please please... Will be hitting the road again this week..  Oslo..Tønsberg...Kristiansand on Thursday 18 Aug Next week?  Umm couldn't even tell you for sure.. 

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Oh yes.. it is that time again.. Birthday Party Time. With Eva having a summer b-day we always have to put it off until school starts.. This year.. I was going to take it E.A.S.Y..  no big theme...no big deal... I bought a few odds in ends while we were in the US and decided on a CUP CAKE theme.. I bought a ton of cake decorating things thinking - the girls can all make their own cupcakes... &

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Yes, I do blog about everything...mostly about life as an expat -working in the cosmetic industry- I am usually asking for advice from my super cute readers.. about what I should wear, when should I wear it?  HELP....  occasionally I will write a review on a product I LOVE LOVE LOVE...   so doesn't that qualify me as a beauty blogger? I found these super cool  bloggers.. Fabulous but evil &  Mrs.

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This is SOOO typical Tressa....The coming week is the first time I set out on my own  doing the FALL Kick off  shows  with the new job...I have been pretty excited as I will be traveling with a well known Oslo stylist/make up artist...  I planned ahead & shopped like a mad woman in the US.. getting everything ready... - told y'all I came home with 15 pairs of shoes... sigh... Ya well, in typical

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One of the first questions I get when I return from the states is...How was it? WHAT DID YOU BUY?Is the shopping really THAT much better..?. Yes.. yes it is... you have no idea!  You really must come back with me next time.  Some of my favorite things from my last trip to the states were.... CHARMING CHARLIES.... Today was the first day I had to talk to one of my American BFF's here in Norway..

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Slade was pretty darn good last night.. never mind I only knew 3 songs.. plus "Cum on feel the noize"WHAT?  you had NO idea that Quiet Riot did a remake.- me neither. Kept having a little giggle to myself thinking these guys have got to be pushing 65 or so... looked just the same as in the 80's... of course I didn't have my glasses on & I am now almost blind as a bat. LOL... Hubby and I had

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While cleaning my office I found the disk I had burned for our 10th anniversary...  Lord time flies... its been yet another 5 years with old blue eyes... probably TMI... but sod it..                                                                         Still the one..

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Playing tonight in our teeny tiny local watering hole...is SLADE...  yes.. Slade... ummm. you remember SLADE?perhaps I am showing my AGE now... But I am kindda excited. Every summer our little pub throws a bigg-ish SUMMER SHOW... Alot of 70's-80's groups... this is the first time I have been a little bit excited... granted the ONE song I know takes me back to 6th grade...But it is all good.. &

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As most of ya'll know... August 3rd is a BIG day in our house... Our wedding anniversary & baby girls birthday. We started this morning with the pancake breakfast... we do this for EVERY kids birthday... (looks like a whole lotta nothing without the whipped cream :-(  ) This was the first year Eva has had to wait to open her presents..daddy was at work & Dane had a golf lesson... I am pretty

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OMGoodness... can not believe we are at 15 years... holy smoke... where have they all gone?Love you more now... than I did then... Happy Anniversary Blue Eyes... Love you!

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I think that was the feeling of most people this past weekend.... It was time to let our shoulders sink, breath a little & spend some time with the ones we love most... Last Monday as the skies began to clear, Bjørn grabbed the kiddos & headed out on the "new" boat... no plan... just sail until they hit somewhere nice... I finished getting caught up on work & met them on Friday after work....

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Today was my first day back in the city.... it was surreal... I wasn't sure what to expect... but found out quickly that my normal parking garage was closed because it is so close to the court house... Today Anders Behring Breivik had his first court hearing... I watched out of my office window, looking at all of the reporters waiting for him It just felt like a HEAVY day...ya know?Waiting for

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SHOCK...DISBELIEF.... How could something like this happen here in tiny little PEACEFUL Norway? We (I) were/was wrong yesterday.... this wasn't Norway's 9/11...But Norway's own Oklahoma City.... AND Columbine all at once.  Facebook & the rest of the net was going crazy with people hoping that it couldn't be true... The bombing /massacre in Norway yesterday was by a home grown CRAZY... I think

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I have received a ton of emails today... just wanted to let y'all know we are all fine. My poor mother was pretty worried... I was supposed to be at work today.  Today was my first day back to work after vacation...but due to my jet lag... I ended up taking home office.  The explosion was approx 300 yards from my office... everyone got out ok...but of course are in shock. Right now we are all

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We have made it...  finally "home" after almst 23 hours traveling..We were met at the airport by these cuties.. All of the kids friends showed up at the airport at 10:30 at night to welcome Dane & Eva home.. We are so blessed... So vacation has finally started for us. It is so nice to be home..  

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While most of y'all are almost finished with your first month of summer... ours is just beginning... Kiddos just got out of school.... we bought a "new" boat...& we are on our way to the states for a few weeks of quality time with family & friends.... Just thought I would post a few pictures of our summer thus far...

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I am a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE Blogger.  I miss my dear blog I really do.... Every once in a while I will pop by...(with the intention of writing something)  & read a couple of old posts... or look at some pictures of the kids...Makes me sad I don't have the time to blog on a regular basis... STOCKHOLM was AMAZING-.... I could TOTALLY live in that city...  I have been to Stockholm before but never

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I am in a PANIC....  I receive an email on Friday.. that I will be attending a conference & a "party" .. while in Stockholm... Oh, and by the way... I will be going a day early.    What kind of a party I am not sure...Cocktail...Garden?  Who the hell knows...I SHOULD have emailed my boss back  immediately & asked... but I didn't want to seem clueless... HELLO C L U E L E S SI don't have a single

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Coming to a town near you..  Okay.... probably not.  But it sure seems that way.   Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new job- I get to be creative, think out of the box... work (somewhat) on my own schedual. And do a lot of traveling around Norway.   (I will try to be better about taking pictures) Can't believe I have only been working there  for a month. time flies when you are having

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What a LONG wonderful day!..  One of the best 17th of May's ever...We hopped from one thing to another... from 7:45 this am until 6 pm this evening.. & my butt. is DRAGGING.... As most of y'all know what 17th of May is... I will spare you the information & hop straight to the pictures! :-) 17th of May is always a time of reflection for me... Amazing to see how big the kiddos & their friends

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Sorry if my last post left some of y'all flat...  I have had a lot of hits- the last two days... I am sure folks waiting for me to tell the Big ol' Secret of how to land a job in Norway. It is hard as HELL y'all....  I am not saying that to scare you... just being honest.You are going to need to be patient.. you need to be creative & you are going to have to keep plugging away.  Ask EVERYONE you

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Having been an ex pat in Norway..TWICE.. I can tell you a thing or two about TRYING to land a job over here...  it AIN'T EASY. Now, this is MY experience.. (.. & the experience of all of my ex pat girlfriends over here.)   There are of course those.. with some wonderful education in a specialized field who will tell you that getting a job over here is EASY....   maybe for THEM is was... for the

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OMG! I have had the best day ever. I don't actually start my new job intim May 1st. But my new boss co workers have been AWESOME.... Including me in everything possible. Today I attended a meeting for all of the Norwegian managers.... Super frest group... Everyone was warm & welcoming.... The invitation started by æking me if i wanted to attend the meeting.... (of course) Then...an

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Eva F I N A L L Y  lost her second tooth. My children are just like me.  They like to hold onto these baby teeth as long as possible.  I still had a baby tooth or two in ninth grade.. (weird little tidbit for ya.) Eva lost her tooth at school... & then she LOST it again..for real... is in NO TOOTH for the tooth fairy. I explained that the Tooth Fairy knows what a nice little girl Eva is... & I am

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It has been a LOOONG 5 weeks...F I V E weeks of interviewing... five weeks of different people flying in to meet MOI.FIVE...weeks of  "i'mjustgonnadieifdon'tcallmeTODAY"Five weeks of thinking of Stuart Smalley - I'm good enough ,I am smart enough & gosh darn it... people (hopefully the RIGHT people) like me..  trying to keep positive. I landed a freaken' awesome job..  woo hoo. This is a DREAM

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Sorry to scare y'all- I ask what you think.. & then drop off the face of the earth... SORRY. Life has been pretty crazy/dramatic over here... I have been through more these past 3 months then I have in the past 2 years... some bad... some FREAKIN AWESOME. I will try to catch up this weekend... Just know.. we are all healthy... I am not pregnant... not sick... still happily married... Just

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Okay Okay, I know I have been MIA for a week now...  I will be back SOON,  promise. But I need your help  NOW... RANDOM...but just go with me... for those of you in your 40's & younger... do you use AVON products? If NO... what would it take, to get you try their products... ? Recommendation from a friend?  A twit..or a tweet?  A product review from a blogger  posts on Facebook? Or something

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Its Wednesday... Time to show you what I have been up to this week.. the  Black & White version.If you would like to play along ... head on over to Lisa's at the Long Road to ChinaWe have had AMAZING weather this week..  feels as if SPRING HAS SPRUNG here in Norway.  Little Miss Eva & I headed over to the Beach to take some shots... here is my conversion to B & W.I am really digging the B& W

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I just wanted to THANK all of you for your kind comments and emails last week.I had soo many people who had never left a comment before, take the time & support me. Your kind words... well.. there are no words..There were some real tear jerking emails/comments.. & I thank you for that. You made my day..- my week & made up for the other meanies out there. I know shouldn't let some jerks who don't

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While all of my loved ones are in the middle of snowstorms in the U.S...(even in Texas) - it felt like we were on the brink of Spring today in Norway... & it was GLORIOUS! We were right in the middle of packing for Danes ski trip& getting dinner ready when I noticed the sun going down...  I yelled for the kids to hop in the car so we could get to the beach before the sun hit the water...  thank

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Its been a LONGGGG time.. but I am ready to get into the swing of things for 2011..I am back with my sisters over at Communal Global & back to playing along with Black & White Wed. over at The long Road to China. It has been a while since I have walked around with a camera in my pocket & an extra camera in the car "JUST IN CASE". I have missed shooting pictures.. I have missed looking for the

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It has been an entire year since Lola had the wonderful idea of getting women around the world to share their lives in pictures... Happy BIRTHDAY Communal Global...or as we say here in Norway..Gratulerer med dagen!SKÅL!I plan on having one of these little diddy's for all of y'all!( wink wink..)

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Wow... my 15 min of "fame" has brought some unexpected surprises... Who knew there so many people out there IRRITATED not only by me on the HHI.. but by the way I write. Some TV forum sites have linked to my blog...I found a site with comment. after. comment. after. comment. basically saying what a bitch I am.. how we had to go $200.000 over budget to accommodate my requests for stupid things

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"Living in the moment -instead of clinging to the past..." - stole that from Ali Mcgraw She was on Oprah today...  You know how Oprah LOVES to talk about getting older.How FABULOUS it is...Oh Oprah.. I so hope you are right. I admit.. I am a big one for clinging on to the glory days...  Looking back on the past almost 40 years ... I have had a freaking fab.life... FUN FUN FUN.. & never really

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OK...OMG... finally got a copy of the show.  Thank you to my WONDERFUL, THOUGHTFUL mother.. who sent it express... I love you mamma! - & if you couldn't tell from the show.. I miss her like crazy!. MUAHHHH. Lets see... thoughts... I think if you KNOW me... you would know that I really am NOT..."hard to please".  For the most part I do go with the FLOW.... (no, really) After the chic said for the

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Ooooo lordy...  I have had a couple of days off this week & decided to do something  P R O D U C T I V E...Like start on our..da da dum dum daaa. BASEMENT.Perhaps,  da da dum dum daaa isn't the right sound effect when describing my basement... The DUMPING GROUND of E V E R Y T H I N G.Please think of some scary sound.. cause it is a freaking MESS. When the HGTV filmed here & wanted to see the

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Sheeesh... I KNOW.. I have been MIA.. I don't know why I am having such a hard timme getting myself to the computer. The New Year has started off with a BANG.... some major changes in our household. One thing I can say for sure is IT IS NEVER DULL 'ROUND HERE! Hubby has changed jobs... I am FREAKING out just a bit.  For the past 4 years he has been commuting 4 hours a day.  2 hours each way....

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Coming over from that Reality TV forum? I have answered some of the comments here***There have a a lot of people linking to my blog from TV forums.. -Read the post above for the real scoop... But do you think while leaving my 70 year old parents..quitting my job. leaving friends - raising my children in a different culture..speaking a differnt language.. the ONLY thing I cared about wasa garbage

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Mom just woke me up from a dead sleep...  I guess the show is airing...today.. um, like RIGHT NOW. for all of y'all who have asked...   :-) Sorry for the short notice... didn't know myself!:-) Hope y'all are having a FABULOUS Holiday...  I have been! Pictures on the way!

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While at Eva's class party this evening... I decided  to host a party for all of the other mommies in the her class... I am going to introduce all of the Norwegian mommies to a AN  A M E R I C A N cookie exchange.... woo hooI love any excuse to entertain.Ya ya... I know it is nothing new to most of y'all... but the mommies I talked to this eveing thought it was the coolest idea E V E R...    So

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Yesterday... I was having one of those mornings...  Over tired from a late night working... frustrated with my babies  while trying to get them out the door & to school on time...  As a mother... you know what I am talking about...  Sigh... To say I WASN'T in my BEST MOMMY mode  is an understatement...  a hem.... I was having a pretty CRAP morning... until I went outside to get in my car...

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As you can guess...I made my flight.. & spent a couple of GLORIOUS days in Cannes... the Côte d'Azur... working my tail off.( I just like saying...Côte d'Azur... makes me feel so FRENCH...) It has been 10 years since my last trip to the French Rivera..makes me wonder why I don't do it more often.. ahem... I could SOOOO live there..sigh... The entire trip was FABULOUS.. even if it was spent

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Ya... I SHOULD be in bed right about now..so that I can be ready to leave my house tomorrow at 3:30---for my E A R L Y  a.m. flight to FRANCE. Um..ya.. still not sure I will be able to fly tomorrow because of the strike going on... COME ON PEOPLE:....  Tressa needs to get to the South of France ..like NOW... I am TOTALLY cool if I have to get stuck in Cannes for the weekend.. but not really

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Over the past several weeks I have been reading posts about marriages breaking up over Facebook.. All of this "Reconnection" with LOST LOVES ...doesn't seem to be too good for most marriages..  the world seems to have gotten WAY. TOO. SMALL.. On one blog (wish I remembered the name) a lady seemed VERY distressed that her husband had been looking up his EX on the net... what should she do? She had

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Part of my job requires me to be a Human Guinea Pig....   sigh... it is a rough job.. but someone must do it. I have the opportunity to try out most of the new cosmetics/fragrances on the market.... Why don't I write more about it? - cause there is very little out there that REALLY impresses me... When I had the opportunity to try a few new products from Lancôme...  I agreed..not thinking

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Just thought I would share some pictures of the kids weekend with their daddy... I was stuck working all weekend..but Bjørn did a fabulous job of keeping the kids busy during their fall break. He threw the camping gear in the back of the van & headed south... First stop Kristiansand ... this is a BIG summer holiday place..  turns out to be pretty nice in the fall as well... They have a zoo..

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Sigh.... yesterday was a really R E A L L Y good day. Nothing special really.... Bjørn took the babies on a road trip for the weekend... The plan was to head down towards to Stavanger & go to Prekestolen...   the family promised me, if it is as good as it looks... we will do another road trip together. Bjørn is such a good daddy.. always finding something fun to do.. Yesterday I was on my own..

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I am having a tough time blogging...  I am at a loss for words.. There is a lot going on in my life at the moment ... so many posts I continue to "write" in my head...I just can't get them on to the screen... Posts about loss.. posts about the good things happening...reviews of products..what I am lovin..hate-in..upcoming trips... England/Franceif I wrote about everything happening in my life...

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TWO things that DO. NOT. GO. TOGETHER?.... PENCIL SKIRTS & RIB Boats... Last week I had a couple of important meetings.... I was meeting with all of the "BOYS..." The owners of my company... our distributer from Germany & a couple of ...ahem.. A$$'$ I had planned my outfit... I was feeling GOOD... my skinny pencil skirt..pretty new blouse.. & my favorite heels ...

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A friend of mine from college was killed this week in Afganistan...I know people who have lost loved ones during the war... but this is the first time I have been touched by it personally....I feel like saying Rob was one of my fraternity brothers... because really looking back.. I spent more time at the DU house.. then I did at my own sorority house... I partied with Rob... we all hung out...

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Pisces2/19 – 3/20QuickieFor once, you don't have to know all the facts beforehand -- just take the leap. "Slow down... your moving too fast.... " but then again, my Horoscop0e is telling me to go for it...eeek. Big changes could be coming my way.... please cross your fingers & toes for me... Thank you for your well wishes... my daddy is doing great... itching to get back to the office.. (eyes

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First..my daddy is going in for another surgery today, so please keep him in your prayers...I HATE sitting on the other side of the world being soooo helpless..I wish I was sitting there holding my mom's hand... just to be with them.... instead I sit over here... chewing my nails down & wishing I had a chocolate cake..... HA.. can you say food issues?The party was a blast... the outfit? I played

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So remember my last post about the leather pants... ahem... only a few people commented that I should GO FOR IT.... no one said not to... but I don't know if people could just care less... or they don't want to hurt my feelings...The Oslo girls once again assured me I could pull off the leather pants... but no one could give me any suggestions as to what I should pair them with....I suggested my

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OK... I wasn't going to post about this... but I am just sooo excited I have to share... :-)As y'all know, I have um.... weight issues....always have... probably always will...I don't like to blog about my weight issues cause you never know which ex-boyfriend is reading my blog... (by the way... I am sooo much HOTTER than I was in College...) anyhoo...Diets? - yep... I am on them ALL OF THE TIME.

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Party went off without a hitch today....I think the LUAU theme was a big hit... at least the Norwegians can not say we are not original in our themes :-)Managed to throw together a FLIP FLOP cake at the last min.... I was pretty pleased with the end results.... NEXT year however... I am going to be a bit more organized & start planning ahead of time... hee hee.. (I say that every year)We had ice

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Tomorrow is Eva's birthday party... FINALLY...poor thing... normally I am sooo on top of the birthday party thing... it is one of my favorite things to do... but this year...Well, we have had a lot going on, & we wanted to wait until after school started so that we could invite all of her new classmates... These were the invites... which I was really pleased with....But it seems I have kinda

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HAPPINESS IS..... I decided to play along this week with Pastor's Girl's PonderingsTo play along, just write a post with two things that made you happy this week (or more. If you're rule defier. Hehe.), with a link to Her ...the Happiness Is button. Then come back here and link up!There are so many things that made me Happy this past week....Wondering around in a foreign country...new city...

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So my babies started school last week...Dane is in the 6th grade & Eva is starting school as a FIRST GRADER....We don't have Kindergarten here... so this was REALLY a BIG Deal!So glad my mom & dad were here for the big day....Both kids are loving their new teachers & seeing alll of their friends again....YEA!

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We were able to take my parents to Krakow,Poland this past week....WOW.. what a BEAUTIFUL city....Promise to show more photos of this amazing city...but first hop on over to Communal Global & see what women around the world have been up to today..

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OK... had a little get together with my American girlies... & my girlfriend Tracy admitted that although SHE never reads my blog, her mother does!Well her mamma is on her way over to Norway & I look forward to meeting her!See you at lunch on Friday...Anyhoo....I would love to catch you up..but at this point, I fear my head will slam into the keyboard.I can not remember the last time I have been

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So remember how I told y'all we were going to get our 15 min of fame?... Well I guess it is OK to spill the beans now... as we are finished filming the first part of our segment...Yours truly, plus family are going to be on HGTV's House Hunters International!Kindda cool eh? -It was a lot more work than I had anticipated....We filmed for over 13 hours for about 4 min of FOOTAGE! R U KIDDING ME?I

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Happy Birthday Baby girl.... I should have posted this yesterday... Running just a little behind...Bjørn & I also celebrated our 14 year anniversary yesterday... Love you blue eyes... (ok it is cheesy to re-post my post from LAST year? ... its all still true!)Yes..Aug 3 is a very big day in our house.....

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So the BEST bits about my weekend in England....first... I love saying ..."oh,yes, I jet jetted over to England for the weekend...tally ho.." Pretty cool isn't it?There were sooo many GOOD no, make that GREAT things about last weekend... Just seeing MY GIRLS.. & knowing no matter how many years pass betweenn getting all of us together... things never change between us.... I am soo blessed to have

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I KNOW... it seems like EXCUSES EXCUSES as to why I never write anymore...But really... in my defense...Eva & I came back from the states...(without Dane)had 4 days to TRY to unpack & do a load of laundry before we took to the skys AGAIN...Guess where we went..... Hello little plug to RYANAIR... yes, I LOVE YOU RYANAIR.... I would love anything that took me to see my loved ones for a mere $25

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One of the benefits of writing a blog .. is having a forum for my thoughts/views/opinions... on things...good or BAD. kimberling oaks horrible management sAs y'all know... I do a pretty fair amount of traveling...I should be better about posting reviews here... There have been many places in the past year which have been AWESOME...I have NEVER E V E R felt so compelled to post a BAD review... a

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The last two weeks since my last post has been AMAZING...We had one day in Kansas City before heading down to Branson MO... Table Rock Lake..I had forgotten how amazing the lake was... we vacationed here as children, and am so happy we were able to bring our children... ALL of our children to the lake...The entire family hadn't been together since my baby sis' wedding 2 years ago...I took

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Will be getting on the bus to the airport tomorrow morning... 3 :30 am to be exact...Starting the 18 hour trip HOME... to celebrate my daddy's 70th birthday.70...WOW. It doesn't seem possible... when I think of my dad I still see him as his 50 year old self... is that weird?After the health scares /pace maker we had this year... we appreciate how blessed we are to be able to come to celebrate his

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Maybe this is old for y'all... but today was the first time I had seen it. LOVE IT... Brilliant... Funny... I want a mini-van!

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