American in Norway

OK, so remember when I told you my boss had planned a little surprise for all of the managers? We would be going somewhere? Well my office called on Friday to ask for my passport number... um, sure hold on... I run over to grab my little red passport holder, which has help said passport for the past um 15 years, only to discover it is G O N E. How can it be GONE? - I have had a passport for over 23 years & have never lost it .... I spent my ENTIRE weekend... Valentines Day & Mothers Day... with PERFECT weather searching HIGH & LOW for it... it is GONE. I think after 2 days of my being FRANTIC looking/cleaning through EVERYTHING... Bjørn suggested looking in the kids CLOSET... ha ha ha... Mr. Funny Man. My house/car have never been cleaner...but still NO passport. I am SICK... SICK all over... I went to report it missing to the police station last night... Of course the American Embassy is closed today because of Presidents day... which leaves tomorrow to get everything sor...

I am playing Black & White Wed. with Lisa over at The long road to China. & SURPRISE, SURPRISE... this week I am NOT posting pictures of Eva or our beach. Yesterday the SUN was out & the snow was falling-... Beautiful I tell you... hopped in my car & hit the farm country between our house & my office... Really, how cool is it that we have FARM country right by the Beach ? - kind of the best of both worlds... now only if I could switch the country over to speaking only ENGLISH all of the time... (I kid)

My head is FUUUULLL of Random Thoughts.. not sure how interesting they are.... go check out other random thoughts at the UN MOM I am POOPED... Home from work last night (this morning 12:30) up by 6 am 7:30 dropped kids off at school/daycare... Dr.s appointment... (As most of y'all know, Norway has socialized medicine... ahem. I need to see a dermatologist..in order to do that I have to go to my regular Dr. to get a recommendation... (check) Call the dermatologist... find out I can't get until MAY... Hello? - my gosh, how long can I go on looking like a 16 year old..(& NOT in a GOOD Way..) Hello PRIVATE Dr. next week, but $150 consultation fee.... ) Snapped a few pictures because it was snowing & the sun was out... AWESOME. Back to the office for a few hours... lunch with sick MIL. Pick up kids from school/daycare Drop big kid off at kickboxing... Buy costume for little kids Carnival. Home /dinner. Bath time.. How was your DAY OFF?

This weeks theme is KISSES... I have lots of kisses with Bjørn my husband... but I kept coming back to this photo from last week. Eva has ALWAYS been my little smoocher ... but all of a sudden, I have to beg & steal her kisses... & she thinks it is the FUNNIEST thing ever... I had to steal this sugar while she was in the middle of eating her lunch. *sigh* my babies will never be too big to smooch ! Head on over to I ♥ Faces to see who is playing along this week!

I am playing Black & White Wed. with Lisa over at The long road to China. Sorry to do this to y'all A G A I N.. but more photos from our little picnic lunch..on ice, at the beach, last week...(say that 10 x's fast) There were just so many shots of Eva that I LOVED... Although I have live in Norway for several years now, I am still in AWE of the beauty here... I am one of the few who am loving all of the SNOW & Ice (on the water). Shine some sun in my face & sit me beside the water & I am a HAPPY GIRL. Speaking of HAPPY GIRLS... Eva had soo much fun, being silly & taking a day off from preschool with mom. Check out the ice... Eva kept telling me.. "mommy, you go walk on it first!" ha. Stealing kisses while she finished her lunch.

Not long ago I was asked to participate in a project called COMMUNAL GLOBAL . I am THRILLED to be among an AWESOME group of women.. We will each share 1 photograph every day that sort of represents our lives, cultures, and families. So far we have women representing Japan, the Bahamas, Taiwan, Utah, Las Vegas, Germany & NORWAY! : ) We are still looking for a few good women from around the world... Please hop on over & check us out.