American in Norway

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 like a garbage disposal.. air conditioning etc.. Really, I know I shouldn't take all of this personally..but .. well.. I do. Some of the "best" comments were things like... I was 40 years old & I needed to get over leaving my parents... what about HIS family?..   my POOR husband having to put up with me... He should have left me in the states. Sticking it to my poor husband..and forcing him into building me this house... People making judgements about my marriage over a 20 min. STAGED TV show? ummm OK.. Do I really need to defend myself? ... probably not to

"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 boring. I really have had so much fun... so many adventures...I look back now & smile on everything... CRAZY... but I couldn't see how FUN. things were when I was in the middle of it all.  why is it so hard to really appreciate how wonderful things are at the moment? Why all of this deep thought NOW? -   Of course it is the impending b-day coming up.. the rest of it coming from the conversations with my pre-teen son... The amount of times.. I have said.. "Oh honey.. things are going to be awesome.. & everything will work out.. - just you wait & see..&quo

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 100th time.. "HARD TO PLEASE TRESSA.. " My darling boy said... thats not true mom.. your not hard to please.  (love that kid) I had to laugh when I said.. "if mamma ain't happy,ain't no one happy"  - I may have seemed a tad bit bitchy,.. -come on ya'll I was trying to make it realistic. :-) I would love to tell you that I don't really sound like NANNY Fine.. NASAL... But gosh... I must.. you would never know I grew up in Texas would you?   It was fun watching it with the family this evening..I am so glad I have the video now.. With

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 basement I just about DIED. Please lord... tell me that they didn't show any of the footage from the basement. I assume they did not.. as HOARDERS hasn't called YET. The rest of the house is clean... I PROMISE... If the house isn't clean, I don't allow people in.. not even my kids friends.. for fear they will JUDGE me... even worse, go home & tell their mommies that our house was messy. So I do keep the rest of the house clean... it is just something about that basement.. It is the land of 5,000 half finished projects.. left over birthday supplies.. 4 sizes

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.... Don't have to be a math wiz to know that that is a WHOLE LOTTA - away time. So hubby has taken something closer to home.. which means  a lot more DADDY time . yea!  Change is always a little weird... but I find, the more time I spend with "Blue Eyes" the more I like him. :-) I have been busy busy working... sometimes I LOVE my job... - Just found out I will be going to Germany next month to get the SCOOP on all of the new Spring/Summers fragrances/cosmetics & creams...  yippee...   I will let you know if I fall in LOVE with anything over there. I went this past w

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 disposal? & air conditioning in Norway? Go to the link above.   OK... I thought I would wait & watch the show before I answer all of the questions - comments which I have been getting... But heck... I might be 50 before I get to see the show... Can you imagine how..umm, AWKWARD (for lack of a better word)  it is having pretty much EVERYONE I know... from Grade school - on.. seeing the show..? & then commenting on Facebook. before I was awake or even knew it was on.....eek. I did get a lot of friend requests.. & reconnect with alot of people from the good ol' days. I

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!