American in Norway

When I turned 40 last Feb... I was a little   Incredibly Disappointed. OPRAH .. PROMISED life 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 give it up... I was feeling OLD & DUMPY.. INVISABLE I was stuck in a dead-end job, wearing comfortable shoes..... doing the same shit.. week in, week out... No longer felt like anything more than a mom & a wife...    I had lost my mojo.. & didn't think I would be able to get it back.... but somehow.. someway... I did.. I have gotten my MOJO back... Or at least I am working on it.. and wondering if 40 REALLY is the new 30? Instead of dwelling on my glory days... I am pretty sure I have many more AWESOME experiences ahead of me... I am learning...

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... lol Mason jar ghosts... I have loads of paint in the basement... why not? Yummy & Fun! Martha Stewart Cut outs.... So easy!  Have loads of frames... in my basement.. Lets hope this improves my motivation.... Might actually see if I can find a pumpkin patch ..lol... keep you posted

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

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... and we felt that ONCE again they had been gipped out of doing something COOL. Our poor deprived babies... Our options were an 8 hour drive to LEGO LAND in Denmark... Or a 2 day cruise to Germany. We decided on the cruise.. so that we could have a little break too...  & y'all KNOW how much Bjørn and I LOVE CRUISING... For those of you new to AIN... hubby & I met & fell in love at sea.... (awwww) On with the pictures.. OK... it is really a FERRY.... but the NICEST ferry I have ever been on. View of one side of Oslo harbor...  If I was a w...

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.. but it was worth it... there are only 33 Stave Churches left in Norway

(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 supporting the Pink Ribbon Campaign during the month of October. They have set together a set of products hand cream, shower gel & roll on for the low price of 99 nok.  (original price 283 nok) & donating 40% of the price to the Campaign. So far Oriflame has donated  136,800 nok.  (WOW)  their goal now is to double this amount. If you live in Norway & would like to support the cause please contact me (comment or email)  & I can tell you how you can purchase a set.! 

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 presentation... Learned about Oriflame's products.... Met a beautiful model.... Nora got a mini make over.... The kids did a fantastic job & were very proud of themselves!   Oriflame Norway agreed to help sponsor them! Kids had a fablulous time in the city.... Now my teeny, tiny favor....    The kids  (and their parents) are going to promote Oriflame Norways Fan page on Facebook ...  just to give back & show our appreciation.... Would  y'all be sooo KIND & like their fanpage... & help give us a bo...

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