American in Norway

We had a fantastic day.. Amazing what a beautiful summer day can do for your spirits... (look at those legs!- baby girl is growing up..)   I sooooo appreciate my time at home & with my babies.. and even the time with my "babies daddy" It was a perfect long weekend.. spent recharging the batteries..   One of the things the kids are most concerned about the divorce,  is that we will no longer have family time together..   As we explain.. over and over and over..(can't say it enough) We will ALWAYS be family.. ALWAYS..   Bj and I may not be married anymore.. but with two beautiful kids.. we will always be family.     Yesterday was perfect weather & Eva was itching to get out to drive the boat "alone".. We loaded the family up and headed to town for ice cream.. then home for a family dinner.. We ate.. we joked.. we talked about our summer plans.. America with Mom.. and Cyprus with Dad....   the sun in our faces

As I mentioned in my last post.. Paris was perfect & I left glowing (and tired) .. Here are a few more shots...

A long weekend in Paris...Just what the Dr. ordered...   I have been Paris before.. but never like this..     First time I was in Paris.. was as a 20 year old.. broke backpacker.. then six months pregnant with Eva.. next time.. with 5 & 10 year old children..   and Finally...   .. as a single 40 something.. with a little more money.. a little more time.. and no one to worry about other than myself..   HEAVEN..   I decided THIS time.. I would wander the city as much as I wanted.. take 5.000 pictures if I wanted.. cruise the Seine River if I wanted... Buy that bag from Louis Vuitton if I wanted.. drink wine for lunch and champagne for dinner..     And I did all of that... cause I wanted..   I can honestly say J'aime P aris ... more now, than ever...   Here are a few shots from the weekend..   Montmartre   is a hill in the north of Paris , France . It is 130 metres high and gives its name to the surrounding district, in

Working/relaxing in France this week..  Started the week in Calais.. Which has led to a lot of relaxing as there isn't very much to do here.. It has been about 25 years since I was here last, passing through as a student in Germany off to party in London..  Man, time flies.    

Last week I was in Jevnaker for work... what a LOVELY area in Oppland. I know it is breathtakingly BEAUTIFUL.. yet I never allow myself enough time to stop and take pictures on the drive up... perhaps next time..         We stayed here at Thorbjornrud Hotel - beautiful views and fantastic food and wine ... Hadeland Glassverks Factory We had a little outing with work here at the Hadeland Glassverks Factory.. if you are in the area it is  well worth the visit. As it always is with me, it is either feast or famine...  You don't hear from me in AGES.. and now you will be bombarded with 5000 posts. :-) I may have been horrible posting on my blog.. but I am an INSTAGRAM fanatic.. lol.. posting photos of where I am almost daily..  instagram name :   tressa_in_norway

    Been awhile.. - Remember me? I've been on the fence about whether or not to start blogging again.. But I really miss the outlet it gives me.. I miss keeping track of all of the things going on in my life.. what a difference a year makes.. or even 6 months.. I think that was the last time I posted.   I also worry about filtering myself, where I haven't always been very good. :-)   Several years ago, after a dinner party, we had some friends tell us they were splitting up. But they were going to be really good friends and hoped we would include both when we were inviting people... hmmm.. we were there to help them move out of their family home and move them into their separate homes.. not far from one another.. They were SOOO NICE to each other. it was almost odd.   I couldn't wrap my head around them splitting up if they were such good friends. Not really any of my business, but secretly I wondered why they couldn't just push throu