American in Norway

This week has been a bit "shitty" literally. I've been experiencing another part of being single.. The not so fun part of being on your own, for the first time in my adult life..  But perhaps this is another, less exciting thing to mark off of my bucketlist.. Becoming an Independent home owner. The problem started weeks ago with a "bubbling" in my pipes everytime we'd flush the toilet....  I went next door to my renters- who had lived in the neighbor house for years, asking if they had noticed anything? "Yes,yes.. But not to worry, the bubbling would go over.." I'm kind of a positive person.. And like to believe that everything would just work out.. He he.. Not so much. My first shower after returning from a business trip, my bathroom flooded.. ...  I tried to investigate.. Checked the drain & concluded it must have been because I was using the washer at the same time. (Shrug). When my daughter used the shower the next night (with nothing e...

I ... lets see.. You can't live in Scandinavia .. and come up with a list of   I word's that wouldn't include IKEA... pretty sure they would deport me.. if I didn't mention IKEA (even though it has NOTHING to do with NORWAY.) Norwegians love IKEA as much as you! What is it about this SWEDISH Superstore..?? ICE CREAM--  and not just any ice cream.. NORWEGIAN ICE CREAM it is FAN TAS TIC.. Norway has awesome dairy products..! & Norwegians LOVE their ICE CREAM.. FOR REAL.. photo from lillestang :-) It is NOT unusual for the Ice Cream truck to be driving up and down the streets in the middle of WINTER.. and finally... I is for INDIA.. Back in the day... hubby and I really got around.. (although - he didn't make it to India with me..) What a FASCINATING country.. It was everything- and nothing like I imagined.. We were lucky enough to have a private guide who took us through Mumbai for 2 days... someday.. I will get around to blogging to all of the amazing plac...