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...

Trip of a lifetime.. still smiling with a happy heart.. can't wait til next year's SPRING FLING..

Sigh... I am still having a hard time getting back in to "REAL LIFE"   Venice was perfect in every way...  Spending much needed time with one of my BEST FRIENDS from the US...   I think I am still glowing..   feeling blessed..     Please bare with the picture filled posts to come...  Looked all over for these "Rice Balls" deep fried & filled with cheese.  - doesn't matter that I was walking over 10 km a day.. with all of the food and drink.. I may have broke even.     I have no idea who this lady is... but the abslolute JOY on her face was priceless...       I am a big PEOPLE watcher... I love seeing the joy.. and guessing their story.. I also see the people who are not so happy.. (It is never too late to change your story..)   I love seeing the happy couples taking the trip of a lifetime.. but also see the couples who sit across from each other ...

First stop.. The Liassidi Palace. I had two days in Venice before my friend arrived & I needed to find somewhere to stay.. My first trip to Venice I was 19 & backpacking with my sister & our friends.  I'm sure we stayed at a hostel and were eating from the grocery stores.  I don't remember much from that trip other than a dissapointing trip to a glass factory.  I have one picture from that trip.. For the record, I'll kill my kids if I send them on a trip like this and they come home with one picture! My second trip to Venice was while working on a cruiseship. We, of course stayed on the ship, and when we finally got off work & had time to go a shore, my husband thought Venice was old,dirty & way over priced.  So much for romance in Venice.  THIS time.. I would do Venice the way I wanted.. I would stop counting every dollar & treat myself.  Damn it! I deserve this.. I decided to go for the suite life. I bo...