American in Norway

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...

So while the kiddos were having a great time with family and friends in Kansas City I escaped to the Windy City for a little "mommy time"   after ending my marriage this year.. I think I went a little crazy with the trips home.. I was like a child in a candy store.. ... After years of only once a year.. I made it home 4 times in 2014. But is was much needed Tressa time..  time to make a plan.. reconnect with friends..  be surrounded by family and the people who love me most.   it really is amazing how.. after almost 20 years you can (almost) pick up where you left off.   I headed to Chicago, to reconnect with my college friends.. sorority sisters..  and even "bumped into" the college sweetheart.. most of them are still there... lives have moved on.. some married, some divorced.. kids, no kids.. principals, cops, aritists scientists.. didn't matter.. for one fantastic weekend it was like we were all our 20 somethings s...

    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 pu...