Many of you out there who know me personally, know that one thing that killed me to leave the US to come and move to Norway was that I had to leave Ciara. She is my best friends little girl who I spend a lot of time with and love so much and some times [...]

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When I was moving from the United States to Oslo, Norway one of the biggest challenges for me before I actually moved was the debate of weather to ship all of my stuff to Norway, to just bring whatever I could on the plane with me and pay extra, or just get rid of everything [...]

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When I received an assignment to post about body shop supplies, I thought “Cool, I love the body shop!”. But silly me, I was a little mislead as to what body shop supplies they were talking about.
They were not referring to the fruity scented lotions and bubble-bath from the Body Shop, but to supplies for [...]

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I think this was the first year I didn’t spend thanksgiving with my family. And I was actually so busy that I didn’t even remember that it was Thanksgiving until at night. I just miss the turkey and mashed potatoes…mmmmmm. Maybe next year!

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As most of you know, here in Oslo I do not have my own home (only in my dreams). But if I did and my imaginary house had a basement, and there were flooding problems, leakage problems or problems with those French drains you can visit the website of the B-Dry System. They have a [...]

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To the Carnival of Cities! This weeks Blog Carnival - The Carnival of Cities, is going to be hosted right here on my blog, Norway - An American In Oslo! For all of my blogging friends out there, check out the link below to submit your posts on anything relating to your city. More information [...]

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For the cold winter coming up (especially in Oslo) if you want to find someone to share it with, you can try online dating. I say don’t knock it till you try it. You never know! With Datehookup.com they have a detailed profile for you to list everything from what you look like to your [...]

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A few days ago I reported to you about my first snow experience in Norway. I had a camera (a bad camera) on me and took some pictures. These pics (I’m warning you) are horrible, blurry and very bad. But for the sake of letting my dad (and whoever else wants to see) see these [...]

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Are you looking for information on Getting A Visa To Norway, Getting A Residence Permit (Family Immigration) In Norway, Getting A Settlement Permit In Norway? Then check out these past posts for more information.

Getting A Visa To Norway
Getting A Residence Permit (Family Immigration) In Norway
Getting A Settlement Permit In Norway
Getting A Work Permit

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It is official, the ski season has started here in Oslo, Norway. Today it was announced that the slopes are open and ready to go!
I find it a little strange considering that it snowed on Wednesday and was beautiful, but then on Thursday it was POURING raining all day. Maybe not up in the mountains, [...]

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