brenda swenson
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Sandbox

BLOG

Picture

Happy Halloween from Italy

10/31/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
For lack of anything substantial to post on Halloween, I decided to post a rarely-been-seen image of me visiting the Italian Air Base in which my Dad was the Commander, Ghedi A.B. This photo was taken while I visited Mom & Dad and had the ABSOLUTE TIME OF MY LIFE touring around Italy, the Vatican, and throughout Europe - an experience as effervescent in my brain as trick-or-treating back in the day.
0 Comments

Bitmoji-ing on the wrong pastry - yikes?

10/26/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
I was all excited to score myself a tasty-looking lemon poppyseed muffin at the staff coffee hour today, only to find out I actually had my hands on a blueberry muffin instead. But alas, that muffin was just as delicious, free, and Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Bitmoji-worthy, nonetheless.
0 Comments

Flashing back to my ROOTS

10/20/2017

2 Comments

 
Picture
2 Comments

Chillin' on the court? Nope, not really.

10/13/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
This is what tennis looks like at 57 degrees Fahrenheit. Twenty minutes later, it looks mostly the same but with a big sweaty forehead and no Creighton jacket. An hour or so after that? Envision a 7-6 victory by my teammate and me over the other 2 IT guys working in my office. And after all was said and done, I had 3 words to describe this match: Best. Game. EVER. (Oh wait, 4 more: Never. Saw. That. Coming.)
0 Comments

Trust Issues

10/9/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Let's just say I've always had a strong sense of intuition, as evidenced by my suspicious stare at this poor, unsuspecting Santa Claus who never stood a chance.
0 Comments

Girl Power, Italian-Style

10/6/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Flashing back to 1989, this precious photo displays Grandma, me, and Mom sporting "VIP" (Very Italian Person) t-shirts that we purchased at a local shop in Bradford, Pennsylvania, during the Festa Italiana. Bittersweet in so many ways, this photo captures a rare moment in time where Mom and I were able to visit Grandma before she passed to celebrate a small piece of our heritage - Grandma actually has German and French roots and I am 50% British.  But at that moment in time we were "Very Italian Persons" and nobody was going to argue with that.
0 Comments

Homecoming Weekend

10/1/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Technically, this weekend was our own personal Homecoming with the youngest peep returning home for a visit after being away to college for a solid month and a half, the longest time away ever.  And although he only spent about 48 hours back at home, we enjoyed every single minute of it. From the big hug/smile he greeted me with Friday night to the "Pump You Up" Schwarzenegger quips while weightlifting in the home gym, I was reminded of why I have missed that guy so much.  Even this photobomb on the road back to campus made me melt just a little bit more. And now, on a Sunday night, the nest is all empty once again.  Who knew this whole new-life-chapter thing was going to be so rollercoaster-ish?
0 Comments
    Picture

    Author

    I am Brenda Swenson and sometimes I blog.

    Archives

    November 2021
    July 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    October 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017

    Categories

    All
    Adventure
    Alaska
    Alexa
    Anniversary
    App
    Apple
    Awards
    Badminton
    Basketball
    Beach
    Birthday
    Bitmoji
    Blessed
    Blue Apron
    Books
    Bowling
    Bucket List
    Bureaucracy
    Cam
    Career
    Cat
    Cheerleading
    Christmas
    Chunnel
    Church
    Coding
    Coffee
    College
    College Of Saint Mary
    Commute
    COVID 19
    COVID-19
    Creighton Bluejays
    Dallas Cowboys
    Desert
    Disappointed
    Dream
    Dreams
    Easter
    Echo
    Employment
    Empty Nest
    Facebook
    Fall
    Family
    Father's Day
    Fitbit
    Fitness
    Flowers
    Food
    Football
    Friday
    Friends
    Fun
    Gallup
    Geek
    Graduation
    Hair
    Happy Hour
    Hawaii
    Headshots
    Hickory Farms
    Hiking
    Holiday
    Hurricane
    Inspiration
    Instagram
    IT
    Italian
    Italy
    Jeep
    Job
    Job Transition
    Life
    London
    Lunch
    MacOS
    Mass
    Memories
    Milestone
    Minnesota
    Mother's Day
    Motivation
    Music
    Nebraska
    Netflix
    New Mexico
    New Year's Eve
    Nike
    Olive Garden
    Olympics
    Omaha
    Paris
    Party
    Pasta
    Photos
    Pizza
    Prayers
    Prom
    Salon
    Scrabble
    Selfie
    Shopping
    Snapchat
    Snow
    Spirits
    Sports
    Spotify
    Spring Break
    St Pancras
    Summer
    Suntanning
    Super Bowl
    Sushi
    Tan
    Target
    Technology
    Tennis
    Texas
    Tgif
    Tradition
    Travel
    Unemployment
    University Of Nebraska
    University Of St. Thomas
    UNL
    Vacation
    Vikings
    Weather
    Web Design
    Weekend
    Wellness
    Wellness Benefit
    Wine
    Wish
    Wonder Woman
    Workout

    RSS Feed

Reach out directly or via social media


Telephone

402-305-9341

Email

bcs@brendaswenson.com
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Sandbox