What's Up Wednesday: February 2026

It's the last Wednesday of the month and time to link up with Shay and Sheaffer for What's Up Wednesday. I won't have as many photos as usual since they're on my laptop and that is home in CT... I only have the last few days on my phone.  

What We're Eating: Evan and I flew to North Carolina for a long weekend and got stuck here since a blizzard hit the east coast and airports shut down (last I heard Providence RI [where we fly into] got 37.5 inches!).

We're Eating things like:

Crepes from Our Crepes and More.  Mine was a tiramisu crepe. Then for dinner my mom had homemade meatballs and sauce with spaghetti, garlic bread, and salad. 

Breakfast has consisted of yogurt parfait bowls (sorry some photos are sidways and upside I don't have my laptop with me and Blogger is a bit limited on the phone app) or eggs with sourdough toast. 

We had a huge family cookout with chicken, burgers, roasted potatoes, veggies, and salad with pineapple cake, brownie sundaes, and tons of appetizers too.
We had leftovers Monday night and BBQ beef ribs with broccoli and carrots Tuesday night. Tonight we plan on salmon.. sides are undetermined.  

What I'm Reminiscing About: We don't get to see my sisters, aunt, nephews and nice often so I've been reminiscing about the last trip Evan and I took down to see everyone in 2023. 


What I'm Loving: We spent lots of time with family and friends this month. It's neat to see how everyone has changed in just a couple of years! 

What We've Been Up To: Most of our month was quiet with the majority of my days spent at home. Trying to stay warm and dry and out of the snow. This week in North Carolina we've toured the Bellamy mansion, we went to the art museum, (again sorry for sideways photos!)

What I'm Dreading: We're supposed to be getting more snow at home these next few days and I'm dreading the possibility we could get stuck here longer.  I mean I love my family but I miss my husband and routine. 
 
What I'm Working On: ALL the art projects, I did some painting, some card making, some scrapbooking. It was a very creative month. I shared all my cards and scrapbook pages in Monday's post. 
 
What I'm Excited About: Really I'm just hanging in for SPRING!! My goodness I am ready for nice weather. I fear I won't get to wear flip flops for several months yet. 
 
What I'm Watching/Reading: Devious Maids (Hulu), Tell Me Lies (Hulu), Roofman (HBO), The Rip (Netflix), Once Upon a Time (Disney+), Night Court (Paramount +), Latest season of The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix)
 

I read/finished a couple of books traveling and on the plane that I'll have to add to March's book list but I did read 14 other books this month; most of them I really enjoyed a lot! 
 

What I'm Listening to: I've been listening to 2 audiobooks; The Love Haters and Margo's Got Money Troubles. They won't be part of next Thursday's Share Your Shelf but I'll have them in March's round up. 
 

 
What I'm Wearing: Sweaters, sweatshirts, scarves, layers... all the winter things. Even here in North Carolina it's been cold. 
 










 
 


What I'm Doing This Weekend: Flying home, I hope! Alec comes home for spring break on Friday & Sunday we see Ian off on his Vegas trip with his grandfather. 

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month: Alec will be home for a whole week, we have Evan's Accepted Student day at Clark, and Alec and I have plans to see Wicked! 
 

What Else is New: Nothing much.  

Comments

  1. MarilynFebruary 25, 2026 at 5:23 AM

    Enjoy the non blizzard weather for a few more days and time with your extended family. That is fun to have extra time together. North Carolina is such a beautiful state. Wicked is such a good musical so what a fun thing to look forward to next month. Safe travels and enjoy your day!

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  2. Dara @ Not In JerseyFebruary 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM

    Oh no, I'm sorry you got stuck! We got a surprise visit from Gabbie because she got stuck in St. Louis!

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  3. LyshaFebruary 25, 2026 at 8:48 AM

    The Valentine's sweaters are so cute!

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  4. JulieFebruary 25, 2026 at 10:46 AM

    Lots of books read! Added a few to my TBR list. Happy reading!

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  5. ArtisiaFebruary 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM

    Love reading your blogs! Hope you get to go home soon!

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  6. Jodie's Touch of StyleFebruary 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM

    It's no fun getting stuck somewhere, but dare I say at least you're safe and sound?? And in much better weather, LOL.
    But I totally get it...your own bed...there's nothing like it.
    XOOX
    Jodie

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  7. CatFebruary 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM

    Good luck for making it home soon!

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  8. Kim February 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM

    So many people are stuck, the snow was brutal...we got more today and expecting more on Friday. Safe travels!

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