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Winter Break & Link Up On the Edge #183

February 14, 2020 / 45 Comments
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Every year during the week of President’s Day, my kids have a winter break from school. I am realizing that this is sort of unique to Northern New York as most other school districts only have Christmas break and Spring break. When you add in this third long break during the school year, the end result is that my kids don’t finish for the summer until the very last week of June. However, I have to say that I don’t mind this mid-winter recess because winters here in the North Country are long and cold and those old winter blues begin to take hold some time around Thanksgiving (yes, before winter has even officially begun).

By the time this February break rolls around, I am usually ready for an escape from life and all of its obligations. And because I have an amazing husband who has an equally amazing mother, I have been blessed with the opportunity to leave my life and all of its obligations behind for a much needed break of my own. By the time you will be reading this post, I will be packing my car and hitting the road for a peaceful solo drive to North Carolina where I plan to relax and find lots of inspiration for writing by the time I return home next weekend.

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In case you are interested, here is my plan…

Thursday (yesterday): I drove to my sister’s house to spend the night after making a quick detour to have lunch with a friend on the way.

Friday (today): I hope to be in the car and on the road to North Carolina by 6:00 a.m. I have 10 hours of drive time which will probably end up being about 12 hours given the shallow depths of my bladder. I will be arriving at my friend Becca’s house in Cullowhee around dinner time where she has already teased me with her intentions of preparing jambalaya for dinner that night. Having recently relocated to North Carolina from Pennsylvania, she has requested some sweet fruity wine from her previous home state, so I will be grabbing some of that along the way.

On Friday, Jeff will be taking the kids to visit his brother in Pennsylvania for the weekend and when he heads home on Sunday, the boys will be staying with Gramma for the week until I make my way back north to pick them up.

Saturday: Becca and I will be driving the 53 miles to Asheville to go see Umphrey’s McGee play at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center and we are both so excited that we can barely contain it.

Sunday: I will be spending some girl time with Becca hanging in the mountains and having some necessary girl talk. You see, she and I have lots of potatoes in our heads that need sorting. Here’s hoping we make some progress! Fruity Pennsylvania wine should help.

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argyle tights, corduroy skirt, winter outfit, fashion over 40, Shelbee on the Edge
argyle tights, corduroy skirt, winter outfit, fashion over 40, Shelbee on the Edge

Monday: I will be leaving Becca’s and heading into Asheville for the week to visit some friends where I will be staying until Friday. I don’t have any plans set in stone, so any blogger friends in the area (Jess, Jennie, Becky), if we can coordinate some time to get together, that would be awesome. You all know how to contact me. And I am willing to drive if necessary.

Friday: I will be making my way to Richmond, Virginia, to see Fireside Collective play at River City Roll and spending the night there before heading back to Pennsylvania in the morning.

Saturday: I will be driving the 5 hours from Richmond, Virginia, to my mother-in-law’s in Pennsylvania to pick up the boys. I will spend the night there before heading back to New York and my life and all of its obligations.

Sunday: The boys and I will be driving the 4 hours back home. They still have Monday off from school so we will have the day to get settled back into our routine. And hopefully, we will all be refreshed and ready to trudge through the rest of this winter.

In the meantime, I think I may take a little break from posting. But I have said that before and then I posted anyway. I suppose it will all depend on what I end up doing and if I am inspired to write while I am on vacation. If you don’t see any posts all week or if I don’t approve and respond to your comments, don’t worry. It just means I am probably having too much fun to concern myself with other things! I do have a post scheduled for tomorrow because Nancy and I are celebrating 3 years of our Good Buy/Good-Bye Book collaboration! I do hope you can stop by and check out all the fun copy cat looks that we are sharing.

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Do you all have any plans for the Valentine’s weekend? Or maybe you do get a mid-winter break and will be traveling as well. Let me know in the comments!

And now your featured favorites from last week.

Reader Favorite (Most Clicked)

Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style shared a post, Fashion Trends for S/S20, which highlights some of the biggest trends hitting the runways and retailers this coming spring and summer. If you missed her post and you are curious to know what will be the hottest styles when the weather gets warm, do go check out this post.

Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style

My Favorite Fashion Post

Chrissy of Granola and Grace shared the cutest sweater styled multiple ways in her post, 3 Ways to Wear: Cobalt Blue Print Sweater. I love the color and the bold heart print on Chrissy’s sweater plus all of the wonderful whimsical ways that she has mixed prints with this adorable sweater.

Chrissy of Granola and Grace

My Favorite Non-Fashion Post

Tiina of Elegance Revisited shared a super important post, On My Mind: Odd Winter, addressing the issue of climate change. If you are passionate about saving this great, wonderful, beautiful earth which sustains our life, do go read this post. Also scan through the comments as well because there is some pretty fantastic feedback there.

Elegance Revisited

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