Monthly Musings: February 2026
ft. our first family trip, some belated NY resolutions, and the usual ramblings.
Hello friends! Happy Monday! How the heck are you keeping? I hope this post finds you happy, healthy, and, ideally, finished with work for the evening. I’m dropping into your inbox for the briefest of moments to share our Monthly Musings: February 2026 post. The extra-observant amongst you might be thinking that I normally send these posts out on the first Sunday of the month, which is indeed correct. Forgive me, but the only excuse I have to offer you is that tiny wriggly creature pictured above. I will try my darndest to be more on schedule moving forward.
Seeing as we’re relatively close to the end of the month, I’ve kept the musings listed below somewhat more concise and bullet-point in style. All of the usual suspects are there — travel, recipes, movies, books, etc. — but just with less rambling.
Enjoy, friends!
monthly musings: february 2026
Baby update: Bean is doing great! Still sleeping through the night, still easy-going, and still the cutest baby I’ve ever laid eyes on. She has started making the most adorable little dinosaur ‘rawr’ noises and it melts our hearts every single time. She did, however, hold a grudge against me for two full days last week after getting her vaccine shots — but alas, as the queen of grudge-holding, I can see where she gets it from.
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We’re setting off on our first trip as a family next week!! We’ll be spending one week in Italy and San Marino and I can barely wait! I’m so excited to get back to our beloved Italia and I can’t believe that we’ll get to bring our little sidekick around to all of our favourite places — eep! More details next month, promise!
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So late to the game on this, but I’ve finally finalized my IN and OUT lists for the year ahead! INs: more crafting (scrapbooking, felt birthday crowns, knitting, etc.), more travel, more real-life posting on Instagram, make some new mom friends, see my besties more, more self-care, more fun in the every day. OUTs: perfect camera-only images, sitting on things that irk me, being too scared to try new things. What’s on your IN/OUT lists, or what resolutions are you making for the year ahead?
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Did you have a nice Valentine’s Day? Husband and I spent the whole weekend tucked up with our little cherub and had the loveliest time ever! It was filled with pastel coloured roses, linguine and meatballs, fancy Champagne, soft-serve ice-creams and walks in the rain, the cheese board of our dreams, espresso martinis, and a takeaway. The perfect weekend ❤️
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In case you missed it, last month I started a new series: Cookbook Corner! Wherein I shared every cookbook we reached for over the course of the month and what recipes we used. I’m so glad you guys love the post and the idea behind it as much as I do; will definitely be making the effort to keep it up!
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Also ICYMI, the two final posts from my 2012 inter-railing trip hit the Notes from the Archive shelves recently: An Afternoon in Salzburg, Austria and 7 Hours in Paris, France! I have a small handful of other trips to share in the series — starting with Bruges next week! — so watch this space!
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The best book I read last month: Remain, by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan. It also happens to be the only book I read last month, but still. A good cheesy read about a supernatural love story, which I normally wouldn’t be into, but was actually good fun! To follow along with my reading in real-time on StoryGraph, click here.
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On the film front, some cheesy-yet-enjoyable highlights for me were Hot Pursuit, The People We Meet on Vacation, and a rewatch of The Perfect Man, which I have on DVD and will love forever. On the not cheesy front, we also watched Caught Stealing and F1, both of which I rather enjoyed. To follow along with our movie watching in real-time on Letterboxd, click here.
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Recipes from around the web: we devoured this Oven-Cooked Chicken Shawarma from Nigella! Delicious marinade and super simple to cook off at dinner time; we enjoyed ours with flatbreads and some cooling pickle rice. We also made many, I repeat MANY, batches of these Ugly Scones from The Rock Bun over the course of the month, and I highly recommend you do the same. The best scones in existence.
And there we have it, our Monthly Musings: February 2026 post! Three weeks and one day late — but who’s counting? Catch you again next month!
Hugs,
Vicki xo
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