Girls Only Weekend

During last Christmas dinner, I got into a conversation with my famous cousin about the concept of "new normals". New normals are those life improvements and habits that you've never done before, but have figured out that the addition of them to your life will make life that much more enjoyable. My mothers birthday is February 28. Our family's "new normal" is to celebrate the occasion for the entire month with a culminating girls weekend at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa. We were there last year and had such a fabulous time that we went back again this year. NOTE: We'll probably return each year for a long time to come.

Think of this place as Ritz Carlton (the one in Paris) being dropped in the middle of rural Pennsylvania. You have everything. Your own personal butler, wine tastings, shopping, 5 star restaurants, oh...and a spa to die for.

We spent the weekend eating (a lot...sigh) and sleeping. We shopped and looked at art (they have an amazing gallery). We went sight seeing and spent the balance of time in the spa. This year we got day passes and went up to the ski lodge. I pouted because snow conditions weren't conducive for me to try cross-country skiing, but mom got some fabulous pictures of herself in her snow suit. What is the most special about our new normal is that all the girls got a chance to reconnect and...laugh. Boy, did we laugh.

I highly recommend that you check out Nemacolin (http://www.nemacolin.com/).

Be sure that you understand, that if you check them out anytime during the last week of February, that room 1121 in Chateau Lafayette is unavailable. ILP and the rest of the girls are probably going to be in there laughing and making some new normals.