My Goals For 2026 – Week 22 of 52

Get Back To The Basics + Learning to Unplug

And just like that, it’s summer. Everything in the garden is green and growing like mad and I couldn’t be happier. Staying unplugged and being outside is the best!

Remember those free trellises I found alongside the road a few weeks ago? 

They were the perfect size for my snow peas {which only grow to about 28” tall}. These are going to look fantastic in another week or two as those tendrils reach the top of the trellis.

In The Kitchen

A kitchen? What’s a kitchen? 

Yesterday we went out for smoothies and donuts and let’s just say I think I’ve had my fill of sugar for the week. 😉 

Maybe someday I’ll want to do more than peel an avocado. Or eat beans. But maybe not. It’s hard to tell at this point.

Kitchen Goals For This Year

• Master the pear frangipane tart from Standard Baking Company. 
• Put my Weck jars to use.
• Use two bins of beans {working on it}

Rug Hooking

My drawer runneth over. But my giant rug is almost done, so that’s good.

I had hoped to have it finished by the end of May, but I’ve been hanging out in the garden a lot lately and haven’t had a lot of extra time to hook. 

The new goal is to have it done by Flag day.

Rug Hooking Goals For This Year

• Finish drawing out all my patterns, making kits, dyeing wool by March 31st. 
• Release 10 new rug hooking patterns/kits.  {3 down 7 to go}
• Hook 27 of the patterns from the “someday I’ll hook these” bin. {4 down 23 to go}

Go New Places – See New Things

I’ve been walking, but not enough. Lots of rain the past few days. 

Also, Jen texted to tell me that if we get selected for the Grand Canyon trip there will be donkeys to carry our tents and stuff but we’ll still need to be able to carry 15-20 pounds on our back {down the canyon and back up again}. 

Basically our water, snacks, toiletries and clothing. I told her I’m going to wear one set of clothes the entire trip and only pack a toothbrush.

Travel Goals For This Year

• Travel someplace {internationally} that I’ve never been before.
• Travel somewhere in Maine {overnight} that I haven’t been before.

Places I’ve Been So Far This Year

• Boston {Birthday getaway}
• NYC {Girls getaway}

Walk And Stretch More

Look what I picked up for FREE on my walk yesterday! And it wasn’t even trash day. 

Freebie season has begun I tell you. This is my second find in 3 weeks. The roadside treasures should really start to ramp up now that the weather is starting to warm up. 

The HH isn’t as enthusiastic about the freebies so I need to take the bucket bike out more often and see what else I can find. 

I’m really hoping to find a stash of terra cotta pots this summer. Or a firepit or more garden stuff.

Walking/Stretching Goals For This Year

• Get into some sort of stretching routine
• Fast walk a 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon 

Garden

The hydroseed is coming in! It’s still a bit patchy in spots but we just re-seeded again so it won’t be long now before we’ve got grass growing in all the right spots. 

The tomato and pepper plants I started from seed survived the 30-40 MPH winds on Saturday. I was worried I’d lose a few but they seem to be doing okay. The leeks, radish, beets, carrots and turnips also seem to be doing well. 

I ended up planting 32 tomato plants and 22 pepper plants. I’m working with new garden soil this year so we’ll see what happens. Once the fence gets installed up front I’ll be able to plant my chive and rhubarb borders.

Garden Goals For This Year

• Rework the driveway and garden areas {in progress}
• Go crazy and plant a ridiculous amount of flowers {working on it}
• Step out of my comfort zone and plant some flowers I’ve never planted before

Paint

I finally finished painting the front room. Hooray!

That means the next big project is to sand the oak floors. Which of course, isn’t the funnest thing to do but luckily the HH has sanded floors once before so hopefully everything will go okay. 

Some areas of the floor were covered with carpet, some were not. I suppose it doesn’t matter though since the entire floor will have to get sanded. Fingers crossed that by this time next week we’ll be ready to apply the finish.

How about YOU? How are YOUR goals coming along? 

~Mavis

Painting Goals For This Year

• The Van Gogh wall
• The gallery wall down stairs
• The captains wall in the hall
• Trim and walls