My Goals For 2026 – Week 32 of 52

Get Back To The Basics + Learning to Unplug

First, thank you for checking in and letting me know if you could get the blog to load on Friday. I still don’t know what happened, but I’m glad the issue has been resolved. 

Even with the website down, I feel like I failed at unplugging last week. I got sucked down two rabbit holes last week and I can’t even tell you what I was originally looking up on the internet or what I wasted nearly 6 hours on online. 

It makes me crazy when that happens. It’s like you go into some sort of trance and you know whatever you’re looking up is a waste of time but you can’t seem to pull yourself away. 

I did squeeze in some pretty sunsets though. Note to self: Go kayaking. 

In The Kitchen

Nothing but 1 freshly baked chocolate chip cookie everyday and fruits and veggies around here lately. 🙂 

But I suppose if you have a garden, you’re in the same situation at your place. 🙂 Ahh summer. While it’s probably my least favorite season in Maine, I do love all the backyard and local produce.

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

In my spare time {HA HA HA} I’m trying to finish up my last few fall pieces. This Lori Brechlin design is one of my favorite fall patterns to hook. 

I’m hoping to have a few new rugs and pillows listed in my Etsy shop this Friday.

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.  {4 down 6 to go}
• Hook 27 of the patterns from the “someday I’ll hook these” bin. {8 down 19 to go}

Go New Places – See New Things

I didn’t go anywhere exciting last week but the HH went to Home Depot to buy a new faucet for the cottage. He installed it too! How cool is that? He’s so handy I can hardly stand it sometimes. 

We have plans to re-do the kitchen at some point but for now, I’m just glad to have a faucet that works properly now.

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}
• John Mellencamp Concert + Stockbridge, MA

Walk And Stretch More

Although it’s been really warm around here lately, I’ve been able to get some good walks in. I haven’t found a single treasure at the beach this summer though. 

Usually by now I would have picked up a few discarded towels, maybe a beach chair and definitely a hardback book or two. I guess I need to go earlier? Or find a new route.

Also, I need to start looking for a 5K & 10K so I can check that goal off my list. 

Walking/Stretching Goals For This Year

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

Garden

We’ve harvested a ton of Roma and cherry tomatoes but no big ones yet. I think we’re getting close though. Maybe another week or two?

I’ll have to check in with Kiln Guy to see if he’s harvested any beefsteaks yet. 

I just realized this is the first summer I don’t have purple Cherokee tomatoes growing in the garden. How did that happen? It’s one of my all time favorite tomatoes. 

Garden Goals For This Year

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

Paint

And last but not least, my latest project; Painting a few new wooden books for the picket fence.

We decided on four new titles for this year {thanks for your suggestions!} and I’m excited to show them to you once I get them finished. Hopefully by this time next week. 

I hope you have a great Monday!!

~Mavis

Painting Goals For This Year

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