My Goals For 2026 – Week 33 of 52

Get Back To The Basics + Learning to Unplug

Last week was another great week for playing outside. We went kayaking, went on a few nice walks, worked in the yard and pretty much stayed away from the internet as much as possible. 

I think I’ve spent more time unplugged this summer than in years past and it’s been really nice.

In The Kitchen

We tried Duke’s Mayonnaise on a BLT and holy cow man, it really does have a kick to it. Also, so far, the marmalade skies tomatoes are our favorite ones this summer. 

I don’t remember who suggested those tomatoes but THANK YOU! They are delicious and we’re looking forward to enjoying more of them in the coming weeks.

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

I hooked a few fall pieces and listed them on Etsy last night. 

Now I can get started on the turkeys!! I haven’t decided if I’ll hook any Christmas items this year, I might just skip ahead to Valentine’s Day. We’ll see.

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

We went kayaking to Goat Island and now that the kayaks are down, I want to do some more paddling around. I love being out on the water. The sound of the waves, the sea birds, the boats, I love it all.

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

I am convinced you could find everything you’d need to furnish your home just by picking stuff up alongside the road here in Maine. We don’t need a dresser, but I passed by this one on a walk.

Last week we set out an extra house, a new kitchen cupboard and an old screen door.

The cabinet was gone within 30 minutes, the screen was picked up in about two hours and the hose took an entire day to find its next owner. 

It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who loves finding treasures alongside the road.

Walking/Stretching Goals For This Year

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

Garden

The flowers in the garden are still going strong and we are picking ridiculous amounts of tomatoes.

I spotted a few basketball sized pumpkins growing in someone’s yard the other day and was shocked. We have a few growing along the fence but ours are still the size of a golf ball. 

I hope I didn’t plant them too late. I guess only time will tell.

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

The fence in the back still needs to be painted but I’ve been so busy with other things this summer that I haven’t gotten around to finishing. 

Plus the mosquitoes are still around and I don’t want to get bit. I’m thinking late September might be a good month to finish painting. 

House projects. They seem to come in waves around here. Right now though, I just want to enjoy what’s left of summer. 

Hey! It’s Monday already. Can you believe it? I hope you have a good one. 

~Mavis

Painting Goals For This Year

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