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Not Impressed With Our Debt – Reboot

I have resurrected this blog series because my only goal this year now that my mom is on the mend is to pay off $10,000 in debt.

We started off the year with $20,160.72 in credit card debt. As we stand right now at the end of June 6 months into the year, we are at $13,706.68 in credit card debt.

That is $6454.04 paid off!

My goal for July is to pay off another $3000 in debt, which will bring me about $500 away from my goal.

I love July for our paychecks because my husband gets 5 and I get 3 paychecks. Woohoo!

That’s what I got for now. I’ll update again next week.

How is your debt journey going?

-MM

2026 Goals

On April 26th my mother had a brain hemorrhage. Luckily, her friend was coming to pick her up for brunch after church. Otherwise, we probably would not have found her in time. She was perfectly fine, just 45 minutes earlier, with me at church.

We have all learned a lot the last 2 months for which I will post about at a later date. My mother is doing well, but it has been a very exhausting and tiring road.

Suffice it to say my goals are just not my goals anymore after all of this.

Out of the list of goals I made for myself for 2026, the only goal I care about achieving is to pay off $10,000 in debt.

So, from this point forward, my paying off our debt posts will go back to being posted as Not Impressed With Our Debt. I prefer that way of posting anyways.

I have lots to update on this…my only goal this year. Seems weird to only have one goal but what a goal it is!

I’ll update soon!

-MM

SAL-Heirloom Bride Ornament 9

I am doing a happy dance because I finished stitching ornament 9!

Here is where I left off on #9

Here it is finished:

Boy, did that back stitching do the trick!

I started #11 and this is my progress on it:

Not much on this one but she is gonna be a beauty. Wait and see 🙂

That’s it for this update. Welcome back Cindy!

See you in 3 weeks!

SAL-Heirloom Bride Ornaments 9 and 10

I finally got some stitching done!

Here is where I left off on #9 of the set of ornaments:

Here is where I am now:

A few more spots to fill in and some backstitching to do.

And here is where I left off with #10

And here is #10 fully stitched!

I hope to get #9 finished by next update and both sewn into ornaments by next update.

Now I can’t wait to see what the other ladies are up to. I have missed a lot!

See you in 3 weeks!

Linda, MaryMargaret, Helen

SAL-Heirloom Bride Ornament – #10

Unfortunately I didn’t get one stitch done in the last three weeks 😢.

Hopefully I’ll have some progress next time.

Please visit the other blogs to see what other fabulous stitchy projects they are stitching. We are all working on different pieces!

Linda, MaryMargaret, Helen

2026 Goals March Update

The first quarter of 2026 is in the books and it has been a busy few months. I have been working on my goals somewhat but outside commitments have kept me off-track in the goal dept. Let’s see what my progress has been.

#1 Exercise/Walk More

Every time we get a good weather day my husband and I are out walking after work. I have also been working on doing some exercises to strengthen my legs. That’s the weakest part of me.

#2 Read 52 Books

In February and March I read 6 more books! Below are the six I read. I have been diving into author Sara Goodman Confino’s titles and I really enjoy them. Eight books down 44 to go.

#3 Cook More At Home

I have done plenty of cooking at home in the last two months but we have also enjoyed using some gift cards to eat out too. I hope to get back to more home cooking in April.

#4 Bake More For Us

Well….I did bake a pie for us once this month lol. Focus Mary Margaret focus!

#5 Get $10,000 in Etsy Sales

Ok here’s the one thing I can say I hit out of the park since the beginning of the year. I sold 1/3 of my Etsy inventory in March and right now my sales stand at $3685.55! I don’t foresee any problems hitting $10,000 in Etsy sales this year. Woohoo!

#6 Get My Little Bakery Cabinet Up and Running

Nothing yet on this one. But we are getting there.

#7 Journal as Much as Possible

I downloaded a new app to help me with this. It’s called Day One. I searched and looked at other apps for journaling and the options on this app were exactly what I was looking for. I can upload photos, videos, documents to an entry. I can have multiple journals and they have templates you can use or create your own and the best part…at the end of the year I can have the whole journal printed and bound and sent to me. I am looking forward to that the most. I have tried handwriting my own journal but I just don’t stick with it. I am going to keep using this and see how it goes.

#8 Home/Garden Focused

My seeds have been ordered and I have already planted a ton of them indoors. Don’t they look great?! In the journaling app I have created a gardening journal. I love it!

In the home department I didnt get much done unfortunately but I did ask Chat GPT to help me with house colors. Which one do you like?

#9 All New Wardrobe

For this goal I need to get more organized. I got rid of some of my clothes but I don’t have a large wardrobe to begin with and I like it that way. I did a get a Sitch Fix and tried Wantable and Dailylook. I have to say out of the three Stitch Fix is still my favorite and the most economical.

#10 Pay off $10,000 in credit card debt

So far this year I have paid off $3558.88 in debt! Wahoo!!

#11 Organize/Hoe Out House/Work on a Cleaning Schedule/Work Smarter Not Harder

Nada done on this goal.

#12 Spend More Time With My Husband

Honestly, we have spent more time together binge watching shows this winter than ever before! We finished all 4 seasons of Ted Lasso, 2 seasons of the Gilded Age, 3 Seasons of The Floor and 4 Seasons of Traitors. And we had a blast doing it!

#13 Less Screen Time

Ugh, I am so sick of battling with screen time. One night it was so bad… I couldn’t sleep for the 4th night in a row. I got up and was playing a game and got so angry I deleted every single game on my phone including solitaire. From that night on I didn’t have a problem getting to sleep. A few days ago I downloaded a simple game called Arrows and the last 3 nights I couldn’t sleep again. Welp gone was that game too!

SAL-Heirloom Bride Ornament – #10

The last three weeks, I have been all over the place with my stitching. I didn’t do any more on my Santa, but I did start another of the ornaments which is below;

I also started another project which I will share next time. I hope to have both of these ornaments done by next update!

Please visit the other blogs to see what other fabulous stitchy projects they are stitching. We are all working on different pieces!

SAL-Heirloom Bride Ornament – #9 Giving

It’s been another 3 weeks and I am so close to a finish but I ran out of the last color so now I am going to substitute, because honestly, that particular off-white color would not have shown up on this background anyways.

Here’s the before:

And here is the after:

That’s it for me this update. Next update will be a finish. I promise! Time to hop to the other stitchers in our group!

Thank you, Avis, for organizing this Stitch-a-Long. Please visit the other blogs to see what other fabulous stitchy projects they are stitching. We are all working on different pieces!

SAL-Heirloom Bride Ornament – #9 Giving

It’s been three weeks since our last update, and I only stitched probably one day on this project since then.

Here’s the before:

And here is the after:

That’s it for me this update. Time to hop to the other stitchers in our group!

Thank you, Avis, for organizing this Stitch-a-Long. Please visit the other blogs to see what other fabulous stitchy projects they are stitching. We are all working on different pieces!