My Big List of Goals I’m Going to Accomplish in 2022 Week 52 of 52

Here’s my big list of things I want to accomplish in 2022:

Remodel The Kitchen 

By far the biggest project I wanted to complete this year was to remodel the kitchen. And well, we made it 95% of the way there. New floors, new cabinets, new countertops, new appliances, and a new pantry. 

We’re both happy with the way things turned out, and are looking forward to getting our new AGA stove and checking this goal off our list for good, sometime in mid 2023.

What was once a crowded, dark and claustrophobic kitchen with a weird layout, has been replaced with a light, airy and calm one.

Sell Enough Rugs to Buy an AGA Stove DONE!!!

I hit my goal of selling enough of my 2022 hooked rugs and pillows in my Etsy shop to pay for my new Duck Egg Blue AGA cooker sometime around July, and was pretty pumped about that. But when the stove arrived it was damaged.

And now we have to wait until the end of May 2023 for the new one to arrive. 

Fill the Canning Cupboard DONE

This goal was pretty straightforward; Fill the cupboard I bought specifically to fill with home canned goodness.

Mission accomplished. 😉 

So far this year I have canned:

• Apple Pie Filling
• Canned Carrots
• Green Tomato Piccalilli
• Sweet and Spicy Hot Sauce
• Costco Like Salsa
• Basil and Garlic Tomato Sauce
• Tomato Ketchup
• Tomato Bruchetta
• Raspberry Blueberry Jam
• Carrot Cake Jam
• Strawberry Lemon Jam
• Blueberry Lime Jam
• Strawberry Jam
• Cinnamon Rhubarb Jam
• Pickled Asparagus
• Ginger Pear Jam
• Spiced Christmas Jam
• Cranberry Sauce
• Split Pea and Ham Soup
• Beef Stew
• Zucchini Relish
• Heirloom Tomato Salsa

Not canned, but in jars:

• Real Maple Syrup

Earn Enough Money Selling {?????} To Pay For Our 2022 Grocery Tab By The End Of The Year.

I’ve decided to move this goal to 2023.

I just didn’t have enough time to devote to this goal this year. I had planned on selling my driftwood, rocks and other seaside finds online this year, but just ran out of time. Next year though…

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables. DONE

I think we did a pretty good job this year of eating our weight in fruits and vegetables. There’s always room for improvement of course, but for the most part, I think we did great.

Keep The Crafts… In The Craft Room. 

The old dining room.

The new dining room. 

While every week wasn’t a winner when it came to keeping the crafts out of the dining room, for the most part, I’d say I did a pretty good job of keeping our home clutter free {at least when construction wasn’t going on}.

Tap Our 2 Maple Trees and Make Maple Syrup {DONE}

It was a good experience, and since we still haven plenty of maple syrup left for last year’s harvest, we’ve decided to not tap our trees this winter… and I think the HH is pretty happy about that! 

Tapping your own trees, it’s a lot of work! Even when you only have 2 trees to tap.

Photo Credit Zoë Dawn Quilts

Make a Quilt Top

I had big plans of making a quilt for my bed this year but the reality of it is… I dislike sewing immensely and didn’t carve out the time that I should have to get the quilt done in time. 

It’s probably a goal I should have never set for myself in the first place, but hey, lucky for me, my friend  Zoë loves to quilt and she has all the proper tools/machines and is currently working on piecing it together for me. 

Moral of the story…. Do what you LOVE. And pay others to do what you don’t.

1 Craft / Blog Free Day a Week {I had 52 craft/blog free days this year so far.} DONE

I think I did a pretty good job of unplugging in 2022, but I think my husband would like to see me unplug even more in 2023. Finding that work/life balance… It can be sort of tricky. Especially when you work from home.

Be More Intentional With My Time DONE

Nailed it. 

Fact: Life is short. You’re running out of time. Get out there and do the things you want to do while you still can.

Keep My Husband Busy 

By far the biggest project my husband tackled in 2022 was sanding the wood floors in our house. It was a horrible dusty mess and the least fun either of us have had in a very long time but he did it and whoa Nellie what a difference it made.

The HH’s Honey Do List {so far} for 2022

He also did a stellar job of doing all the other man things mostly without complaint. Husbands. I’m convinced all they want to do {the good ones anyway} is to make us happy. 

I love my husband. 

He didn’t take over the cooking , remodel a bathroom or make me window boxes for the front of the house… but there’s always next year. 🙂

• Take over cooking {I’ll still do the baking and canning}
• Cut down the cluster of trees in the backyard DONE
• Build a new set of stairs down to the water. 
• Fill the field {with soil} DONE
• Remodel 1 bathroom
• Replace fireplace tile
• Build window boxes for the front of the house
• Order 4 cords of firewood by the end of May and stack them DONE
• Sand the floors in the entire house DONE
• Install new garage door openers DONE {new addition}

My House Projects For This Year {so far}

While I did get most of the big projects I wanted to accomplish this year done, I didn’t finish painting the outside of the house, or making something to hang over the console because so many other things popped up. But that’s okay, I still feel like I got a ton of things done. 

• Finish painting the outside of the house
• Finish painting the inside of the house 
• Make something to hang above our new console table
• Make it look like people actually live here 
• New window treatment for the kitchen window 

Try 24 New Recipes DONE

My favorite recipe I made this year was hands down the Dutch Oven Cinnamon Raisin Bread.

This year I have shared the following recipes:

• Cranberry Apple Galettes
• Thumbprint Cookies
• Pepperoni Pizza Focaccia 
• Chicken Corn Chowder
• Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon, Cranberries and Pecans
• Tomato Bruschetta
• Cranberry Coconut Bread
• Apple Pie Filling
• Canned Carrots
• Strawberry Lemon Jam
• Costco Salsa 
• Raspberry Blueberry Jam
• Pickled Asparagus
• Split Pea Soup
• Beef Stew
• Pressure Canned Split Pea and Ham Soup
• Hash Brown Waffles with Bacon and Cheese
• Bacon Cheddar Jalapeno Biscuits 
• Apple Cinnamon Granola
• Mrs. C’s Slow Cooker Pot Roast
• Ginger Pear Jam 
• Blueberry Lime Jam
• Lentils with Carrots and Thyme
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• Dutch Oven Olive and Rosemary Bread
• Air Fryer Bread
• Peach Lavender Jam

Listen to 12 Audiobooks {13/12 so far} DONE

My favorite book of the year: The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard.

• James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life  10/10
• The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard 10/10
• Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree 9/10
• Seven at Sea by Erik and Emily Orton 9/10
• The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin 10/10
• Dolly Parton, Songteller by Dolly Parton 10/10
• Salt to the Sea by Ruth Sepetys 10/10
• No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox 10/10
• Night Road by Kristen Hannah on Audiobook. 9/10
• Mill Town by Kerri Arsenault. Interesting. 8/10
• The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan 10/10
• On Writing Stephen King 10/10
• Taste by Stanley Tucci 8/10
• Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper 10/10

Get a Fishing License and Catch a Fish

Still no fish. Maybe next year? Who knows. 

This year was a pretty kooky one for gardening. I started the year with a misshapen lasagna garden out in the field and a small kitchen garden up by the house.

Then my husband bought a tractor.

And now I have a commune sized garden that I can’t even get into one photo because it’s so big. I have no idea what I’ll be growing next year, but you can bet your bacon that it will be a lot of something. 

Who knows… I may even have to set up a little farmstand at the end of my driveway to justify the madness.

This year we harvested: 853 pounds and 3 oz of fresh garden goodness. 

• Cabbage 36 pounds 9 ounces
• Radishes 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Broccoli 3.5 ounces
• Lettuce 1 pound 4 ounces
• Chives 1 pound 2 ounces
• Tomatoes 453 pounds 12 ounces 
• Blueberries .75 ounces
• Shelling Peas 7 pounds 4 ounces
• Green beans 25 pounds 11 ounces
• Zucchini 45 pounds 9 ounces
• Cucumbers 28 pounds 1 ounces
• Carrots 31 pounds 14 ounces
• Eggplant 4 pounds 2 ounces
• Cauliflower 2 pounds 13 ounces
• Peppers 17 pounds 4 ounces
• Garlic 9 ounces
• Onions 13 pounds 2 ounces
• Leeks 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Beets 24 pounds 1 ounces
• Potatoes 39 pounds 6 ounces
• Sweet Potatoes 1 pound 2 ounces
• Corn 32 ears
• Various Winter Squash {pumpkins, butternuts, delicata} 94 pounds 1 ounces
• Parsnips 3 pounds 9 ounces

My garden projects for this year:

• Map out this year’s garden by April 1st – Done
• Plant apple or pear trees – Done
• Plant raspberry and blueberry bushes  Done
• Plant asparagus and rhubarb – Done
• Grow 500 pounds of food Done
• Expand the lasagna garden We created a new garden plot instead Done
• Finish clearing the front of the property Done
• Get some garden pots for the front an back patio/porches Done

Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns and/or Kits Done! {34 out of 12 finished so far}

It was a CRAZY year in the rug hooking department here at Camp Butterfield. On my busiest day I shipped out 43 packages. 

I only had 2 goals for my rug hooking this year: Create 12 new rug hooking patterns, and make/sell enough of my finished pieces to pay for an AGA stove. 

I blew through both of those goals about halfway through the year and just kept truckin’. 

Be careful what you wish for… That’s all I have to say about that. 🙂

New Rug Hooking Patterns/Kits For 2022

• Olde Father Christmas
• Be Merry
• Olde Tom’s Harvest
• Fat Cat with Christmas Tree
• Tom and Tilly Turkey
• Fraktur Turkey
• The Willard Inn Pumpkin Patch
• Olde Sturbridge Pumpkin
• Autumn in the Garden
• Olde Salem Cat # 2
• Fat Black Cat with Pumpkins
• Small American Flag 
• Small Flower Basket
• Fat Black Cat
• Busy Little Bee – Brown
• Simple Red Heart
• Patriotic Tulips
• God Bless America
• American Chicken. 
• American Kitty
• USA Flag
• Olde Blue
• Chicks and Flowers 
• Scrappy Chicken
• Easter Egger Chicken
• Spring Arrives on Widsbee Farm
• Folk Art Chicken
• Valentine Kisses 
• 1736 Tulips
• Large Valentine Heart Runner
• Antique Flower Basket 
• Love Grows Fraktur Bird

Have All My 2022 Ornaments Finished by April 1st. Done!

All the ornaments I’ll be making for this year are done and listed in my Etsy shop. 

52 Walks  Done

Still, my favorite place to walk is the Rockland Breakwater. The view is always different. 

Visit 12 Towns in Maine That I Haven’t Been to Before

I actually thought visiting 12 different towns in Maine would be a piece of cake. But it turns out you actually have to make an effort to leave your house if you want to go exploring.

We did discover a few new towns and Boothbay and Bath were both at the top of our lists and places we’ll likely be going back to again and again. 

So far we’ve visited:

• Brunswick
• Alna, Maine
• Boothbay Harbor
• Washington General Store
• Hope General Store 
• Rockland, Maine
• Bath, Maine
• Skowhegan, Maine

It was a good year. 

I feel like we got a lot done, and had a good time along the way… and sometimes, that’s all you need. 

Good food, good company and a sense of humor. 

Goodbye 2022… Hello 2023. I’m ready for you. 

So how did YOU do with YOUR goals this year? 

~Mavis