My 14 Goals for 2020 Week 49 of 52

My 14 Goals for 2020

Goal #1 – Take Full Advantage of Having My Husband Home 24/7

Last week the HH installed the new light fixture in the entryway, and this week he worked on breaking up the tile. The whole process of breaking up the tile was a two day affair though because the person who installed the tile used some sort of super strength adhesive for a small section of the tile and so that meant the HH had to make the drive out to the hardware store to buy a new tool. 

An air hammer I think he called it. Anyway, all the tile is up now and so I’m pretty sure he’ll stare at it for another week, so some research about what the next step is, and then head back to the hardware store for more supplies. Whatever. As long as it’s done before Christmas… that’s all I care about. 🙂 

Goal #2 – Take Better Care of Myself. 

I wore pajamas more than I wore real clothes, I baked cookies, I worked on rug hooking patterns, we had a fire in the woodstove and I got plenty of rest {it’s so much easier to do that hear because it’s so quiet} and I woke up to a backyard full of snow this morning!!! What more could a girl ask for? 

Goal #3 – Get Organized

The HH helped me organized my work space area in the basement this week but we are still having a hard time figuring out the best layout for not only a wool dyeing station, but an area for me to do my pottery as well.

Space wise, I think there will be just enough room, but the basement has sort of an awkward layout and so figuring out where everything should go when we remodel the area has been a bit of a challenge. 

It would be so much easier to just call a contractor and have them take care of the whole project for us, but I also know there would be a HUGE savings if we could do it ourselves. 

Goal #4 – Get Proper Window Coverings on All Our Windows. Done!

Goal #5 – Master Bedroom Make Over Done!

Goal #6 – Kitchen Update Done!

Goal #7 – Install Vegetable Garden Done!

Goal #8 – Explore More of Maine Done!

Goal #9 – Host Some Sort of Get Together Done!

My motivation level to leave the house is pretty low these days. 🙂

Goal #10 – Read/Listen to 12 Books {1 more to go. I’m only counting real books, not cookbooks or home decor books}

I made it 2 hours and 25 minutes into The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline, and then couldn’t take it anymore and deleted the book. I think the only reason I hung in there so long was because I was drawing out patterns while I was listening to the story. 

A Christmas Carol by Dickens and The Best of Me by David Sedaris are still in my queue and still working my way through Chickens, Gin, and a Maine Friendship: The Correspondence of E. B. White and Edmund Ware Smith.

Books I’ve enjoyed this year:

• The Dutch House #1
• The Adventure’s Son #4
• Olive Kitteridge #5
• Olive, Again
• Evvie Drake Starts Over  #6
• Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers #7
• Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
• Save Me the Plums
• Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
• Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe 
• The New Bungalow Kitchen 
• Container Gardening by Stephanie Donaldson 
• The Nightingale #2
• A Piece of the World #3
• The War I Finally Won
• Vertical Gardening
• Front Yard Gardens
• The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook
• Beach House Style

Goal #11 – Learn A New Skill or Craft Done

I learned how to make swizzle sticks with my former neighbor and I think they turned out great for my first try {you can see the kiln pictures here}.

Goal #12 – Visit 12  Museums, Historical Homes or Botanical Gardens {and bakeries too!} Done!

No adventures this past week, but Lucy had plenty of birds {and 1 chipmunk} stop by her feeders and we saw a loon out on the water. 

• The Mitten Store
• Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
• The Island Market 
• Cafe DiCocoa
• Hungry Hollow Country Store
• Two Fat Cats Bakery
• Portland Museum of Art
• Speckled Ax 
• Atlantic Baking Company
• Rockland, St. George, Cushing and Port Clyde Maine
• Bar Harbor and Desert Island Adventures Day One, Day Two and the Summer Cottage Rental Tour.
• Tinder Hearth Bakery in Brooksville, Maine
• Puzzle Mountain Bakery Pie Stand in Newry, Maine
• Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, Maine
• The Bees Knees Honey Stand in Kennebunkport, Maine
• Rococo Ice Cream Kennebunkport, Maine
• Beech Hill Farm Hopkinton, NH
• Wallingford Farm in Kennebunk, Maine
• Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine
• The Gnome Lady, Thomaston, Maine

Goal # 13 – Reach 5,000 Etsy Sales by the End of The Year DONE!

As of this morning, I have made 5635 sales on Etsy. That’s up from 2804 on January 1st. Hot dog! On Friday I listed some more wool bundles and added a new rug hooking kit to my Etsy shop. 

I sold lot’s of ornaments this past week and now I’m down to 1 cardinal, a few chickens, some hedgehogs and mushrooms and the classics {candy canes, reindeer, and gingerbread}. It’s been fun to see which ornaments go to what states. For instance, I tend to ship more whales to Massachusetts and California, hedgehogs to the Mid-West and cardinals to the East Coast. 

Goal #14 – Once a Month Menu Planning {for 2}

• The HH’s current meal plan for the rest of the month: Snack, snacks and more snacks.
• My current meal plan for the rest of the month: SOUP!

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Have YOU made any goals for this year? If so, DO TELL! We all want to hear about them.

Have a great Sunday everyone, stay warm. 

~Mavis