My Big List of Goals I’m Going to Accomplish in 2022 Week 20 of 52

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

Remodel The Kitchen

All kitchen projects are on hold until the dishwasher, and oven are delivered. Which is a good thing… because I’m having too much fun playing in my new religious family sized garden plot to care about anything kitchen related. 🙂

Sell Enough Rugs to Buy an AGA Stove {$12,777.50 of $22,000 earned so far}

I’m more than halfway there! Luckily the stove isn’t supposed to arrive until the end of summer so I still have plenty of time to hook and sell new pieces. 🙂 

Fill the Canning Cupboard 

Hopefully 120 days from now this sucker will be FULL of homemade goodness. 

So far this year I have canned:

• Cinnamon Rhubarb Jam
• Pickled Asparagus
• Ginger Pear Jam
• Spiced Christmas Jam

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 think I’ll just have to wait until things calm down before I list my beach finds. 

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables.

Working on it! 

Yesterday I moved the cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts from the lasagna garden over to the religious garden as the HH wants to work on leveling the field {the lasagna garden} area a bit more this summer. 

Keep The Crafts… In The Craft Room.

This marks 3 straight weeks that the crafts have stayed out of the craft room. Shocking, I know!

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

It was a good experience, and we’re going to do it again next year {although I would like to find a few more trees to tap so our yield is a bit higher}. 

Make a Quilt Top

I made zero progress on my quilt top this past week. But I have until the end of the year to complete this goal so I’m not too worried about it. 

Be More Intentional With My Time

Garden by day, hook by night. That’s my summer routine. And I’m loving it. 🙂 

1 Craft / Blog Free Day {I’ve had 17 craft/blog free days this year so far.}

Keep My Husband Busy 

Our new batch of garden soil was delivered yesterday morning but because it had rained the night before, the ground was a soggy mess and so the HH didn’t want to ruin the grass by loading up 500 pounds of dirt in the bucket of the tractor and driving it over the grass. 

So he started hauling wheelbarrow loads full of the soil down to the garden.

And then the handle on the wheelbarrow broke. 

Mavis: But I just dug up the raspberry canes!!! Can’t you fix it? 

HH: It’s a specific piece of wood! No, I can’t just go cut a piece of wood and attach it. I’ll have to go to the hardware store and get a new one tomorrow. 

Mavis: But I need to get my raspberries in the ground today!!

Well, it took a little longer to haul the soil down to the garden… but he did it with 1 handle. 

He loves me. 🙂

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

• 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} 
• Remodel 1 bathroom
• Replace fireplace tile
• Build window boxes for the front of the house
• Build an arbor for the wisteria
• Order 4 cords of firewood by the end of May and stack them in an artful way {like they did in the book Norwegian Wood}.
• Sand the floors in the entire house DONE
• Install new garage door openers {new addition}
• Build a wood shed {new addition}

My House Projects For This Year {so far}

My next project will be touching up the paint on the side of the barn {because the HH ripped the side of it off trying to move around the dirt pile with his tractor. Whoops. 

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

Try 24 New Recipes {9 down, 15 to go}

Not a new recipe, but I did make a batch of cinnamon rhubarb jam this past week. Delicious!

So far this year I have shared the following recipes:

• Pickled Asparagus
• Hash Brown Waffles with Bacon and Cheese
• Bacon Cheddar Jalapeno Biscuits 
• Apple Cinnamon Granola
• Mrs. C’s Slow Cooker Pot Roast
• Ginger Pear Jam 
• Lentils with Carrots and Thyme
• Dutch Oven Cinnamon Raisin Bread
• Dutch Oven Olive and Rosemary Bread

Listen to 12 Audiobooks {10/12 so far}

I finished listening to The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard and also listened to The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin. Both were excellent.

Audiobooks I’ve listened to this year:  

• The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard 10/10
• The Last Bookshop in Londonby 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

Get a Fishing License and Catch a Fish

But first, we have to get the dinghy in the water.

My List of Garden Projects For This Year I want to Accomplish

Next on my list is to get all my pepper and tomato plants in the ground. I anticipate having that done by mid week. 

This week I’ll be starting  melons and pumpkin seeds {indoors}.

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

Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns and/or Kits Done! {16 out of 12 finished so far}

I added 2 new patterns/kits to my Etsy shop last night; God Bless America and American Chicken. 

New Rug Hooking Patterns/Kits For 2022

• Patriotic Tulips
• 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!

I’m done with garden markers and ornaments for the year. Yipee!

52 Walks {We’ve gone on 11 of 52 so far}

Walking this week consisted of walking to and from the new garden plot {about a million different times}. 🙂 

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

Washington, Maine! 🙂 What a fun little town. Now that the weather has warmed up, we’re looking forward to getting out more and exploring. 

So far we’ve visited:

• Washington General Store
• Hope General Store 

How about YOU? How did you do with working towards your goals for 2022? 

~Mavis