My Big List of Goals I’m Going to Accomplish in 2022 Week 25 of 52

 

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

Remodel The Kitchen

We just signed off on our final design plans for the kitchen cabinets and that feels good. They won’t be installed until September, but still, it feels nice to have all that done. We also decided on the pulls for the drawers, and the latches for the cabinets too. Yee-Haw. 

 

Sell Enough Rugs to Buy an AGA Stove {$21,114.80 of $22,000 earned so far}

I sold a few more of my *new* finished pieces in my Etsy shop this past week and now I only need to sell $885.20 more to reach my goal!!! HOT DOG! I’m almost there. 🙂 🙂 🙂 

Fill the Canning Cupboard 

Last week I added Blueberry Lime Jam to the canning cupboard!  

So far this year I have canned:

• 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

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.

My favorite way to eat a banana. 🙂

Keep The Crafts… In The Craft Room.

I had another successful week keeping my craft projects out of the dining room. 

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

Maybe this fall? 

Be More Intentional With My Time

It was another great week here in Maine. 🙂 Lot’s of gardening, time out on the water, rug hooking and eating beans and rice. Seriously, what more could a girl ask for? 

1 Craft / Blog Free Day {I’ve had 22 craft/blog free days this year so far.}

Keep My Husband Busy 

It was a busy week for the HH. The work just never ends for that man. 🙂 

There were some old timbers down by the water {the previous owners stored their kayaks on them} so the HH brought them up closer to the house so he could use them for stacking wood. Something tells me he’s going to need a lot more timbers to get all 4 cords of the wood stacked. 

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} DONE
• Remodel 1 bathroom
• Replace fireplace tile
• Build window boxes for the front of the house
• Build an arbor for the wisteria {We decided to move the wisteria to another location instead}
• 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}

My House Projects For This Year {so far}

I still need to paint the back of the house! But I’m having so much fun in the garden… I can’t seem to get anything else done. I love this time of year. There is so much to do from sun up to sun down and although I love winter, it feels really nice to be outside all the time in the sunshine too.

Things I need to get done this year:

• 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 HA HA HA
• New window treatment for the kitchen window

Try 24 New Recipes {13 down, 11 to go}

Still no oven… but I did share a new recipe this past week. Blueberry Lime Jam. 

So far this year I have shared the following recipes:

• 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
• Dutch Oven Cinnamon Raisin Bread
• Dutch Oven Olive and Rosemary Bread

Listen to 12 Audiobooks {11/12 so far}

I am currently listening to Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm by Isabella Tree and I must say that the narrator has a wonderfully soothing British voice. 

Audiobooks I’ve listened to this year:  

• The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard 10/10
• Seven at Sea by Erik and Emily Orton 9/10
• 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.

HH if you are reading this HURRY UP and get us some fishing poles!!!

We talked with a guy who was fishing off the dock by the General Store {and catching mackerel to use as bait}. He told us where he goes fishing for striped bass and it turns out it’s right around the corner from us. Exciting! Now… if we just had some poles.

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

• Map out this year’s garden by April 1st – done
• Plant apple or pear trees – done
• 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

“The Willard Inn Pumpkin Patch” an adaptation of a Doreen Frost Design

Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns and/or Kits Done! {26 out of 12 finished so far}

This past week I added 5 {yes, FIVE!} new rug hoking patterns/kits to my Etsy shop. 

New Rug Hooking Patterns/Kits For 2022

• 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!

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

52 Walks {We’ve gone on 13 of 52 so far}

Yesterday we walked around an art festival and all around downtown Belfast. I’ll tell you more about it later. 🙂 

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

Boothbay Harbor it’s my new favorite town. If you’re headed to Maine this summer put it on your list!

So far we’ve visited:

• Boothbay Harbor
• Washington General Store
• Hope General Store 

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

~Mavis