My Big List of Goals I’m Going to Accomplish in 2022 Week 37 of 52

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

Remodel The Kitchen 

The good news is I only have 1 more coat of white paint to add to the walls in the kitchen.

The bad news is that since the kitchen wall connects to the wall that’s behind the canning cupboard, I’ll have to take all the jars out so I can move the cupboard to paint behind it. 

Oh well. At least now I’ll be able to count how many jars are in there. 

 

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.

The cabinets are slated to be installed the first week in October and the AGA will be delivered the week after that. Countertops will likely be installed 4-6 weeks AFTER the cabinets are in so that means we will be without any plumbing in the kitchen {sink, dishwasher} until those are done. 

I stocked up on paper plates and bowls since we’ll be without a sink for 4-6 weeks. Should be fun. 🙂 

Fill the Canning Cupboard 

The canning cupboard is almost full! 

So far this year I have canned:

• 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.

Anyone know what the going rate for acorns is? 🙂 I think I’ll list a few boxes in my Etsy shop tonight and see what happens. 

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables.

Corn and squash are what’s it’s all about these days. 

Keep The Crafts… In The Craft Room.

HA HA HA. What can I say. Some months are better than others. 

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

No comment. 

1 Craft / Blog Free Day a Week {I’ve had 36 craft/blog free days this year so far.}

Lucy and I spent an entire day in the garden moving the raspberry and blueberry plants from the religious garden to the kitchen garden for the winter. 

The HH has plans for amending the soil down in the religious garden next week so we figured we might as well move everything while we can.  This way he will be able to till everything up and create new rows for next year.

Be More Intentional With My Time

I stayed in, worked in the garden, dyed wool and finished a few rugs. It was a good week. Busy, but good. 

Keep My Husband Busy 

The HH’s big project this week was replacing the door and glass gaskets on the wood stove door. I don’t think this was an especially fun task, but he did it and now we’re all ready to heat our home with wood this winter. Yee-Haw. 

Thank goodness for handy husbands.

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 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}

One of these days I’ll be done painting. 

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 {working on it!}
• New window treatment for the kitchen window {ordered!}

Try 24 New Recipes {19 down, 5 to go}

I didn’t try any new recipes this past week but I’ve been craving some of the beef stew we canned earlier this year. We’re waiting for the first snowfall to crack open a jar though. 

So far this year I have shared the following recipes:

• Tomato Bruschetta
• 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
• Dutch Oven Cinnamon Raisin Bread
• Dutch Oven Olive and Rosemary Bread
• Air Fryer Bread
• Peach Lavender Jam

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

No new books this past week. 

Audiobooks I’ve listened to this year:  

• 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. 

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

Rain is in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday so I think I’ll head out to the garden later today and see if there are any more squash that are ready to be harvested.  I harvested the ones above a few days ago. 🙂 

So far this year we’ve harvested: 712 pounds and 0 oz. 

• Cabbage 36 pounds 9 ounces
• Radishes 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Broccoli 3.5 ounces
• Lettuce 1 pound 4 ounces
• Chives 15 ounces
• Tomatoes 433 pounds 4 ounces 
• Blueberries .75 ounces
• Shelling Peas 7 pounds 4 ounces
• Green beans 16 pounds 7 ounces
• Zucchini 45 pounds 9 ounces
• Cucumbers 28 pounds 1 ounces
• Carrots 28 pounds 3 ounces
• Eggplant 4 pounds 2 ounces
• Cauliflower 2 pounds 13 ounces
• Peppers 12 pounds 13 ounces
• Garlic 9 ounces
• Onions 9 pounds 12 ounces
• Leeks 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Beets 17 pounds 15 ounces
• Potatoes 30 pounds 15 ounces
• Sweet Potatoes 1 pound 2 ounces
• Corn 32 ears
• Various Winter Squash {pumpkins, butternuts, delicata} 12 pounds 14 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
• Get some garden pots for the front an back patio/porches Done

Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns and/or Kits Done! {28 out of 12 finished so far}

I added a bunch of new listings to my Etsy shop last night and now I’m trying to figure out when I’ll be ready to list again.  

New Rug Hooking Patterns/Kits For 2022

• 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!

I thought I was done with garden markers and ornaments for the year but decided to make a few batches of mini ornaments {for feather trees and package toppers}. I’ll be listing them later today. 

52 Walks {We’ve gone on 23 of 52 so far}

On one of the colder mornings we took a walk out to the Rockland Breakwater this past week. The walk is 3/4 of a mile each way and there’s always loads to see. 

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

So far we’ve visited:

• Alna, Maine
• Boothbay Harbor
• Washington General Store
• Hope General Store 

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

~Mavis