My Big List of Goals I’m Going to Accomplish in 2022 Week 38 of 52

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

Remodel The Kitchen 

I finally got all my painting done in the kitchen and so my part is done. The HH will remove the rest of the kitchen cabinets and sink {and plumbing} in a few days and then we’ll be all ready for the cabinet guys to do their thing. 

We’re SO CLOSE!

Oh, and the new registers we ordered arrived. I think they’ll look just a wee bit better than the old ones. 😉

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. Now we just have to wait for the cabinets to be installed and then we can have the 800+ pound cooker installed. 

Fill the Canning Cupboard 

Look at all the home canned goodness! Holy smokes… we’ve been busy this summer. 

So far this year I have canned:

• 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 meant to list the acorns last week but a few other projects cropped up and I’ll try again this week. 

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables.

While we’re no longer swimming in tomatoes, we still have plenty to snack on. But not for long… I think we only have a week or two left. 

Keep The Crafts… In The Craft Room.

Hey, look at that! No crafts on the dining room table, can you believe it? Now I just need to get something hung {maybe one of my larger rugs?} over the sideboard. 

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 just need to cut squares out of the white fabric. And then I think I’ll be shipping all my cut pieces and backing to Camp Zoë to finish it for me. 🙂 Sometimes you just have to know you’re limits. 

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

No craft/blog free days for me and the puggle princess this past week. With all the Etsy stuff and painting, I hardly had time to sit down and eat. 

Be More Intentional With My Time

It was a good week for staying on task. 

Keep My Husband Busy 

The HH was busy will all his man stuff last week {although I can’t remember what all that was} and he even surprised me with a sack of daffodil bulbs from one of his many trips to The Home Depot. How sweet was that? 

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}

Not only did I finish painting in the kitchen, but I also discovered I could remove the window grids that were in the kitchen window … And so I did. It’s so much nicer now to look out to the kitchen garden with an unobstructed view. 

I don’t know why I didn’t think to do it sooner.

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 {Have it, just waiting for the HH to install it}

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

I canned piccalilli this week. If you haven’t tried making it before you totally should. The stuff rocks! 

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 but I did reorganize my mostly Maine books. 

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

The peppers are still producing and we picked a few pounds of cherry tomatoes. There are still beets, carrots, onions, beans and squash to harvest but I was so busy with other stuff this past week that I didn’t get a chance to harvest much. 

Everything {but the parsnips} should be wrapping up here in a few more weeks. 

So far this year we’ve harvested: 716 pounds and 5 oz. 

• Cabbage 36 pounds 9 ounces
• Radishes 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Broccoli 3.5 ounces
• Lettuce 1 pound 4 ounces
• Chives 15 ounces
• Tomatoes 436 pounds 8 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 13 pounds 11 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}

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}. 

52 Walks {We’ve gone on 24 of 52 so far}

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