My Big List of Goals I’m Going to Accomplish in 2022 Week 45 of 52

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

Remodel The Kitchen 

Running water in the kitchen. Giddy up! If you’ve ever been without plumbing in the kitchen for any length of time, well, you know how excited I am. And just in time for pie season too. Life is good!

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. But since the stove was damaged… We have to wait until the end of May 2023 for the new one to arrive. 🙁

Fill the Canning Cupboard DONE

I think I’m going to crack open a jar or two of the apple pie filling this week and try my hand at apple turnovers. 

Have you made those before? Do you have any tips? I still have a box and a half of puff pastry in the fridge but I don’t know, turnovers still seem a little intimidating.

So far this year I have canned:

• Apple Pie Filling
• Canned Carrots
• 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’ve decided to move this goal to 2023.

I just didn’t have enough time to devote to this goal this year. I had planned on making a few spinner gourd garlands this year for fall, but there is just too much other stuff going on right now to make it a priority.

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables.

Tis the season for butternut squash. And we’re eating a lot of it. 

Keep The Crafts… In The Craft Room.

Hey now, what’s that? A clean {and craft free} dining room two weeks in a row. Let’s see if I can make it 3. 

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

My quilt squares and quilting fabric for the background have been shipped off my friend Zoë. Her sewing calendar is pretty full right now, but she has me on her list for January. 

I’m excited to see how the quilt turns out.

1 Craft / Blog Free Day a Week {I’ve had 44 craft/blog free days this year so far.}

I was able to stay off the internet one day last week. maybe I should up my game and try for two next year. 

Be More Intentional With My Time

I had a very productive week. I baked a lot, stitched 8 pillows together, dyed wool, mailed orders, kept the house picked up {not an easy task} when you’re a full time crafter and even made it outside a few times to enjoy the fall foliage. 

When I was out there though, I noticed the day lilies were coming up. That’s not good! It’s been so unseasonably warm here for November though {66 yesterday!} that I think the plants are confused. 

I can’t decide if this means we are going to have a wicked cold winter {when it finally arrives} or we aren’t going to get much snow this year. Hmm.

Keep My Husband Busy 

The HH kept plenty busy with all his man chores last week but now I have a new one to add to his list. 

Clean out the woodstove pipe! I went to light a fire one morning and there was a bunch of creosote on top of the logs {I had set the logs up the night before}. 

That’s not good!

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}

Next on my list is patching up the two new trim pieces and lower walls in the kitchen that the HH attached once the cabinets were installed.

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 {21 down, 3 to go}

This past week I shared my recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip bread.

So far this year I have shared the following recipes:

• Tomato Bruschetta
• Apple Pie Filling
• Canned Carrots
• 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 {13/12 so far} DONE

No new audiobooks 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

All that’s left now are the parsnips and fresh thyme. 

So far this year we’ve harvested: 849 pounds and 10 oz of fresh garden goodness. 

• Cabbage 36 pounds 9 ounces
• Radishes 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Broccoli 3.5 ounces
• Lettuce 1 pound 4 ounces
• Chives 1 pound 2 ounces
• Tomatoes 453 pounds 12 ounces 
• Blueberries .75 ounces
• Shelling Peas 7 pounds 4 ounces
• Green beans 25 pounds 11 ounces
• Zucchini 45 pounds 9 ounces
• Cucumbers 28 pounds 1 ounces
• Carrots 31 pounds 14 ounces
• Eggplant 4 pounds 2 ounces
• Cauliflower 2 pounds 13 ounces
• Peppers 17 pounds 4 ounces
• Garlic 9 ounces
• Onions 13 pounds 2 ounces
• Leeks 3 pounds 14 ounces
• Beets 24 pounds 1 ounces
• Potatoes 39 pounds 6 ounces
• Sweet Potatoes 1 pound 2 ounces
• Corn 32 ears
• Various Winter Squash {pumpkins, butternuts, delicata} 94 pounds 1 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 Done
• Get some garden pots for the front an back patio/porches Done

Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns and/or Kits Done! {34 out of 12 finished so far}

Last night I updated my Etsy Shopwith pillows. I should have another 3 more to list next weekend and then I think I’m done listing {finished pieces} for the rest of the year. I’ll still continue to work on dyeing wool. 

New Rug Hooking Patterns/Kits For 2022

• Olde Father Christmas
• Be Merry
• Olde Tom’s Harvest
• Fat Cat with Christmas Tree
• 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!

All the ornaments I’ll be making for this year are done and listed in my Etsy shop. 🙂 

52 Walks {We’ve gone on 45 of 52 so far}

This past week the HH and I walked around Belfast, Maine for a bit. We didn’t end up eating out or buying anything but did enjoy walking around the old downtown. 

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

So far we’ve visited:

• Brunswick
• 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