One Hundred Dollars a Month

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” ~ Oprah Winfrey 

My goals for 2018

Goal #1 – Write Like No One is Reading.

“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.” ~  Barbara Kingsolver

Goal #2 – Slow Down

I like to call this photo: “When every surface in your house is covered with craft projects”.

Goal #3 – Shop Small

The three baskets I ordered off Etsy last week arrived and my oh my they are lovely. I’ve already hung the first one up on the wall and put a bit of bittersweet in it. {Also, thank you to everyone for identifying the plant for me!}.

Goal # 4 – Have a Designated Meal Prep Day

Snow, snow, and more snow is on the menu this week.

In other news, today only, Amazon has my favorite USA Bakeware Pans on sale. I love the quality of their pans and I’ve had my eye on their Madeleine pan for sometime now. I finally splurged on it this morning because of the deal. The HH loves those little cookies.

Goal #5 – Install a Vegetable Garden Done!

Goal #6 – Clear Land for a Chicken Coop and Future Raised Garden Bed Area Done!

We decided to not buy a chicken water warmer and instead just bring the waterer inside the garage each night. The idea of running an extension cord all the way out to the coop didn’t appeal the the HH, and since he and Lucy check on the chickens multiple times a day on their walks anyways, it just seem liked an easy solution.

Goal #7 – Grow 500 Pounds of Vegetables Done!

You can read about my latest gardening escapades HERE. These days though, we are harvesting snow.

Goal #8 – Hook 100 Rugs Done!

Even though there is a stack of rugs I need to get to, I took the week off from hooking to work on re-stocking the wool stash in my Etsy shop. Hand dyeing wool is pretty laborious, but it’s also very satisfying when the colors are spot on.

River Rock Hand Dyed Wool

Also, if that camp stove I bought over the summer? It’s AWESOME!!! I only wish I had bought one sooner.

Goal #9 – Make a Set of Dolls

Soon!

Goal #10 – Make a Sampler, Frame it and Hang it on the Wall Done!

Goal #11 – Visit 22 Bakeries

We were supposed to check out a new bakery last week but stayed local because snow was in the forecast {we ended up with 6″}. Hopefully we can go to Stockbridge after Thanksgiving.

Goal #12 – Start a Collection

For date day last week the HH and I went to an antique store and came home with a lovely set of vintage stoneware bowls {just the right color for my kitchen!} a small mustard candy dish and 4 cider bottles that were marked that they were from the late 1800’s. Pretty neat-o if you ask me.

Goal #13 – Read {or listen to} 26 Books

Thanks to One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Peggy, the HH and I were able to enjoy 4 copies of Early American Life Magazine last week. I totally need to subscribe to this magazine! Thanks Peggy. 🙂

Also, the HH and I made a trip out to Barnes and Noble to see if my chicken pillow made the cover of Country Home Magazine. Well, it didn’t. So I emailed the person in charge of the photo shoot and they said the editors decided to go with a different cover for the winter issue. {I knew I shouldn’t have said anything about it on the blog! I feel like I jinxed myself!} Oh well, maybe the photo will be used in another issue.

Goal #14 – Try 12 New Canning Recipes

A new canning recipe {It has cranberries in it!!} will be on the blog on Tuesday, just in time for those leftover turkey sandwiches.

So far this year I’ve canned:

• Spiced Christmas Jam
• Apple Cider Butter
• Tomato Sauce
• Carrot Cake Jam
• Cucumber Relish
• Spiced Peach {Crazy good!!!}
• Blueberry Jam {without the mint}
• Pickled Beets {without the funky spices}
• Cherry Almond Jam {freakin’ AWESOME}
• Susan’s Lilac Blossom Jelly

Goal #15 – Secret {for now} Holiday Project

I pulled the sweetest little hedgehog ornaments out of the kiln last week and I am so in love with them and their crackle finish.

How about YOU? Do you have any updates on your goals to share? We’d love to hear about them.

~Mavis

Read About My 2018 Goals HERE.