My Goals For 2025 Week 19 of 52

Online Things

It was a FANTASTIC week in the online department.

#1 I finally wrote a post {and made a video} of how to hook a rug. It only took me 10 years… But now I can check it off my to-do list!

#2 I celebrated by going to FIKA and loading up on pastries.

#3 I made a wee bit of progress on my latest pattern.

#4 I am now at 18,902 sales on Etsy. Only 1,98 more to go. Basically all I need to do is sell 4.72 items a day for the rest of the year and I’ll reach my goal.

Online Goals for 2025

• Reach 20,000 sales in Etsy shop MavisButterfield {I’m currently at 18,902}
• In Stock and Ready to Ship by March 31st {DONE!}
• Create 4 new patterns/kits  {2 completed so far; Great Black Whale Rug  and Pod of Black Whales
• Take all new pictures + videos for Etsy shop {in progress}
• Get as much as humanly possible done online January – March of this year. 
• Stop picking up my phone so much {Doing great with this!}
• Spend less than 3 hours a day online {Yep!}
• Tidy up the back end of the blog HA HA HA

I got 2 walls painted downstairs. I plan on painting the trim on those two walls before moving on to the next section.

Ideally it would be nice if I could get the entire downstairs painted by the end of the month. We’ll see what happens.

We also went to the tile store to check out our options for our main bathroom. It’s down to two choices. And THANK YOU for all your input. Clearly the majority of you like the tiles with the little flecks of blue. 🙂

House Things

• Paint The Inside Of The House {including closets!}
• Paint The Interior Window Trim 
• Remodel Bathroom #1
• Freshen up Bathroom #2 {Just need to install the facet and hang something on the wall}
• Put Stuff On The Walls
• Work on “new” Kitchen Game Plan

Garden Things

It was a good week in the garden.

Although it rained most of the week we were able to get the side door painted, finish staining the wooden platform and get the giant white planted stuffed full of pea starts.

Today and tomorrow are supposed to be really nice around here so I’m hoping we can get some edging done in the front and maybe install a birdhouse in the back.

I still need to find a few pots for the stairs in the back so maybe we can squeeze in a trip to the garden center too.

The flats of basil and tomatoes that I planted are coming along nicely. I’ll probably repot them this week and also get my cucumber, zucchini and beans started if we can get the side yard dug up.

Garden Goals

• Grow 365 pounds of food in my teeny tiny backyard.
• Install a side yard {flower} garden {hopefully next week}
• Make a Potting Bench {decided I didn’t need one}
• Make a Garden Cart to sell flowers/veggies out front 

Kitchen Things

I ate in the kitchen… and made chocolate chip cookie dough but that was about it. 🙂 No new recipes. 

• Try 12 new recipes {3 down, 9 to go}
• Fill the canning cupboard 

New Recipes I’ve Shared This Year

• Double Chocolate Rye Cookies
• Velveeta Zesty Chili Dip
• Haddock and Corn Chowder
• The Best Way To Freeze Avocados
• Freezing Refried Beans

Travel Things

My friend Jen is in Wales right now with a tour group and sent me photos from a sheep farm. I’m so jealous! Wales is on my list of places I’d like to go to someday.

Have you been?

• Explore more of the great state of Maine
• Go on a painting holiday {currently working on WHERE to go}
• Québec City {Accommodations and 1 tour booked!}
• Travel Overseas {All accommodations and 2 events are booked!}
• Send the HH on a vacation {working on it!}

Marriage Things

We only got 3 good walks in this past week due to the rain but we did get some house things done and take a trip to a bakery so all in all it was a good/productive week.

Also, the HH cut me some more buoys and I can finish up the next wave and he swapped the tan colored light switches for white ones on the walls I painted. 

• Keep my husband busy 
• Date days
• Walk more 

Secret Projects

I started working on both project #1 and project #2 last week. So far so good. 🙂

How are YOUR 2025 goals coming along? 

~Mavis

• Secret Project #1 {Hoping to reveal by April July 30th}
• Secret Project #2 {Hoping to reveal towards the end of the year}