My Goals For 2025 Week 21 of 52

Online Things

It was another great week in the online department.

#1 I wrote my THIRD rug hooking tutorial of the year {and made a video} on how to make sunflowers!

#2 I celebrated by going to my favorite place for cruller’s! 

#3 I have hit the 19,000 sales mark on Etsy. AWESOME.

# I’m almost finished on tutorial #4 {and it has nothing to do with rug hooking}. 

Online Goals for 2025

• Reach 20,000 sales in Etsy shop MavisButterfield {I’m currently at 19,002}
• 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

House Things

We decided on tile #8 with the little blue bits for the floor. Thanks for all you input! We decided on a glossy white subway tile that had a bit of movement to it for the shower walls. I am excited! 

Except for the part where we won’t have a working shower for at least a week. 

Note to self: Plan a trip for me, myself and I for August so I don’t have to be here. HA HA HA. Dreams do come true, right? 

• Paint The Inside Of The House {including closets!}
• Paint The Interior Window Trim 
• Remodel Bathroom #1 {scheduled!}
• 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

This is going to be the week for getting vegetable plants in the ground. I’m going to use 2 of the trellis for squash, 1 for tomatoes and 1 for green beans.

I’ll also plant a row of beets, radishes and a zucchini plant or two.

The HH didn’t want to dig up the backyard {or install garden boxes} but I’m pretty confident we’ll still have plenty to harvest.

I also thought it might be fun to grow a couple of mammoth sunflowers too. This will be the smallest garden I’ve planted in 25+ years.

I have NO IDEA how many pounds of backyard food this will equate to, but I guess we will find out together.

Garden Goals

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

Kitchen Things

The HH was able to fix the oven yesterday {Hooray!} so I’m back in cookies, which is a very, very good thing. No new recipes though. The kitchen counter seems to be a rest stop for all our daily projects these days. 

Or at least that is the excuse I’m using. 🙂

• 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

I wrote up an itinerary for Niagara Falls. Now I just need to convince the HH we should go. A boat tour is not on the list. It probably should be but seeing the pictures of a boat near the falls freaks me out.

For those of you that have been {or are planning to go} what do you think the best month to go would be?

• 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 went out for ice cream. I’ve been getting the same exact thing at Dairy Queen since I’ve been a kid; a small dipped cone. The HH almost always gets a sundae.

We also went on a few walks, but not as many as I had hoped, too much rain. Hopefully this week there will be more sunshine.

• Keep my husband busy 
• Date days
• Walk more 

Secret Projects

Do you have a Cricut machine? Do you like it?

I want to make some stencils {nothing too fancy; shapes & letters} but I’m wondering if it would be cheaper to buy one of the smaller machines {in the long run} than to just order some stencils off Etsy.

I have ZERO knowledge on these machines. Maybe you do?

How are YOUR 2025 goals coming along? Are you making good progress? Curious minds want to know. 

~Mavis

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