My Goals For 2025 Week 39 of 52

Online Things

Let’s just say it was a fantastic week in the getting things done department! And I sure love weeks like that. 

For starters, I was able to share a new rug hooking video “fat black cat” to my youtube channel.

I also added 16 bundles of my favorite “night sky”wool to my Etsy shop.

Staying off the internet was pretty easy this week because I had SO MANY things to work on that it kept me busy. I love weeks like that. 

Online Goals for 2025

• Reach 20,000 sales in Etsy shop MavisButterfield {I’m currently at 19,632}
• In Stock and Ready to Ship by March 31st {DONE!}
• Create 4 new patterns/kits  {3 completed so far; Great Black Whale Rug  and Pod of Black Whales  and Tall Sunflower  and Sailor’s Delight
• 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
• Spend less than 3 hours a day online 
• Tidy up the back end of the blog 

House Things

I finally finished my work in the bathroom! 

Now all that’s left is for the HH to caulk the trim, hang the two brass knobs on the back of the door and hang the new blind. All of which will be done this week.

I’m really happy with the way our small but mighty main bathroom turned out. For such a small space, I think we did really well.

This past week I was also able to get the upstairs closets/cubbies painted as well as the sections of the hallway I had wanted to get done. 

There is still more painting to do in other parts of the house, but I’ll save that for another week.

House Goals

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

Garden Things

This past week I roasted a small butternut squash from the garden and it was delicious! The house was already a hundred million degrees from canning so I figured, why not? 

It’s been a while since I’ve made roasted vegetables and I’m looking forward to roasting more this fall. 🙂

Here’s what we’ve harvested so far:

• Butternut squash 14 ounces
• Green Beans 5 pounds 2 ounces
• Pumpkins 15 pounds 6 ounces
• Radishes 8.4 ounces
• Rosemary 2 ounces
• Sugar Snap Peas 1 pound 2.3 ounces
• Strawberries 5 ounces 
• Tomatoes 21 pounds 3 ounces
• Zucchini 4 pounds 7 ounces

Garden Goals

• Grow 365 pounds of food 
• 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

I made some really good progress on the canning cupboard this past week! 

It’s starting to fill up and I’m planning a trip to the local farmstand in the next day or two to see if they still have boxes of canning tomatoes so I can make some sauce. 

My goal is to fill the cupboard up with canned goodness by the end of the year and I think I’ve made a good start. 

All those apple pies… It’s going to be a tasty winter. 🙂

Kitchen Goals

• 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
• Burrata and Prosciutto Salad With Pesto And Cantaloupe

Travel Things

I was working on my packing list for my hiking trip in Utah and discovered I don’t have shorts! 

Yikes! I only have cotton shorts and apparently you are supposed to pack those {only synthetic fast drying shorts} so now I have to track some of those down. 

Also, those mini creamers {thanks for the suggestions!}. I still need some of those too.

Explore more of the great state of Maine

• Go on a painting holiday {BOOKED!}
• Québec City {Accommodations and 1 tour booked!}
• Travel Overseas {Spent over a week in the Cotswolds with the HH}
• Send the HH on a vacation {He went to NYC!}
• Hiking in Zion National Park {This wasn’t planned – but how could I say no?}

Marriage Things

And last but not least, the HH is back home. He was gone all of last week {how do you think I got so much done?} and he brought me back a bag full of treats. 

I’ll have to see if I can squeeze a box or two of cookies into my camping bag for tea time on the trail. HA HA HA. Wouldn’t that be a hoot. 

While the other peeps are eating their trail mix, I’ll get to enjoy a proper tea break. 

Life. Sometimes it’s crazy and sometimes it’s not. But right now, there are a hundred million things happening all at once.

Here’s to a wonderful and restful Sunday {I hope}. 

~Mavis

Marriage Goals

• Keep my husband busy 
• Date days
• Walk more