My Goals For 2025 Week 42 of 52

Online Things

While I was mostly playing catch up this past week after being away on my hiking trip, I did manage to work on a few wool sunflowers. Mostly in the evenings.

I have a new Thanksgiving pattern in the works so I’m hoping to get that drawn out and hooked in the next week or two.

Hanging out in the great outdoors is good for your soul and a GREAT way to unplug and to realize you don’t need to be on the internet as much as you think you do.

I loved it, and I’m already plotting another week away from everything electronic related.

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  {5 completed so far; Great Black Whale Rug  and Pod of Black Whales  and Tall Sunflower  and Sailor’s Delight and Tom Turkey}
• 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

Even though I’m supposed to be working on painting the inside of our house, I’m already dreaming of looking at paint colors for the new studio space.

The HH pulled up the old carpet, padding and tack strips in my new office space over at the studio. I told him it would be easier to “visualize” what I wanted to do with the space without carpet.

And he totally believed me. HA HA HA.

I suppose this means we’ll be heading to the paint store this week to look at samples. 🙂

House Goals

• Paint The Inside Of The House – Making progress!
• Paint The Interior Window Trim – Making progress!
• Remodel Bathroom #1 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

The tulips bulbs that I ordered this summer arrived. This week we’ll work on getting all 500 of them in the ground.

The plan is to put some in front of the picket fence and plant the rest {for cutting and to sell at my flower stand} on the side of the house where this year’s small but mighty vegetable plot was.

I’m super excited about being able to expand the yard next summer and to have a proper space for growing vegetables. I didn’t hit my goal of growing 365 pounds of vegetables but I should have no problem doing so next summer.

Here’s what we’ve harvested so far:

• Butternut squash 9 pounds 8 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 15 ounces
• Zucchini 4 pounds 7 ounces

Garden Goals

• Grow 365 pounds of food * We still have beets and tomatoes growing in the garden
• 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

Roasted vegetables, big salads we made in the kitchen this past week. So were a few pupachinos for the puggle princess.

I LOVE this time of year… And the hot almost daily hot chocolates that come along with the lower temperatures.

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 am convinced that if I make it to 80 I’ll still be playing tetherball and swing on any swing set I pass. It was a good, crazy and fun year for travel. Probably my busiest yet. Who knows what next year will bring.

• Explore more of the great state of Maine
• Go on a painting holiday 
• Québec City Done!
• Travel OverseasDone!
• Send the HH on a vacation Done!
• Hiking in Zion National Park Done!

Marriage Things

While we didn’t go on any beach walks this past week we did take a few loops around the neighborhood, went out to dinner with some old neighbors and worked on a few projects together.

As much as we’re both looking forward to a restful winter, we’re also excited to have a new project to work on. Okay, so maybe I’m just a wee bit more excited than the HH. 😉

But still. It was a good week.

HOW ABOUT YOU!?

What have you been up to lately? Anyone still picking tomatoes?

~Mavis

Marriage Goals

• Keep my husband busy 
• Date days
• Walk more