My Goals For 2025 Week 49 of 52

Online Things

This past week I hit my goal of 20,000 “sales” on Etsy! I love setting goals and working towards checking them off my list throughout the year. 

It’s so rewarding!

In other news, The Kiln Guy and I had fun at the craft fair. I sold ornaments and buoys and he sold a bunch of stars and we are already coming up with ideas for next year. 

I told him he should set up an Etsy shop!!

Online Goals for 2025

• Reach 20,000 sales in Etsy shop MavisButterfield {DONE!}
• In Stock and Ready to Ship by March 31st {DONE!}
• Create 4 new patterns/kits  {6 completed so far; Gobble, Gobble, Great Black Whale Rug , Pod of Black Whales, Tall Sunflower, 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 {doing great with this!}
• Spend less than 3 hours a day online {no problemo!}
• Tidy up the back end of the blog

House Things

This past week was absolutely crazy in the house department. 

There was so much going on!

The HH installing the curtain rods in the front room was the highlight though. A leather couch, sheepskin chairs, velvet curtains and a LEG LAMP!

OH MY! 

Does it get more cozy than that? HA HA HA. And look at those floating shelves that he installed last week. They’re all decked out for Christmas. 

And just in time for his big reveal too. {More about that soon}. 

The floors still need to be refinished but that will have to wait until the spring. At some point this winter I’d actually like to take a break from house projects and just RELAX. 

I have a feeling my husband would too. 🙂 

This room has been so much fun to work on though…

House Goals

• Paint The Inside Of The House – Making progress!
• Paint The Interior Window Trim 
• Remodel Bathroom #1 Done!
• Freshen up Bathroom #2 Done!
• Put Stuff On The Walls {working on it}
• Work on “new” Kitchen Game Plan

Garden Things

The wreaths and garland has been hung, potted trees are on the porch and there is snow on the ground. 

Gardening season is over for the year!

Garden Goals

• Grow 365 pounds of food * Nope. Didn’t happen. Maybe next year? 
• Install a side yard {flower} garden {DONE!}
• Make a Potting Bench {decided I didn’t need one} Wait. Now I do. 😉
• Make FIND a Garden Cart to sell flowers/veggies out front {DONE}

Kitchen Things

Eggs with sausage and peppers. Does it get any better than that? A week of cozy meals and a recipe for mint chocolate cookies. I’d say it was a good one. 🙂 

I plan on sharing my mother-in-law’s recipe for wild rice stuffing in a few days. Stay tuned.

Kitchen Goals

• Try 12 new recipes {8 down, 4 to go}
• Fill the canning cupboard 

New Recipes I’ve Shared This Year

• Mint Chocolate Cookies
• The Best Pie Crust Recipe
• 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

The only traveling I want to do right now is walking to my closet to grab a fresh pair of pajamas to put on. 

Sometimes not leaving your house is a vacation all its own.

• 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

We may not have gone on any long walks {it was too cold!} but we did get plenty of exercise shoveling snow and working in the living room this past week. 

My sweet husband also made and delivered hot cocoas and pickety bits to us at the craft fair yesterday. 

What a keeper. 

It was a busy week for both of us. And it feels like things are starting to slow down {for a while} which is a good thing in my book. 

How about YOU? 

How are you doing on YOUR goals for the year? Do you feel the mad dash to get those “goals” checked off your list before the end of the year?

~Mavis

Marriage Goals

• Keep my husband busy 
• Date days
• Walk more