Get Back To The Basics + Learning to Unplug
Last week was a bit of a doozy for us. The story deserves its own post so I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow, BUT we did get some to unplug, that’s for sure. 😉
In other news, Lucy is feeling a little bit better. Her back legs still are not 100% {and I doubt they ever will be again} but she was able to go on two super short walks last week, so that’s something.
She is so stinkin’ cute! She has taken over the HH’s chair and loves laying on her heated blanket all day. 🙂
In The Kitchen
No pear frangipane tart, no canning and I didn’t use any of our beans this past week but I did make an apple galette yesterday with some of the apple pie filling I canned last fall.
Kitchen Goals For This Year
- Master the pear frangipane tart from Standard Baking Company.
- Put my Weck jars to use.
- Use two bins of beans {working on it}
Rug Hooking
It was a fantastic week in the rug hooking department! I sold a large rug, listed some new bundles of wool, and made some serious progress on two rugs.
Right now I’ve got a giant whale rug on a rug hooking frame which I’m trying to work on for an hour each day and a flower basket rug on my hoop which I’ve been working on at night. Both will become new patterns/kits when I’m done.
With any luck I should have both pieces done in about 2 weeks.
Rug Hooking Goals For This Year
Finish drawing out all my patterns, making kits, dyeing wool by March 31st.- Release 10 new rug hooking patterns/kits. {3 down 7 to go}
- Hook 27 of the patterns from the “someday I’ll hook these” bin. {4 down 23 to go}
Go New Places – See New Things
The only exciting place I went this past week was to the garden center to search for the perfect hanging baskets for The Lobster House.
Part of me thinks the hanging basket flowers need to be red to match the lobsters, but I’m not a huge fan of red in the garden {unless we’re talking about tomatoes}.
I’m more of a pinks, purples and whites sort of girl but I don’t want my flowers to clash!!! Last year the hanging baskets were red, deep purple and white and I regretted buying them. ALL. SUMMER. LONG.
Maybe I should just paint the lobsters pink? Hmmm.
Travel Goals For This Year
- Travel someplace {internationally} that I’ve never been before.
- Travel somewhere in Maine {overnight} that I haven’t been before.
Places I’ve Been So Far This Year
- Boston {Birthday getaway}
- NYC
Walk And Stretch More
Well, I did the half marathon. Or rather, I survived the half marathon. I told the HH to NEVER let me do one again.
I have zero problem walking 18 – 20 miles around a city in a day, but my days of fast walking/jogging are over.
I am still hobbling around like a 99 year old and it feels like all my toes are broken. I have no idea how all the 70+ year old ladies who beat me did it.
And you know, I don’t need to know their secret either. I’d rather hike the Grand Canyon than participate in another half marathon or marathon again. And now I know that. 🙂
Walking/Stretching Goals For This Year
- Get into some sort of stretching routine
- Fast walk a 5K, 10K, and
Half Marathon
Garden
The tulips out front are beginning to bloom! I picked my first bouquet {from along the size of the house} yesterday and it’s so nice to have tulips in the house again.
I keep checking the Van Engelen website to see if ordering is open yet but it’s not. It should be soon!
We had the front and back garden areas Hydroseeded 11 days ago and we are just now starting to see the grass come up.
We were so worried it wasn’t going to work, or that we weren’t keeping it {the pulp} moist enough so it’s nice to see little blades of grass.
According to a neighbor that just had theirs done, in about another week it will really start to look like a lawn. I don’t know though, to me it looks like we are going to have to re-seed.
I guess only time will tell.
Garden Goals For This Year
- Rework the driveway and garden areas {in progress}
- Go crazy and plant a ridiculous amount of flowers {working on it}
- Step out of my comfort zone and plant some flowers I’ve never planted before
Paint
I finally painted all the trim in the entry! Next up, the front room. We decided to go with a light blue {Benjamin Moore Fountain Spout}.
I’m hoping to get walls painted this week.
Once I get the walls and the window areas painted, then it will be time for the HH to sand the floors. The floor trim will be painted after he sands and stains the floor.
Things are moving along. A little slower than I anticipated but hey… We’re getting there. One day at a time, right? How are YOU coming along on YOUR goals? Curious minds want to know.
Peace Out.
~Mavis
Painting Goals For This Year
- The Van Gogh wall
- The gallery wall down stairs
- The captains wall in the hall
- Trim and walls
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