One Hundred Dollars a Month

My 14 Goals for 2020

Goal #1 – Take Full Advantage of Having My Husband Home 24/7

I tortured my husband this week by making him go on a long walk with me and having him wash down the sides of the house. 🙂

Goal #2 – Take Better Care of Myself. 

I am finally back to my old sleep schedule {and getting 8 hours of sleep a night!} and feeling much better. Also, Miss Lucy and I scored 2 free beach chairs this week on one of our early morning walks. I LOVE it when people set useful things alongside trash cans for people to find.

Goal #3 – Get Organized

September Goals

• Finish all Christmas ornaments {about 3/4 way done}
• Finish at least 1 rug {done!}
• Pull everything together for turkey rug {done!}

Goal #4 – Get Proper Window Coverings on All Our Windows. Done!

This is the tutorial I used in case anyone is interested. I decided not to make any shades for the sunroom windows. All that sunlight…. it’s too beautiful to cover up.

Goal #5 – Master Bedroom Make Over {Done}

This year I’ve painted both closets, removed wallpaper, painted walls and trim, painted my writing desk, installed a new light fixture, plus added new curtains and rods.

Goal #6 – Kitchen Update Done!

We decided to leave the cupboards cream for now.

Goal #7 – Install Vegetable Garden Done!

I cleaned up the garden beds a little this week and yanked out 3 tomato plants and the last of the basil. I had some lettuce and radish seeds and so I planted those and would you believe the radish seedlings are already up? Wow, that was fast.

Goal #8 – Explore More of Maine 

The cooler temps are back and I am THRILLED! If you know of any spectacular areas that would be perfect for a fall foliage drive, please let us know. I don’t know about you, but I am ready to decorate the porch with pumpkins.

Goal #9 – Host Some Sort of Get Together Done!

We had dinner with our neighbors! 🙂 And had a yard sale. And I think that will be the extent of my social calendar for the year.

Goal #10 – Read/Listen to 12 Books 

Well, I finally figured out why there was only about 100 audiobooks to choose from on the Libby app…. I called my local library and basically they said that the library is limited on how many digital audiobooks they can buy at a time for their patrons to choose from {which explained the abundance of a certain genre}.

And so yada yada yada… the librarian told me I could download the Cloud Library app and that it would have a lot more choices because most of the libraries in Maine all feed in {contribute?} to it.  And so I did. But still, the selection is not as big as our old library and the enormous selection from Hoopla. 🙁  And no, I can use my old library card from our old place because you have to physically go in a renew it every year {which, I might add is very clever on the part of the library as you have to prove that you live in that town to have use of their services}.

Currently waiting to read:

• The Dutch House  {6 weeks to go}
• In Five Years {3 weeks to go}

So far this year I have read/listened to:

• Olive Kitteridge #3
• Olive, Again
• Evvie Drake Starts Over  #4
• Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers #5
• Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
• Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
• Natural Color: Vibrant Plant Dye Projects for Your Home and Wardrobe 
• The New Bungalow Kitchen 
• Container Gardening by Stephanie Donaldson 
• The Nightingale #1
• A Piece of the World #2
• The War I Finally Won
• Vertical Gardening
• Front Yard Gardens
• The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook
• Beach House Style

Goal #11 – Learn A New Skill or Craft Done

I made stir sticks with my neighbor a few days ago {you can see the kiln pictures here} and now I’m just waiting for them to come out of the cooker. 🙂

Goal #12 – Visit 12  Museums, Historical Homes or Botanical Gardens {and bakeries too!}

The year started off great… we were visiting a lot of new places and then things just sort of fizzled out. And well, now fall is nearly here and all I want to do is stay home and hook rugs. 😉

January

• Maine Maritime Museum
• Maine Mineral and Gem Museum
• The Island Market 
• Cafe DiCocoa
• Hungry Hollow Country Store

February

• Two Fat Cats Bakery
• Portland Museum of Art
• Speckled Ax 
• Atlantic Baking Company
• Rockland, St. George, Cushing and Port Clyde Maine

March

• Bar Harbor and Desert Island Adventures Day One, Day Two and the Summer Cottage Rental Tour.
• Tinder Hearth Bakery in Brooksville, Maine

May

• Puzzle Mountain Bakery Pie Stand in Newry, Maine

June

• Red’s Eats in Wiscasset, Maine
• The Bees Knees Honey Stand in Kennebunkport, Maine
• Rococo Ice Cream Kennebunkport, Maine
• Beech Hill Farm Hopkinton, NH

July

• Wallingford Farm in Kennebunk, Maine
• Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde, Maine
• The Gnome Lady, Thomaston, Maine

Goal # 13 – Reach 5,000 Etsy Sales by the End of The Year 

As of this morning, I have made 4877 sales on Etsy. That’s up from 2804 on January 1st! Only 123 sales to go before I hit my goal. This past week I made some Spooky Ghost Ornaments {I LOVE the crackle glaze!} and dyed a bunch of wool {which I’ll add to my Etsy shop later today}.

Goal #14 – Once a Month Menu Planning {for 2}

• The HH’s meal plan for the month: Snacking & BBQ {out of charcoal, boo hoo}
• My meal plan for the month: Ice Cream, Pie, Salads and Pickety Bits

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Have YOU made any goals for this year? If so, DO TELL! We all want to hear about them.

Have a great Sunday everyone, enjoy the sunshine.

~Mavis