One Hundred Dollars a Month

My 22 Goals for 2019

Goal #1 — Spend More Time Doing What I Love

SURPRISE SURPRISE! I will give you exactly ONE GUESS as to where I am right now.

Goal #2 — Garden, Garden, Garden

Note to self: Save all pruning until late fall and sell the trimmings to local nurseries. 😉

Goal #3 — Plant an Orchard {Calling it Quits on this one.}

Miss Lemon’s babies were starting to get fragrant and soft so I decided to harvest them. I’m not sure what we’ll use them for yet, but I’ll let you know.

Goal #4 — Gussy Up the Potting Shed Done!

I gussied up the potting shed at our old house, but I would like to add some sort of “potting station” to the backyard here somewhere, but I’m not sure where I would put it yet. I think the HH is going to have a busy spring though because I’ve got a boatload of projects for him to build. 😉

Goal #5 — Grow Enough Extra Vegetables, Eggs and Flowers to Earn $1500 at my little roadside vegetable stand.

It was totally my intention to grow a ton of fruits and vegetables to sell at the farm-stand when I made my list of goals for 2019 last winter, but then we moved. So, that whole goal was sort of a bust.

Goal #6 — Finish Every Single Unfinished Rug Hooking Project in My Pattern Bin + 10 Things from back Issues of Magazines/Books I’ve Been Meaning to Make. 

Well I didn’t finish any rugs this week but I did start one plus added a few more bundles of wool to my my Etsy shop. I think in about another week, I’ll finally get to plant myself on the couch and start up hooking in earnest again. I’ve missed it, and with the move and so many other projects needing my attention have found it hard to find time to hook.

But with gardening season over for the year, and a nearly finished family room to relax in, I’m ready to tackle my list of hooking projects.

• 73 rugs in my pattern bin {now down to 27}
• 183 hooked flowers {finished 150, now down to 33}
• 10 “things” from back issues of magazines {finished 0}

Goal #7 — Create 12 New Rug Hooking Patterns {with at least half of them being large ones} DONE!

So far this year I’ve added 12 new rug hooking patterns and 14 beginner rug hooking kits to my Etsy shop.I just added Santa and Rudy 1892 yesterday and am hoping to squeeze one more kit in before the end of the year.

New rug hooking patterns I’ve created and added to My Etsy Shop this year:

• Santa and Rudy 1892
• Tullia and Thomas Turkey
• Double Nantucket Whale Runner
• Miss Henny and Penny
• Miss Penny
• Simple Kitty
• Primitive Flowers
• 2 Fat Cats
• Annabell’s Big Day
• Old Fashioned Double Tulip
• Fat Brown Hen
• Busy Little Bee
• Queen Bee

Rug Hooking Kits

• Busy Little Bee {in 2 different colors}
• Folk Art Heart
• Small Nantucket Whale
• Primitive Crow
• Miss Robin {in 2 different colors}
• Simple Kitty
• Primitive Flowers
• Sunflowers
• A Basket of Spring Posies
• Fat Brown Hen
• Chicky’s Garden

Goal #8 — Split and Stack 2 Cords of Wood for Next Winter 

All that firewood! We sold it. 😉

Goal #9 — Do Something with the 5,002 Photos on My Phone

Down to 2867.  And just like that, I’ve added 150 pictures in the last 24 hours.

Goal #10 –-Lose the Muffin Top Done!

Sweet digity!

Goal #11 — Run, Walk or Crawl a 5k, 10k, Half Marathon and Marathon

Now all that’s left is the Tea and Pastry half marathon. We’ve got 6 weeks until the end of the year, right? 😉

Goal #12 — Read or Listen to 26 New Books {21 down, 5 to go}

Currently listening to My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman and so far I like it. It seems like the last few audiobooks I’ve started, have been duds and I’ve ended up deleting them about an hour or so into the story. This one is pretty quirky so far, and fun. We’ll see where it goes.

Books I’ve Read or Listened to So Far This Year:

• Marilla of Green Gables #1 Still my favorite
• The Great Alone #2
• The Aviator’s Wife #3
• Before We Were Yours #4
• Secrets of a Charmed Life #5
• Where’d You Go, Bernadette #6
• Carnegie’s Maid #7
• The Gown #8
• Unbroken #9
• Drama#10
• The Alice Network #11
• The Shape of Mercy #12
• Will’s Red Coat #13
• Big Little Lies #14
• Mr. Churchill’s Secretary
• Born to Run
• I Feel Bad About My Neck
• Bunny Mellon  {Doesn’t count because it was my second time}
• On Writing {Doesn’t count because it was my third time}
• Walden
• Finder’s Keepers
• Delicious!
• Following Atticus

Goal #13 — Try 52 New Recipes.

35 down, 17 recipes to go. Last week was a busy week! I shared a recipe for Cheddar Chive Scones plus, the HH and I tried 2 new recipes {a tomato soup and a pumpkin cake} last week and I’ll get those on the blog soon. With 17 recipes left to go… November and December are going to be tasty.

Goal #14 — Clean Up 52 Old Recipes on the Blog

9 down, 44 to go. I should get moving… because at this rate, I’ll be in the kitchen cooking the entire month of December. The poor bakeries. They’re going to suffer because I won’t be able to leave the house.

Goal #15 — Fill 100 Canning Jars 48 down, 52 to go.

I found a new and totally unique winter type jelly and I’ll be making it this week. 🙂 Mums the word though until I make it.

So far this year I’ve I canned:

• 7 jars Peach Jam
• 7 jars of Strawberry Jam
• 15 jars of Carrot Cake Jam
• 15 jars of Spiced Pear Jam 
• 4 jars of Almond Pears.

Goal #16 — Finish Furnishing Our House

We haven’t even finished the family room yet {the plan is to get it done by the end of the month} but I’ve already jumped ahead and started to look kitchen stuff already. The HH thought a set of new dishes would be nice, but the only ones I’ve found that I like so far are 10 million dollars. And totally don’t have a beachy, New England vibe to them. But oh boy are they HAPPY.

I saw these plain Jane plates at the thrift store {a set of 6 dinner plates, salad plates and bowls} and showed them to the HH. He promptly said “No, I’m not buying some dead person’s plates.”

What a peach that one.

Goal #17 – 52 Dates with the HH {39 down, 13 to go}

The Portland Head Light and a trip to the LL Bean Home Store {there are SO MANY locally made products in there!}. Oh how I love the rocky coast of Maine.

Goal #18 — Take One Adult Education Class Done {I’ve taken 3!}

1. Block Printing Class with my neighbor.
2. Spoon Carving Class with Heather.
3. Mini pottery lesson {I loved it! and now I want to sign up for a full class}

Goal #19 — Secret Holiday Project{s}

One of my secret holiday projects this year was block print towels and another was to make a few seed packet wreaths. The Tea Bag Trees weren’t really a secret, but more of pretty skippy idea I wanted to save for the holidays.

Goal #20 — Create 12 Wowie Zowie Party Platters

7 down, 5 to go. I”ll show you some close ups of the latest platter tomorrow. 😉

Goal #21 — Visit 12 General Stores

9 down 3 to go.

• H.B. Provisions in Kennebunk, Maine
• Chase’s Daily {I think it should count}
• Squam Lake Marketplace
• Harrisville General Store
• Dodge’s Store in New Boston, New Hampshire
• Zeb’s General Store in North Conway, New Hampshire
• Dan and Whit’s in Norwich, Vermont
• Hussey’s General Store in Windsor, Maine

Goal #22 — Compete with Carole….. Get on My Front Door Game On

And last but not least, Mrs. HB’s front porch. She sure has a way with wreaths.

Front Door Bling I’ve Made So Far This Year to Compete with Carole:

• Late January : Valentine Heart
• Late February : Shamrock
• Late March : Giant Carrot
• May: White wave petunia hanging basket
• June/July: Tin Star and Flag Bunting
• August : Sunflower
• September: Indian corn and pumpkins
• October: Pumpkins and spinner do hickeys
• November: Indian corn and big pumpkins

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How about YOU? What are your goals for 2019? If you told us about them HERE, check in! We want to know how you are doing. Because seriously, it’s so much easier to get those goals checked off your list when you have people rooting for you! 🙂

Have a great day everyone,

♥ Mavis

You can read more about my 22 goals for 2019 HERE.

Have a Great Day!