One Hundred Dollars a Month

My 14 Goals for 2020

 

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

While I was painting in the basement, he cut his own hair with the clippers … and then and asked me to fix it. I can do a lot of things, but I am no miracle worker. And so now he looks sort of like lumber jack with his patchy hair and beard. If summer wasn’t knocking at our door, I’d buy him one of those red and black plaid check flannels to complete the look.

Goal #2 – Take Better Care of Myself. 

Twas’ a good week for sleeping in and waking up naturally {the sun is up around 5:45 these days!} with my light curtains. I LOVE IT! Also, I found 3 good sized heart rocks on the beach. 🙂

Goal #3 – Get Organized

The plan for May is:

• May 3-9 Paint Master Bedroom Door, Writing Desk and Clean Up and Prep Canning Room for Painting
• May 10-16 Paint Canning Room, Organize Everything on Shelves and Make a Simple Linen Curtain for Window
• May 17-23 Paint Double Dutch Door in Kitchen
• May 24-30 Paint Entry Alcove and Paint Front Door {Both sides}

Nobody said I had to stick to the plan, right? Picking and choosing projects is way more fun. I painted the third coat of white on the root cellar shelves yesterday, so move in day is TODAY. Giddy up!

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

All that’s left is the sunroom. Which is currently being used as a mini seed starting {because there is so much light in there} so I think I’ll wait until fall now to make the last of the Roman shades. Which honestly, is a genius idea because there are 212 other things I’d rather be doing right now.

Goal #5 – Master Bedroom Make Over {almost done!}

We hung the window treatments and hardware has been installed!

Still left to do:

• Paint Writing Desk a Glossy Black
• Paint the Creamy Closet Doors White
• Refinish the Floors {late summer project because I don’t have the supplies and the windows will need to be open all day because of the fumes}.

Goal #6 – Kitchen Update

All that’s left is to paint the double dutch doors {the HH says leave them the color they are, I say paint them out white OR something flashy, like an ocean blue color}. This might be a project to tackle when he’s not here. 😉

Goal #7 – Install Vegetable Garden Done!

Things were going so well in the greenhouse…

Until a squirrel snuck in and destroyed my flat of sunflower starts. I have had the WORST luck trying to start sunflowers in the ground the past few years that I thought I’d play it safe and plant them in the greenhouse house this year. Well, it seems the little bugger got in and now I have to start again.

I don’t know what it is with sunflowers, but the squirrels just love their tender little shoots. Oh well, I have MORE seeds, so I’ll plant another flat. Only this time, I’ll have to keep them in the sunroom until they are ready to plant outside.

Garden To Do List for May

• Mulch flower beds
• Do something with the leftover bricks near the garden boxes {Neighbors took half of them}
• Map out a master plan for beds for growing vegetables
• Prune yew hedges to allow for more light near the asparagus patch
• Plant beans, sunflowers, zucchini, cucumbers and other vegetables towards the end of the month.
• Plant hydrangeas
• Figure out a border for the raspberry/asparagus patch

Goal #8 – Explore More of Maine 

Looking forward to my next day trip with the HH! Harpswell, Maine is on the list next, but it will have to wait a bit. Hopefully not to much longer!

On the radar for exploring Maine this next month:

• Bar Harbor, Maine
• Lincolnville Center General Store in Lincolnville, Maine
• Wallace’s Market in Friendship, Maine
• Alewives Fabric Store in Nobleboro, Maine
• Harpswell, Maine and Bailey Island

Goal #9 – Host Some Sort of Get Together

Eh.

Goal #10 – Read/Listen to 12 Books

Currently listening to Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. So far so good. I also finished Olive, Again. And just like the first book, some of the stories were really good, and a few were stinkers. But overall, I’d give it a 8 out of 10. 

So far I have read/listened to:

• Olive Kitteridge #3
• Olive, Again
• 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

Not yet. Thinking seriously about buying a glass kiln though. {More on that later}

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

Currently on hold.

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

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

As of this morning, I have made 3833 sales on Etsy. Wahoooooo! That’s up from 2804 on January 1st and it looks like I am on pace to hit 5,000 sales by the end of the year which is VERY exciting to me. Doing what you love from the comfort of your own home, you just can’t beat that.

This past week I made more garden markers for my Etsy shop and worked on the big rug I started two months ago. If I really buckled down, I could have it done in less than a week, but there are so many other things I want to get done… So this one is going at a snails pace. And at this rate, I won’t have any new hooked pieces {rugs, pillows, flowers} to offer until the end of summer. 🙁

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

Who needs to menu plan when you are home all day? Seriously. What’s the point. The entertainment factor is pretty high at this point.

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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