One Hundred Dollars a Month

My 22 Goals for 2019

Goal #1 — Spend More Time Doing What I Love

This dog. If you have any food, or are even thinking about getting food {even a carrot!} this dog is right there by your side, staring you down. My favorite though, is when she puts her paw right on your foot, you know, just in case you didn’t see her. 😉 That Lucy, she’s something else.

Eye on the prize Lou…. Eye on the prize.

Goal #2 — Garden, Garden, Garden

T’was a good week for gardening. Cooler temps meant more time outside playing in the dirt.

Just look at those spinner gourd babies!!! Pretty soon the whole fence will be covered with them.

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

Well, the apples on one of the trees all fell off, but there are still a few on tree number two. I guess I didn’t spray them early enough this year. Oh well, there’s always next year. Maybe we’ll actually get to pick a few this year and find out what kind of apples we have.

Goal #4 — Gussy Up the Potting Shed Done!

1. Winter coats aren’t just for winter around here.
2. The gladiolus are up. That’s glad de ohhh laaas for all you phonetic spellers out there.
3. Polka dot glasses are MIA again… {where did I put them?!}
4. I stopped plucking my eyebrows nearly 2 years ago and they are FINALLY coming in again. I thought maybe they were gone forever. Lucky me. Although I do still have to use just a dab of the eyebrow pencil for the end bits.

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

I’m pretty sure we are going to have enough pumpkins for every man, woman and child on our street this fall. So far I’ve counted 42 pumpkin babies. Holy cats Batman. The little red farm stand the HH built for me last year will be open for business next week. 🙂

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. 

I finished 0 patterns from my pattern bin this past week but I was able to add a bunch more wool bundles my Etsy shop. I need to get going on my fall rugs though because usually I have them all done by the end of August. But this year, I’m a wee bit behind. 😉 I blame it on getting old and slowing down.

Speaking of getting old, note to self: order more old lady pills. I think the HH has been stealing them from my side of the medicine cabinet. Also, why on earth would anyone have 4 tubes of opened deodorant on their shelf? Who does that? I mean, I know he doesn’t know where the dishwasher is, but I thought for sure he knew where the garbage can was.

I started the year off with:

• 73 rugs in my pattern bin {now down to 40}
• 183 hooked flowers {finished 129, now down to 54}
• 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 13 beginner rug hooking kits to my Etsy shop.

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

• 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 

So far we have 3 1/2 cords for this winter. I say we need more. The HH says we have enough. I think my husband doesn’t like it when I set goals {that are really for him}. 🙂

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

Down to 3392 photos. Getting there. I think I liked it better when photos were printed out instead of floating through the universe. What a hassle.

Goal #10 –Lose the Muffin Top

Turns out wearing snow pants while you garden, makes you sweat a lot. Which is a good thing. Unless of course you are re-hydrating with chocolate soft serve from the local ice cream stand.

Also, I weeded the potato patch. And then noticed I forgot to finish the rock border I started earlier in the spring. Oops.

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

We are at day 40 on the turtle baby watch. According to the Google, hatching could occur anytime between 45-90 days. So you know, it could be any day now really and I can’t leave my post.

Goal #12 — Read or Listen to 26 New Books {15 down, 11 to go}

I wasn’t able to read any of the The Gown this past week and I just got a reminder saying I have to return the book in 3 days!!! I guess that means I’ll be eating a pint of Chunky Monkey for dinner tonight and reading the remaining 90% of the book up until the wee hours of the morning.

Anyone know when The Crown, Season 3 comes out?

Also my neighbor, the Artist, dropped off an enormous stack of craft magazines to go through before she donates them to the local Y’art Sale. But first, I need to read the Gown before I go thumbing through anything.

I am waiting my turn on the library wait list for the following audio book{s}:

• On Writing {I’ve already listened to this 2 times but it’s sooo good, even if the only writing I do is an online journal.
• Mistress of the Ritz
• Grateful American

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

• Marilla of Green Gables #1 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 Alice Network #8
• The Shape of Mercy #9
• Will’s Red Coat #10
• Big Little Lies #11
• Bunny Mellon  {Doesn’t count because it was my second time}
• Walden
• Finder’s Keepers
• Delicious!
• Following Atticus

Goal #13 — Try 52 New Recipes.

19 down, 33 recipes to go. Caprese Salad

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

9 down, 44 to go. I’ll get crackin’ once fall {and cooler temps} come around.

Goal #15 — Fill 100 Canning Jars 41 down, 59 to go.

I just picked up a half peck of peaches yesterday. Anyone have any good peach recipes?

So far this year I’ve I canned:

• 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

Furniture pieces I’m still on the hunt for:

• Coffee table for the family room
• Console, cupboard or sideboard for the one and only tv in our house which is in the family room. I could totally live without a television, but my husband says the tv stays.
• Long rectangular table for the craft room.
• Table for the formal dining room.
• 2 wing back chairs for the family room.
• I’d also like to decorate the mantel in the keeping room as well as put up some sort of decoration above the other 3 2 1 fireplaces in the house. I’m not one for a lot of things on the walls, but it would be nice to throw up a little pilgrim bling on the plaster.

Goal #17 – 52 Dates with the HH {24 down, 28 to go}

He mentioned wanting to go to Cracker Barrel. I just rolled my eyes at him and walked out of the room.

Goal #18 — Take One Adult Education Class Done {I’ve taken 2!}

1. I’m keeping the first class I took with my neighbor top secret for now
2. Spoon Carving Class with Heather.

Goal #19 — Secret {for now} Holiday Project

The big reveal… Friday, September 13th, 2019.

Goal #20 — Create 12 Wowie Zowie Party Platters

4 down, 8 to go.

Goal #21 — Visit 12 General Stores

8 down 4 to go.

So far this year we’ve visited:

• 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

The bunting is still up. 🙂

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

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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! 🙂

♥ Mavis

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

Have a Great Sunday!