Here we are again ushering in another New Year! I didn’t do much with my goals last year. I had a feeling it would be a tough year and it was. I am hopeful for a better year this year but I already said to my husband he better buckle up because 2024 is going to be a roller coaster with his parents. Both of my in-laws have dementia and have had it for about five years.
I do have quite a few goals I want to get accomplished this year, God willing. Below is the list.
- Home repairs professionally done – New kitchen countertops, rip out over-the-oven microwave and replace with new exhaust hood, trim all fruit trees and cut down all sumac in the hedgerow.
- Home projects done by us – Paint all trim in kitchen, re-paint upper kitchen cabinets, paint ceiling and walls in hallway, finish painting and put up picket pallet fencing, finish painting master bedroom and hang mantle over bed, front porch stained or painted, new brick patio in the backyard.
- Sewing projects – Finish Joyce’s Rose, New curtains for kitchen window, new seat cover for kitchen chair, new curtain over cat’s window seat, Christmas tree skirt, finish winter and summer season x-stitch projects.
- Read 30 books (It’s my goal every year)
- Take at least 2 mini vacations and see my step-daughter’s new house in NC
- Garden goals – raise 500 lbs of produce, new kitchen garden in front and new fruit garden in back, compost all dug and reset, raised bed garden re-imagined.
- Exercise somehow every single day concentrating most on core and pelvic floor and mobility.
- Get all of my Etsy listings listed by March 31st so I can enjoy my garden in the Spring and summer months.
- Explore the Western NY Antique Trail (Yes, there is such a thing).
- Explore at least 3 local walking/biking trails
- Sell 300 listings on Etsy this year
- Church goals – Six thrift sales this year, Work on baptism records and historical info, work on getting our church info out there for weddings, one historical themed event/fundraiser this year.
- Pay off one of the two credit cards.
I know it’s a lot and yes it may not all get done but we all have to set goals right? I’ll update on Sundays what I have accomplished each week.
Have you set any goals for the new year? I have read a few other bloggers’ goals and I even stole one of them! Stay tuned – MM
The Professional Domestic 