One Hundred Dollars a Month

My goals for 2017

Get 7- 8 Hours of Sleep Each Night

Thank you for all your kind words and wondering where the heck I was yesterday. I wish I had some super exciting story like I was in Tahiti laying on the beach or something and I couldn’t get wifi but alas, I was sick in bed with a fever, the shakes, intense nausea and begging to be put out of my misery. I was dehydrated and sweaty and wanting for a catheter because the thought of having to move pick my feet up and shuffle more than 3 steps to the bathroom was just to unbearable.

I don’t know if I caught cooties on the plane ride to Boston, or if my body finally broke down and decided to infect itself with the bug the HH has had the last few weeks but HOLY COW MAN, being sick, like really sick, is just the worst.

And while I am feeling a little better today, I’m only at about 50% so I think after I write this post I’m going to head back to bed and stay there for the rest of the day.

Life. It has a way of making you slow down whether you want to or not.

Make Saving a Priority, Not an Idea

We decided to stop making extra payments on our house and to start saying for the next big thing. 😉 In the 3 years and 2 months that we’ve lived here we have been able to pay down our mortgage by an extra 15 years and 5 months!!! Seriously. How crazy is that?

Live a little

Chick- Fil-A … have you tried it? I feel like I’m the last person on the planet to have tried it. The sauce? Flipin’ fantastic. Who knew fast food could taste so good?

Visit 52 REAL Bakeries

Mom and I have found another bakery {this one’s up in Ballard} that we want to try. Hopefully we’ll get to it by the end of the year.

Have 1 “no spend” week each month

So far I am 10 for 11 for the year.

Start a Line of Rug Hooking Patterns {Mission Accomplished}

Any hookers out there? I’ve got 13 of my patterns listed on Etsy and I have been busy working on a few more which I hope to be able to offer in early January {maybe even sooner}. The one pictured above is HUGE and probably not the most travel friendly project but I am really excited about it. I stepped out of my comfort zone a wee bit and used some brighter colors and I think it’s going to turn out MARVELOUS!

Turn My Wool Stash into $2,500. {Mission Accomplished}

This week I sold $403.99 worth of goodness in my Etsy shop which brings my total sales to $12,624.75 for the year. I am still in awe of this amount. People tell you all the time to do what you love, and the money will follow. But seriously, how many people ever buy into that and just go for it? When you love what you do, it doesn’t even feel like work. And I wish we could all find something like that.

Purge 250 Items {Mission Accomplished}

Over 400+ items so far this year!

Learn to Crochet {Mission Accomplished}

I tried to love it but it’s not for me. I’m a hooker at heart.

Dote on My Husband Even More Than I Do Now.

Seriously. Not only does my husband carry our luggage by it’s handles, but backpacks too. I’d like to tell you that after all these years I am past the awkwardness of it all, but I’m not. It makes me crazy. And unless you have a husband who does this kind of stuff, you probably have no idea what I am even throwing myself on the floor with embarrassment about.

Lose the Muffin Top. {again}

Being sick has it’s perks. I bet I’ve lost 5 pounds in the last 48 hours from sweat and dehydration alone.

Wear out {most of} the clothing I already own.

Workin’ it!

Try 52 New Recipes

I don’t even remember if I tried anything new last week, but I do have several pies that I want to try out.

Read 52 Books

I am still working my way through This I Believe on Hoopla. It’s not the typical audiobook I’d listen to but I like it.

Give Back to 12 Different Organizations in My Community

January – Donated to Quilts from the Heart in Memory of my brother.
February – Donated to Empty Bowls Fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club.
March – Donated to my daughter’s mentor who was in a horrible car accident.
April – Donated again to my daughter’s mentor who was in a horrible car accident.
May – $100 Tip to a waitress on Mother’s day.
June – Started collecting men’s shirts to donate this winter.
July – Donated to the Chew Dog Rescue
August – Donated to the Houston Flood Relief Fund
September – $100 Tip to our amazing server at The Grey House and bought a tin of caramel corn from a Boy Scout
October – I still need to do something.
November – Ordered Toys to donate to the Fire Department
December – Ordered Toys to donate to the Fire Department

And then, there’s those top secret goals we’re not talking about yet.

• Secret Goal #1 Sell East Coast House Mission Accomplished
• Secret Goal #2 Chickens! Mission Accomplished
• Secret Goal #3 Totally working on it! 
• Secret Goal #4 Plotting away {Like really, really hard}

How about YOU? Did you set any goals for 2017? How are they coming along?

~Mavis

Read About My 2017 Goals HERE.