2015 Homesteadsteading goals

Where has the time gone? I can't believe it is already 2015 It has gone by so fast. I was looking over last years goals I didn't get near as much done as I had hoped.  

Here is what we did get done.

We didn't work on the milk shed, wood shed, we did do a little work on the corrals seems like there was always so much other stuff that had to be done those always got put on the back burner.

I have built up the daycare a little more I have put together all the preschool lessons we did a few and I am already to start this year using them.

Got the ground cover put down in the back yard. It is so nice and the kids love it.

We got the green house don't have it sat up yet.

Didn't get any soap sold I was doing good to get enough soap made for us to use.

Have kind of scraped the outdoor kitchen idea for now not sure where to put it and a lot of more pressing things.

Did get the bottom front yard planted. Do want to add a couple more things this year.

We got 4 windows replaced and have 5 left to do.

I got a solar oven for Christmas ( so excited to start using) the wonder over I haven't got made yet.

I wasn't as self sufficient as I would of liked need to work on that a little harder this next year.

Didn't get the shop built but did get a big portion of the materials bought.

We did get the bathroom remolded.

Last years personal goals.
Totally failed at most of these sad to say.

I didn't really start keeping up on the bookwork until the middle of the year although when the computer got that virus I can't access any of it so I now have to start all over. I did start a paper copy of some of it when I started keeping up so that is going to help a lot.

Well as you can see I didn't post on the blog as much as I would of liked really want to do a better job of that.

I did work on learning the mandolin a little, for Christmas I got a dvd to help with that.

Did do some scrapbooking but not for myself. We put a book together for my Dad and Mom for Christmas. So now I have all the stuff out and the girls are wanting to do it to so maybe we can work on that a little more.

Did find some history on Andy's Moms family. He has a cousin in Oklahoma that has most all it so Now I can work on his dads side.

Working on the debt free not as far along on it as I would like had a couple unexpected things come up that put that back a little.

And the old exercise more I did a little and have lost 20 pounds still working on that.

Here is the goals for 2015
Homesteading Goals

The rest of the windows put in.

The area east of one of the sheds ground covered laid and some raised beds put in.

The area right behind the house groundcover put down. I have grass planted now but it is so full of weeds, and I would like to have some lawn furniture out there.  If I put a ground cover down we will be able to use that area more.

Need to do some work on the outside of the chicken coop it is pretty ugly right now.

We found 2 more windmills the same as the one we have so hoping we can get enough parts from all three to make one work.

Continue working at becoming more self sufficient. I will have to really work at this in order to keep up on the 300 dollar a month challenge.

Continue working on becoming debt free in a year or two.

Remodel the laundry room and build a linin closest.

Take the dishwasher out and put in a couple shelves.

Continue working on a shop.

Build a wood shed.

Cut our utilities in half.

Do most of my summer cooking in the solar oven.

Get the green house put up.

Build a small green house on to the side of the house to be able to access from in the house.

I am still wanting to get a place set up so we can start milking or at least get a milk goat. We do have a lady we are going to start  trading hay for milk.

If we don't find another place to farm this spring we will have a little more time to get some of the things done around the house.

My personal goals are

I have 30 more pounds that I want to lose.

At least four to five post a week on the blog.

Take a online herb course I have a couple picked out just need to pick which one.

Keep up on the book work and make hard copies of everything then if we lose stuff on the computer it won't be such a big deal.

Have preschool lessons every day.

Do more sewing.

Do more scrapbooking.

Get the family history on Andy's Dads side of the family.

Get better on the mandolin.

So we will see how much of this we can get done this year.
What are your goals for the new year?

2014 Homesteading Goals

I can not believe another year has come and gone where does the time go.

I was looking over last Last years Goals to see how much we actually got done. Not near as much as I would have liked but did accomplish some. 

Things we did get done.
Got the garden moved to the house we did  keep the garden at the hay barn so glad we did the garden at the house got hailed on and ruined a lot of it. So I like the idea of having to different gardens just in case something happens to one of them.
Got the compost put together.
Only got about half of the milk shed  done we ended up having 3 calves on the milk cow so we were not able to milk hopefully this year.
We did get the bees we have two hives and so far so good just hope they winter over.
Did get the bottom part of the yard and the drive way done.
I did more added to the herb garden.
We put a new outside door on the mud room which has helped a lot in keeping out the wind and cold.
The kitchen is all most finished seems it is always the last thing to get worked on always something a little more important to get done hopefully we can finish it this winter.
We didn't get the windmill put together but we did find two more just like the one we have to use for parts that has been part of the problem not being able to find parts.
Wasn't able to get the work done on the chicken coop that I had wanted to do maybe this year.
The bathroom we didn't get done but we did trade a beef to my brother to completely redo the bath room, new tub and all can't wait for that to happen.

Got most of the personal goals done except for the getting in shape I have such a hard time tyring to fit in exercising although I don't make it a priority like I should.
As far as the proverbs 21 women that is always a work in progress.

So some of the goals for this year are.
Once again the milk shed will be on here as well as the wood shed and  corrals.

I would like to build up my daycare.I would like a few more kids and I want to be more of a preschool
Need to do some work on the play area in the back yard.The play area needs some work I would like to be able to put down a ground cover to help control the weeds.
Get a green house, and get it set up.It would be so nice to be able to start all our plants.
Start selling homemade soap.I already have a couple customers lined up.
Would really like to get an outdoor canning kitchen put together.I would love to have an area outside to cook in when it is so hot in the middle of summer.
Bottom of front yard planted.I want to plant some berries and a few other things in this area.
House windows replaced.These windows are so old and when the wind blows you can feel it blowing through the house.
Wonder oven and a solar oven made.Would be nice to be able to use these in the summer to keep the house from getting so hot.
 I want to try and practice being more self sufficient.The only things I want to go to the store for are dairy products I would like make everything else from what we have.There have been a few things I have been buying that I should be making.
I am thinking of getting a milk goat.Since it seems we always have calves on my milk cow I will get a milk goat besides it might be a little more doable since it is so much smaller.
There are two areas in the yard that I would like to get cleaned up and planted.There is a small area south of the house that needs to be cleaned up and planted I am not sure what I want to put on there yet. There is also an area in on the side of the storage shed that need to also be cleaned and planted I do think there I want to plant some more mint in tires.
We also want to try and build a shop.Andy has nowhere to work on things when the weather is bad, we have been wanting to build a shop for a while so hoping we can at least get stated on it.

Personal goals
I need to keep up on my bookwork a little better then I do.
Use my household notebook more.I have been using it a lot but there are a few areas that need to be improved on.
Post more on my blog I seem to be able to do pretty good in the winter but in the summer when things get so busy I tend to slack off so I want to be a little better about that.
Learn to play the Mandolin Andy plays the guitar,fiddle and mandolin It would be nice if I could play along sometimes.
Do a little more scrap booking.I have tons of picture just sitting in boxes I need to get them into albums so people can see them and know who and what they are.
I want to try and do some family history on Andy's Moms side.I don't think any one has done any his dads side is done and all my family is done so I would like to do a little of it.
Debt free in two years.I think we could do it it will take a lot of work but it would be so nice.
And the old standered to exercise more.I need to make it more of a priority I am not getting any younger and need to start taking a little better care of myself.

Well here are some of my goals for the year I am sure I will add more as time goes by.
What are some of your goals for the year?