My 14 Goals For 2024 – Week 27 of 52

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

We were given a box of peaches from Pearson’s Farm for a housewarming gift and they were SO GOOD!! Oh my. Real peaches, fresh from the farm. You can’t beat it!

Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops

No new bakeries or coffee shops this past week but I have been building my list of potential places to visit when I head across the pond at the end of summer.  

Visiting tea shops {and going to afternoon tea} is pretty much my favorite thing when I travel so I’m hoping to make some serious headway on this goal.

New Bakeries / Coffee Shops I’ve Been To This Year {That I liked}

• The Cookie Jar Pastry Shop
• Ritual Bakehouse and Patisserie
• Caramel Patisserie
• Standard Baking Co. 
• Saltwater Farm Cafe
• Coffee Roasters of the Kennebunks
• Farine Bakery and Cafe
• Night Moves Bread
• Cape Porpoise Kitchen

Go On An Adventure

I’ve added Highgrove Gardens to our itinerary!! 

If there’s one thing I love doing, it’s planning vacations. Sometimes I have a lot of time to plan a trip, other times I may only have a single day. The key is to stay calm. 🙂 

My method is pretty simple:

• Pick a destination
• Pick a theme {This trip’s theme is tea and gardens}
• Ask the Google about said theme
• Research! 
• Pick winners {reviews help!}
• Create a trip timeline
• Buy tickets for tours/events {if needed} 
• Make copies of itinerary 
• Go for it!

It’s really THAT SIMPLE.

Contribute to 12 Free Little Libraries. {6 town down, 6 to go}

I didn’t donate to any Free Little Libraries this past week but am planning on donating again soon.

Towns I’ve donated books to:

• Gardiner, Maine
• Nobleboro, Maine
• Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine
• Cape Elizabeth, Maine
• Raymond, Maine
• Bellevue, Washington

Spend More Time At The Beach

We didn’t get much beach time this past week… We were too busy unpacking and riding our bikes everywhere. Lucy LOVES the beach and searching for little crabs though so I’ll need to make a point to take her a few times this week.

Read or Listen to 24 Books {7 down, 17 to go}

I didn’t read/listen to any new books this past week but I am looking forward to signing up for a new library card. Hopefully the audiobook selection will be good! We’ll see.

Books I’ve Read or Listened To This Year: 

• Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise. 10/10
• Elizabeth The Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith 9/10
• Wait Till Next Year by Dorris Kearns Goodwin 8/10
• George VI and Elizabet:by Sally Bedell Smith 9/10
• Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson 9/10
• These Precious Days by Ann Pachett 9.5/10
• Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Paint 

No painting this past week but I already have a new painting project lined up {I’m just waiting for the brushes to arrive}.

So far I’ve finished:

• Portrait of Joseph Roulin 
• Red Boats at Argenteuil
• Regattas at Argenteuil
• Vase with Cornflowers and Poppies 
• Sunflowers
• Garden Path with Chickens
• Goldfish

Hook 6 “Big” Rugs.

The rest of the big rugs will have to wait until fall! I did start a small holiday piece though.

Large Rugs I’ve Hooked This Year

• Three Roosters
• Hidden In The Garden 
• Yankee Doodle
• Double Nantucket Whale Runner with the American flag

Visit 6 Greenhouses {that I’ve never been to before}.

We visited a new greenhouse. I had been wanting to visit this particular place for a while now as I had heard they have every plant imaginable. I’ll tell you all about it and give you a proper tour soon but holy canolies man, it was pretty spectacular!

Grow Baby Grow

My hanging flower baskets are up! The HH installed the hardware the other day and man oh man, they look spectacular if I do say so myself.

I’ll share some photos of my new garden space soon!

Donate to 12 Different Organizations in Maine

So Far This Year I’ve Donated To:

• Cleaning Up My Local Beach
• New Hope MidCoast {50 pairs of new socks}
• Humane Society {180 trays of cat food}
• Travis Mills Foundation
• Camp Sunshine
• Honor Flight Maine

So how are YOUR goals for 2024 coming along? I’d love to hear about them. 

~Mavis

Goals I’ve Already Completed This Year

In Stock and Ready to Ship by March 15th/ March 30th Now April 15th DONE!

I finally finished up all the major wool dyeing and pattern/kit making I had hoped too. All the “extra” wool is tucked away in bins so if I run out of wool in my Etsy shop I can whip up some more bundles in a jiffy. A summer off from dyeing wool… It’s going to be pretty rad.

Tidy Up / Clean Out / Purge DONE

We cleaned the whole house, inside and out. And then we sold it. Yee-Haw!

• Barn
• Garage
• Closets 
• Dresser drawers
• Kitchen 
• Sideboard
• DVD collection