My 14 Goals For 2024 – Week 50 of 52

 

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

I ate a lot of bananas and avocados this past week. Both delicious, but neither of which seem like something people gorge on during the holiday season. 

But then again, I suppose eating copious amounts of cranberries would be strange.

Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops

No new coffee shops or bakeries this past week. But I am planning on making a batch of stollen later today. The loaves freeze really well too so I’m excited about that.

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

• Mike’s All Day Breakfast
• The Cookie Jar Pastry Shop
• Fortnum and Mason
• 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
• Fika
• Belleville Bakery
• Le Petit Dep
• La Maison Smith

Contribute to 12 Free Little Libraries. {10 down down, 2 to go}

I made a small donation to a free little library that got ALL their books {adult and children’s} stolen. Taking one or two books is cool, but clearing them all out? Not cool at all.

Towns I’ve donated books to:

• Snowshill, England
• Gardiner, Maine
• Nobleboro, Maine
• Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine
• Cape Elizabeth, Maine
• Raymond, Maine
• Bellevue, Washington
• Colorado!
• Portland, Maine
• Cape Porpoise, Maine

Spend More Time At The Beach

I’ve started collecting heart shaped rocks again on my beach walks. Once you spot a heart shaped rock… They pop out at you like crazy and they are SO easy to find. 

Hopefully I’ll have enough to sell online in my Etsy shop like I did last year. We’ll see.

Read or Listen to 24 Books {20 down, 4 to go}

This past week I listened to America’s Queen by Sarah Bradford and Atonement by Ian McEwan. I also started Paris in Love but gave that one up after 30 minutes or so.

Next up is The Closer by Mariano Rivera {I LOVE biographies!}

Books I’ve Read or Listened To This Year: 

• Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise. 10/10
• My Girls by Todd Fissher 10/10
• The Paris Dressmaker by Kristy Cambron 9/10
• 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 8/10
• Family Reins by Billy Busch 7/10
• Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz 9.5/10
• Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict 10/10
• White House By The Sea by Kate Storey 7/10
• Belgravia by Jullian Fellows 10/10
• Tom Cruise by Andrew Morton
• Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
• Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
• 17 Carnations by Andrew Morton
• America’s Queen by Sarah Bradford
• Atonement by Ian McEwan

Paint 

I didn’t do any painting this past week but the masterpiece Boy with Apple is illuminated and looking festive on the wall.

And thanks for all your suggestions on fancy acrylic paints last week. I am looking forward to carving out some time in the new year to paint with higher quality paints. 

Paintings I’ve finished this year:

• 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.

I’ve started my last “big” rug for the year and I’m about 95% done. I just need to finish the top section. 

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

Visit 6 Greenhouses {4 down 2 to go}

No greenhouses this week. 

Grow Baby Grow

No gardening indoors or out has taken place this past week. But, I am enjoying all the trees that are lit up in people’s barns these days.

Donate to 12 Different Organizations in Maine

So Far This Year I’ve Donated To:

• Sarah’s House
• Grammy Rose Dog Rescue
• 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
• The Dempsey Center
• Pink Feather Foundation

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

~Mavis

Goals I’ve Already Completed This Year

Go On An Adventure DONE

I went to England and had a jolly good time. Then the HH and I went to Québec City and had a good time there. I love to travel. Have I ever told you that?

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