My 14 Goals For 2024 – Week 15 of 52

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

Currently craving a giant bowl of salt potatoes. Note to self: Buy baby potatoes this week. 

Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops

I feel like I am a little behind on this goal but we did visit pastry shop #5 recently. The pastries were so pretty though, they deserve a post of their own so I’ll wait and tell you where we went and what we tried soon. 

New Bakeries / Coffee Shops I’ve Been To This Year:

• Ritual Bakehouse and Patisserie
• Standard Baking Co. 
• Saltwater Farm Cafe
• Coffee Roasters of the Kennebunks

Go On An Adventure

My first adventure of the year will have to wait just a little bit as I have something else in the works that I need to concentrate on first. 🙂 But I am SUPER excited about where I have chosen to go. Never in a million years would anyone guess where it is. I’m sure of it.

Contribute to 12 Free Little Libraries. {3 town down, 9 to go}

I didn’t visit any free little libraries this past week but I did tune into the Camp Butterfield channel and watch the nature show.

Towns I’ve donated books to:

• Gardiner, Maine
• Nobleboro, Maine
• Kennebunk and Kennebunkport

Tidy Up / Clean Out / Purge

This past week I tackled the dresser drawers and not only stacked and tidied up the drawers, but I found a few things to add to the donation bags as well. It was a win-win if you ask me!

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

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

Thanks to Patty’s recommendation, this past week I listened to Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. The narrator did an excellent job!

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

Spend More Time At The Beach

There was so much foam at the beach this weekend, it was nuts! Lucy had a good time walking in it though, even if she did need a bath afterwards.

Lucy would spend all her time at the beach searching for crunchy baby crabs if she could. It’s a big treasure hunt everytime we go and I think that’s what keeps it interesting.

Paint 

I am currently working “Goldfish” By Henri Matisse and I already have my next paint by numbers all lined up.

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

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

It was another extremely productive week dyeing wool and drawing patterns. I just have a few more kits to put together {today and tomorrow} and then I will be done and can focus on other things. Yee-Haw. I’m nearly there.

Hook 6 “Big” Rugs.

I finished hooking the Yankee Doodle rug but won’t count it as “completed” until I finish stitching up the edges {tonight}. Then, after that’s done, I’ll have 3 large rugs hooked for this year and I’ll be halfway though this goal.

Large Rugs I’ve Hooked This Year

• Three Roosters
• Hidden In The Garden 

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

No visits to any greenhouses this past week, but I already know which one I want to go to first. 

Grow Baby Grow

The garden finally thawed and I was able to get my radish seeds planted. I’m hoping to get a few more seeds in the ground in the next day or two.

Donate to 12 Different Organizations in Maine

Nothing new to report in the donations department this past week but I’ve started a list and I’m looking forward to making my 4th donation to a local Maine charity in April. 

So Far This Year I’ve Donated To:

• New Hope MidCoast {50 pairs of new socks}
• Humane Society {180 trays of cat food}

*I still need to Drop off the art supplies to Camp Sunshine

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

~Mavis