My 14 Goals For 2024 – Week 25 of 52

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

Not only was it another great week in the meal department, but Lucy got a few treats as well.

Including her all time favorite thing, crusty crabs from the beach. {Don’t worry, I didn’t let her eat the whole thing.} Lucy LOVES hunting for baby crabs. This week though she found the biggest one ever though and she was pretty excited about that.

Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops

Yee-Haw! I found another coffee shop that I like, Cape Porpoise Kitchen. Does it still count as a coffee shop if they do more than coffee or baked goods? Not only does Cape Porpoise Kitchen have the best ginger molasses cookies around, but they have prepared foods {made fresh every morning!} and freezer meals too. 

What’s not to love about that!? 🙂

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

Well, we’re on an adventure. If you can count moving out of the airbnb and into another temporary housing situation an adventure. 🙂  

When we moved out of our house, we weren’t expecting it to take so long to find and close on a house so we only booked an airbnb for a specific amount of time. And well, our time was up at the old place {and they had new guests coming} and so now we’re in a new place. 

It’s much, MUCH smaller, {maybe 350 square feet?} but it’s just steps from good walking and the beach {a major bonus!}. Plus the place is newer and has a sweet little patio out back. AND IT HAS AIR CONDITIONING!!! 

Which is a MAJOR plus because the day we moved out of the old airbnb it was 90 degrees and we were all starting to get a wee bit sticky.

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

I went to the library a few days ago to see if they had any new craft books that were donated {and available to purchase} and I found one.

For $2 I came home with Selbu Mittens: Discover the Rich History of a Norwegian Knitting Tradition with Over 500 Charts and 35 Classic Patterns. I am not a knitter {and have no desire to learn} and bought the book solely to redistribute it to a free little library somewhere.

But then I found out the book is going for $42-$50 on the used book market. HOLY COW MAN.

Yada yada yada… Once we get situated, I am going to sell the book {along with some of MY other craft books}. I’m all about sharing the love of crafts, but every once in a while I unintentionally find a used book that is worth a pretty penny online and just can’t resist the urge to re-sell it. 

Have YOU ever sold any of your old books online? What site do you use?

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

It was an absolutely FANTASTIC week for the beach!! The puggle princess and I went every single day.

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

Nada books this week. 

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 

I finally finished my giant painting. I’m going to wait for the big reveal though until I’m ready to hop on a flight to go see the real thing in person. 🙂

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.

No big rugs this past week but I did complete 3 new whale pillows and listed them in my Esty shop. 

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

Have you ordered your spring bulbs yet? After much deliberation I finally made a decision and decided on Amazing Grace tulips {pictured above} and Pheasant’s Eye daffodils for the garden. 

I thought the Amazing Grace variety had a dreamy, sort of cottage type look to them and would be great for bouquets. What do you think?

Donate to 12 Different Organizations in Maine

For the month of June we donated to Honor Flight Maine. Honor Flight Maine is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that provides Maine Veterans with free guided group trips to Washington, D.C. to tour, experience and reflect at their memorials. 

Honor Flight Maine trips are provided at absolutely no expense to the Veteran.  All costs are covered by Honor Flight 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