Lower Cholesterol / Reduce Stress
Thanks to all the snow we’ve been getting {and more is expected tonight} the Puggle Princess and I are getting in some much needed downtime. Tea, cookies and British tv. What more do you need?
Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
Good news! My mother in law has resumed her care packages of fresh fruit! And just when I was starting to worry about us getting scurvy during this cold New England winter.
Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops
I’m so glad I made visiting 24 new coffee shops/bakeries a goal list for this year!
Go On An Adventure
A friend called me last night and asked if I wanted to go to New Orleans, Louisiana for spring break. I told her I had absolutely ZERO interest in going to New Orleans. 😉 Maybe I’m just getting old. But then again, a nice warm beignet would be nice…
Contribute to 12 Free Little Libraries. {1 town down, 11 to go}
So far we’ve donated to 2 free little libraries {although since they were so close to each other, I am only counting it as 1}.
- Kennebunk and Kennebunkport
Tidy Up / Clean Out / Purge
Not a sliver of tidying up has happened yet this year. Right now my focus is cutting and dyeing wool. Once I get all of that done, then I’ll be able to focus on the rest of the house.
- Barn
- Garage
- Closets
- Dresser drawers
- Kitchen
- Sideboard
- DVD collection
Read or Listen to 24 Books {1 down, 23 to go}
I am currently listening to George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith. I needed something to listen to {that was loooooong} while I work on my next rug hooking project.
I have 3 other books in my queue but it will be some time before those are available. I might have to pop into the library to see if they have any new audiobooks {on CD’s}.
- 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
Spend More Time At The Beach
I haven’t been able to squeeze any beach time in lately {but I am hoping to soon}. I did however order a Cool Cabana so that when beach season arrives… I’ll be ready to park myself out there in a beach chair and soak up the sun all day long {under cover of course}.
There’s no rules about hooking at the beach, right? 😉
Paint
My current paint by number kit, Vase with Cornflowers and Poppies By Vincent Van Gogh is a doozy. This one is going to take a while.
So far I’ve finished:
In Stock and Ready to Ship by March 15th / March 30th
I have been really good at staying on task! I was able to get another big wool dyeing session this past week and am already mapping out my next batch of colors.
If I can stay focused, I should be able to check this goal off my list by mid to late March. A summer without having to put down my garden tools to stop and dye wool or draw out patterns… Wouldn’t that be nice. Yes, yes it would.
I have about 100 patterns in my Etsy shop right now so this goal is going to keep me busy for the next 2 months.
Hook 6 “Big” Rugs.
I finished my first large rug of the year; Hidden In The Garden. I have actually hooked this rug twice before, but I love the design {by Crow Hill Primitives} so much that I wanted to hook it again. I have it listed it in my Etsy shop along with a few other pieces I recently finished.
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
It’s hard to imagine that in just a few months… This will be the view out my front door.
Donate to 12 Different Organizations in Maine
I wasn’t there to donate but I did stop by the Habitat ReStore and spotted this oyster chandelier that I thought was pretty cool. You just never know what you are going to find there!
I also ordered some supplies from the Camp Sunshine wish list, and now I just need to drop off the donation. Getting there is a bit of a hike though so I need to map out a few stops along the way first.
How are YOUR goals for 2024 coming along? I’d love to hear about them.
~Mavis
Holley says
The new rug in gorgeous! But, then again, I think that about all your rugs!
I’m from New Orleans and have been following your blog forever. I can say, without a doubt, New Orleans is not your kind of place! Good choice! It is so beautiful in a French sort of way, not British. It’s loud and goes 100 mph in certain places mostly where tourists are. It is an experience like no other in this country! Some people go there and never leave! But some should never go, and that’s okay! I’m a New Orleanian through and through and haven’t lived there in over 25 years. Once it’s in you it never leaves and you must go back as often as possible. There was phrase coined after Hurricane Katrina – “Be a New Orleanian wherever you are” because so many people were displaced. I take that to heart and try to spread that special kind of l’esprit de la vie wherever I am!
Hope everyone has a great week!
Ellen Wagner says
As someone who lived in New Orleans for 18 years and has a permanent love affair with that dear city, I urge you to visit–just not at Mardi Gras! Go in April or October, which are both relatively dry, temperate months with gorgeous flowers in bloom everywhere. Go to the Quarter and take in the aromas of garlic and exotic food cooking, the sounds of the (out-of-tune) carillon on the Natchez steamboat, the sounds of all kinds of accents and conversations around you, the people from all over, with their different timbres of voices, the might Mississippi from the Moonwalk. Eat your beignets and drink your coffee while checking out Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral. Then get a day pass for the streetcar and take it all the way up St. Charles to the intersection with Carrollton, where you can get off for breakfast at the Camellia Grill: pecan waffles and a linen napkin!! Harry the waiter has retired now, but the people are great. If you like Italian cookies and cannoli, check out Brocato’s on Carrollton. And don’t forget the classic old house museums in the Quarter: Hermann-Grima House, Gallier House, the Pontalba museum, an apartment returned to its 19th-century roots. There’s an amazing needlecraft shop on Chartres near Jackson Square, too. Uptown has gorgeous old homes along St. Charles, and Oak St. has a slew of interesting new restaurants. You can also take a streetcar to the Cemeteries along Canal St. Mid-City and the New Orleans Museum of Art are worth seeing as well. But the best part of New Orleans is the joie de vivre of the people, who have warm hearts and great laughs. And they play and sing great music!
Rosemary says
I have finished 3 items on my list and I am almost done with #4. Only 16 more items to go! 🙂
Linda Sand says
Expect sand to get into anything you do at the beach. Rug hooking there? Ummm.
Mel says
I’m doing pretty well on goals. I didn’t do as well with eating well and drinking water this week, so I’m going to have to get back to that this week.
I did knock out several baby appointments this week though. We made it to the clinic to get ankle braces made and to the baby vision specialist (we’re pretty sure he can walk, but his ankles are unstable, and he has some depth perception issues, so he’s been cautious). Just have to do a hearing test and start OT this week, and then I think we’re back to our regularly scheduled weekly events of PT, baby gym, and music classes.
Once things calm down a bit schedule-wise, I should be able to work on some other goals.
Annette says
My son got a scholarship to Tulane. We drove him there and dropped him off — sight unseen! He loved the city so much. He didn’t want to leave after graduation four years later. It truly is like no other city.
Meg C says
My philosophy is to go anyplace (safe, of course) at least once. You never know what you’ll discover/experience and especially if you get to do it with a good friend. You can always decide you never want to go back, if you don’t like it.
Love your goal updates, thank you for sharing them with us!
Vy says
My library has audiobooks on demand that I can listed to via my phone or laptop. Does yours have something similar by chance? No need to leave the house, and returning it is just a click of the button. Soooo convenient.
Karin says
Coolcabana’s are the best! We have ours for four years and it’s great. You can set it up quicker than a beach umbrella. And you have much more shade. There are accessories to use it on a lawn also.
Tamara says
How does it fare with strong beach winds? That has been our issue at the North Carolina beaches.
Rosalind says
My library offers access to Hoopla, Libby and cloudLibrary all have audiobooks. Hoopla also offers music , movies and tv shows. I got hooked on these services during Covid.
Donna says
The thought of New Orleans at spring break is anxiety-inducing for me. Solidifying this year’s goal list has been slow. Our daughter had our first grandchild at the beginning of the month, and that’s been all I can think about. I did set some pretty lofty gardening goals this year, with a lot of room for experimenting. Ordered the last of what I needed for that this past weekend. Time to get back on track and on schedule 🙂
kari b says
If you ever do get down to New Orleans, may I suggest going to the D-Day museum. Also, I know you aren’t looking for book recommendations, but “North Woods” by Daniel Mason is next on my reading list!