My 14 Goals For 2024 – Week 47 of 52

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

The HH decided to go to Costco THE DAY BEFORE Thanksgiving to pick up fresh garland and wreaths and couldn’t resist buying a few “salad” things while he was there.

Shopping at Costco the day before Thanksgiving, that’s nuts!!

Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops

It was so busy at the buoy factory last week that I didn’t get a chance to visit a coffee shop. Research, it’s hard to find time to fit it in sometimes. 

We did get all the buoys painted though, and the outside of the house decorated. I’ll share some pictures tomorrow. I think it might be our best holiday display yet.

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

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

No free little libraries this past week but I have plans to donate to the remaining three libraries this week.

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

Spend More Time At The Beach

Walking at the beach was rather chilly this past week. Not a lot of people there {yay!} but super cold. I wasn’t really looking for heart shaped rocks, but I found 2 anyway.

I should probably ramp up my efforts, as Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and people will be looking for them on Etsy.

Read or Listen to 24 Books {15 down, 9 to go}

This past week I listened to Tom Cruise by Andrew Morton. It’s not someone I was all that interested in but the library had it on sale for only $1 so I figured, why not. Interesting fella. And I’ll leave it at that. 🙂

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

Paint 

This season’s buoys have been painted and now I’m working on ornaments again for my Etsy shop. They’re selling at a pretty good clip this year and I’ve already sold out of a few styles. 

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 finished big rug #5 last week Chicken Stroll the design is by Crow Creek Farm I think it turned out super cute.  I’ve already started big rug #6, it’s an antique adaptation. I’ll share a peek once I get a little further along.

• 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

Two of the pink amaryllis bulbs are in bloom and they couldn’t be prettier. The third one has decided to take its own sweet time, which is fine by me.

Maybe that one will bloom for Christmas. We’ll see.

I can’t decide which one I like best. The pink or the white.

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. And I can’t wait to go back!

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