My 14 Goals For 2024 – Week 9 of 52

Lower Cholesterol / Reduce Stress

Did you see the full moon last week? What a beauty! It kind of makes you forget about everything else. I love how full moons light up the sky and how you can stand outside in the middle of the night … It all seems so magical.

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

Most of my fruits and vegetables this past week were in dried form {dehydrated fruit and dried beans}. But hey, that totally counts, right?

Visit 24 {new} Bakeries / Coffee Shops

I am still swooning over the treats we had from the Standard Baking Company  I seriously don’t know how any other pastry shop {in the US} is going to top the place. I don’t even know if I want to try.

I actually walked in and walked right out of two bakeries last week. I didn’t want to waste my treat calories on subpar items. I guess that makes me a pastry snob.

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

• Standard Baking Co. 
• Saltwater Farm Cafe
• Coffee Roasters of the Kennebunks

Go On An Adventure

I’ve decided on my first adventure for the year. I told the HH about it and he just looked at me like I was on drugs. Which means I picked a winner!!! I have to do something first before I can go… But holy cow man, it’s going to be AWESOME.

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

 

Towns I’ve donated books to:

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

Tidy Up / Clean Out / Purge

Absolutely NO purging this past week. And mostly likely I won’t until after I get all my wool dyed. Focus. Focus. Focus. That’s the plan.

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

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

I am currently listening to These Precious Days by Ann Pachett and I am LOVING it so far. 

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

Spend More Time At The Beach

I didn’t make it to the beach this past week. 🙁 But I did start a new paint by numbers. 

Paint 

Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh. I took me less than 48 hours to paint it. Hmmm… Maybe that’s why I’m not getting as much hooking time in as I need too. I made a point to really built up the paint on this one “like the original}. 

So far I’ve finished:

• Portrait of Joseph Roulin 
• Regattas at Argenteuil
• Vase with Cornflowers and Poppies 
• Sunflowers

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

I still have a ton I need to bundle up. Hopefully I can get the next round listed in my Etsy shop by next weekend. The plan is to get all the wool dyed by March 30th and all my patterns drawn by March 15th. Kits, somewhere in between. 

Hook 6 “Big” Rugs.

I am still currently working on large rug #2 and #3. I was hoping to finish them both in February, but now the goal is the end of March. 

Large Rugs I’ve Hooked This Year

• 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

Fresh peas! I think I’m going to start my peas inside this week. The weather is still a little too wonky to plant any outside yet. Super cold one minute, warm temps and rain the next. It’s a bit of a crapshoot right now.

Donate to 12 Different Organizations in Maine

So far I have picked up 50 pairs of socks to donate to a women’s shelter and purchased supplies off the Camp Sunshine wish list. Now I just need to wait until I am in the area of both places to drop them off. For March I think I’ll be donating to an animal shelter. 

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

~Mavis