Flashback Friday: Catching Up....

I've been very busy the past two weeks, first at a Women's Retreat, then at the Indianapolis Gift and Hobby Show. Sold 22 books at the IGAHS and had a wonderful time staying with my SIL:)

Nov 1976:
I think we went 'Black Friday' shopping at Sears, when it was still on the Levee; there's a picture of my sister and I doing 'The Fonz' in the parking lot.  I'm assuming we did Thanksgiving at my grandparents' house in Indianapolis.

In the election, Jimmy Carter beat Gerald Ford.  My class held a mock election, and since I didn't follow politics, I asked my parents who they were going to vote for, then voted the straight Republican ticket 'since that's what my parents said'.  I do remember watching the returns with my parents and being upset that Ford hadn't won.

Nov 1986:
Brief recap:  JF and I had broken up, due to my stupidity, AND the AF Officer apologized for his behavior and wanted me back.  However, I thought he needed to be taught a lesson and refused, in order to see how he planned to win me back.

A mutual friend of ours was in my Marriage and Family class; in fact, JF and I were both taking that class, me on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the morning; he once a week at night.  Anyway, Annie learned of the breakup and began trying to get us back together.  She'd tell me how miserable he looked/acted/felt w/o me, and I'm sure she relayed my own misery back to him.

I began to pull away from my roommates, and even moved all my stuff to the other side of the room.  I know this followed a fight over the choices I was making, but can't remember specifics.  My detailed diary of this period of my life is gone, so I don't even have anything to reference other than my memory.

We spent Thanksgiving at home, and late at night, I called the AF officer and told him if he was serious, after all the late-night phone calls and letters, and wanted me back, we'd try it a 5th time.  That conversation left me rolling my eyes, since he was very non-committal.  I hung up the phone and went to bed, resolving to finish my final 3 weeks at VU; go through graduation; and hope and pray my application to Ball State was approved.

Next Month:  A very tearful farewell.

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Present Day:
This weekend is Moving Day!  Our wifi and Dish will be installed, so it's time to load up all the furniture and fully move in at the new place, then spend the next two weeks giving our old house a thorough cleaning.

The Powers That Be moved our Christmas Stroll to the 1st weekend in December!

I was VERY happy with the outcome of the election, and hope that the other candidate finally 'gets' it; they've lied one too many times, and I hope she gets what she deserves.  The only thing which alarms me is the possibility of R-V-W being overturned.  I do NOT want that!  If that happens, then women go back to the butchering of pre-1970.  Keep women safe, for those who choose this decision!

In other good news, friend BJG's cancer is in remission!!!!!!

Hope you have a very happy and SAFE Thanksgiving!

November Reading List

How did I do in October?

-Thoroughly clean the new house and get it ready for our 'stuff'

  -Kitchen  Check:)

  -Dining room  Check:)

  -Living room  Check:)

  -Bathrooms

     -Kids  Check:)

     -Ours  Still needs cabinet painted; shower curtain; new curtains

  -Bedrooms

     -Girls  Check:)

     -Boys  Check:)

     -Ours  Still need to clean carpet

-Basement  We now have hot water!!

-Begin moving heavy furniture over  Some has made it over....

-Empty storage unit  Not even close

-Do well at Imaginarium  Sold 1, but attended a workshop which was GOLD!

-Do well at Author Fair on the 15th  Cancelled

-Pay B  Nope

-Pay for OA  Check:)

-Make payments to both editor and cover artist  Nope

-Finish Ghost Story  Nope

-Finish paying for Christmas Toy and Hobby Show  Check!

-Order inventory for Christmas Show  Check:)

-Complete Secret Project #1  Going to cost $100 to mail, so tabled until Nov.

Books Read:  2, both print.

How's The Health?

Lost at least another pound, though I might have put it back on during Halloween...

Songs Added To Karaoke Good List:  13  

                                                 Thurs:      6

                                                    Sat:        7

November Goals:

-Move completely into new house  Almost....still have stuff in basement

-Thoroughly scrub down old house  Still working on it....

-Have a good Women's Retreat  Check:)

-Do well at Indpls Christmas Toy and Hobby Show  Sold 22:)  VERY Happy with that total!!

-Pay B  Not yet...

-Start making payments for cover artist and editors for Kira and Heart Song

-Finish Ghost Story.

-Mail Secret Project #1

Nov. Reading Schedule:

Print:

Serpent's Shadow-Rick Riordan  Read 1st half....

E-Book:

All That Remains-SM Shade  Read Bk #1 and am 2 or 3 chapters into Bk #2.

Betrayal-Aleatha Rom

Karaoke Songs:
Thursday:
We Are Family-Sister Sledge  Not too bad:)
Forever-Kiss  Nailed it!

We Are The Champions-Queen  Did well:)  WTG Cubs winning the World Series!!!!

We Are The world-USA For Africa  Don't think it was TOO bad...
Except For Monday-Lorrie Morgan  Bleh...
We Are Young-Fun  Let's just say I'm very thankful people were drunk by the time I got up and did this?!?!?!?

Saturday (I can only do two Saturdays this month):
Love Can Build A Bridge-Judds  Think it was okay....
Love Child-Diana Ross and Supremes  Did well except for ending
Love Hurts-Nazareth  Nailed it!

Love In Any Language-Sandi Patti  DNH
Love Is A Battlefield-Pat Benetar  Not too bad, but not keeping it.
Love Is A Stranger-Eurythmics  Bleh....
Love Is Like A Rock-Donnie Iris  DNH