Monday, March 4, 2019

March Goals

For a short month, February seemed to go on forever....what did I do?
-Finish taxes and get them filed 2/7 Check!  Getting small Fed refund, but have to pay State.  Bleh.
-Buy stamps and mail Christmas cards  Sigh....still not yet....
-Send packages to Wa and Tx Nope...
-Write #2 in Regrets  Nope
-Write new Bad Decision story Nope
-Submit Dreams poem/write Dreams short story (2/18:Check!  Came in at 3638 words; will edit and give it a title before submitting it  2/27:  Revised and sent!) and get it subbed Subbed poem 2/9:)
-Enjoy the Super Bowl (Pats vs Rams) Pats won, 13-3; see post 2/5/19
-Lose 5 lbs (starting wt:  238) Who the hell GAINS four pounds while having the stomach flu???  
-Organize more of basement Bought the tubs, but it's been too cold to go down there.
-Watch the rest of SE7  GOT Check!
-Spend an enjoyable Valentine's Day Check:)
-Figure out pre-order on AZ Check:)  It's up as of 2/21!
-Pay for Cil-Con (Sept, $50)); N.Evansville (April, $35 check!); Washington (April, $25-50)
-Pay cover art Not yet...

Health:  Ended up with a mild bout of the stomach flu, and ankle continues to have good and bad days.

Books Read:  4
           Print:  0
       E-Book:  4

Karaoke Songs Added:  8 or 9 (see below)
                            Thurs: 3
                                Sat:  5 or 6 (Check to see if Say You Will is already on Good List)

March Goals:
Buy stamps (Finally!  3/11, bought!) and send Christmas Cards 3/12:  SENT!
Mail packages to Wa and Tx
Write #2 Regrets
Write Bad Decisions
Lose 5 lbs (Start:  246) 3/11:  243 (-3!) 3/21:  240 (-3!)
Organize more basement stuff Filled another tote with all the sheet music; still have one more tote to fill.
Work as many hours as possible, in order to pay my own debts and start chipping away at the medical ones.
Feb 25-Mar 1st:  17 hours (only got credit for 11??)
Mar 4-8: 20 hours
Payday hours:  37 (32??)  $350:  $150 to spouse; $38 for lunch; $50 for bks, $50 for April 4th-5th event, $35 to church.
Mar 9-15: 15 hours
Mar 16-22: 20 hours  
Payday hours:  35  $370:  $40 to church; $160 to spouse; $50 to Indy Author Event (Sept); 
Mar 23-29:  13 hours
Pay writing debts:
-N:  $50 3/15:  check:)
-D:  $140
-April Fest (5-6):  $50 3/15:  check:)
-Indy Author Fair (Sept):  $50 Check:)
-Cil-Con (Sept):  $50


March Reading Schedule:
Print:
Fulfillment-Barbara Delinsky Started out good, but had many eye-roll moments throughout.


E-book:
Renovating The Billionaire-Jean Joachim  RR!  Enjoyed this well-crafted story!
Unpredictable Heart-JJ  RR!  Another very good, well-crafted story!
Home For His Heart-Angela Raines Good story.


Karaoke Songs:
Thurs:
Won't Get Fooled Again-The Who Did well!  Got Duddy and some other kid to do the screaming:)
Where The Rubber Meats The Road-Meat Loaf DNH, darn it....
Words Get In The Way-Miami Sound Machine Nailed it; same kid from 1st song 'flirted' with me through it.
Before He Cheats-Carrie Underwood Did well!
Working For A Living-Huey Lewis and the News  Slightly rough, but made it through:)
Party All The Time-Eddie Murphy  Did well!
Working For The Weekend-Loverboy  Nailed it, and was complimented:)
Working My Way Back to You-Four Seasons Good:)
Back At One-Brian McKnight Nailed it!
Angels Would Fall-Melissa Etheridge A little gravelly in spots, but overall, not bad!

Sat:
Rock and Roll All Night-Kiss Sang this with Kyle, Richard, Dalton, Chewie, and Kelly....fun time!
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through-Meatloaf Nailed it!
Rock and Roll Girls-John Fogarty DNH
Rock and Roll Love Letter-BCR DNH
Rock and Roll Never Forgets-Bob Seeger Did fairly well:)
Rock Around the Clock-Bill Haley Not too bad!
Rock Me Gently-Andy Kim Did well, except for chorus; had to drop down an octave.
Rock Me Tonight-Billy Squire DNH
Rock of Ages-Def Leopard 3/16: Enjoyed belting this out, and camera batteries died halfway, so will have to re-sing at a later date!
Rock The Boat-Hues Corporation Wasn't too bad:)
Rock the Casbah-the Clash Bleh....waaaaay too low!
Rock With You-Michael Jackson Crowd pleaser, lol!

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