Sunday, March 8, 2020

March Goals

February was a busy month!
-Finalize Starter Collection and order inventory Check:)
-Continue formatting and editing Second Chances and send it off to Leanne, along with payment (March??) (Still on Ch. 7!)
-Pack rest of Den (got half of it packed and desk dismantled), Family Room (Check!), and most of Kitchen (Check!) and Living Room (Check!)
-Rent storage room (Check!)
-Make arrangements for boxes of keepsakes to be shipped home (6/22 taken home) and to my sis BIL taking a few items home on plane) 
-Lose 5 lbs (Starting 247) 2/21:  241
-Get good news at Doctor's about leg wound Check!  Keep bandage on and follow up 3/6
-Secure hotel arrangements for March trip
-Hang onto my funds for April trip (So far, so good!)

By the time my BIL arrived on 2/28, I'd packed up all the books and knick-knacks, except for one set of shelves in the Family Room (her bell collection).  On Sat 2/29, everyone sprang into action and we dismantled (my) roll top desk and moved it to the storage unit, plus made at least two more storage run trips with stuff from said desk.

Books Read:  1 Print

UPDATE ON BOOK 'Tour':
2020 Expenses:
-Book Lovers Con Book signing Sat (March 2020) $10+ travel expenses; Nashville, TN Cancelled, due to health issue, Coronovirus.  Rescheduled???
-Weekend With The Authors 2020 (April table fee waived, due to generous person having to cancel and donating her table to me; $5 General Admittance or $200 Reader Ticket for Mom) and 2021:  20 ($600 hotel/gas/food/rental car);$50 charms (Paid 12/13). Cancelled, due to CoronaVirus. Rescheduled??? 21:  $225-300 table fee; hotel/gas/food/rental car
-Writer's Workshop (April 25, 2020) Nashville, IN $45 Paid 2/29
-Farmer's Market (June 6, 2020) $12 Doubtful I'll do this...
-PrideFest (June 20, 2020, $25 donation)
-Corning IrishFest (June 21, 2020)
-InConJunction (June 3-5, 2020)????? Falls on daughter's birthday, so unsure if attending
-Imaginarium (July 10-12, 2020):  $100 early bird booth fee (PAID!); $35 banquet (PAID!); $100 food, $200 hotel, gas. ($186 hotel, $371, $35 food, $10 gas)

-Heroes For Kids (July 18, 2020, $50)  Perrysville, MO Gas $40, hotel room, $140, food $40=$472 total)
-Watermelon Festival (July 31-Aug 1, 2020) $45 ?????
-Indy State Fair (Aug $100) ($100-200) Gas $30, $15 admission; $24 parking fee; $20 food; $6 ride
-Minneapolis travel expenses (Aug 8, 2020) ($200-hotel,$120-food,$100- gas=$648 needed)
-Penned Con: $225 half table (6') (Paid 12/21Hotel/food/gas
-Cil-Con 2020 ($75 Paid 12/21) plus $112 hotel, $30 food, $15 gas)
-Saluki Con expenses-Date Changed To Jan 2021 $203 ($25 refunded after stay) hotel. $66 food and $40 gas.)  
-ICGAHS:  $340 booth fee,hotel/gas/food $100 paid 1/31; Bal:  $240.


March Goals:
-Get Mom settled at Cumberland Point 
     -3/2:  Moved her in 
     -3/8:  Unpacked 4 boxes, put dresser and cube in closet, a few books on shelves.
     -3/9:  Unpacked 8 boxes; placed all her 'pretties' on the kitchenette shelves, and remaining books on bookcase.
     -3/10:  Was informed of new guidelines beginning 3/11; will have to enter/exit from main entrance.
     -3/11:  New guidelines implemented, though now only workers and residences allowed access.
-Get my stuff moved home and rearranged 
      -3/5:16/18 boxes taken home; desk dismantled and put in storage
      -3/15-16:  Doll cabinet and safe moved; table in garage loaded up.  More stuff taken to storage and donation.
      -3/21: Brought TV, doll cabinet, marble tables, and majority of boxes brought home.
     -3/23-24:  Packed up everything; brought what we could home; took another load to storage; another load to donation; another load to Mom.  Put everything to come home into garage; left the 'junk' in the living room, plus a few things in the three bedrooms and den for Jerry to haul to the transfer station.
-Put house on market
-Get truck (Signed over to Schoolhouse Auctions for sale) and van titles transferred to my name
-Get Mom's finances secured
-Finish formatting/editing Second Chances and send to editor, along with payment (Now I'm thinking release date in June??  Unless I kick it into gear, not gonna happen in next 6 weeks...)
-Lose 5 pounds (starting 241) 3/20:  239
-Enjoy Nashville trip (21st to Book Lovers) Cancelled
-Pay for two tix to SC in Atlanta May 11th (Check!) and secure hotel accommodations Rescheduled for Sept 13th
-Hang onto funds for April trips Check; since trips are cancelled, will use some of the funds to buy vertical banner.

March Income: Due to c-virus, all spring events have been cancelled, and Shelter-In-Place order in effect until May 1st.
   3/5:  200 $20 to church; Pay Maurice's ($50 Check! +daughter's $50), Pay GSH ($61 Check!)=$69 banked (Total:  $164 banked.  Bought concert (on bank card) tix AND Meet-n-Greet (on credit card)tix)
  3/12:  200  $20 to church; Pay credit card ($50 Check!), Pay Nancy ($50 Check!); Pay Pegasus ($25 Check!)=$55 banked; total $180 saved
  3/19:  200 $20 to church; Pay Neuberg Medical bill (FINAL! $50.47 Check!), Pay GSH ($61 Check!)=$71 banked
  3/26:  300 $30 to church; Pay Heroes For Kids ($52 Check!); pay (April) health insurance ($89 Check!) send $100 (Bal $75?? Check!) to Suzanne for ICTOHS=$29 banked (Total Banked:  $290)
    NOTE:  Need inventory/promo:  $100???


March Reading Schedule: Print:
Bloom County:  Read On The Throne-Berkely Breathed  Loved this!
Yukon Ho!- (Calvin and Hobbs)- Bill Watterson Enjoyable!
Hotel New Hampshire-John Irving Enjoyable as always!
Sacajawea:  Indian Girl with Lewis and Clark Informative!
The Nightmare Collective-Brian K Morris, et al

E-book:
Sugar and Spice-Phoebe Alexander Very enjoybable storyline:)
Now and Forever:  A Love Story-Jean Joachim
The Flip-KL Montgomery

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