May Goals

 How'd I do in April?

Lose 5 lbs (starting 243) Bleh....gained 2 pounds.  I blame the NCAA tournament, lol....

Finish clearing out bedroom Not yet

Buy shelves for basement Not yet

Rent dumpster and start culling both Green and Brown houses Still talking about it!

Hang pictures Nope

Finish Robot stories and typing others Check!

Make decision on artist Submitted story to Pen It 4/5.

Buy 10 more stylus (red) Forgot about these....

Pay for magnets Wood ordered; still waiting for sample of bamboo and maple

Cheer Gonzaga to win NCAA tournament Final game turned out to be Zaga vs Baylor, and Baylor beat them soundly, 85-70.

Sing with choir for Easter Was good to see everyone again!

Arm Health:  Am still on restrictions for lifting, but otherwise, things are now a 'new' normal.

Books Read:  4

           Print:  3

        E-book:  1

            DNF:  3

Karaoke Songs Added:  0.  Suffered laryngitis 3/4 weeks.

Upcoming Book 'Tour':

-Give A Dog A Home Vendor Fair (May 1st) Toyota Event Center, Princeton, 12-5pm CST $50 paid

-Elwood Home and Garden Show (May 15th) Elwood, In $20 paid

-Quad Con, (June 5th) Peoria IA

-InConJunction (July 2-4) Indpls, In 21st and Shadeland Ave, Marriott East

-Imaginarium (July 9-11) Louisville, Ky Info resent; funds paid last year.

-Heroes For Kids (July 20th) Perrysville, Mo

-Superman Festival (July 30-Aug 1st) Metropolis, IL

-Royal Readers (Aug 9th) Mall of America, Bloomington, Mn

-Indpls State Fair (Aug 11-13 OR 16-18th), State Fairgrounds Expo Bldg, Indpls, IN

-Penned Con (Sept) St. Louis, Mo Cancelled; however, going virtual again

-Kokomo Con (Oct 16) Kokomo, In Same weekend as ComicCon; will see about selling my table

-Indy ComicCon (Oct 15-17) Indianapolis Convention Center

-Collectors Carnival and Crafts (Oct) Princeton, In

-Indpls Christmas Gift and Hobby Show (Nov) Indpls State Fairgrounds

May Goals:

-Lose 5 pounds (starting 245)

-Do well at Princeton Vendor Fair Bleh....was a bust.  Only sold 1

-Have an enjoyable 30th anniversary Check:)  Went to El Corral on Sun 5/2 and Yamoto lunch 5/3.

-Finish cleaning out bedroom Not yet

-Buy shelves for basement Not yet

-Rent dumpster and start culling green and brown houses Not yet

-Hang pictures No

-Do well at Elwood craft fair Sold 9:)

-Secure cover art for Creative Generations Check!  Now to begin formatting MS....

-Buy 10 more styluses (red) Check!

-Pay for magnets Not in yet

-Watch Indy 500 with mom? Ended up working; watched it later that night.  Helio won 4th time....ugh.

-Do PT on left arm Check!

-Mammogram Check!  Nothing suspicious detected, yay!

-Eye doc Check!  No cateracts; just new lenses for glasses.  Yay!

May Reading Schedule:

Print:

The Room on Rue Amelie-Kristin Harmel DRR!  Excellent, and tear-jerker ending, unless you have no heart....

When We Meet Again-KH  DRR!  Blubbered my way through chapts 25-29...excellent story!!!

The Storyteller-Jodi Picoult  DRR!!!  Was a little teary-eyed at the end....

Those Girls-Chevy Stevens Okay story; ended up skimming, but did finish it.

Once In A Full Moon-Ellen Schreiber DNF  Not my cup of tea.  Couldn't get past the 5th chapter.

The Iron Witch-Karen Mahoney Good story

The Wood Queen-KM DNF....lost interest

The Stone Demon-KM DNF

The Betrothed-Kiera Cass Very interesting story!

Karaoke Songs:

5/6

Takes A Little Time-Amy Grant Powered through it, even though I'd not practiced it...

SOS-ABBA Best one of the night!!

Run For The Roses-Dan Fogelburg Bleh....too low, and voice cracked

Black Velvet-Alannah Myles Tried to redeem myself with this, but voice cracked a few times.  Not my best rendition.

5/13 Camera broke and 17 singers.  Brower's been fired from Willies, and is taking his gear to Washington.  Unsure if Alphabet Karaoke will follow him; depends on who Willie's hires. Hoping I can either buy a new camera; might do a 'best of' night next week, for his final night.