September Goals

Was it just me or did August drag on?

 -Lose 5 lbs (start:  238)

-Spend 2 days with Mom, celebrating her birthday Check!

-Do well at Watermelon Festival Sold 3:)

-Enjoy the Olympics Check!

     Women's All-Around:  USA Simone Biles Gold, Brazil Rebecca Andrada Silver; USA Suni Lee Bronze

     Women's Balance Beam:  China bobbled; Suni Lee fell off; Brazil fell off; Italy (Manila) wobbled, but stayed on; Romania fell off TWICE; Italy (Alice), clean!; Simone fell off; Brazil (Rebeca) clean! Final: Italy (Alice) Gold (1st medal EVER in Gymnastics; China silver, Italy (Manila) Bronze. 

     Women's Floor:  Brazil (Rebeca Andraje) clean; Japan out of bounds and a wobble; Romania out of bounds; Simone out of bounds twice; Romania (2) clean; Jordan Chiles clean.  Final: Brazil Gold, Simone Silver, Jordan Chiles, Bronze

     Women's Vault:  Simone Gold; Brazil (Rebeca Andrade) Silver, Jade Carey Bronze

    Women's Uneven Bars:  China fell off; Italy solid; Belarus solid; GB fell off; China solid; Algeria solid; Germany solid; Suni Lee solid. Final:  Algeria Gold, China Silver, Suni Lee Bronze

     Men's Floor:  Spain out of bounds on dismount; Israel solid; Philippines solid; China out of bounds 1st pass; Kazistan solid; GB solid; Ukraine solid; GB solid.  Final:  Philippines Gold (1st ever!!); Israel Silver, GB Bronze

     Men's Pommel Horse:  Ireland Gold, Kazistan Silver, USA Stephen Nedoroscik Bronze

     Men's Rings: China Gold and Silver; Greece Bronze

     Men's Vault:  Phillipines Gold; Armenia Silver, GB (Harry Hepworth) Bronze

     Men's Parallel Bars:  China Gold, Ukraine Silver, Japan Bronze

     Men's High Bar: Chinese Tai-Pei fell; Japan clean; Columbia clean; Cypress fell on dismount; Japan fell and fell on dismount; China couldn't hold onto the dismount; Croatia fell twice; China fell on dismount.  Final:  Japan Gold; Columbia Silver; China and Chinese Tai-Pei (tie) Bronze

     Women's 10M Platform Diving:  China Gold and Silver, N. Korea Bronze

    Women's 200 M sprint:  USA Gabby Thomas Gold; St. Lucia Julian Alfred Silver; USA Brittany Brown Bronze (she looks like Jimmie Walker in drag, imho....)

     Men's 1500:  USA Cole Hocker Gold; GB Josh Kerr Silver; USA Yared Nuguse (from Indpls!) Bronze

    Women's Beach Volleyball:  USA loses to Canada in Round 16.

    Men's Beach Volleyball:  

    Women's 3M Springboard Diving:  China Gold and Bronze; Australia Silver

    Men's 3M Springboard Diving:  China Gold and Silver; Mexico Bronze. USA's Carson Tyler 4th!

    Men's 10M Platform Diving:  China Gold (swept diving gold!); Japan Silver (1st diving medal ever!); GB Silver.  2nd Chinese diver had a bad day and ended in 12th.,

     Rhythmic Gymnastics Team:  China Gold, Israel Silver, Italy Bronze

     Rhythmic Gymnastics Single:  Germany Gold, Bulgaria Silver, Italy Bronze

     Closing ceremony:  Amazing!  Loved the Tom Cruise stunt and throwing it to the California beach!  Still can't understand Billie Eilish.

-Do well at Collectors, Carnival, and Crafts Sold 6:)

-Do well at Geek Fest Sold 1.....

-Finish SE9 of 2.5 Men Check:)  Now beginning SE10.

-Start watching BB26 Check:)  Am up to Week 5...

Books Read:  3

            Print:  3

        E-book:  0

             DNF: 0

Karaoke Songs Added:  5

2024 Events:

September 20th-21st:  JHS 40th Reunion Good time!

October 4th:  First Friday Art Walk, 5-9 Main St

October 5-6:  Vendor Fair, Willow St???

October 19-20th:  MHS 40th Reunion

October 25th:  Halloween Stroll, Creative Market Pop Up Shop, 5-8pm

November6-9th:  Indpls Christmas Gift And Hobby Show

December 4-5th:  GSH Vendor Fair

December 6-7th:  Kringle Market

2025 Events:

July 20-22nd:  Imaginarium, Louisville, Ky (Pd 9/12)

2026 Events:

April 11th:  Dreaming Dirty In Michigan Pd $60; still owe $120

September Goals:

-Lose 5 pounds (238)

-Clean out storage

-Take pics for tax hearing Check:)

-Finish writing Mandala Effect Check:)

-Add words to Heart Song

-Have an enjoyable class reunion Check!

-Watch SE 10 of 2.5 Men

-Watch SE 1 of Love Boat

-Watch BB26

-Order copies of Whispers (6), Beach (5), River (5), Holidays (20), and Mixed Bag (5) $164 Check!

-Work enough hours to continue paying off CC and med bills

-Fix MBA

-Cut carpet out of S's room

-Upload digital copies to Patreon ...

-Convert 2 VHS to DVD ($44) 

-Read more in evenings

September Reading Schedule

Advika and The Hollywood Wives-Kirthana Ramisetti RR!  Really enjoyed this book!

Life Lessons-Katie Cawood DRR!  Took two days off (Labor Day and most of the next) to read this entire thing:)  Now looking forward to 'Yesterday's News'!

An Elephant in the Garden-Michae Morpurgo Cute story, and based on a true story!

One Flew Over The Cucoo's Nest-Ken Kesey Interesting. Now want to see the movie.

A Journey of Faith-Edward Grinnan DRR!  Tear-jerker, and has some wonderful advice!

E-book:

Along Came Tess-Sandra Sookoo Good story; fave word: 'Nodcock'

Break My Heart-Jean Joachim RR!  Great story!!

Karaoke Songs:

9/5

The Lion Sleeps Tonight-The Tokens Did well:)

She Drives Me Crazy-Fine Young Cannibals Fairly decent:)

She Talks To Angels-Black Crows Bleh....too low

Body Rock-Maria Vidal Nailed it!

Independence Day-Martina McBride Nailed it:)

9/12:

The Living Years-Michael and the Mechanics Ugh...voice was gravely.

She Thinks His Name Was John-Rebe McEntyre Slightly better; rushed the 1st verse a little

She Will Be Loved-Maroon 5 Not too bad; need to practice more.

She Works Hard For The Money-Donna Summer Best one of the four!

Hold On-Kansas DNH

Voices Carry-Til Tuesday Nailed it!

Body Rock-Maria Vidal Nailed it:)

9/19:

The Loco Motion-Kylie Minogue/Grand Funk Good!

She's In Love With the Boy-Trisha Yearwood Verses, slightly gravely; too low in places. Chorus, nailed it!

I Want You I Need You-Chris Christian DNH

Simply The Best-Tina Turner Nailed it!

I Remember You-Skid Row Did well:)

Always Remember Us This Way-Lady Gaga Brower complimented me on this, saying my singing has improved over the past few years!

Carry On My Wayward Son-Kansas Voice was beginning to go...

Take Me Home Country Road-John Denver Backed up Jack with this, and our voices blended well:)

9/26:

The Long and Winding Road-Beatles Not too bad

Shooting Star-Bad Company (last one on YT list) Turned out better than I thought!

You Say-Lauren Daigle Slightly too low, but not too bad:)