If you saw yesterday's post, you'll know I dropped the ball on a LOT of goals. I'm sincerely going to try to make more of an effort on my monthly ones, maybe even modify them a bit, since several of the Home Repair ones are subject to the spouse's whims.
-Lose 5 lbs Bleh....scale is going in the OPPOSITE direction; gained a few pounds. 245.
-Buy BP machine Was hoping I'd get one for Christmas; didn't happen.
-Finish Heart Song Made it to Ch 9, so getting closer!
-Do well at GSH Vendor Fair Sold 7:) 5 Wed, 2 Thurs
-Do well at KCPL Author Fair Sold 5:)
-Buy Beautiful Noise tix?? As of this post, Mom is still insisting she does NOT want to go, so have held off. Will keep working on her....I have until March.
-Have fun at TSO Concert Check! OMG...SO GOOD! GREAT time with Erica and Sara!
-Have enjoyable Christmas Check:) Had X-mas on 24th with kids, then quiet day on 25th.
-Make another payment to Dreaming in Michigan Not in budget just yet; I've been concentrating on paying down my credit card.
-Start chipping away at med bills Not yet.....
-Fix MBA Almost done! Just have to replace trim, paint vanity, and figure out where to put everything back, lol!
-Cut carpet out of S's room Not yet...
-Upload digital copies to Patreon Not yet....
-Convert 2 VHS to DVD ($44) Not yet...
-Read more in evenings YES! Managed to read 7 books!
Books Read: 7
Print: 7
E-book: 0
DNF: 2
2025 Events:
Feb 7th: Winter Market, 1972 Vincennes, 4-8pm ($40)
Feb 15-16th: Saluki Con, Carbondale, Il ($80 Pd 12/2)
March 22nd: SI Con, Benton, Il
March 29th: Big River Comic Con, Hannibal, MO (Pd 1/15)
April 3-4th: GSH Vendor Fair
July 20-22nd: Imaginarium, Louisville, Ky (Pd 9/12)
Aug: Watermelon Fest
Aug: CCC
Aug: Geek Con, Evansville Museum, Evansville, In
Sept 19-20th: Cil-Con, Effingham, Il ($60 Pd 12/29)
Sept 27th: Book Nook Book Fair, Peoria, Il ($75 Pd 12/27)
Nov 12-16th: ICGAHS ($700-making payments)
2026 Events:
April 11th: Dreaming Dirty In Michigan (Pd $60; still owe $120)
January Goals:
-Lose 5 lbs (beginning 245)
-Send Christmas Cards Check:)
-Buy new soap dish, toothbrush holder Check!, and toilet roll holder for MBa
-Add words to Heart Song Check:)
-Send Future Unknown to editor Check! and pay editor
-Add words to new fairy story Check:)
-De-decorate house Check!
-Buy BP machine
-Pay for SI Con Still haven't received invoice
-Pay for Big River Comics Check! Pd 1/15
-Pay down CC Sort of....but need it for hotel stay 2/15 and start pecking away at med bills Not yet
-Read 6 books Check! Read 9, lol
-Finish current e-book Check!
(baby steps, right???)
January Reading Schedule:
The Husband List-Janet Evanovich DRR!! Excellent story!!!
Delusion In Death-JD Robb RR! Lots of visual dialogue; easy to follow
New York To Dallas-JD Robb RR! Should have read this one first, though; DID referenced it.
Special Circumstances-Sheldon Siegel DRR! I figured out some of it, but did not see the rest of the ending coming! Very good!
Split Second-Catherine Coulter DRR! Very good, with two exciting stories existing at the same time! The ring subplot causes one to suspend belief, but the way it played out was well written.
Romancing Miss Bronte-Juliet Gael DRR....esp if you're a Bronte fan. I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I found this fact/fiction was highly interesting, and it did make me want to find a copy of Wuthering Heights and one of Charlotte's to see if I could actually READ it, or simply skim it, as I do Austen's work. This was always on author interviews..."Bronte or Austen?" My response was always "Neither...Alcott".
Live Wire-Lora Leigh Interesting story....
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn-Betty Smith RR! Esp if you're a history buff...excellent look at NYC in 1915
Killers of the Flower Moon-David Graham
Burr-Gore Vidal
Older But Wilder-Elfie Leland Wilder
Shores-Tiare H Johnston
Sex and Vanity-Kevin Kwan
The Neopolitan Sisters-Margo Candela
I Am Sheffrou-Cami Michaels
Letters To Matthew-Amy Leigh McCorkle
Get Jiro-Anthony Bourdain
All Hail The Queen of the Freaks-T Harriman
The Vermin Sleep-James M Watjen
Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes- Alexa Martin
Ms Demeanor-Elinor Lipton
Before We Were Wicked-Eric Jerome Dickey
Spare-Prince Harry
Down the Rabbit Hole of Narcissism-Natalie Mosely Klenotic
Loving Out Loud-Michael DeCamp
When My Heart Speaks-Steven Petty
Women of the Bible Speak-Shannon Bream
Yesterday's News-Katie Cawood
Wreck The Halls-Tessa Bailey
Someone Else's Shoes-Jojo Moyes
Same Time Next Summer-Annabel Monaghan
The Choice-Anne Greene (misplaced??)
Louise Penney book
A Quiet Strength-Janette Oke
Valley of the Shaman-Arlen Andrews
Joyful Poems For Children-James Whitcomb Riley
I Heard God Laugh-Matthew Kelly
Life Is Messy-Matthew Kelly
Franklin and Eleanor
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E-book:
Reckless Royals-Emily Silver Good story!
Closer Home-Kerry Anne King
Pine Grove Sampler-Jean Joachim
Group Therapy-BB Easton
Meet Me In Fantasyland-Mary Martinez
Secret Identity-Ava Cuvey, et al
The Scottish Play-Phoebe Alexander
Fisher Of Men-Phoebe Alexander
Switched-Cassie Mills
His Brother's Baby-Blanche Merriott
Hunted-Jill Kaelin
Isn't She Lovely-Lauren Layne
Logan's Lessons-Tonya Ramagos
Enemies On Tap-Avery Flynn
Fooling Around With Cinderella-Stacy Juba
A Game Of Gossip-Sandra Sookoo
TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)
The Stanhope Challenge-Cerise Deland (2014-$5)
Dark Side of Disney-Leonard Kinsey
Romulus-Marilyn Campbell ($5)
Gaslight Chronicles-Cindy Spencer Pape ($8)
So Far Away-Dakota Madison, et al
Defending Devon-Shannon West
Love Realized-Melanie Codina
Love Resisted-Melanie Codina
Assumptions-Melanie Codina
One The Run-Jade C. Jamison
Decker-AD Ellis
Sawyer-AD Ellis
Twins-RG Miller
Saving Sarah-Nan Reinhart
Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage
A Life Before-Julien Ayotta
Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta
Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta
Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan
If I Fall-Lydia Michaels ($5)
If You Want Me-Tara Mills
Tomorrow-Samantha Kane
Backdoor Billionaire's Bride-Roz Lee (2019-$5)
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