February Goals

It's February!  I have a new laptop I'm getting used to again; after typing on an external, smaller keyboard, this takes some getting used to again.  How was my January?  Besides cold and snowy, I did get quite a bit accomplished, surprise, surprise:

-Lose 5 lbs (beginning 245) Will update this later; forgot to weigh in

-Send Christmas Cards Check:)

-Buy new toothbrush holder Check!,  

-Add words to Heart Song Check:)

-Send Future Unknown to editor Check! and pay editor Not yet; probably start next month

-Add words to new fairy story Check:)

-De-decorate house Check!

-Buy BP machine Not yet

-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!

Books Read:  9

            Print:  8 

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  0

2025 Events:

Feb 7th:  Winter Market, 1972 Vincennes, 4-8pm Sold 4:)

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)

February Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (beginning 245)

-Do well at Creative Market  Sold 3:)

-Take record player back to Brown House

-Start getting Sara's room cleaned up

-Buy new soap dish and toilet roll holder for MBa 

-Finish trim, lights, medicine cabinet, and shower guard in MBa

-Make appt with foot dr about my right leg

-Add words to Heart Song

-Pay editor ($150)

-Add words to new fairy story

-Buy BP machine

-Pay for SI Con Link is posted!  Now to see if I can afford it, with the month's delay....

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills Not yet

-Read 6 books 

-Finish current e-book 

February Reading Schedule:

Burr-Gore Vidal DNF

Killers of the Flower Moon-David Graham 

Older But Wilder-Elfie Leland Wilder Funny!

Get Jiro-Anthony Bourdain DNF

Shores-Tiare H Johnston Enjoyable!  Loved Bonfire Parties!

Sex and Vanity-Kevin Kwan

The Neopolitan Sisters-Margo Candela

I Am Sheffrou-Cami Michaels

Letters To Matthew-Amy Leigh McCorkle

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

-46

E-book:

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)