Tuesday, July 1, 2025

July Goals

June just flew by!  Is it just me, or am I so busy I lose track of days?  We also celebrated Granddaughter Olivia's 3rd birthday, and made two trips to Lafayette (once for sinus dr and hair/dentist trip), in addition to having dinner with long-time friends Steve and Kristin, so I was able to relax a little:)

-Lose 5 lbs (241)

-Do well at First Friday Art Walk Rained out again

-Do well at Seymore event Sold 1, but met several new authors!

-Do well at Summer On Main Sold 3:)

-Do well at Pride Sold 10:)

-Finalize Playing With Time and set release date Not yet; cover model and artist had health issues, my computer crashed.

-Pay Editor ($50), Cover Art (funds in savings), Geek Con event,(Check!) and Lafayette Comic Con event (Check!)

-Start getting Sara's room cleaned up Carpet removed; walls sanded and painted; carpet pad removed; Alex's bed moved in

-Finish Ch 11 of Heart Song Check!

-Pay down CC Check, but am going to use it for my hotel fee at Imaginarium and start pecking away at med bills Paying down Comm Bank (hospital) and Maurices-let the daughter get clothes and I bought a few tees for me

-Read 6 books Only 3, but they were thick!

-Finish current e-book Check!


Health:  Did not get my brochitis or sinus infection:)


Books Read:  4

            Print:  3

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  0


2025 Events:

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

July 25th:  KCARC Craft Show ($25)

Aug:  Geek Con, Evansville Museum, Evansville, In ($40 pd 6/13)

Sept 19-20th:  Cil-Con, Effingham, Il (Pd 12/29)

Sept 27th:  Book Nook Book Fair, Peoria, Il ($75 Pd 12/27)

Oct 11th:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippi County Fairgrounds ($50-Pd 6/13)

Nov 12-16th:  ICGAHS ($700-making payments)


2026 Events:

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

Aug 8th:  Indy Author Event ($250; Pd $50 5/16 still owe $200)


July Goals:

-Lose 5lbs (start 241)

-Celebrate Sara's birthday

-Have fun at Imaginarium

-Go to Food Trucks On The River (21st)

-Do well at KCARC event

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

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

-Make appt with foot dr about my right leg 

-Finish Ch 12 of Heart Song

-Buy BP machine 

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 

July Reading Schedule:  

Leota's Garden-Francine Rivers
The Matzah Ball-Jean Meltzer
Once Upon A Platypus 2-Ron Braun
The Shrieking Gun Cafe-YW Lumaris
The Bears of Blue River-Charles Major
Home To Holly Springs-Jan Karon
Cleaning Homes in Scottsdale, AZ-Rick Smith
Secret Stories of Disney World-Jim Korkis
The Scarlet Thread-Francine Rivers
And The Shofar Blew-Francine Rivers
Redeeming Love-Francine Rivers
Finding Home-Sutton Bishop
Becoming His-KI Lynn
Tangled In Lavandar-Sandra Sookoo
This Is Us-April Decton
The Lady's Mine-Francine Rivers
Texas Bombshell-Cynthia D'Alba
Innocence Taken-Victoria M. Patton
Fish Tank-Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
The Trouble With Angels-Maggie Adams
Just One Summer-Lynn Stevens
She Who Frees The Selkie-K. Malady
Double D Ranch-Rochelle Bradley
The Restless Few-James Watjen
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
-38

E-book:
A Game Of Gossip-Sandra Sookoo
Two-Bit Wizard-Keith Thompson
This Is Not The Story You Think It Is-Laura Munson
The Stanhope Challenge-Cerise Deland 
Dark Side of Disney-Leonard Kinsey
A Divided Heart-Alessandra Torra
Moonshot-Alessandra Torra
Trophy Wife-Alessandra Torra
Promised To The Worst Duke In England-Sandra Sookoo
Abigail's Journey-Jean Joachim

TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)
The Marriage Bargain-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
The Marriage Trap-Jennifer Probst (2013-$15)
The Marriage Mistake-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
The Marriage Merger-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer (2013-$15)
The Cookbook Collection-Allegra Goodman (2013-$11)
The Girfriend-Abigail Barnett
The Summer Without Her (Men???)-Siri Hustvedt
Searching For Someday-Jennifer Probst (2014-$8)
Hard As You Can-Laura Kay (2014-$9)
The Year of Living Biblically-A.J. Jacobs (2014-$15)
Retaliation-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10)
Accused-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10) 
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)
The Play-Tawdra Kandle
Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer
Hopeful In Yellow-Sandra Sookoo
Magic In Mayflowers-Sandra Sookoo
Zero Chance-Linda Kage (want entire series in print)

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