December Goals

WOW November flew by!  I did get quite a bit accomplished:)  

Do well at Creative Market 11/8 Sold 4:)

-Get promo together for Christmas show (sneak peeks) Check!

-Do well at ICGAHS:  Check!  Sold 40; 2nd highest sales total!

     Wed: 4

     Thurs: 8

     Fri: 10

     Sat: 18

-Have fun at SC concert Check!  Even gave him a copy of DD!

-Do well at Creative Market 11/29 Sold 4:)

-Finish self-edits of Heart Song 11/5 Check!

-Send Heart Song to editor Check! 11/21

-Watch SE9 Bones Check! Now up to SE10, Ep 16

-PAY Nancy ($60) Check!  11/24 

-PAY Dawne ($200) Check! 11/20 

-PAY Lenore ($100) Check! 11/21 

Health:  Foot/leg issues continue, with two more red splotches on top of foot.  Head stopped up for a week (mainly due to the falling temps), beginning 11/23 -present (12/1).  Even though my voice is in the basement, I can surprisingly still hit the high notes at choir practice!

Books Read:  3

            Print:  1

        E-book:  2

             DNF:  1

2025 Events:

Dec 3-4th, Good Sam Christmas Craft Show, GSH Hedde Center, Vincennes, In

Dec 20th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

2026 Events:

March 13-14th:  Big River Comics, Hannibal, MO ($122)

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

April 18th:  Saluki Con, Carbondale, IL ($50?)

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

Aug 22nd:  Geek Con, Evansville Museum ($40)

December Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start: 244)

-Get 2nd opinion on foot/leg

-Do well at GSH event

-Have fun at Amy Grant concert

-Bake cookies

-Attend Austin's concert 12/6 at 6pm

-Sing well at Cantata

-Get hair cut

-Write/send Holiday newsletter and cards

-Write/send Nov/Dec newsletter

-Have an enjoyable 60th birthday

-Do well at Holiday Creative Market

-Have an enjoyable Christmas

-Enjoy NYE

-Edit and RELEASE Heart Song

-Add new words to dragon/fairy story 

-Create new website

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

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

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 

Dec Reading Schedule:  

She Who Frees The Selkie-K. Malady

Double D Ranch-Rochelle Bradley

The Restless Few-James Watjen

How To Raise Viking Children-Troy Maynard

Trick of the Tale:  Genesis-Jen Selinsky

Echoes of Vengeance-Stephanie Lanham

Memoirs of an Angel-Brian Rodman

Kingdom of Ambrosia:  Soul Walkers-Howlett and Dixon

October Forever-Katie Cawood

The Chosen 3:  And I Will Give You Rest-Jerry B Jenkins

Fiction Favorites:

-Welcome To Murder Week-Karen Dukess

-I Need You To Read This-Jessa Maxwell

-Yours, Eventually- Nora Maznavi

-Perfect Storm-Paige Shelton

The President and the Freedom Fighter- Brian Kilmeade

Die Laughing-Benjamin Oneal

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

-18

E-book:

Prancing Around With Sleeping Beauty-Stacy Juba

Trimmed In Blue-Sandra Sookoo

Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer

Murder In Disguise-Sandra Sookoo

Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures

Peonies For Paige-Kasey Kennedy

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)

Paging Dr, Breakup-Jillian David

The Girl Vanished-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

The Lost Summers-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

Ballad of Us-Sasha Marshall

Naughty, Nice, Never Been Kissed-Cassidy Hudspeth