Saturday, January 3, 2026

January 2026 Goals

 Whew!  December alternated between flying by and taking its sweet time!  What did you experience?  I DID get quite a bit accomplished!

-Lose 5 lbs (start: 244) Maintaining

-Get 2nd opinion on foot/leg Check!  Begin going to E'ville every week...fun, fun, fun....

-Do well at GSH event Check!  Sold 5 Wed, and 2 Thurs for a total of 7:)

-Have fun at Amy Grant concert CHECK!  OMG it was wonderful!!!

-Bake cookies

     12/6:  9 Doz Choc Chip (consumed by 12/8)

     12/13:  9 doz Oatmeal-Raisin

     12/15:  6 doz M&M (consumed by the 18th)

-Attend Austin's concert 12/6 at 6pm Too much pain

-Sing well at Cantata Check!

-Get hair cut 12/12 canceled appt due to snow

-Attend Kristy's Visitation/funeral Snow and cold temps prevented me from attending.

-Write/send Holiday newsletter and cards Written, but not ssent.

-Write/send Nov/Dec newsletter Check!

-Have an enjoyable 60th birthday Check!  Lunch @Cafe Moonlight; dinner @El Corral

-Do well at Holiday Creative Market Sold 2, and Marcia paid my booth fee as a b-day gift

-Have an enjoyable Christmas Check! Slept late, watched Stomped and House, ate ham and mashed potatoes and rolls. Zero travel:)

-Finish watching Bones Check!  12/24

-Enjoy NYE Check! 

-Edit and RELEASE Heart Song Edit, check!  Uploaded the e-version, but probably won't release until after the 1st, due to the holidays. UPDATE:  1/2:  Released on Smashwords!

-Add new words to dragon/fairy story and Hallmark-inspired story Check!


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!

Sad News:  One of my mom's oldest friends passed away Jan 1st.  I'm hoping to go to her funeral or visitation, since I wasn't able to go to her husband's services two years ago, due to finding out too late.  RIP Jerry and Louise Botzum....tell Dad I said hello:)

Books Read:  2

            Print:  1

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  2


2026 Events:

Feb 7th:  Winter Creative Market, 1972 KCARC

March 4-5:  GSH Spring Vendor event ($50)

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

April 11th:  Dreaming Dirty In Michigan (Pd $140 still owe $40)

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

June 5-7:  Indy Comic Con (Panelist)

June 12-14:  Superman Celebration, Metropolis, IL

July 17-19:  Imaginarium, Louisville, KY (Pd 8/2025)

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

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

Sept 12th:  StompCon, Fowler, IN

Oct 24th:  Lafayette Con, Lafayette, In ($40)

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

Dec 2-3rd:  GSH Christmas Vendor Event ($50)


January Goals:

-Lose 5 pounds (start 244)

-Publish Heart Song (e-book) Check!  Jan 2nd

-Publish Heart Song (paperback)

-Order inventory (Heart Song, Teacher's Pet, Catered Romance, Playing With Time, Defending Destiny)

-Redo font in Hotel Stories and republish

-Finish watching Survivor 44

-Find House on other streaming platform and finish SE2

-Be able to wear tennis shoe on right foot again

-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 


Jan Reading Schedule:  
The Restless Few-James Watjen Interesting story!
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
Someone Like You-Karen Kingsbury
George Washington's Secret Six-Brian Kilmeade
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates-Brian Kilmeade
Bride-Ali Hazelwood
The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties-Jesse Q Sutanto
The Hating Game-Sally Thorne
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
-29

E-book:
Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer
Murder In Disguise-Sandra Sookoo
Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures
Peonies For Paige-Kasey Kennedy
Naughty and Nice-Phoebe Alexander

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
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
A Party To Die for-Kerry Schafer

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