Monday, March 2, 2026

March Goals

I wasn't very productive in February, due to the cold weather and watching the Olympics every possible waking hour!

-Do well at Winter Market Sold 3:)

-Watch Olympics (Milan, Italy) Check!

-Watch Super Bowl (Pats vs Seahawks) Seahawks win!  29-13:)

-Have an enjoyable Valentine's Day Check!  Worked 9 hours


Health:  Now dealing with a staph infection on leg wound, plus it's larger, after briefly shrinking. Spent too many hours on my feet when the weather warmed up.


 Books Read:  3

            Print:  2

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  0


2026 Events:

March 11-12:  GSH Spring Vendor event ($50) Might have to skip the 11th, if drs appt is right!

March 7th:  Winter Creative Market, 1972 KCARC, 10-1pm

April 17th:  Creative Market, 1972 KCARC 4-7pm

April 18th:  Tippecanoe County Author's Fair, Lafayette, In 1-4pm

June 5-7:  Indy Comic Con (Panelist)

June 13:  Pride

July 10-12:  InConJunction Convention, Wyndham West, Indpls

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

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

Aug 22nd:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippecanoe Co Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN ($40)

Sept 12th:  StompCon, Fowler, IN

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

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


March Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start 244)

-Republish Rex

-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in

-Find out about passport photo

-GET VAN FIXED!!

-Add words to Dragon story and Hallmark-inspired 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 


Feb Reading Schedule:  
Fiction Favorites:
-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:
Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures
Naughty and Nice-Phoebe Alexander
Defending Devon-Shannon West
Twins-RG Miller
Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan
The Lust Boat-Roz Lee

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 ($5)
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
Love Realized-Melanie Codina
Love Resisted-Melanie Codina
Assumptions-Melanie Codina
One The Run-Jade C. Jamison
Decker-AD Ellis
Sawyer-AD Ellis
Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage ($6)
Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta
Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta
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