Apparently, I was more productive last month than I thought!
-Pay Editor Check!
-Pay Cover Art 5/1: $50; 5/15: $200
-Enjoy anniversary Check! Nice, quiet day, and dinner at Yamoto
-Pay for ICC parking (park whiz) Check! $120 Pd 5/29
-Enjoy Mother's Day Check! Received a wooden rose and candy from Mgmt
-Publish Aiden Check! and buy copies 5/27 Check!
Health: My leg wound is completely healed, and I no longer have to shower while wearing a plastic sleeve on my right leg! I do, however, still need to be careful about how much I stand. It's for this reason I've arranged for a scooter at Indpls Comic Con for my long day.
Books Read: 4
Print: 3
E-book: 1
DNF: 0
2026 Events:
June 5-7: Indy Comic Con (Panelist)
June 13: Pride, French Commons, Vincennes, In 5-9pm
June 26th: Summer On Main, downtown Vincennes, 5-8pm
July 10-12: InConJunction Convention, Wyndham West, Indpls
July 17-19: Imaginarium, Louisville, KY
Aug 8th: Indy Author Event
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)
May Goals:
-Lose 5 pounds (start: 240)
-Have fun at Comic Con
-Do well at Pride
-Move daughter and grandson back home???
-Do well at Summer On Main
-Buy one more pkg Book Sleeves from Temu
-Buy one more pkg sarcasm notepads from Temu
-Buy 5 more pkgs whisk charms from Etsy
-Buy 1 more pkg guitar charms from Etsy (June??)
-Send Daughter's MS to editor
-Republish Rex Nancy working on it
-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in
-Find out about passport photo Staples???
-Add words to Dragon story stalled and Hallmark-inspired story Check
-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
May Reading Schedule:
Awakening-Dana Fuller Ross
The One and Only-Emily Giffin
Tales From The Sailor Man-Brian Morris, et al (Popeye book)
Love Song-Elle Kennedy
I Choose Me-Jennie Garth
I Survived This-Sheady Kyle
Mindtalk-A. Alex Come'
Survivor: Forged In Fire-Jeff Probst
Raised On Radio-Paul Rees
The Return-Nicholas Sparks
Dance With Me-:Luanne Rice
Dial A For Aunties-Jesse Q Sutanto
Summer In the City-Alex Aster
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
-24
E-book:
Happy Holidates-Kasey Kennedy
Karaoke Songs:
6/11
The Look of Love-ABC
Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely-Backstreet Boys????
Rumor Has It-Adele
6/18
The Lord's Prayer-Sister Janet Mead
The Lucky Ones-Loverboy
Shut Up And Dance-Walk The Moon????
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours-Stevie Wonder????
Falling Out of Love-Reba McEntire
6/25
The Man In The Mirror-Michael Jackson???
Silly Love Songs-Paul McCartney and Wings
TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)
You Will Never Be Me-JQS (print)
I'm Not Done With You Yet-JQS (print)
Vera Wang's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers-JQS (print)
Stranger Than Fiction-Chris Colfer (print)
A Wake of Starlight-Tina Murray (print)
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
