June Goals

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

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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