October Goals

Wake me up when September ends.....Oh, it did!  I was fairly productive this month!

-Finish Antho story!!!!!  9/12:  Check! 

-Have enjoyable visit with Uncle Ed Check!

-Sing well at Grouseland Check!

-Pay For Imaginarium Check!

-Lock in Hotel Room Check!

-Pay for StompCon Check!

-Do well at StompCom Check!  Sold 11!!!!!

-Lock in hotel room for November (SC concert) Check!

-Order copies of TP, WHH, and WAH for Oct event Check!

-Order copies of PWT, AK, HS, and DD Check!

Books Read:  12

            Print:  11

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  2

Karaoke Songs Added To Good List:  5.

2026 Events:

Oct 3rd:  Autumn On Main, Downtown Vincennes, In 5-9pm CANCELLED, but Art Walk is still on.  Depends on weather. Sold 6!!!  Thank you Marci and Sara!!

Oct 25th:  Romance and Roses Lit Con, Embassy Suites Indpls Airport, Plainfield, In $50 paid 6/5 Still owe $40 (1/2 table) Pd 6/12 Upgraded to Full Table 9/28 ($50 pd)

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 17th:  Shaun Cassidy X-mas show, Murat Shrine

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC???

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

Dec 22nd:  TSO concert, Gainsbridge Colosseum, Downtown Indpls 3pm

October Goals:

-Lost 5 pounds (start: 234)

-Do well at Autumn on Main Cancelled, due to weather, but Art Walk is still on; depends on weather. Sold 6!!!  Friend Marci bought 5, and fellow author Sara bought 1:)

-Have a good Dr. visit Check!  Am down 6 lbs and kidney disease scare was overturned:)  Labs drawn Mon showed kidney function down, but a retest showed normal!

-Get new book released and copies ordered Check!  20 copies 10/3

-Do well at Rose Lit Con

-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???  CVS???

-Add words to Dragon story stalled 

-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 

October Reading Schedule:

As We Wander The Stars-Todd Black Interesting story:)

Surviving Lily-M. Black Very good!  Figured out one 'mystery' by the 3rd chapter, and thought I knew the killer, but did NOT see the twist!

Double Take-Lynette Eason DRR!  I loved this book and didn't see the twist coming:)

Honey Bunch Books: LMAO.....I definitely would have enjoyed these better 50 years ago.  Reading them as an adult, I found myself rolling my eyes at the antics of the kids.

     -1st Garden Fun!

     -1st Trip West Didn't really care for this one too much....not sure why.

    -1st Airplane *eye roll* Who lets two little girls wander around a hotel BY THEMSELVES??? Esp one that's accident prone.....geez.  

     -1st Zoo LOL....Stub is definitely someone who marches to her own drum and should NEVER be left alone!

     -1st Big Adventure Interesting....HB gets lost, so woman takes her to orphanage instead of police station???

     -1st Parade HB finds a lost child and takes it home....Mom isn't found until the parade???

     -1st Mystery  Someone steals the washing and HB and friends suspect junk dealer, then find a trunk that has been missing for a while.

      -1st Club HB and friends help a young woman who's left the Gypsies and find a job.

     -1st Twin Playmates Twin girls who want to escape their stern nanny enlist HB and Norman for help     

     -1st Costume Party HB meets an Indian girl and takes her to cousin's farm, and organizes costume party

     -1st Pet Show HB decides to have pet show to raise funds for poor kids to go to camp   

Dana Girls:  Carolyn Keene Again, was more enjoyable 50 years ago!  Now I notice head-hopping and 'purple prose.'

     -Study Lamp Good:)

     -Tower Good:)

     -Locked Room Good; am tired of Lettie's attitude!

The Great Landlocked Sea-E. Davis Best story was the one about the angular fish!

Reach Up For The Sunrise-Jen Selinsky Very informative!  Had no idea the band was still around:)

Chicken Pulp-Hericja R. Raymer Interesting

The Luck of the Ogre-Annette Miller RR!  Enjoyed this story very much:)

Where Shadows Sleep-Lawrence Weill Strange; reminded me somewhat of Prayer For Owen Meany...about a kid who likes to wander around at night, until finally as an adult, he is questioned about what he's seen, and his purpose suddenly falls into place.

Tracer-David E Graham

The Girl In The Window-S. Lee Davis

The Watchers of Moniah-Barbara V. Evers

The Lemon Sisters-Jill Shalvis

Kiki-Tommy B. Smith

Chains In The Sky-Carl R. Moore

Legend of Ardmire Castle-Sianyn (Shannon) Leigh

Five Alarm Love-Jillian David

Cruise, Coctails, and Chaos-Donna R. Madden

Deadly Vicious Lies-Emma Lynn Ellis

Tempting Lies-Sara Whitney

The Last Juror-John Grisham

Ten Minutes From Normal-Karen Hughes

Fiction Faves:

-Rage-Linda Castillo

-It's A Love Story-Annabel Monighan

-Shipwreck Fiji-Nilima Rao

-The Memory Gardner-Meg Donojue

Physicians Untold Stories-Scott. J. Kolbaba

The Joy of Disciplinet-E. Stanley Ott

Funny Story-Emily Henry

5 Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos-Melissa De La Cruz

The Lonely Hearts Book Club-Lucy Gilmore

Beneath The Stars-Emily McIntire

The Lineage of Grace-Francine Rivers

The Masterpiece-Francine Rivers

Pearl-Lauraine Snelling

Follow Your Dreams-Conway Stone

Dream High-Conway Stone

The Baxters-Karen Kingsbury

Window On The Bay-Debbie Macomber

James Herriot's Yorkshire-James Heriot

The Guests of Honor-Irving Wallace

The Outsider-Howard Fast

Murder At The National Cathedral-Margaret Truman

Pennies On A Dead Woman's Eyes-Marcia Muller

Change of Heart-Sally Mandel

Sleeping Tiger-Rosamunde Pilcher

Under Gemini-Rosamunde Pilcher

Chieftan-Arnette Lamb

The Lonely Silver Rain-John D. MacDonald

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

-71

E-book:

Separate Ways-Jensen Parker

Karaoke Songs:

10/1: Went early (8:15-ish) and was the only one for 3 hours!

The River of Dreams-Billy Joel Not too bad!

Sledgehammer-Peter Gabriel Ugh.

Every Time I Think of You-Babys Good!

Blaze of Glory-Jon Bon Jovi Nailed it!

Winning-Santana Nailed it!

Breathe-Anna Nalik Nailed it!

Magic-Olivia Newton-John Did well:)

The Rose-Bette Midler Good; sang all 3 parts.  Want to resing and do just the melody.

Birmingham-Amanda Marshall DNH

The Search Is Over-Survivor Did well!

Borderline-Madonna Did well!

Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer-K. Rogers/K. Carnes Did well!

Slow Hand-Pointer Sisters Did well, but forgot to turn camera on until 2nd verse.

Smuggler's Blues-Glenn Frey Not too bad!

Call Me When You're Sober-Evanescence Nailed it!

10/2:

Rolling In The Deep-Adele Good:)

The Rose-Bette Midler Good:)  Sang it straight this time!

Slow Hand-Pointer Sisters Keep forgetting the key change at the end!

Dead Ringer For Love-Meat Loaf/Cher LOL...made it through it!

10/8:

The Shoop Shoop song-Cher Good:)

Slide-Goo-Goo Dolls Bleh.....slightly too low

Blue Bayou-Linda Ronstadt Nailed it:)

10/15:

Slow Goodbye-Lesley Roy DNH

The Sign-Ace of Base Fairly good:)

Slip Slidin' Away-Paul Simon Bleh...too low.  Sang octave higher

Bleeding Love-Leona Lewis Good:)

The Power of Love-Celine Dion Good!

Call Me When You're Sober-Evanescence Good!

10/22:

The Sound of Silence-Simon and Garfunkel

Slow Hand-Pointer Sisters

Snowbird-Anne Murray

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do-Neil Sedaka

Foolin' Yourself-Styx

10/29:

Remember Me This Way-Jordan Hill

So Far Away-Carole King

Breakaway-Kelly Clarkson

Because Of You-Kelly Clarkson

I Don't Wanna Fight-Tina Turner

TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)

Someone Like You-Jean Joachim ($6)

You Will Never Be Me-Jesse Q Santanto (print)

I'm Not Done With You Yet-JQS (print)

Vera Wang's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers-JQS (print)

All We Ever Wanted-Emily Giffen (print)

Try Again Baby-Julia Wolf (print)

I've Got A Crush On You-Lauren Blakely (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)

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

The Paris Predicament-Lexi Haddock

Elle Kennedy books

The Girlfriend Zone-Lauren Blakely