Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Aug 2018

First of all, wishing my mom a very happy 76th birthday!!!!!

WOW....July has flown by!  I managed to accomplish some of the things on my list:
-Lose 5 pounds  Starting 239 7/5  7/24:  236 AAAK!
-Do well at InConJunction Conference Sold 8:)
-Do well at the Mosey Down Main St Sold 9!!!  Tied my one-day record at a craft fair:)
-Do well at the Gallery Walk  Sold 6!!  Was also invited back any time:)
-Write Ch. 6 of Heart Song  Nope....
-Finish Tea Pot needlepoint Check:)
-Begin wood embroidery  7/24:  Mountain is beginning to take shape!  7/26:  Finished it!
-Dispose of appliances in Green House  Nope...
-Take doors and sinks to auction from Brown House Nope....
-Get OSB boards out of BH attic and dispose of carpets/mags  Nope....
-Buy more AU inventory Not yet...
-Help Mom organize her papers  Somewhat...
-Meet new grandson Phoenix, due July 16th  Check:)  He was born July 14th at 3:31 am, weighing in at 6lbs, 9 oz, and 19.5".  In NICU, so all I could 'hold' were his tiny feet, and he held my finger for a few moments:)
-Add words to Earl and Wanda  Nope....
-Add words to #2 Regrets story  Nope....

So what DID I do?  
-Helped my mom cull some stuff on the shelves in the den
-Got my mom in and out of bed every day
-Took her to appointments
-Hung out with a few friends
-Set up at two different events and sold 15 books.
-Lost and gained back 5 pounds.  I blame the blackberry cobbler from 2 weeks ago AND all the eating out we did last week!

Neck Update:
Still having some tenderness on the left side, but nothing compared to the pain earlier last month:)

Books Read:  8
           Print:  4
        E-book:  4

Karaoke Songs:  0.  Wasn't home.

August Goals:
-Resume clean up of both green and brown houses  Finally took the doors and some other stuff to auction (brown house)!
-Do well at Watermelon Festival  Bleh....only sold 2.  Nancy also sold 2, so we broke even.
-Buy AU inventory Check:)
-Buy HS inventory Check:)
-Buy TP inventory Check:)
-Pay for Imaginarium and reserve hotel room (check)
-Do well at Mosey  Bleh....only sold 1.
-Do well at Petersburg VFW  Very disappointing....less than 20 people showed.  0 sales
-Do well at ISU-Con  Day 1:  Sold 4:)
-Write/add words to SOMETHING this month! Check:)  New story....WOW!
-Continue to help my mom  Check:)
-Spend a few days with the kids  Check:)
-Lose 5 pounds (or more!)-starting wt:  234  Bleh....went wrong direction.  Back to 241.
-Finish current cross-stitch project and get more.  Not yet; GOT taking up my spare time...

Aug Reading Schedule:
Print:
The Hamilton Affair-Elizabeth Cobbs  Enjoyable!  I know so little about Hamilton.
Springtime In London-Jen Selinsky  Good story, but needs better editing
Karaoke Jane-BC Brown  Very good!
Game Of Thrones-George R. R. Martin Loved it!  Want to read rest of series!!
Treasure Island-Robert Louis Stevenson  Bleh.
Jefferson's Daughters-Catherine Kerrison  Very interesting, esp the part about Harriett
Crosstalk-Connie Willis Interesting premise, but conversations wandered around so much, I had to keep putting it down, in order to give my brain a break from it!
Clash of Kings-George R.R. Martin  Loved it!!!!!

E-Book:
Cowboy Dreamin'-Sandy Sullivan  Very good series!
 -A Cowboy's Promise Very good!  Enjoyable way to wrap up this series!


Thurs:
Who's That Girl-Madonna  Did well:)
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under-Shania Twain Nailed it!
New Divide-Linkin Park  DNH
As Long As You Love Me-Backstreet Boys Crowd pleaser, lol!
Why Can't this be love-Van Halen Did well!
Why Can't We Be Friends-War Did so-so....
Never Walk Away-Journey  DNH
Babe-Styx  Another crowd-pleaser:)
Why Do Fools Fall In Love-Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers Did well!  Even had dancers:)
Birmingham-Amanda Marshall  Nailed it:)

Sat:
Power-Kansas  DNH
Power of the Dream-Celine Dion  Did well on the 1st two verses and chorus, but just can't do her descant, lol!
Pray-Sam Smith DNH
Precious and Few-Climax  Ugh.....too low
Precious Time-Pat Benetar Did well:)
Pressure-Billy Joel Ugh....let's put this in the never-sing-again column!
Price of Love-Bad English DNH
Pride-U2 Nailed it!
Private Dancer-Tina Turner Bleh.....too low
Private Eyes-Hall and Oats Not too bad:)

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