This was a strange month, with Mom in 'solitary confinement', due to a CV outbreak at her facility (not in her area, thank god, but 2 night nurses did test positive, so she was confined to her room as of 12/22)
-Lose 5 lbs (starting 243)
-Earn enough to pay the bills Check!
-Buy another scale Nope
-Finish cleaning bedroom Nope
-Organize basement Nope
-Decorate house for Christmas Daughter put up tree and outside lights 12/2; Morty in place 12/11
-Bake cookies Check....
-6 doz O/R; 6 doz Choc Chip; 6 doz M/M 12/17
-3 doz M/M; 3 doz Choc chip 12/23
-3 doz frosted sugar cookies 12/30
-Hang pictures
-Have a good birthday Check!
-Finish Watching Gilmore Girls (DVR, check; NetFlix, still watching) and SVU 12/27: All caught up! Hope to stay on top of new DVR'd episodes.
2021 Goals:
-Publish M/M Tales (working title)
-Find artist for kiddie book and start collaboration
-Save as much $$ as possible
-Edit Defending Your Life story
-Add words or even finish Heart Song, RiKar, Paranormal Preacher, Time Travel and publish something.
-Write 'Mixed Nuts' story
-Survive this damn pandemic/political climate
-Buy monthly promo items
-10 red stylus ordered 1/3
-10 blue stylus ordered 1/15
-Pay off St. V medical debt Check! Thank you stimulus $$!!!; pay down GSH and hearing aids medical debt; pay down CC.
-Get eyes and teeth checked/fixed
-Get carport roof fixed
-Green house torn down
-Brown house sorted
-Scrap hauled away
-Shelf in Bdrm
-Shelf in MB
-House re-wired
-Taco and Butterscotch to the vet
-Mom's room organized
-Mom's storage unit sorted
-W's things sent to her
-Attend the following Conventions/signings: (Most are already paid for)
-Jan: StoryCon at Benton Co. Public Library Not gonna happen this year
-April: Evansville Women's Conference (April 8th); Kentuckiana Book Fair, Dale Library
-May: ComicCon (not paid for)
-June: Corning Irish Festival, PrideFest, Weekend with the Authors (Nashville, TN-Pd 1-14-21)
-July: InConJunction, Imaginarium, Heroes For Kids
-Aug: Watermelon Fest (not paid for), Royal Readers at Mall of America, State Fair
-Sept: Penned Con, Non-Con
-Oct: Art Walk, CCC (not paid for)
-Nov: ICGAHS, Rivet, Art Walk
Do you think that's realistic?
2021 Expenses:
-Book Lovers Con Book signing Sat (April 10th??) $10+ travel expenses; Nashville, TN
-Liberty Writers-New Jersey (Same day as BLC, so??? But Jean's gonna be there!) $50-175 +gas/hotel/food
-Kentuckiana Authors Fair (April) -$78 for hotel; $36 (gas total); $15 (approx Arby's); $2.12 (iced tea); $16 +$2 tip (Sweet-n-Savory Food Truck)
-Weekend With The Authors 2021 (Table fee waived??? or $225-300 table fee; hotel/gas/food/rental car
-Writer's Workshop (April 2021) Nashville, IN Fee pd
-Farmer's Market (June 6, 2021) $15
-PrideFest (June 20, 2021, $25 donation)
-Corning IrishFest (June 21, 2021)
-InConJunction (July 5-7, 2021) Fee pd
-Imaginarium (July 12-14, 2021): $100 food, $200 hotel, gas. Fees pd
-Heroes For Kids (July 20, 2021, $50 Fee pd) Perrysville, MO gas $40, hotel room, $140, food $40
-Watermelon Festival (Aug 8-9) $45?????
-Indy State Fair (Aug $100-200 Fee pd) gas $30, $15 admission; $24 parking fee; $20 food; $6 ride
-Minneapolis travel expenses (Aug 10) ($200-hotel, $120-food,$100- gas)
-Penned Con: $225 half table (6') (Paid 12/21) Hotel/rental car/food/gas
-Cil-Con Cancelled, unless someone picks it up???
-Saluki Con , $203 ($25 refunded after stay) hotel. $66 food and $40 gas.)
-Indiana ComicCon (May 5-7 or Oct 15-17, 2021) $225 +Gas, hotel, food
-ICGAHS: $340 booth fee Pd, hotel/gas/food
-Rivet CF (Nov 21st Fee pd)
January Goals:
-Lose 5 lbs (starting)
-Buy a scale
-Finish cleaning out bedroom
-Organize Basement
-De-decorate house 1/14-Check!
-Hang pictures
-Finish binge-watching Gilmore Girls Finished DVR Dec; now SE1-4 on Netflix
-Begin watching Mandelorian
-Type up Dad's/my stories Check!
-Begin artist search
Start socking $100-200 away per month Check!
-Buy 10 more styluses Check! (red)
January Reading Schedule:
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