April Goals

How did I do last month?  Not bad, when you realize I broke my arm last month! I DID manage to finally watch all episodes (I THINK) of L&O:SVU, and have twelve of my favorite episodes saved on the DVR.

-Lose 5 lbs (starting 243) Maintained

-Buy a scale Daughter moved home and brought hers with her

-Finish cleaning out bedroom  Nope

-Buy shelves for basement Not yet

-Hang pictures Not yet

-Finish binge-watching Gilmore Girls  3/4:  Se 7, Ep 14; 3/5:  Finished regular season!

-Begin watching Mandelorian  Discovered not on NF; have to watch it on Disney+

-Type up my stories Getting there.....

-Begin artist search Check; found two and waiting for 2nd one to send test sketch

-Buy 10 more styluses Check; bought 20, due to mistake

-Pay for new magnets (Check:) and stickers (Not gonna need these for a few more months)

-Buy new phone Check!  Moto G with stylus, only $180:)

-Get Mom's chair safely delivered and couch to storage Check!

Arm Health:  I no longer wear the sling, and can use the left arm to somewhat wash my hair and lift items.  I can tolerate sleeping on the left side for about a half an hour before rolling over. Am only taking Tylenol at night, and have been cleared to drive:)

Books Read:  5

            Print:  3

          E-book: 1

              DNF: 1

Karaoke Songs Added: 3

Upcoming Book 'Tour':

-Weekend With The Authors (June 17-20) Nashville, TN Poss. Postponed till May 15-17, 2022

-Elwood Home and Garden Show (May 15th) Elwood, In $20 paid

-Quad Con, (June 5th) Peoria IA

-Superman Festival (June 11-12) Metropolis, IL

-InConJunction (July 2-4) Indpls, In 21st and Shadeland Ave, Marriott East

-Imaginarium (July 9-11) Louisville, Ky Info resent; funds paid last year.

-Heroes For Kids (July 20th) Perrysville, Mo

-Royal Readers (Aug 9th) Mall of America, Bloomington, Mn

-Indpls State Fair (TBA)

-Penned Con (Sept) St. Louis, Mo Cancelled; however, going virtual again

-Kokomo Con (Oct 16) Kokomo, In Same weekend as ComicCon; will see about selling my table

-Indy ComicCon (Oct 15-17) Indianapolis Convention Center

-Collectors Carnival and Crafts (Oct) Princeton, In

-Indpls Christmas Gift and Hobby Show (Nov) Indpls State Fairgrounds

April Goals:

Lose 5 lbs (starting 243)

Finish clearing out bedroom

Buy shelves for basement

Rent dumpster and start culling both Green and Brown houses

Hang pictures

Finish Robot stories and typing others Check!

Make decision on artist Submitted story to Pen It 4/5.

Buy 10 more stylus (red)

Pay for magnets

Cheer Gonzaga to win NCAA tournament Final game turned out to be Zaga vs Baylor, and Baylor beat them soundly, 85-70.

Sing with choir for Easter Was good to see everyone again!

April Reading Schedule:

Print:

The Dating Debate-Chris Cannon RR!  Really enjoyed this:)

99% Faking It-CC RR! Very good:)

PS:  I Still Love You-Jenny Han Good!

E-book:

Achieve-Jade Waltz DNF

Develop-JW DNF

Failure-JW DNF

Some Kind of Wonderful-Jean Joachim DRR!  Excellent!

 Karaoke Songs:

4/1

Take On Me-Ah-Ha Love this song and just discovered I've been singing it WRONG for 35 years!  But vocally....bleh....slightly low.

Make It Real-The Jetts Nailed this, and was hi-fived by several people.  

Rotation too long tonight.

4/8

Take The Long Way Home-Supertramp Sounded good:)

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay-Michael Bolton Wasn't too awful...

Don't Look Back-Boston Was complimented by three people:)

4/15 Lost my voice....didn't go

4/22  Voice still gone

4/29 Voice still gone.