August Goals

 How well did I do in July?

-Lose 5 lbs (starting 239)

-Finish Sage Made it to Ch 6!

-Finish new short story (BKM) Nope....

-Finish short story #2 (singer)  Nope....

-Finish short story #3 (Tales) Plotted, not written

-Find cover artist for DYL/AU Omnibuses Not yet...

-Do well at InConJunction  Sold 14:)

-Do well at Imaginarium Sold 6 and bartered 2:)  Had a GREAT time!

-Enjoy the Foreignor/Loverboy concert  Check!  Went with Erica and had a BLAST!  I now own a T-shirt:)

-Work enough hours to pay for bills, events, and inventory Check!

-Finish watching Pit Bulls/Parolees (Check; now just watching for Liz and Moe's wedding episode)

-Finish watching The Crown  (Check; final season coming sometime this year)

-Watch H&M  Check:)  Found it to be somewhat enlightening.....but I still don't like her. I sympathize a little more.....time will tell as to whatever version of the truth prevails.

-Watch Marvelous Mrs Maisel  Check; now rewatching entire 5 seasons.

-Start evicting/cleaning up Brown House  Not yet.

-Move Mom's storage to one with better door  7/23:  Rented new unit...8/1 Transferred everything over to it!

Books Read:  2

           Print:  1

       E-book:  1 

2023 Events:

Aug:  Hanna House $20 (Pd 6/23)  Sold 2....

26th:  Evansville Museum Geek Con, Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, 411 SE Riverside Drive, Evansville, IN ($40)  Sold 3:)

Sept 9th:  Library Con, Fowler, In 

Sept 13/14th:  GSH (MCV)  11-2:30 (leave at 2?)

Sept 15-16th:  Cil-Con, Effingham, Il $50 (bring own tables)

23rd:   Hoosier Indie Author Book Fair, The Big Tent, 5502 South Evans Rd., Gas City, IN

Oct 14-15th:  VoltCon, Wyndham West, Indpls Subbed application and was approved:)  Need to pay $40 by Aug 25th, then another $40 soon after.  8/11:  Pd $40; 8/25:  Pd $40

Oct 18th:  GSH (St. Claire office)  11-3

Nov 8-12:  Indianapolis Christmas Gift and Hobby Show $350 1/27:  Pd $60; 3/3: Pd $60; 4/7:  Pd $60; 4/21:  Pd $30 (Owe $140); 5/5 $30 (Owe 80 (missed a payment somewhere!)); Pd $30 6/16 (owe $50); Pd $30 8/11 (owe $20) PD OFF 8/25!!!

Dec??: GSH 7-5

2024 Events:

March 16th??  Magic of Books, Columbus, In ($40-50)

March:  GSH 7-5

May 3-4:  SI-Con, Benton, Il (pd April 1st, 2023)

June:  Superman Celebration, Metropolis, Il

July:  Heroes For Kids (pd 2022)

July:  Imaginarium, Louisville, KY

August:  IABE, Terre Haute, IN

August Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (starting 239)  8/7:  237

-Finish Sage Check!  8/22 at 12:30 am!  14,883 words

-Finish new short story (BKM)

-Finish short story #2 (singer)

-WRITE short story #3 (Tales) 8/22:  Started writing

-Find cover artist for DYL/AU Omnibuses

-Do well at Hannah House  Sold 2

-Do well at Geek Con Sold 3:)

-Have fun at Shia and Tristan's wedding Check:)

-Enjoy the trip to St. Louis with the granddaughter  Check!  Cards won 6-2, so game was exciting, and was able to ride the bus, so WHEW!

-Celebrate Mom's birthday  Check!

-Work enough hours for events, inventory, and build up savings

-Watch Mrs. Maisel (Check!) and 80 For Brady (Check!), plus whatever other movies are on Prime

Daisy Jones and The Six; Downton Abbey:  New Era;  Royal Red White and Blue

-Start evicting items from Brown House

-Convert two VHS tapes to DVD ($22 ea)

August Reading Schedule

Fever-Robin Cook  This was another re-read, and while I probably enjoyed it the first time around, all the amateur sleuthing drove me nuts.  I understand it's a thriller, and this is one of Cook's earlier novels....and it reads like one.  Thank God he got better in later novels!

Creature-John Saul  This was a re-read, but still good:)  I'd forgotten probably 90% of the plot.

Lovey-Mary McCracken Wonderful story!  Shows what the 'right' teacher can do to a mis-labeled, misunderstood child:)  My heart broke at the end, for though she was more than experienced in the classroom, she didn't have all the credentials, so was demoted, due to 'state standards' in the early 1970s.  Really paved the way for Special Ed in schools.

Second Child-John Saul RR!!  Excellent read, even with the slight head-hopping.

Calico Joe-John Grisham DRR!  Really enjoyed this!

Love On The Brain- Ali Hazelwod DRR!  Loved, loved, LOVED this!  Now I want to read her 1st book!

E-book:

Hannukah Hearts-Jean Joachim DRR!  Sweet story:)

Riding The Storm Out-Desiree Holt  DRR!  Excellent story:)

Til Death Do Us Part-Rachel Rivers Good story; just felt incomplete.  Was this a sample??

Independence Day-Elle James RR!  Good story; the heroine gets a bit repetitious at times.  After a while, I wanted to smack her silly.

Her Trust-Silkie Companion Interesting; was expecting more plot.  Well-written!

The Spy Who Was Out Cold-Marilyn Barr Ended up skimming most of it; lost interest after a few chapters.