Wednesday, July 31, 2024

August Goals

How well did I do last month?

 -Lose 5 pounds (240)

-Finish short story for Holiday antho Check:)  8700 words

-Celebrate daughter Sara's birthday I had to work, but the family took her to Applebees.  Poor kid had drs appt, so we watched Ram for her.

-Enjoy 4th of July Check:)

-Celebrate Ram's 1st b-day Check:)

-Have fun at Imaginarium Check:)  Sold 4, gifted one.

-Do well at Geekz and Things Sold 1; swapped 1:)

-Work enough hours to continue paying off CC and med bills

-Enjoy Olympics

     -Opening Ceremony:  Excellent in some ways, distasteful in others

     -Women's Springboard Synchronized Diving:  China Gold, USA Silver, GB Bronze

     -Men's Gymnastics:  Brody fell twice in Qualifying, once on Pommel, twice on High Bar.  For Final,  China Gold, Great Britain, Silver, USA Bronze

     -Women's Gymnastics:  France had too many mistakes, so didn't qualify for finals.  Final:  USA Gold, Italy Silver, Brazil Bronze

     -Women's 10 M Platform Synchronized Diving:  China Gold, N. Korea Silver, Great Britain Bronze USA 6th

     Men's All-Around:  Pommel Horse:  Frederick Richard misses 1st skill; falls off; ends 15th

                                   Vault:  Paul Juda steps outside the lines; ends 14th

                                   Final:  Japan Gold, China Silver and Bronze

     Women's 1500 Free:  Katie Ledecky wins!  France Silver, Germany Bronze

Health Update:  With the warmer temps, am wearing the compression brace on my right leg again.


Books Read:  7

            Print:  4

        E-book:  3

             DNF: 1


Karaoke Songs Added:  4


2024 Events:

August 10th:  Collectors, Carnival, and Crafts, Gibson Co Fairgrounds, Princeton, In Pd 6/2024

August 24th:  Geek Con, Evansville Museum, Evansville, In Pd 4/2024 Sold 1

September:  TBD

October 19th:  Wabash Valley Geekz and Things ($40) 

November:  Indpls Christmas Gift And Hobby Show

December:  Kringle Market


2025 Events:

May 15-17th:  Book Lovers Con, Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, NV ($280) Did Not get in...I'm SO crushed....lol....


2026 Events:

April 11th:  Dreaming Dirty In Michigan Pd $60; still owe $120


August Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start:  238)

-Spend 2 days with Mom, celebrating her birthday Check!

-Do well at Watermelon Festival Sold 3:)

-Enjoy the Olympics

     Women's All-Around:  USA Simone Biles Gold, Brazil Rebecca Andrada Silver; USA Suni Lee Bronze

     Women's Balance Beam:  China bobbled; Suni Lee fell off; Brazil fell off; Italy (Manila) wobbled, but stayed on; Romania fell off TWICE; Italy (Alice), clean!; Simone fell off; Brazil (Rebeca) clean! Final: Italy (Alice) Gold (1st medal EVER in Gymnastics; China silver, Italy (Manila) Bronze. 

     Women's Floor:  Brazil (Rebeca Andraje) clean; Japan out of bounds and a wobble; Romania out of bounds; Simone out of bounds twice; Romania (2) clean; Jordan Chiles clean.  Final: Brazil Gold, Simone Silver, Jordan Chiles, Bronze

     Women's Vault:  Simone Gold; Brazil (Rebeca Andrade) Silver, Jade Carey Bronze

    Women's Uneven Bars:  China fell off; Italy solid; Belarus solid; GB fell off; China solid; Algeria solid; Germany solid; Suni Lee solid. Final:  Algeria Gold, China Silver, Suni Lee Bronze

     Men's Floor:  Spain out of bounds on dismount; Israel solid; Philippines solid; China out of bounds 1st pass; Kazistan solid; GB solid; Ukraine solid; GB solid.  Final:  Philippines Gold (1st ever!!); Israel Silver, GB Bronze

     Men's Pommel Horse:  Ireland Gold, Kazistan Silver, USA Stephen Nedoroscik Bronze

     Men's Rings: China Gold and Silver; Greece Bronze

     Men's Vault:  Phillipines Gold; Armenia Silver, GB (Harry Hepworth) Bronze

     Men's Parallel Bars:  China Gold, Ukraine Silver, Japan Bronze

     Men's High Bar: Chinese Tai-Pei fell; Japan clean; Columbia clean; Cypress fell on dismount; Japan fell and fell on dismount; China couldn't hold onto the dismount; Croatia fell twice; China fell on dismount.  Final:  Japan Gold; Columbia Silver; China and Chinese Tai-Pei (tie) Bronze

     Women's 10M Platform Diving:  China Gold and Silver, N. Korea Bronze

    Women's 200 M sprint:  USA Gabby Thomas Gold; St. Lucia Julian Alfred Silver; USA Brittany Brown Bronze (she looks like Jimmie Walker in drag, imho....)

     Men's 1500:  USA Cole Hocker Gold; GB Josh Kerr Silver; USA Yared Nuguse (from Indpls!) Bronze

    Women's Beach Volleyball:  USA loses to Canada in Round 16.

    Men's Beach Volleyball:  

    Women's 3M Springboard Diving:  China Gold and Bronze; Australia Silver

    Men's 3M Springboard Diving:  China Gold and Silver; Mexico Bronze. USA's Carson Tyler 4th!

    Men's 10M Platform Diving:  China Gold (swept diving gold!); Japan Silver (1st diving medal ever!); GB Silver.  2nd Chinese diver had a bad day and ended in 12th.,

     Rhythmic Gymnastics Team:  China Gold, Israel Silver, Italy Bronze

     Rhythmic Gymnastics Single:  Germany Gold, Bulgaria Silver, Italy Bronze

     Closing ceremony:  Amazing!  Loved the Tom Cruise stunt and throwing it to the California beach!  Still can't understand Billie Eilish.

-Do well at Collectors, Carnival, and Crafts Sold 6:)

-Do well at Geek Fest Sold 1.....

-Finish SE9 of 2.5 Men Check:)  Now beginning SE10.

-Start watching BB26 Check:)  Am up to Week 5....

-Work enough hours to continue paying off CC and med bills

-Cut carpet out of S's room

-Upload digital copies to Patreon ...

-Convert 2 VHS to DVD ($44) 

-Read more in evenings


August Reading Schedule:

Save The Date-Mary Kay Andrews DRR!  Loved this story and now want to read more:)
There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom-Louis Sachar RR!  Cute story:)
Watership Down-Richard Adams Was actually in tears at the end.....think I read MOST of it.



Karaoke Songs:
8/8:
September-Daughtry Did MUCH better!
Take Me Home Country Roads-John Denver (with Gary) LMAO....G forgot I back HIM up, not the other way around!  Still good, once he remembered!
Let It Be-Beatles Nailed it:)

8/15:
The Kid Is Hot Tonight-Loverboy Did well:)
Shambala-3 Dog Night Not too bad:)
Shame on the Moon-Bob Seeger Did well:)
Fever-Peggy Lee Nailed it!

8/22:
The Letter-The Box Tops Slightly too low....
Shape of My Heart-Backstreet Boys???? Only if Gary sings the verses.... G not there; try again next week.
Shattered Dreams-Johnny Hates Jazz  Not too bad
Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'-Journey Voice a little scratchy, but otherwise nailed it.

8/29: Cancelled; brewery closed for private event

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