Monday, February 2, 2026

February Goals

That damn groundhog saw his shadow!  'HE' did 'say' he was 139 years old.....I think he's senile and wanted to go back to bed!  Someone get a younger groundhog and BRING HIM OUT IN THE SHADE!!!  I still think it's the camera lights causing this phenom....

With that off my chest, how was your January?  Your first start of 2026?  It has sucked donkey balls in Indiana.  We've been hit with a foot of snow the last two weeks and bitter cold temps. This month's not looking so great either.  I wasn't that productive either; holing up in front of the computer and catching up on past seasons of Survivor.

-Lose 5 pounds (start 244) Maintaining

-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in Not yet....

-Find out about passport photo Not yet....

-Publish Heart Song (e-book) Check!  Jan 2nd

-Publish Heart Song (paperback) Check!  Jan 6th

-Order inventory (Heart Song Check!, Teacher's Pet Check!, Catered Romance, Playing With Time Check!, Defending Destiny Check!)

-Redo font in Hotel Stories and republish In progress....

-Finish watching Survivor 44-41 Check!  All caught up:)

-Find House on other streaming platform and finish SE2 Bleh...looks as if I'll have to subscribe to Prime.

-Be able to wear tennis shoe on right foot again Have to wear croc 'clog' on rt foot; dress shoe wearing out!  1/13:  Check!

Health:  Foot wound has healed!  Was in a bit of pain after the early Jan appointment, and had to up my pain meds.  Called Dr. S and begged him to prescribe something stronger, which he did, but the pain finally settled down and haven't had to take one yet.  Went back to the dr last week (Jan 27th) and leg wounds are continuing to shrink!

Van Update:  Due to the foot of snow we received, van is currently residing in the car port with a foot of snow on it.  Plans are to investigate further once the weather warms up.  Which at this point, could be late March. Fortunately, Mom and I coordinated and I can order her supplies from Walmart and Amazon.  But we still need our hair cut!

Books Read:  5

            Print:  4

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  0


2026 Events:

Feb 7th:  Winter Creative Market, 1972 KCARC

March 4-5:  GSH Spring Vendor event ($50)

March 7th:  Winter Creative Market, 1972 KCARC

March 13-14th:  Big River Comics, Hannibal, MO ($122) Looking doubtful....Cancelled

April 11th:  Dreaming Dirty In Michigan (Pd $160 still owe $20) Looking doubtful...

April 18th:  Saluki Con, Carbondale, IL ($50?)

June 5-7:  Indy Comic Con (Panelist)

June 12-14:  Superman Celebration, Metropolis, IL

July 17-19:  Imaginarium, Louisville, KY (Pd 8/2025)

Aug 8th:  Indy Author Event ($250; Pd $50 5/16 still owe $200)

Aug 22nd:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippecanoe Co Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN ($40)

Sept 12th:  StompCon, Fowler, IN

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

Dec 2-3rd:  GSH Christmas Vendor Event ($50)


February Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start 244)

-Republish Rex

-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in

-Find out about passport photo

-Watch Olympics (Milan, Italy)

-Watch Super Bowl (Pats vs Seahawks)

-Have an enjoyable Valentine's Day

-GET VAN FIXED!!

-Add words to Dragon story and Hallmark-inspired story

-Create new website

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

-Finish trim, lights, medicine cabinet, and shower guard in MBa 

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 


Feb Reading Schedule:  
Kingdom of Ambrosia:  Soul Walkers-Howlett and Dixon No idea where this book went.
The Chosen 3:  And I Will Give You Rest-Jerry B Jenkins
Fiction Favorites:
-Welcome To Murder Week-Karen Dukess
-I Need You To Read This-Jessa Maxwell
-Yours, Eventually- Nora Maznavi
-Perfect Storm-Paige Shelton
The President and the Freedom Fighter- Brian Kilmeade
Die Laughing-Benjamin Oneal
Someone Like You-Karen Kingsbury
George Washington's Secret Six-Brian Kilmeade
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates-Brian Kilmeade
Bride-Ali Hazelwood
The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties-Jesse Q Sutanto
The Hating Game-Sally Thorne
The Choice-Anne Greene (misplaced??)
Louise Penney book
A Quiet Strength-Janette Oke
Valley of the Shaman-Arlen Andrews
Joyful Poems For Children-James Whitcomb Riley
I Heard God Laugh-Matthew Kelly
Life Is Messy-Matthew Kelly
Franklin and Eleanor
-29

E-book:
Murder In Disguise-Sandra Sookoo Can't find????
Peonies For Paige-Kasey Kennedy
Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures
Naughty and Nice-Phoebe Alexander
Defending Devon-Shannon West
Twins-RG Miller
Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan
The Lust Boat-Roz Lee

TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)
The Marriage Bargain-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
The Marriage Trap-Jennifer Probst (2013-$15)
The Marriage Mistake-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
The Marriage Merger-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer (2013-$15)
The Cookbook Collection-Allegra Goodman (2013-$11)
The Girfriend-Abigail Barnett ($5)
The Summer Without Her (Men???)-Siri Hustvedt
Searching For Someday-Jennifer Probst (2014-$8)
Hard As You Can-Laura Kay (2014-$9)
The Year of Living Biblically-A.J. Jacobs (2014-$15)
Retaliation-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10)
Accused-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10) 
Romulus-Marilyn Campbell ($5)
Gaslight Chronicles-Cindy Spencer Pape ($8)
So Far Away-Dakota Madison, et al
Love Realized-Melanie Codina
Love Resisted-Melanie Codina
Assumptions-Melanie Codina
One The Run-Jade C. Jamison
Decker-AD Ellis
Sawyer-AD Ellis
Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage ($6)
Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta
Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta
If I Fall-Lydia Michaels ($5)
If You Want Me-Tara Mills
Tomorrow-Samantha Kane
Backdoor Billionaire's Bride-Roz Lee (2019-$5)
The Play-Tawdra Kandle
Hopeful In Yellow-Sandra Sookoo
Magic In Mayflowers-Sandra Sookoo
Zero Chance-Linda Kage (want entire series in print)
Paging Dr, Breakup-Jillian David
The Girl Vanished-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)
The Lost Summers-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)
Ballad of Us-Sasha Marshall
Naughty, Nice, Never Been Kissed-Cassidy Hudspeth
A Party To Die for-Kerry Schafer

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