Saturday, April 7, 2018

April 2018

March was a strange month; I was only around the first two weeks, then returned for the weekend!  
Update On Dad: 
Thought his lifting restriction was going to be the same as his driving restriction, 1 week.  Nope; he's not allowed to lift anything heavier than 10 lbs for a month!  So my time at home again this month will only be the last two weeks!

So How Did I Do On March's Goals?
Lose the 5 pounds I put on last month (241)  Nope; put on 1 lb.  Grrrrr......
Buy copies of Teacher's Pet and Winning Her Heart (need 5 more copies of each) Check:)
Write Ch. 6 of Heart Song  Nope
Finish paying Val $25 Check:)
Pay Cynthia for AU covers ($60) Check:)
Watch SE7 Game of Thrones Nope; too busy
Watch SE2 Stranger Things on NetFlix Nope; too busy
Be helpful when Dad has his knee surgery on the 14th  Check:)
Spend an enjoyable day in Nashville, TN at Weekend with Authors  Check:)
Spend an enjoyable day at WanderLust Indy  Check:)
Convince family to pay for 2019 trip to Washington DC Maybe???
Figure out what to do for Holy Week/Easter. Check:)

Books Read:  4
           Print:  1
       E-Book:  3

Karaoke Songs Added:  10
                            Thurs:  5
                                 Sat:  5

Inventory Ordered?  Yes:)

April Goals:
Write Ch. 6 of Heart Song
Lose 5 pounds (242...I'm going the wrong way!)
Watch SE7 Game of Thrones
Watch SE2 Stranger Things on NetFlix
Convince family to pay for 2019 trip to Washington DC (need to sign up by end of month)
Buy inventory of Arbor U 1-6  Proof copies, check:)
Good sales at Kentucky Author's Fair  Sold 4:)
Good sales at Dale signing  Sold 1:)
Finish cleaning out magazines and back room of brown house
Finish cleaning out green house
Dispose of junked appliances
Contact Helping His Hands or Habitat Restore about doors/windows/carpet HHH, check:)


Reading Schedule:
Print:
Beguiled On A Christmas Morning-Sandra Sookoo  Good story!
The Night Circus-Erin Morgenstern  Excellent story!!  Was hooked by page 2:)  DRR
The Party-Robyn Harding  Excellent!  DRR
Fiction Sample-Alianne Donnelly  DNF.....moved it down the stack to try again next month or so.
Change of Heart-Jodi Picoult Turns out I've already read this, but enjoyed the re-read:)
Starwalker-P. Jameson  Very good!  Left me hanging....who is Helix D??? I'm suspecting Ulna....
Legally Bound-J.R. Gray  DNF; will move it farther down the pile and continue later.
Satan's Press Secretary-Tobi Doyle/Rebecca Barray  Very fun short read!  Enjoyed both stories!
Jake Lawrence-Jean Joachim  DRR!!!  Am loving this series!

E-Book:
The Guardian Angel of FarFlung Station-Edward Hoonaert  Very good:)
Perfect Stranger-Morgan Kay  Good!
Southern Roads-Robin Michaela  Excellent!  DRR


Karaoke Songs:
Thurs:
Who Knew-Pink (re-sing)  Used wrong mic, but nailed it!
My Guy-Mary Wells Did well:)
Who Says You Can't Go Home-Bon Jovi  Nailed it:)
Blaze of Glory-Bon Jovi  Did well until the ending....note to self:  Practice former songs!!!

*was only able to sing two songs each week; was gone the 1st two weeks of the month.*

Sat:
Penny Lane-Beatles  Not too bad:)
Paradise By The Dashboard Light-Meat Loaf (re-sing)  Nailed it!
People Are People-Depeche Mode  Ugh...too low!
Perfect-Pink  DNH
Perfect World-Huey Lewis Need practice???
Perform This Way-Weird Al DNH
Personal Jesus-Depeche Mode  Surprisingly good!

Photograph-Ed Sheerhan Not transferred to new system yet, surprisingly!  Will attempt next month.
Photograph-Def Leopard  Surprisingly, I did NOT clear the bar with this!  Managed to warble my way through it.
Photograph-Nickleback  Nailed it:)
Photograph-Ringo Starr DNH
Philidelphia Freedom-Elton John 1st time:  Flubbed a few lines and camera batteries died. 2nd time:  Nailed it:)
Physical-Olivia Newton-John  Did okay on it; think I was in the wrong key.


Huge congrats to the 2018 NCAA Champs, Villanova!  Defeated Michigan 79-62!!!!

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