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I’ve still got too much to do, too little time to do it, and the focus of a caffeinated and sugared-up kitten. There are a couple new goals. 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
  • TAG
• Sell 72 items this year (6/month): 2 pr shoes, 2 book, 1 air freshener, 1 scarf, 1 pattern (Total count: 9)
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers* This goal is getting more ridiculous every time I look at it.
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Let go of 1000 things: 318
• Get conversion therapy banned in my county and state. 
• Edit C.J. short story
• Stop drinking soda — Have not been recording this per month, I will start doing that this month. 
• NEW GOAL: Exercise 5X a week  — Did terribly at this.  
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP 
• Finish 4 crafts: Finished 3 scarves for charity
  • Finished Ravenclaw Bookmark
  • Finished 2 scarves for charity

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Starting the year off with a new goal, to get to having 200 active listings in my eBay store. 🙂 We’ll see how that goes.

Sold:

• Mere Christianity by CS Lewis — picked up the entire set of CS Lewis books at a thrift store. And one by one I’ve been selling them off.
• 4 woven napkin rings — still working through all of these. I think more than half of the napkin rings are gone now.

I’ve still got too much to do, too little time to do it, and the focus of a caffeinated and sugared-up kitten. There are a couple new goals. 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
  • TAG
• Sell 72 items this year (6/month): 1 napkin rings, 1 book (Total count: 2)
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers* This goal is getting more ridiculous every time I look at it.
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Let go of 1000 things: 318
• Get conversion therapy banned in my county and state. 
• Edit C.J. short story
• Stop drinking soda — Started this 11/26/16   35/51 Days. I am counting any month which is above 95% soda-free to be a success
• NEW GOAL: Exercise 5X a week 
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S
• Finish 4 crafts: 

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Now, you’d think that New Years would mean a lot of changes to the goals. Not so much. I’ve still got too much to do, too little time to do it, and the focus of a caffeinated kitten.

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
  • TAG
• Sell 60 items this year (5/month) <– 1 set of napkin rings, KitchenAid Mixer Cover, 1 Figurine, 1 ornament and 8 book Total = 69 GOAL MET!!!!
• NEW GOAL: Sell 72 items this year (6/month)
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers*
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Let go of 1000 things: 318
• NEW GOAL: Get conversion therapy banned in my county and state. 
• Edit C.J. short story
• Stop drinking soda — Started this 11/26/16   22 / 28 Days. I am counting any month which is above 95% soda-free to be a success
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S
• Finish 4 crafts: 

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Of course, this month means we have a special goal: WRITE 50,000 words
Join me at http://nanowrimo.org (look for eoen) <== SO THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN.

I do these to be accountable to someone, even if it’s just the net. Hey, look I scheduled this one. Wonder if I remembered to update it? 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N —
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
• Sell 60 items this year (5/month) <– Sold ink, 1 record, 1 pattern, 1 mousepad, 1 magazine, 1 set of napkin rings, and 5 book Total = 57
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– Nope. 
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– *snickers*
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• NEW GOAL: Let go of 1000 things: 236
• Edit C.J. short story
• NEW GOAL: Stop drinking soda — Started this this month on 11/26
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S
• Finish 4 crafts: <– finished 5 scarves for charity

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– so, um, yeah, have the LLC registered.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Continuing to sell stuff, sort of randomly…

• Set of 9 yellow metal napkin rings — got these at a yard sale in a big old bag of napkin rings. I’m happy they’re off to a better home.
• Cabbage Patch Kids Book — Collectors right?
• Set of ink cartridges that were expired, but new in package
• The old woman who lived in a shoe vintage toy — got this from an antique dealer years ago for practically nothing, but it was time to rehome it.
• 1 Dress pattern — multiple dress styles in one pattern. A good value I think.
• Set of 4 large purple beaded napkin rings — these flowers were the size of my hand, I swear!
• Rainbow Brite book — viva la 80s!
• Set of 4 daffodil napkin rings — metal work and quite nice.

I honestly didn’t know that there were three different US sign languages. I knew there were different sign languages for different countries, as signing is generally something which grows organically out of the Deaf communities.

It makes sense of course. I know there are several ways of teaching ASL. (And whether or not the school focuses on the use of voice as well as signing.) But I never studied ASL in a school setting, I only picked up bits and pieces from my cousins and watching the ASL interpreters at work and concerts and such. (Though I did promise my cousin I would learn sign. Time to find classes at a local college.)

A YouTuber I was watching mentioned that she was using PSE rather than ASL and I had to go look it up. For your information:

ASL = American Sign Language, which grew out of the Deaf community and has its own grammar, etc. <– this is the language I’m familiar with

PSE = Pidgin Sign Language, which uses ASL signs with English grammar, however drops many modifiers.

SEE = Signed Exact English, which is as it says is an exact translation of English.

The article below gives a much better definition of each.

https://signsoflifeasl.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/3-forms-of-sign-language-asl-vs-pse-vs-see/

I do these to be accountable to someone, even if it’s just the net. Oh my! This is a bit late, isn’t it? But then, what is time but a social construct? 

• Complete Short Stories:
  • TTOBT
  • WOW
  • CN
  • ZJ
  • GG
• Complete Novels:
  • K&N — Got four chapters done and figured out how to end the bloody thing. So, well, I know what I’m doing for Nano and it’s not a new project.
  • TBM
  • TCC
  • ADM
  • PR
• Sell 60 items this year (5/month) <– Sold ink, a vintage toy, 1 pattern, 2 sets of napkin rings, and 1 book Total count = 42
• Post 12 Pc of Artwork on Etsy
• Finish stuffed cupcake <– More than a quarter of the base now finished
• Blog daily on Bittersuites <– Wow. This was an utter failure.
• Write 12 flash stories on Wedschild’s Wanderings <–I am so behind.

• Podcast flash stories
• Create audiobook for CBE
• Edit C.J. short story
• Update Patreon
• Create IGB Videos
• Quarterly newsletters for IGB&GFP  <– Hired a VA – to be known here as C – she’s making templates for me.
• Exercise 3X a week : T, TH, S

Pie in the Sky Goals

• Start a hyper-local paper for BG. — Go door to door gathering info 
• Develop an AI assistant
• Start a gentlewoman’s club — like an old-fashioned men’s club. A dining room, a bar, reading/lounge rooms, library, gaming room, media room, rentable area for weddings and like, rooms that members can sleep in for the night. Yearly membership, plus food and such. <– you know, my friends are supposed to *stop* not encourage madness like this.

Actual Bucket Goals

• Adapt forensic sniffer as a blood sugar detector
• Sail on a clipper ship
• Visit Paris (Esp. Disney Paris)
• Visit London and take the Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper tours
• Go back to Germany and visit all the places I missed and what was East Germany
• Develop a method for cleaning up space junk. Possibly using electromagnets. 

Nine months in! Had quite the listing push last month. Need to do another one for this month, that’s for sure!

We’ll start with what’s sold:

• HP Ink Quadpack
• Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe Pull Toy
• Dress Pattern
• Daffodil Napkin Rings
• Purple Beaded Napkin Rings
• Rainbow Brite and the Big Color Mix-Up Read Along No Tape

Much better volume this month. Still needs a bit of pushing through, but there was a little bit of bulk reduced in the listing boxes.

The HP Ink was expired. We don’t have HP printers in the house anymore, so it was time for it to go.

The Old Woman toy I picked up at an antique show years ago.

The dress pattern was a multiple dress grouping. Very nice.

The daffodil napkin rings were metal and quite detailed. I got them in a bag lot of napkin rings. The shipping was a bit… much though.

The purple beaded napkin rings were about the span of my hand, so not exactly wilting flowers.

The Rainbow Brite book I picked up at a thrift store, but I am happy enough with what we got for it.

I have a stack of vinyl that needs listing, and a box of postcards, but I think I’m going to focus squarely on big items until there’s a bit of breathing room around here. I have shelves of stuff that I just know will bring in a bit of dosh here and there for me, my mom, my friend, her mother, and our neighbor. Hmm… maybe a push on the stuff I have laying around that’s hers?