From The Stupid Files: Y7, W31

Day 130: 60s; 80 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Keri

Loader:  Jax, Ian

1) Customer needed assistance in Plumbing; couldn't get anyone to come or answer their phone.  Jax helped a little; gave them 10% off their cart.

2) Customer paid $12 in change

3) There was an hour between #78 and #79.

4) Something flew down my throat after ringing up a customer; coughed for about 15 mins afterward.

Outfit:  Mama Bear hoodie, new faded jeggings.

Day 131:

November Goals

 Is it just me or did October fly by?  I DID get quite a lot accomplished:)

-Lose 5 lbs (start:  245) Lost 1!

-Get Teacher's Pet released Check!

-Order TP copies Check!  10/17 ordered 10

-Order PWT copies Check!

-Order New Antho copies Check! Ordered 15

-Do well at Creative Market Only sold 1, but Marcia sold 8!

-Do well at LibraryCon No one showed, but enjoyed hanging out with BKM and the Tockerts:)

-Do well at Lafayette ComicCon Sold 5:)

-Get promo together for Christmas show Check:)

-Finish current chapter of Heart Song 10/20:  FINISHED!!!!

-Add new words to dragon/fairy story Check:)

-Add new words to Aiden Kross story Check and FINISHED it 10/15

-Buy BP machine Finally got one 10/17!!

Health:  Foot pain is getting better; only have to take normal amount of Aleve now:)  Have vascular doppler on Wed Nov 5th.

Also feel as if I'm trying to 'catch' something; began taking Zinc every morning, sucking cough drops, and drinking hot tea.

 Books Read:  11

            Print:  6

        E-book:  5

             DNF:  0

2025 Events:

Nov 8th:  Creative Market, 1972 KCARC

Nov 12-16th:  ICGAHS ($700-making payments)

Nov 29th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

Dec 3-4th, Good Sam Christmas Craft Show, GSH Hedde Center, Vincennes, In

Dec 20th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

2026 Events:

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

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

Aug 22nd:  Geek Con, Evansville Museum ($40)

November Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start: 244)

-Do well at Creative Market 11/8

-Get promo together for Christmas show (sneak peeks)

-Do well at ICGAHS

     Wed:

     Thurs:

     Fri:

     Sat:

-Have fun at SC concert

-Do well at Creative Market 11/29

-Finish self-edits of Heart Song 

-Send Heart Song to editor

-Watch SE9 Bones

-PAY Nancy ($60)

-PAY Dawne ($200)

-PAY Lenore ($100)

-Add new words to dragon/fairy 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 

Nov Reading Schedule:  

Just One Summer-Lynn Stevens

She Who Frees The Selkie-K. Malady

Double D Ranch-Rochelle Bradley

The Restless Few-James Watjen

How To Raise Viking Children-Troy Maynard

Trick of the Tale:  Genesis-Jen Selinsky

Echoes of Vengeance-Stephanie Lanham

Memoirs of an Angel-Brian Rodman

Kingdom of Ambrosia:  Soul Walkers-Howlett and Dixon

October Forever-Katie Cawood

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

-18

E-book:

Promised To The Worst Duke In England-Sandra Sookoo

Abigail's Journey-Jean Joachim

Dr. Alaska-Jillian David

Prancing Around With Sleeping Beauty-Stacy Juba

Trimmed In Blue-Sandra Sookoo

Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer

Murder In Disguise-Sandra Sookoo

Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures

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

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

Defending Devon-Shannon West

Love Realized-Melanie Codina

Love Resisted-Melanie Codina

Assumptions-Melanie Codina

One The Run-Jade C. Jamison

Decker-AD Ellis

Sawyer-AD Ellis

Twins-RG Miller

Saving Sarah-Nan Reinhart

Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage

A Life Before-Julien Ayotta

Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta

Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta

Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan

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

Party Planning Can Be Murder-Kerry Schafer

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

Amazing Race BB: Week 6

Croatia, Pt 2:  Raining!

Detour:  Bag salt or pull up oysters?

Salt:                                                                                                        Oysters

Tucker/Eric (breezed through)                                                               Kyland (trouble rowing)

J/J (can't figure out reverse on car; had to redo 1 bag)                          Nat/Steph (good work!)

Joseph/Adam (got it!)                                                                             Rubina/Kristine (R-loses glasses!)

Izzy/Paige (issues with sealer; dump and kick wheelbarrow; got it)

Jack/Chelsie (went past the wheelbarrows; had to redo 2 bags)

Roadblock:  Reading A Map and answer questions

Eric-got it in 2 tries:)

Taylor-didn't read all the facts; realized questions change; gets it after 4 tries.

Jas-Gets it in 2 tries:)

Steph-not sure what a relief map is; 1st try

Adam-1st try:)

Jack-2nd try:)

Izzy-2nd try:)

Rubina-2nd try:)

Pit Stop:

Tucker/Eric 1st:)

Rubina/Kristine-Eliminated (was soooooo hoping that when the clue said 'may', it meant non-elim leg!)

Survivor 49: Week 6

 Tribe Switch!  Back to 3 tribes:)

Blue: Stephen, Shannon, Sage, and Jawan (Sage can't stand Shannon!)

Yellow:  MC, Sophi, Rizzo, Savannah

Red:  Alex, Sophie, Nate, and Kristina (who appears to be having an issue with her knee??)

Right away, Kristina is overcome by the heat, and Jeff calls Medical in.  She's fine after some water and a short break.

Reward Challenge:

Yellow wins grilled cheese, potato chips, iced tea, and brownies! Sophi finally gets to eat something other than coconuts!!!!

Red gets just grilled cheese

Blue goes back empty-handed.

Stephen's on the outs at blue; MC at yellow, and Nate at red.

Sophi finds the Knowledge Is Power advantage!  She can ask anyone at tribal about an idol, and it becomes hers:)

Immunity Challenge:

Yellow and Red win, sending Blue back to Tribal.

Tribal Council:

Shannon wants to out Jawan; Sage wants to out Shannon; Stephen's game for whomever.

Shannon voted out:)

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W36

Day 127: Chilly, rain; 58 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC: Isaac

Loader:  Conrad

1) DS Charlie is now over Flooring :(

2) Customer's card declined; he finally used another card

3) Customer's drywall wouldn't fit in truck; returned 90 mins later.

4) Could NOT get Maria or Daniel on the phone!  Turned out everything blew up at once....

5) Customer wanted 2 5' pieces of pipe, since we didn't have any 10' in the 2" size....but since I couldn't get an answer, he had to leave to go get his wife.  If he returns, I'm authorized for ONLY 2 pieces!

Outfit:  Halloween shirt, black l/s tee, black jeggings, Boos

Off tomorrow for choir practice!

Day 128:  Halloween Mid 50s; 76 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Isaac (last day...:()

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Reg 1 refused to print at 3:30; rebooted it TWICE; hopped to #3 at 4:30, then on #2 after Karen left at 5.

2) Customer had me open the large door, even though they CLEARLY could fit through the regular doors (eye roll).

3) Played Balloon Volleyball with 3 y/o Isaac and 7 y/o Jonah, Pro DS Ian's kids.

Appliances, Plumbing, Millwork, and Pro all had toolboxes decorated for Halloween, and passed out candy to kids.  Everyone had a great time!

Outfit:  Fairy costume (pirate dress, black jeggings, flower headdress).

Off tomorrow; we're moving Sara and Angelo into their new house on the far west side of Evansville.

Day 129:  Rare Sun DST Fall begins :(

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Kaitlyn

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Arrived and #1 and 2 both had lines; logged onto Pro K's and discovered NO RECEIPT PAPER!  Fortunately, customer wanted it emailed, and 2nd one didn't need one.

2) Had to be on #2 for 30 mins, due to #1 being out of $10s, $5s, and $1s.

3) D had to drive me to work; my van refused to start.  Fuel pump?  Fuel filter?

4) Customer left his phone in the cart; returned for it 30 mins later:)

5) Insulation machine hoses were either missing, or customer took them out of the container.

6) #3's bag was INSIDE the money tray!

7) Man was being arrested outside lumber doors (back of store) as we were closing.  Discovered he's the one who tried to steal items for past 3 days.

Outfit:  Maroon blouse, black l/s tee, dark jeggings, silver spirals

Amazing Race BB Week 5

Croatia:

Detour:  Deliver Fishnets or Skinning Fish?

Men:  Deliver

Tucker/Eric 1st out.

Women: Skinning!  

Rubina cuts herself, but is okay; Nat/Steph 1st out

Double U-Turn!

Jas/Jag U-turned Izzy/Paige

Joseph/Adam U-Turned Rubina/Kristine

Chadda team wanted to switch, but no one's phone's maps worked, so they returned to try again,even though they were last.  

Roadblock:  Racing downhill in 36 seconds:)

Tucker does it in one shot!

Jag loses his bolts on 1st attempt.

Chelsie, Simone, Paige, and Kristine all struggle to get down the hill in 36 seconds.  Most are 37 or 38, and fatigue sets in.

Pit Stop:

Tucker/Eric 1st

Kyland/Taylor 2nd

Jas/Jag 3rd

Joseph/Adam 4th

Nat/Steph 5th

Jack/Chelsie 6th

Izzy/Paige 7th

Rubina/Kristine 8th

Hannah/Simone:  Eliminated

Survivor 49: Week 5

 Journey:  Nate and MC

Task:  Move sandbags from Point A to Point B before the timer runs out.

TWIST:  There's an advantage in the jungle, but if one finds it, the other loses their vote. Nate realizes MC has a better chance of finding it, so he concocts the scheme to finish the bags all but one, then they go look.  When the timer's nearly empty, they simply move the final sand bag, thus securing both their votes, but neither has the advantage.

At Camp:

Shannon has been uber friendly with everyone except Sage, about creating a merge alliance, but she also tells Steven she wants to vote out Sage. Naturally, this gets back to Sage, who informs the others that Rizzo has an idol, and she feels Shannon is playing way too hard and needs to go. The others agree with her.

Meanwhile, over at Blue tribe, Jawan is driving Savannah nuts. First by using her bag to collect firewood, then by accidentally grabbing her water bottle.  3rd, he seems to try to be around every time she's having a conversation with others.

Challenge:

Reward:  Chickens!

Blue tribe pulls out the win:)  Alex and Steven managed to kill the rooster so they can eat, but the girls are traumatized by the killing.  Though everyone does eat it!  Not like in previous seasons where bleeding hearts either set them free or kept them alive the entire time.

Yellow going back to Tribal; Jason might be on the chopping block, along with Jawan.

Jason's voted out.