Tuesday, January 1, 2019

19 for '19


19 for ‘19


These are my 19 goals for 2019:

1.     Get Benaiah, Mighty Man of God published

2.     Plan a Launch Party

3.     Teach grandkids one day a week

4.     Travel to western Canada

5.     Maintain or improve my level of health

6.     Save money towards grandkids’ school fees

7.     Read through the Bible chronologically again

8.     Read at least 12 other books

9.     Lose 30 pounds, one way or another

10.  Make a profit on my book

11.  Get a housekeeper once a week, from the profits of my novel

12.  Begin a new novel about Joseph (OT)

13.  Keep up with blogging

14.  Teach women’s Bible study

15.  Write summaries of each Bible book studied

16.  Move Leah to Ottawa

17.  Pray more consistently

18.  Keep house clean

19.  Plant a small garden

Author Photo



December Journaling

1.      In London at our Finnish family Christmas celebration. Lots of food.

2.      Heading home from London.

3.      Getting my summary printed at the printers.

4.      Presenting my summary of Zechariah, then we go out for lunch to celebrate. We’re taking a month off.

5.      School prep day. Went to IKEA with my daughter, and bought curtains.

6.      School day, brought to you by the letter Mm, the number 11, and the story of the first Christmas. We also made Christmas crafts. I stayed overnight.

7.      Our daughter applied to enter our grandson in JK at a local Christian school next year. I hope he gets in. Sent in my author photo. I’ll post it. I have an author blog called benaiahmightyman.wordpress.com and a facebook page called P.H. Thompson, Author

8.      Home day, with errands.

9.      My sister-in-law came to church with us, then home for lunch. She is currently living with her mom because she had a house fire in October. As she was leaving in the dark, she backed into our neighbour’s car. She has no income, so it’ll fall on us to cover it. Sigh.

10.   Chiro and massage.

11.   Grandkids overnight. Busy day.

12.   Starting my revisions. I have about three weeks to do forty chapters.

13.   We bought a new fridge and stove today.

14.   Went downtown for lunch with my daughter, for Thai.

15.   Laundry and revisions. I’m so pleased with this editor. Everything she suggests makes the story better.

16.   Church this morning. Extra long nap. Pill prep for two weeks. Editing two chapters.

17.   Dental appointment and last few Christmas gifts.

18.   School prep.

19.   School day, brought to you by the letter Nn, the number 12, the Christmas story focusing on the wise men.

20.   Pain clinic, then waited at the Honda dealership while they repaired a recall issue. Then made dinner and did revisions.

21.   Getting the house ready for guests. If I do it in stages it’s not so overwhelming.

22.   Last minute shopping.

23.   Church, nap, and revisions, as I’ll take two days off.

24.   Christmas Eve, or Finnish Christmas, hosted by my sister this evening. Also baking my turkey for tomorrow.

25.   Christmas Day, hosting 16 for dinner. Menu: red wine sangria, red and white wine, beer, Perrier, sparkling juice, egg nog, pop, water, bacon-wrapped scallops, crispy sweet and spicy shrimp, spring rolls, devilled eggs, mozzarella sticks, smoked salmon on crispbread, turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots, corn, salad, ham, curried goat, rice and peas, pumpkin pie, hazelnut torte, gingersnaps, and shortbread, coffee and tea.

26.   Recovery day, and revisions.

27.   Bible reading. Almost done reading through the Bible chronologically again. Then laundry, and a long nap, cooked Thai shrimp soup for dinner, and revised while my husband and daughter went to see Aquaman. He was my favorite growing up, but I’m so mad at the casting and how they completely changed his look to a long-haired, tattooed man that I wouldn’t go out of protest.

28.   Pedicure with my daughter, then lunch and Costco, nap, supper and revisions.

29.   There have been 96 murders in Toronto so far this year. Crazy.

30.   Church and then a super long nap. Take out Hakka for dinner, then finishing my revisions a few days early.

31.   Visiting friends to celebrate New Years’ Eve. We played the games, Pictionary and Mad Gab. Hilarious, especially Mad Gab with Jamaican accents. Looking forward to the new year when my book will be published. Also thankful for an improvement in health to a tolerable level.