What an unbelievable week! I had an absolutely fantastic time soaking up the sunshine, creative energy and literary brillance at the Key West Literary Seminar, and even got to meet my icon Judy Blume!! She could not have been more kind, warm or generous. What an amazing writer AND person! Here’s a picture of my writing workshop with her {you can see me peeking out from the second row; Judy is front and center}:

Here’s how I did on my goals for the past week:

• finish the new one-act play I’ve been working on
• write 10 pages of my YA novel
• blog about Week 2 Act of Kindness Challenge & complete it myself this week
• read Best American Short Stories 2012 that Mike got me for Christmas {got about halfway through!}
• grade first assignment for both classes {Professional Email assignment}
• knit 25 rows of the scarf I’m working on
• go through stack of old magazines and purge!

And here’s my goals for this upcoming week:

• write 10 more pages of my YA novel
• blog about Week 3 Act of Kindness Challenge & complete it myself this week
• finish reading Best American Short Stories 2012
• finish grading first assignment for both classes {Professional Email assignment}
• knit 25 rows of the scarf I’m working on
• go through stack of old magazines and purge!
• send thank-you notes to the lovely people I met at the Key West Literary Seminar

Julie at PB Fingers is hosting a blogger crock-pot challenge and I am planning to try out a new crock-pot recipe, as well as some of the following recipes:

– chicken tetrazzini
– slow-cooker honey-sesame chicken
– my california white chicken chili
– apple cinnamon steel-cut oatmeal

What are your plans for this week? I’d love to hear your menu plans & goals!