Hi everyone! How is your weekend going? Mine has been fantastic — filled with lots of wonderful Mr. Jude time! Yesterday we did lots of puzzles, had a jam session on the piano, and spent an afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese. And Jude was my little helper at the grocery store, helping me pick out ingredients for my white-chicken chili, which I made last night for Mike’s family. Here he is having fun in the kitchen:

And the weekend would not be complete without some quality cuddle time on the couch!

It breaks my heart to have to say goodbye to this little guy. He is such a sweetheart. I am already looking forward to our next long visit over spring break!

Here’s how I did on my goals from this past week. I feel a lot better about the progress I am making on my thesis novel now that I have scaled back my goals and given myself a little more room to breathe:

• revise up to page 60 of my thesis novel
• blog about Week 6 Act of Kindness Challenge & complete it myself this week
• blog about 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess {post is scheduled to be published this week!}
• clean out and organize filing cabinet
• knit 25 rows of the new scarf I’m working on
• make 3 changes/updates as part of the #28DBC

Here are my goals for this upcoming week:

• revise up to page 90 of my thesis novel
• blog about Week 7 Act of Kindness Challenge & complete it myself this week
• publish blog post about 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
• finish grading papers for both classes
• take old financial/health documents to the bank to be shredded
• knit 25 rows of the scarf I’m working on
• prepare for my presentation at The Louisville Conference on Saturday

And here’s some recipes I’m planning to make this week:
– baked fish cakes
– edamame hummus
– cilantro-lime quinoa with chicken
– chopped brussel sprouts with cranberries, pecans & feta cheese
– chocolate turtle cookies

What are your goals + meal plans for this week?

This post is linked up with Menu-Plan Monday!