Hi folks!! How's your week been? Mine has been a bit crazy. My husband has worked around 70 hours this week, so I've been in survival mode around the house. I'm so glad that his deadline is tomorrow - I want my husband back, and my kids really need daddy. I've got some goals done, but not as much as I wanted. It's hard to sort through who has outgrown what for next season when the children are killing each other - or at least it sounds like it. So for that reason, my menu plan did not get followed much last week. And my blog posts did not get back on schedule as promised. But my new newsletters have gone out! Yay for a goal being met! Are you a subscriber? If not, you can sign up here.

I'm pretty excited about cooking this week. Not only will my husband will be back eating with us, but I checked some cookbooks out of the library for inspiration.

Do you like to read cookbooks? It's one of my favorite past times. I find it really inspiring. In fact, this week I'll be reviewing a cookbook--and just a hint, it's a really fun, really easy dessert cookbook by a fellow blogger, so you'll want to check it out!

But anyway, here's my menu plan for the week: