Saturday Like A Sunday

This week I worked at a different campus than usual and I look forward to the commute in order to listen to podcasts. I was riveted by this interview with author Mark Arax on the farming monopoly in the San Joaquin Valley and its far-reaching effects on the environment, government policy, workers, etc. Eager to read the (very long) article here.

We had Jenny over for dinner and I made two of my new favorites dishes, The You-Gotta-Love-Rosemary Menu:

🍞  Overnight Focaccia 

 🍳 Creamy Chickpeas with Runny Eggs and Prosciutto 

The first time I made the focaccia I topped with olives and nuts as described and they burned. I love those flavors and plan to serve as a tapenade with the bread - same idea, no burning. This time I topped with rosemary alone to sop up...

All the glorious sauce of the creamy chickpeas. This dish is a cinch - the only prep is the slicing of two cloves of garlic. It's my new favorite thing to make. You should try it right now.


I went to spin class three days in a row at 5:30 a.m. and did not get enough sleep all week. On Saturday Luke let me sleep in and played with the girls all morning:


👏👍🙏🙌 from me and my FitBit

Our playdate was cancelled due to sickness and we had a lazy day at home.

"I drew my octopus."

After I traced the girls they wanted their loveys traced. Here Clem is drawing Cupcake the Zebra.

 I moved their dollhouse to the living room, where they might actually play with it, from Josie's now-empty room.

Cupcake, ringed in roses. She added the "Jellycat" from the tag.

I rowed, did 15 minutes of yoga, read Martha Stewart Living, and cooked a pork tenderloin in the sous vide for dinner. I had some burrata in the fridge with a quickly-approaching best-by date which I realize are mostly bogus but when it comes to dairy products I feel beholden to them. I took the little trick of a quick-fry of a rosemary sprig from the chickpea recipe and crumbled the rosemary over burrata and topped with a few glugs of good olive oil. Summer, I'm ready for you!!!

Sunday: spin class for me; ballet for them. Earlier in the week I bought two new coloring/sticker books at Target to keep each girl entertained during the other's class. C got the hang of this code exercise - match the number to the letter - and it was amazing to watch.

Josie colored a few princesses and talked the entire time.

Turning to this page she said, "Wook [look]! Cinderella is trapped!"

After ballet I gave Luke some downtime and took the girls swimming and to the grocery store (but not before starting our 18 cups in the coffee urn and warming meatballs in the slow cooker for dinner #momlife).