This is getting ridiculous. Imagine me in bootcamp. The home stretch. I am tired, but I am going to make it. I am definitely better than I have been before. Pushups, jumping jacks, pull ups, sprint up the hill, down the hill, running running running, up the stairs, CRUNCH! That crunch is my ankle… my “good” ankle. I screamed for M and he came running. I cried because it hurt, I cried because it is going to set me back goodness knows how long. I limped home. I rested, iced, compressed and elevated my foot. I am mad. Mad because I did bootcamp to jump start a fitness regimen… now all I jump started is recovery. At least I can walk. At least there is no soccer for three weeks so I don’t feel like I am missing anything. WHY???

Holy cow I have been busy. Expect to see something from me this weekend. I am going to ICFF and I am really excited.

I am an architect by training and a graphic designer by trade. This makes me really weak in the font arena. I can’t name fonts on sight to save my life. This quiz is multiple choice and I am still doing quite poorly. Thank goodness for identifont! via

Today was a bootcamp day and I am sorry to say that on bootcamp days I eat the worst things you could possibly imagine. Carbs, carbs, carbs. Today’s atrocities included and unexpected stop at Waffles and Dinges. They were on my way back to work and I couldn’t just pass them! I had a deliciously sinful vanilla liege with powdered sugar and a small coffee. I am now waiting for the sugar crash… Only in NY could cart food be this delicious.

When we went on our trip to NZ I was introduced to the idea of making my own yogurt. What a neat idea. And Eloise made it sound so easy with her low tech set up that I couldn’t get it out of my head. I did some research and certainly you can buy electric yogurt makers or you can pull together things you have to make yogurt, but there is something nice about a product that is task specific. I mentioned this to Bill and he told me he bought himself an Easiyo and loved it and offered to get one for me. I am on my second batch of yogurt and I wish I could say that I was having great success… but I am not. My first batch was definitely yogurt, but more runny that I like. I prefer a thick greek style yogurt like Fage. This weekend I went out and bought a gallon of skim milk, powdered milk, UHT milk (aka Parmalat) and a small tub of Fage 0%. After heating and cooling the milk and putting the milk and yogurt in my Easiyo I went to sleep dreaming of thick rich greek yogurt. I was sad to find something along the lines of a yogurt drink waiting for me this morning. I am going to attempt to save the batch by straining the yogurt so this may not be a total bust. I am hoping my next round of experimentation goes better.

This morning I was entertained while at bootcamp by a bunch of school kids dancing around a maypole. I have never actually seen this done before and it was really cool. They had a student playing the violin and everything. It was really cool.

I ordered new turf shoes for soccer. My old ones just weren’t cutting it and a pair of new ones wasn’t all that expensive. They are pretty sweet looking. I also got a pair of insoles to help support my slightly fallen arches. Oy I am getting old.

A short film on what it might be like to make it to the pros by Guy Ritchie. via

Today is the day after bootcamp. Yesterday I got up at 5am, made it to bootcamp at 6, ran, jumped and pushed my way through it. Yesterday evening I was tired, but ok. Today is another story. Today I hurt. My arms, my legs. my back, my stomach… I hurt. And I have to do it again tomorrow. What have I gotten us into?