Riot and Frolic

I went on a shopping spree.  In a crafty, nerdy way.  

• I got a lemon tree[bush]*.  It's name is Lola.  Lola smells like sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows.  (Thanks, Lesley Gore!)  She's got two little, tiny lemons in the works and bea-u-ti-ful flowers.  Lola is transient in my house right now.  I'm not sure if she'll like the kitchen, dining room, or office the best and want to make sure she's happy so she sticks around.  (*- I'm too cheap to buy a real lemon tree until I know that it won't die… Or shall we say, "until I know I can keep it alive.")
• I bought the fabric and doodads for this secret gift-to-be quilt.  I headed to Crafty Planet because I knew they had the batting I wanted at a decent price, and ended up getting everything there.  For some reason, I had always missed their 100% cotton solid-color section (probably hypnotized by their amazing selection of prints).  I bought six colors of softy-soft prettiness, some muslin for backing, and thread.    That project starts tomorrow!  
• I also couldn't resist some random fabric [essentials] that were making my attention drift from the lovely lady cutting my yards and yards of goodies.  Seriously, the shop lady was extremely nice and patient and there were at least four other customers waiting for help in the tiny store.  Actually, everyone was very nice and patient with me.  Yay, CP!

My studio had a show yesterday.  

Our Summer Showcase is usually pretty large and great, but this one was extra neat since we were celebrating our one year anniversary in the big new space we relocated to and it's the studio's 25th year in business.

My students danced amazingly, especially my new babies.  They might be in this picture.  My long-time student, Smee (names have been changed to protect the innocent), did his best to stay in dance frame with "a very pregnant" lady and did a very good job.  My friend, America, did her first round of Standard and didn't fall down, so that's good.  Most of her heel turns were really heel turns, too!  I love America! My bestie, Frissy, made me want to cry when she danced with her new pro partner.  She looked so f-ing bomb.  She has some latent flexibility that came out of nowhere!  Grrr.  Now I'm going to have to work even harder after baby #3.

The crowd was also great and it was fun to see so many familiar faces gracing our floor and cheering on our dancers.  Thanks to all of you who were there.  (And bonus points to those ladies who told me that you read the blog!  How cool!)

And today, we had early Father's Day.

We had a picnic with my folks and my gramma.  Ladies loved it.  It was nearly-rainy and chilly, but the food was tasty and the water toys were still good on dry land.  Mae Cake took her great-gramma for a walk.  So funny. 

I threw G into Stogie's on Grand to buy himself a Dad's Day treat.  I was going to do it myself, but what do I know about tobacco?  He bought some nice-smelling pipe tobacco.  That's about all I can do to describe it.  Yep.  It smells nice.  

We headed down the street and hit up the ye olde Grand Ole Creamery for some frozen confections.  V got the "blue kind" (cotton candy) to share with Mae Cake, while G and I each got a waffle cone with some Mexican Chocolate and Pralines.  Holy schmoly.  Yum.   I'm a big fan of the Mexican chocolate.  I suggest you try it.  

Then we napped.  

Happy Father's Day!