Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Month: September 2011

  • Scattered

    I was supposed to write y'all a recipe today…  Or yesterday.  But I'm having trouble focusing.   There's fun-ness happening, people.  Yes, fun-ness. First of all, I ran today.  It was a little scary, because I've heard some stories from former pregnant ladies about women's… junk moving around.  Just look up "prolapse" and you'll get…

  • List of Last Week’s Labors of Love

    – realization that my oldest might be anal retentive.  The insoles from her water shoes came out when she took the shoes off.  She set the insoles next to the stairs by the rest of her shoes in this orderly fashion… – Lake Calhoun!  Trying to get through our Summer List.  It's a pretty short…

  • Sweet Martha’s Revenge

    I sat down last night to indulge in some Sweet Martha's cookies because I needed a little hair-of-the-dog (the fat and calorie kind) after a big day at the fair.  And of course, we bought the pail o' cookies.  Not that measly cup business.  I think we got an extra big heap of cookies since I…

  • Represent, 651

    I got my update from Centsational Girl this morning and had to write a second post for today, so I could share alllllll my favo things about St. Paul.  I won't even try to add in ye olde Minneapolis, because I don't want your heads to explode with all the magnificent possibilities that abound in…

  • Pinterest Project- Make It Beautiful

    Have I mentioned how much I love The Girl Who Ate Everything?  Oh, I have.  Yes, she was the genius behind the Saltine Cracker Toffee.  So, she's a little bit of an evil genius.   Well, Christy has made ye olde blog again with her intriguing "Frosting That Will Get You Hugs."  I've been looking for a…