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.

List of Last Week’s Labors of Love

– V and Mae Cake's new hobby?  Feeding Zoo.  It's hilarious and surprisingly effective.  

– V also has taken to making my bed in the morning.  Other chores I have pawned off on the wee ones? 

  • feeding the cat
  • changing the garbage bags
  • fetching the mail
  • setting the table

I'm close to sitting back and eating bon-bons, people.

– Zoo's first ride in a swing.  Don't panic.  This is as high as she went. 

baby in swing

it was fun for 4 seconds

– super-neat gifties from two of my friends: a surprise trip to the spa for a massage and this sweet crafty…

frame earring holder

now I need more earrings

– splashing in the MN Zoo's awesome fountain and a token trip to see the "farm animals" [or ZOO ANIMALS, you weird children!].  I made an effort to stop at the otters.  OTTERS.

Sea Otters at the Grizzly Coast

over there

Sea Otters at the Grizzly Coast

over here

– how many times can I eat blueberries with cream?  

blueberries and cream

a lot

– featured on the Typepad front page most days, along with some awesome illustrators and prolific bloggers.  Is this like an extended version of my swanky judging invitation?  

– how awesome is Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution?  Both the book and the concept are rockin'.

morgan freeman

love me some mr. freeman

One year ago: LLLL, where we did everything

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