Riot and Frolic

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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.

And So It Begins…

It's Ash Wednesday and that means the start of Lent and that means I'm coining the hashtag #NewLentNewIntent BECAUSE I AM A HUGE DORK.

But guys.  

I am giving up flour this year.  

Yeah yeah yeah, I know many of my buddies have had to do this for medical reasons and whatnot, and there are a million harder things to do, but SHUT UP I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD ONE AND I'M STICKING WITH IT.

Do you "do" Lent?  Do you give up stuff or try to add a good thing to your day?  Don't you feel like Lent is sort of a latecomer's New Year's?  And WHY is the Easter season so hilariously out of tune with the regular calendar this year [Ash Wednesday on Valentine's Day and Easter on April Fool's Day]?

Happy Lenting, y'all.

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