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.

Category: Craftacular

  • Pinterest Project- Raining Babies

        I helped throw a baby shower over the weekend.  In searching for a theme, I became obsessed and elated with the idea of a "mustaches and bowties".   I wanted to see grown women in mustaches and bowties.   Because that, my friends, is hilarious.  And awkward.   So, even more hilarious. I…

  • The Party Planning Committee

    Curiouser and curiouser… MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Parties. Fun.

  • YODEL With Me

    Hey peeps.  Don't forget the first YODEL (Yarn Over, Drink, Eat… Legit) is coming up Monday.   Like this Monday.   Like the day before Valentine's Day. It's from 5-8pm at the Claddagh coffeeshop in St. Paul, MN on West Seventh.   I'll bring a couple patterns like this in case you need a last…

  • Knit Picking

    Man, I am on a roll with my post titles! They are so gloriously cliche and awesome.   Good for me.  At least I'm having fun. Yeah, so, I've been trying knitting lately.  My knitting is like my running.  I do both because I hate them.   Maybe "hate" is the wrong word.   I…

  • Self Promotion: YODEL

    *panting* So excited.   You know I've been thinking about world domination through crafts, right?  Part One of The Takeover is in place: the first ever YODEL (Yarn Over, Drink, Eat… Legit) has a time and place.  Monday, February 13, 2012 from 5-8pm.  Claddagh Coffee, St. Paul, MN.  Word. [Source: PS Press.  If this place…

  • The Day That Will Not End

    This has been a bad day.  Not like epicly bad or anything.  Just the kind of bad that is full of meaningless frustrations and inconveniences that make you want start chewing tobacco just to spit and shake your head like you're in an old Western and some fool city slicker done untied the horses and…

  • How To Make A Wreath

    Happy Night Before The Night Before Christmas!   Somebody gets awful excited for Christmas, even when somebody knows what is in all the presents underneath the Christmas tree.   There are no presents under there for me yet, but I'm only slightly worried.  The G knows I'm easily wooed with gifts.  And as we've seen…

  • Stitch ‘n’ Make Pleasant Conversation

    I hosted a "stitch 'n' bitch" over the weekend. As I said yesterday, I want to come up with a less crass name for crafting and hanging out.  Here's my terrible ideas so far… Yarn 'n' Yarn.  Get it?  Like material and telling stories.  I told you they were terrible. Hook, Wine, and Tinker.  As…

  • The Pinterest Project- More Glitter= More Awesome

    It's a rule of life, really.  "More glitter" is always better than "glitter".  Unless you're talking about the movie, Glitter, which I hear is awful and should never have a sequel. But now I want to watch it, just to make sure.  Because if there was a movie called Rhinestone, I would sure go see…

  • The Pinterest Project- Decisions, Decisions

    Ever since I finished last week's doodad, I'm having a hard time deciding which Pinterest Project to choose next.  I'm not putting it to a vote, but any input you have would be much appreciated.   Plus, with the G out of town, my energy is waning fast in my usual crafty/bloggy hours and I…