Riot and Frolic
a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog
Category: Domesticality
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For those of you who live outside Menards' 14-state area of home improvement monstrosities, it's like Home Depot, BUT IT'S NOT. Or maybe like a Costco, BUT NOT AT ALL. Because, fuck, Menards. I just hate you. Now to be fair, the first beef I have is with a particular Menards, but there are…
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– any there any words that give you the heebie-jeebies? "Moist." Classic. – on the other hand, I love the word "murmur" and "cadenza" and have even discovered some favorite words in other languages. What are your favorite words? – hosted my in-laws and got to do some tour guiding. Took in northeast Minneapolis…
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When I'm muttering under my breath, scrubbing dishes, children, or email inboxes, here's my list of mostly-implicit, always-OCD, often self-applicable house rules: No dishes in the sink – I don't understand the logic behind putting dishes in the sink. You just have to take them out of the sink to wash the dishes in the…
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– woken up every morning by singing voices. While this might sound angelic, I wonder about the musical choices: What does the fox say? The "dying" song. The Bears fight song. Disney, loudly and with accents. – dinner at Ginger Hop in northeast Minneapolis. While it was delicious, I can get the same thing three…
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Grab your bag. No, not your diaper bag. You are going to get your backpack or your big-girl purse or your messenger bag and you are going to work it. Heck, you might live dangerously and NOT BRING A BAG. Put one diaper (per diaper-donning child) and a travel set of wipes in that bag.…
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– bought a new pen. It rocks. I would recommend it by adding a link, but apparently it doesn't exist BECAUSE THE INTERWEBS CAN'T FIND IT. Whatever, I'm going to go all ANALOG and just tell you what it is and where to find it: The Write Dudes .7mm ballpoint pen with stylus (so you can…
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Over the last couple weeks, I've been compiling information from complaints parents have about their kids. Apparently some parents didn't get the disclaimer to their children before they owned them. For those of you who missed this memo, here you go: You will resent your children. Whether it's for 10 seconds or your entire…
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– lately, since it's been hotter than usual, I've been wearing dresses ALL THE TIME. I go about my usual routine: weeding the garden, playing with the little ladies, stopping at the grocery store or Menards. You know, the "usz" (short for "usual" – how would you spell that?). I get a lot of…
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I'm not a helicopter parent. Our house is not child-proofed. When we go grocery shopping, there is at least one little lady standing in the cart. I have, on regular occasions, given my small children hard candies. But here's where I draw the line: no screaming. Children screaming is my worst nightmare. Literally. I have…
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– generally I think I'm raising intelligent children, but then I went and met the almost-3-year-old during storytime at the library who is reading and has been since he was 2… TWO! And I'm like, "shiiiioot. " But hey, I fed the kids some vegetables that day and they all know their names, so I call…
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