Riot and Frolic

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

Category: Domesticality

  • I don't own a t.v. I do have a computer and the interwebs. I stream shows I like from Netflix (thanks, Nicey-Nice Lady!) and [gasp] occasionally stream new episodes illegally. I generally do not read or listen to the news, see commercials, or watch movie previews. My life is better because of this. The products…

  • – writing *huh* and *hug* have two very different connotations that spell-check  cannot save you from.  #gladIedited #metime #austinburgrules – I want a shirt with the word "coach" on the back.  I feel like people (especially random ones on the street) would really respect my authority that way. – why haven't I tried screenprinting?  It…

  • – harassment from my dear readers about writing a post.  Oh, darlings, I didn't think you cared!  Mmmmwah! – apology: I'm sorry.  I skipped one post when we were competing two weekends ago and man, it was a slippery slope.  Monday came and went while we drove back across the Midwest, and now it's 8…

  • 07 If You Don't Know Me By Now 1 If you don't know me by now, you don't know… – I'm lip-syncing the hell out of this song right now. – I'm missing that cup of cream with coffee right now.   – that day I ate those 8 muffin?  Each one tasted THAT good.…

  • – some… stuff?  Seriously, I have no idea what happened over the last week except I know I didn't drink any coffee.  I accidentally sent myself into caffeine withdrawal after sipping a too-sweet, cold-not-on-purpose, leftover cup on Monday and forgetting to wash the French press on Tuesday, so by WednesdayermehgawdwhatisHAPPENINGTOMYBRAIN? I highly do not recommend…

  • While scooping some Amish Peanut Butter out of a bowl with my bare hand (we ran out of graham crackers!) and clicking around the Interwebs with the other, I have discovered some things that might have been better left undiscovered (besides nutritionally-unfulfilling, peanut-flavored spread). HTHB reminded me about Hello Giggles.  It is not interesting and nobody…

  • – a birthday! birthday! party for the oldest and the youngest Bratt offspring.  How the hell do you have birthday parties for children whose birthdays are close together?  And what the hell is a good way to open/deal with presents?  I hear there are three options: have a present-opening orgy at some point during the party…

  • This little gem has been circulating on the Interwebs for awhile…   i'm not good I… hate it.  The ellipsis is covering all the naughty words I want to use as grammatical modifiers in that sentence.  But, I just… hate it. These happy kids are played with all the time, so Mom has no time to clean?…

  • – while perusing pictures for a post last week, I discovered a few people are very confused about what Patrick Swayze looks like. this makes me laugh… george clooney   maybe he's in the car?   – sometimes you have to dress up like a princess and do some swivels with your tongue sticking out.…

  • People often say to me, "I don't know how you do it."  I'm not sure it's a compliment or not or what exactly "it" is, but my reply is always, "I don't think about it." The life I have is not quite the life I expected.  I never expected to have children, or even really…