Riot and Frolic
a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog
Category: Domesticality
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I had to put my cat down this week. I hated that cat. No, I'm sure I loved her, because when I brazenly called the pet hospital to make The Appointment, I started sobbing when the receptionist answered the phone. At least I can chalk it up to post-partum hormones. OR BECAUSE SHE WAS MY…
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I recently took a trip to the hospital and they sent me home with ANOTHER tiny human. It's like they think I'm qualified to handle them. How dare they. But, in trying to stick to a point, there's several things I've noticed the last couple weeks that seems new EVERY TIME: Newborns are…
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If you Google "baby essentials", you're apt to find lists like this: They are helpful. And vast. If you're having your first kid and you're celebrated with a bunch of baby showers, go all in and register for it. ALL OF IT. But you could be a minimalist. Or on your own in Alaska away…
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In case some of you thought it was all rainbows and fairies and cupcakes around here, I thought you needed to know about this week's theme : Picnics. Despite an unbelievable haul from the library, Picnic Week has mainly been a bust because, as you Minnesotans know, it's monsoon season here. Two picnics (including…
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Four years ago, I had a wee garden. A year later, there was an expansion. And compost! It grew things! Something happened last year… Probably a disaster. This year? We're going big time. Last fall, The G tore up the nasty-to-shovel-snow-off and generally-horrible "patio". Then his super-cool and helpful uncles came up to ye…
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This is the first year where "summer vacation" actually means a break from the usual. Since .5 of the kids were in school, there is a definite change coming to our routine. I'm not scared. Well, not much. And because I'm insane, I made a few things to prepare: A) vintage-cute dresses. Once they find an…
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how many times you tell your small kid to "be careful". how many cloves of garlic a recipe lists. how much vanilla a recipe suggests. how many times your snooze alarm goes off . how many times you think about practicing, without actually doing it. how many episodes of Jessica Jones you've watched…
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I've been with child over 190 weeks (by my fifth go-around, mind you) and I've come to several conclusions: Your pregnancy seems long… to everyone else. While you are quite up to date on how far along you are, everyone else keeps asking like maybe you forgot to write it down and IT. IS. IMMINENT. Men…
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After Anna Karenina, you'd think I'd want to stay away from Russian writers a bit, but NO, I like a challenge and love dismissing controversy, so I (and at least one loyal reader) jumped into Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. WHY WHY WHY is this book so highly regarded? [insert rant] The plot line is…
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It's come to my attention through various sources that my reproductive choices are intriguing to many. While that is weird and invasive, let's discuss it: Question #1: Will you stop dancing? Yes, I think definitely this fifth time around is the time that's going to make me think twice about dancing, and teaching, and painting rooms…
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