""Allo Papa Tango Charly" now available on iTunes!

The CD with "Papa Tango Charly" is now available on iTunes! Yay! I actually emailed them a few years ago requesting that it be added. I wonder if it was my request that convince them to add it! I actually like many of the other tracks on that Bazbaz CD!

Apparently Will from over at Break the Illusion will visit Davey Wavey today and receive his Christmas present! Any ideas on what it will be? I hope they make a Talky Blog about it!

UPDATE: Camera and "Papa Tango Charly"

Thanks for everyone for visiting my blog. More exciting and enlightening blog posts are on the way soon.

Unfortunately, on a recent trip to Chicago, my digital camera died. I'm currently in the market for a new easy to use point and shoot model. Does anyone have any recommendations? I don't really need an expensive camera, just one for everyday use and that is not too large to carry. My old camera did have issues with response time; when I would push the button to take the picture, it would take a while for the photo to be taken. It was fine for stationary objects, but it made it hard to take photos of moving things like such as my cats. As you may or may not know, I love writing hotel reviews for TripAdvisor so the lack of a camera has made it harder. Plus, my cats often are often in photogenic poses!


It seems the most common search term to reach my blog is "Papa Tango Charly"! There must be a lot of other Apres Vous! fans out there. I noticed someone posted a "Papa Tango Charly" video on YouTube. Check it out. I'm not sure exactly what they are doing. Are they wearing underwear on the outside of their clothing?

Are my shoes "nasty?"

I purchased these shoes about ten years ago while working a summer job at a country club. I didn't wear them all that often and they must have looked pretty new because many other pro-shop and bagroom staff kept asking if I had gotten new shoes. I had heard female colleauges talking about dragging their shoes through a sandbox to get rid of the "new" look, so I took mine out to one of the bunkers to make them look a little less new. People still kept commenting on my "new" white shoes, though.

Now ten years later, my brother commented on how "nasty" my shoes looked! They are a little worn in, but I'm not sure I'd call them nasty. Would you? They are washable and I do run them through my dishwasher a few times a summer.

I love my new mini-chopper!

I purchased this new mini-chopper on sale after Christmas for only 8 USD! Summertime means lots of chicken and tuna salad for me, and the preparation is so much quicker. I can chop an onion and some celery in seconds! Clean up is a breeze as the chopper bowl is dishwasher safe. This is one new appliance I don't want to be without!

Say it ain't so! Popular Fieldhouse Crest W License Plates are gone!

Say it ain't so!

I've been thinking about getting one of the fancy Fieldhouse Crest W license plates (http://www.news.wisc.edu/8233) for my car for a while now. However, when looking at the Department of Transportation's Web Site, it seems that Bucky Badger Plates are now back. Sad. http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/plateguide/uw-logos.htm

I wish there would have been a wide press release about this so I could have gotten my plates before the change.

UW Alums-->

Please write to try to get the Fieldhouse Crest W plates back for the next cycle of plates!

UW Alumni Association:
http://www.uwalumni.com/contactus/contactus.aspx

UW Chancellor:
http://www.chancellor.wisc.edu/contact.html

DOT:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/vehicles/personal/special/universi.htm

Problems with Milk

I have been having problems with milk. I always seem to have either too little or too much. It's so expensive to buy milk in containers less than a half gallon, but I never seem to use it fast enough. Then when I'm cooking and need milk for macoroni and cheese, Hamburger Helper, or a host of other needs, my milk is bad.

For the past few months, I've been purchasing powdered milk to have around to rehydrate as needed. Has anyone used it much? I find it quite handy to have around for cooking when milk is needed. It doesn't really solve the problem of having no milk for morning cereal though.

Does anyone else have a similar dairy problem? How have you gotten around it?

Apres Vous!

I just got back from a great movie to recommend! I decided to go to the cinema since it is currently so oppressively hot here; however, when I arrived the a/c was broken! I was
tempted to turn around and go home, but I stuck it out. It wasn't so bad..they had several fans and there were not too terribly many people in attendance.

Apres Vous
Review:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4709314

The sound track was great; in particular one song stuck out in my mind: (Papa Tango Charly )
Listen to it here:
It's track 6 on this page:
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001ZA1B2/402-4413965-9749720


What do others think of this movie?

I too miss my Nokia

I too recently had to give up my old red Nokia phone. In order to sign a new contract with my service provider, I needed a phone capable of interacting with more types of networks. I ended up going with the Kyocera pictured above. If I'd been able to, I would have loved to stay with my old Nokia. That phone was great--great reception and a battery that kept going and going and going.

Fat Cat!

He doesn't know it yet, but my cat is starting a diet tomorrow. Last month, we went to the vet for yearly vaccinations and he weighed in at nearly 17 pounds. The vet recommended switching to a lower calorie food. I know it will be for the best, but I hope he stays happy. I do want him around for years to come. All his life he's eaten Science Diet Natural Shapes; tomorrow he will get a mix of Science Diet Light Adult Formula. His old food had great shapes of fish, chicken legs and starfishes;the new food is just round balls. Will he eat it? The old food is much more appealing. I hope he realized the round balls are food! He doesn't even eat cat treats--just moves them around with his paws. Tomorrow will be the test!

Old Food

New Food