Tango, Por Una Cabeza

Well, after a very very helpful suggestion from my friend and dance instructor, Collin, I was able to finally get the video of the tango I did with Slash into a reasonable size that would upload here. Bear in mind I'm new at this. Thanks, Collin. Enjoy!

Cosmic signs

I've always heard that as you get older, no matter how good your eye sight has always been, it is going to start deteriorating, little by little. Well, a while ago I got my first cosmic sign that I'm not immune to this rite of passage, when I tried to read the label on a bottle of Children's Motrin. In my defense, they do print those directions in an awfully small size because there's so much information to put there.

Concerned that I might inadvertently overdose my children, I did go to an ophthalmologist and was told that, apparently, I had some kind of bacterial infection as a child that settled in my right eye and created a bit of scar tissue behind my retina. The good news is that the scar is not getting any bigger but just the natural process of getting older is doing its thing on both eyes.

So, I go merrily about my every day business, and then, lo and behold, the cosmos decides it's time to send me another sign. As a big fan of Michael Buble, I went online and purchased tickets for his next concert in Milwaukee as soon as it was available. I decided to splurge and get floor tickets this time, and purchased what I though were tickets in row "Q". When we get there, I was pleasantly surprised that I had, in fact, gotten tickets for row "G"! Yes, 7 rows away from his Royal Canadian cutie patoutie. Awesome show! As far as cosmic signs go, not a bad one to get...

Not a week goes by, and as I'm driving home from Jazzercise, I see this sign on someone's drive way and almost pull in, for I thought it said "free manicure". I'm thinking that maybe someone is training to be a manicurist and they need willing souls to try their new found knowledge on, right? Not so much - the second time I drive by it, I slowed down enough to clearly see that it said "free manure".

Latest cosmic sign: found this awesome Latin restaurant in Pewaukee called Salsa Cafe. I've been telling everyone I know about it, and have taken friends there on occasion. The chef, a very nice man, has seen my family and I there enough times that he makes a point of always stopping at our table to chat. So, this last weekend, as again we took some friends there after a Brewers game, the chef comes by, thanks us for spreading the word about his place, and tells us that they recently got a very favorable review in the local newspaper and that business has actually tripled since then. He had the article posted on the entrance door, so when he walks away, I get up and go to the door to see how many stars they got. When I get back, hubby asks me how many stars they got, and I say "Oh, it's all good. They got free manicure".

Tango time

I was so looking forward to posting the video of my last ballroom dance here, as we did the tango this time. It turned out really well, but the file is a bit too big for the blog (now that DH figured out how the night time feature works) so at the moment, a picture will have to be it. I loved it and we picked the song “Por una cabeza” from the movie “Scent of a Woman” by Carlos Gardel. Major bummer that I can't post the video right now. DH is in charge of trying to figure out how to zip or compress that file and see if it works. Here’s hoping…