Hall Oates Fears and Wonderwoman

What a busy week or so both work wise and social life. The clear highlights this week began with seeing WonderWoman in 3D at the Smithsonian. The movie was awesome, I really enjoyed it. It started great with a Bruce Wayne reference which got my hopes up but the dark knight was not to be seen, just the Wayne assistance. Here was my facebook post just to capture my feelings at the moment.

Movie Review - WonderWoman on IMAX 3D. Went in with an open mind and I was impressed and captivated. Opening scene has a Batman reference so off to a very great start. Gal Gadot did a top job and Robin Wright (House of Cards honey) was eye candy in her muscle outfit. I enjoyed the storyline and just when I was wondering WHY is a man was leading the mission in the WonderWoman quest, the Amazon Godess lassoed her rope and took charge of her movie - awesome. A superhero and hot women doing Charlies Angels flying kick stuff, this was heaven on a stick for me. Possibly hoped for a little more muscle on WW herself but, I still give this 9/10. Definitely my cup of tea and you straight chicks can enjoy Chris Pine.

The next highlight was seeing Daryl Hall and John Oates in concert with Tears for Fears as backup. What a cracker of concert. I LOVE Hall and Oates and they played so many hits – they’ve been around since the 70’s so they have plenty of hits to choose from. They are 69 and 70 years old which I could not believe. They sounded amazing and I just totally enjoyed myself. 

Tears for Fears were incredible also. Wow, they have had a bunch of hits also and they were great entertainers. Their voices were so good and again, it was a great hour of memories and singing out loud. Next concert is Aretha Franklin in a few weeks – definitely looking forward to hearing the Queen of Soul live. I think she is 72 !!

 

I have been working again and it interrupts my easy lifestyle, but the money helps pay the travel. I worked at the Amb residence again for a long day as the Aussie golfers were in town. I enjoy working there as the other helpers are mostly Phillipino and just good fun to be around. I know them relatively well now and they feel like extended family to me. There was a Mexican theme night and the food was divine as always. I learn good little tips and tricks from the chef and always get to practice my chopping skills which I could use all the practice I can get.

We’ve been running a lot, me more than Deb as she slipped over a few weeks back so running hurts her back. She is gradually improving but not able to do the long miles. I am running between 15-20km on Saturday’s at the moment and it’s a bloody long time to run. Cycling is much easier. The hot weather and humidity is tough also but I seem to managing ok. I have gotten back on the bike which felt great and plan to ride every Sunday with a friend who is showing me some roads. I also plan to ride the mtb with a womens group which rides every week. I have a ‘plan’ to do a 5 day guided ride in Utah or Colorado next year so I need to get riding again.

Deb took a work trip to Miami for the weekend. She was pretty busy but managed some down time. We exchanged texts at one stage – hers by the pool and me drenched as it poured rain about 2 minutes after I left home. It was a short easy Sunday afternoon 5km run but I was soaked. 

 

It’s 4^th July Independence Day today and Deb is having a well earned rest. Not sure we will get to the fireworks tonight. The best we will manage today is a walk with the dogs in Bethesda and grabbing a bagel for lunch - seriously good bagels at this place and the dogs love the outing. I was proud of myself having answered all the trivia questions, all 5 of them, on the radio the other day about US history. I have certainly learnt a lot while being here and must ensure I know my Australian history more when I get home and of course, visit New Zealand - I feel like we are missing out and should have been by now given it's just across he water.

I made a new slice for a guy at work. He’s originally from New Zealand and was raving about Ginger Crunch. This was a famous Edmonds recipe – Edmonds makes flour, baking powder etc. So I had crack at it and was surprised at the result. It was bloody tasty, quite crunchy-hard and really simple to make. He was most thrilled and another NZ guy was pretty pleased to taste a treat from home. The photo is off the internet as I forgot to take a photo of my own. But it looks just like this.

I added some new photos to the blog if you’ve noticed some new tabs on the front page.

Well it's tax time for us Aussies so I will likely spend my day off preparing tax stuff. It's nice to be home to rest and I can't believe we were actually talking at breakfast about starting the process for the dogs to get home. While we are half way through our posting, we have to start the process about one year out. Wow, so much we've done, so much more to do. Speaking of the little munchkins, here they are keeping me company as I write my blog.