Monday, July 10, 2006

Hey Everyone~

Hope you all had a great July 4th weekend!!! I know I have been away for a few days but I have been having an awesome month~nonstop giggles for me these days!!! It has been 2 weeks of fun fun fun!!! :~) Much overdue, may I add!! LOL!!!

Last weekend a good friend of ours had a 4th of July BBQ that was quite a riot! What started off as a mellow party switched to a different course when they all decided to bust out the bottles of vodka....oh boy!!! Now if you know me, you know I don't do vodka, so I just sat back and watched as it unfolded around me, lol! And another thing you know if you know me well is that I am always right on top of everything that always happens with my camera, and I never ever miss a photo op!!! Oh boy, do I have some blackmail pics from that night!!! Haha!!! The next day we tried to all get ourselves together and did a day trip up to the Poconos...now the area near our vacation home up there had been bombarded with rain over the last few weeks, and there was a lot of really bad flooding and trees down. Our Denali is pretty well equipped to get us thru the worst of conditions, but there was one huge tree down on one of the gravel roads we went down. We had just managed to manuver around it when we came to a good portion of the road that was washed out....not good! So it took 5 of us about 25 minutes to figure out a genius plan to get out of the situation, do a u-turn and get out of there. Oh well, it was an adventure to say the least. Monday we took a ride on our motorcycle down to the shore and spent the day at the boardwalk and the beach~and I am a major sun-junkie so you know I loved that! For the 4th we actually didn't get to see any fireworks but we had a small BBQ at our house with our friends and went to a park by our house....the best way to spend the holidays~good times with good friends!! Who could ask for more!!! I haven't been on a swingset in years, and it was pretty funny and slightly terrifying when we got into a "who could swing the highest" contest. Funny the things you miss as an adult....

This week was a short week, with Monday and Tuesday falling victim(so to speak)to the holiday. Wednesday and Thursday I trained with Elena~first shoulders and then chest. She is getting ready for the Nationals so she is again kicking into overdrive! Friday night we just hung at home and then the weekend was more fun fun fun! Saturday we went to the beach again, and again took an awesome motorcycle ride down. The weather was just gorgeous for a ride, and we have a really comfy bike(a BMW LT) which is a touring bike. It's almost like riding on a couch!!! So that always makes riding that much nicer...we played skee-ball and of course, I kicked everyones ass!! I am the queen of skee-ball! Well, most of the time! We hung out and had a bite to eat and I indulged in a few margaritas again!! Yummy! :~) Saturday night we hung out and watched a movie, and then Sunday I had to do an open house. For those of you who haven't been keeping up on things with me, I got my real-estate license in February. I think I may have actually found a buyer for my listing too, so let's all keep our fingers crossed for me! After I was done there a few of us went out to get ribs at a BBQ place in my area, and then we went bowling. Now, mind you, I have never had a margarita at a bowling ally before, let alone any alcoholic beverage, but my better half decided to get me a blue margarita and I was totally shocked that it was one of the best I have had!!! And believe me, Elena and I both fancy ourselves quite the margarita-connoiseurs!!! LOL! Needless to say, the 3 games that I bowled just got progressively worse, haha!!! But hey, skee-ball was mine!!!! :~)


Now what is coming up for me in the next couple of weeks??? My training is on track, getting myself in shape for some shoots coming up, and a possible competition in November(just working out the timing). Oh, and speaking of which, be sure to check me out in Ironman this month~the August Issue, with Arnold on the cover....page 238! :~) In mid-August I am going on a road-trip!!! My favorite!!! I love road-trips!!! I am going down to see my in-laws in Florida for about 9 days and I will be stopping off in Virginia to do the trophy presentation for a Strongman Event down there....and speaking of Strongman, I will be in an upcoming issue of the new strongman magazine called STRONG!!! They just put out there second issue so be sure to check it out.

Well all, I have to run...I leave you with some shots from the last few days so enjoy!!

'Till next time,
Keep pumpin' hard!!!
XOXO
Heather Lee