Wednesday, August 10, 2011

The world's strongest woman!!

We woke up this morning and decided to take the kids to Salt Springs. We only needed to make one stop before we left.  So, off to Walmart we went. Kirk dropped me and Maggie off at the door and went and parked. After a few minutes, Maggie and I came out with our goodies and scanned the parking lot. Once I spotted the truck, I noticed that something was not quite right. The boat was no longer directly behind the truck. "What is going on?", I mumbled. As I approached, my suspicions were confirmed. Kirk had unhitched the trailer from the truck to make some repairs. He was worried it was sitting too low and needed to adjust the hitch or ball or something which meant that the trailer itself now sat much lower than the truck(Yay for big trucks with HUGE tires!). "Ok...........well, how are we going to get the trailer all the way up there?", I asked. "Oh, that's no problem. We(yes, he said ''we") should be able to lift it and get it on there. It's not THAT heavy." came his response. "What? You need me to help? How much do you think the boat weighs?", I whined. "It'd probably be easier with an empty trailer, but you've been doing your P90X.........you can do this." he said. Right............me and my 10 pound weights are no match for a boat that must weigh 1500 pounds. Just the motor itself weighs 350 pounds. So here I stand in a bikini and flip-flops in the middle of the Walmart parking lot squatting over a hitch lifting with everything I have and big surprise...............nothing happened! We weren't doing anything!!!!  This is great.........just great, I thought. This is going to be really funny(for everyone except ME) on YouTube. We tried a few more times with no luck and decided to give it one more try. We lifted with everything we had and by some miracle we lifted that boat up 6 inches onto the ball. It's sad to admit this, but I really didn't think we'd be able to lift it. I'm sorry, let me be more clear.......I was POSITIVE we couldn't lift it. But, I tried anyway. And what can I say..............Kirk married one super strong woman!!! Maybe I should enter one of those world's strongest woman competitions! Ok, no laughing. I'm strong...............my muscles just aren't as prominent as other peoples. Our day at the springs was wonderful. We laughed and swam and snorkeled and had the best time. So, if there does happen to be a video of me standing in the middle of a parking lot in my bikini lifting a boat up..............I'll just think of it as publicity for my upcoming world's strongest woman competition! I'm sure I'll win because I've got the invisible muscles to prove it!

This is the boat that I lifted! See how strong I am!

Bailey loves my kisses!

me and my girl

Maggie's not so sure about the snorkel

Ryley

he is so handsome!

I love them so much!

my girls!

there he is........the man who believed I could lift a 21 foot boat up into the air!











they were cleaning out the springs so lots and lots of debris was floating


that poor raft never stood a chance!


headed home!


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