Crawl 4 a Cure

Brooke and I had quite an adventure on this bar crawl benefitting breast cancer. We took a trolley from one bar to the next and things got crazier as the day unfolded. I'll let the photos speak for themselves :)

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Pirate Adventure

A friend of mine hosts an online company called Do Florida Right and invited me on a pirate adventure in Bokeelia, just north of Ft. Myers. My girls and I made costumes and headed there at sunrise for a fun-filled day of pirating and island hopping.


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Shingles

I woke up one morning scratching my chin. The itch got progressively worse throughout the day. That night I had a few friends look at the left side of my chin, completely under my jawline, not visible head on. They saw red bumps. I scratched all night and called the doctor in the morning. Thankfully she could squeeze me in... Because she diagnosed me with shingles! I had the worst chicken pox known to man, how could I have shingles?!

She prescribed me Valtrex and said I should have a mild case because I'm young (the vaccine isn't even available unless you're over 60!), healthy, not overly stressed, and in treatment within 36 hours.

I learned that shingles affects the nerve endings, and only on one half of the body. Fortunately, I only had a few small pox on my torso and one near my left eye. Within 2 days my chin was much better and totally gone in about 2 weeks. I wasn't in much pain, but I was contagious to those who have never had chicken pox. Such a strange illness. I'm better now, but the younger you are when you get them, the more likely they are to reoccur. Hopefully this is it!

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Naples Fitness Challenge Triathlon

I was asked to participate in the Naples Tri this year!  My teammates were not what you might expect, haha.  Perry is in his 80s and started the race something like 30 years ago, and he wanted to do the 15k bike leg.  His friend, Fred, age 70+, was going to swim the 1/4 mile.  So a friend asked me if I'd join them for the 5k run.  Our team name was Coasters and Floaters, and they were thrilled to meet me on race day and see that (in their words) I was bringing down the average age of the team!

I would have had no idea how to go about a triathlon, but Lisa, who's done many of them, was very helpful.  We really had a fun time, before, and after! 

How in the world would I have stuck those numbers on my arms and legs without her?

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Hands Across the Sand

Hands Across the Sand is an international program that started after the BP oil spill in 2010.  Everyone lines up on the beach and links hands to form a chain.  Photos are taken around the world in support of oil free beaches.

I've attended a few times and this year's showing in Naples was more colorful than I was expecting.  Who would think that old rich people would go outside and picket against anything?!

 

 

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Rooftop Yoga

Yoga Loft is a new studio that just opened in town and they kicked it off with a free class... on the roof of the parking garage!  There were like 300 people there, under the stars.  Really, really cool!

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Grapefruit!

I planted two citrus trees in February- and I have some cute little grapefruit already!

Sheba is posing in front of the grapefruit tree for a size reference.

And Mav stands proud next to the key lime tree.

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