About Me

Absolutely LOVE living in Central Florida! Enjoy running and rollerblading on the local trails, gardening, sightseeing, travel I enjoy living a healthy lifestyle and talking to others about health and fitness and nutrition. I am passionate about massage therapy and love to educate my clients during their treatment sessions.

My Latest Blog

  • Giving thanks for family

    It's hard to think that a year ago my mother was waiting to have her right lung removed. We found out in July of '06 that she had a tumor the size of a small orange growing in her lung. Mark and I had been to a Red Sox/D-Rays game the night before and...

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Comments

  • Posted 7:24 pm December 17th, 2007
    I got my cable hooked up again -- thanks :) Shortly after that, the power got turned off!



  • Posted 3:17 pm December 13th, 2007
    I'm all caught up. Did you like Luke's version of hell? Too funny! So, is Coop the killer or are the just trying to make us think that he is?!

    Hey, did you see the video in today's Insider? What do you think?


  • Posted 9:34 am December 6th, 2007
    Thank you for the massage! It was really fantastic meeting you and I thank you for making it educational!

    I look forward to eventually getting a much needed deep tissue massage next year.


  • Posted 9:05 pm December 5th, 2007
    Karen,

    Thank you so much for stopping by today!

    -Pat


  • Posted 11:49 am December 3rd, 2007
    Ha! Somehow I feel like my rep as a well-read and cultured person lowers a bit too when I watch GH, but oh well, I'll take that risk. I got out of the habit for years, but then TiVo was born. And well, it's just too easy to NOT tape it now, you know? I can fast forward through all the annoying Sonny/Kate/Georgie/Spinelli, etc. scenes and just get to the Jason and Elizabeth ones!

    Good call on the annoying Sonny/Carly ticks. I get so tired of Carly saying "my boys." OK, we get it, you have two boys!

    The best part of the funeral was the return of the classic soap opera montage. They don't do enough of them anymore. C'mon, you have DECADES of archival footage, mostly with the same actors. use it!

    And why do all Quartermaines come back from the dead to converse with their loved ones? Edward did it back in the day with Lila (but wait, then he really wasn't dead), Alan has been doing it, and now Emily! Geez!


  • Posted 10:20 pm November 28th, 2007
    General is one of my favorites, too! I TiVo it every day! Can you believe what's happening with Emily? I actually teared up a bit today!



FloridaKaren

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Last Login: December 15, 2007

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Birthday

May 18, 1969 (39 Years Old)


Address

Private


Status

Married


Smoker

No


Religion

Other


Occupation

Licensed Massage Therapist

More About Me

Hometown

Framgingham, MA


Family

Happily married to Mark on April 27, 2007. My parents live close by in Lake Mary and my sister lives just over the Lake Mary border in Sanford. My brother lives in Texas with his wife.


Education

AS degree in Advanced Therapeutic Massage from the Florida College of Natural Health. `87 graduate from Lackey High School, Indian Head, MD


Goals

Specialize in golf massage and become a massage therapist for the pros! Continue to improve my health and increase my muscle mass while decreasing my body fat so that every birthday celebration finds me in better shape than the last! Buy a home in the Lake Mary area so Mark and I can get started on our family. Give birth to a healthy, happy, wonderful child and raise him or her to be very well-rounded, confident, smart, successful, athletic or artistic, etc. human being. Travel the world with Mark and our child (or children) and experience as many different cultures as possible. Continue my education in the health field so that I can help facilitate healing via massage therapy as well as through other avenues.


People I'd like to meet

Ernie Els, Jason Varitek, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, Jerry Remy, Don Orsillo, Darren Clarke, Sergio Garcia, Esther and Jerry Hicks,

My Favorites

Interests

Travel, health, fitness, nutrition, baseball (Red Sox!), watching golf on TV or attending a golf tournament or just driving Mark around the course while he plays. Spending time with my family. Going out to enjoy a fine meal and some great wine!


Books

The Chronicles of Narnia - my favorite since childhood.


Foods

My healthy favorites; breakfast is an egg-white omelette with sauteed mushrooms and a cup of cooked rolled oats with blueberries. Lunch is usually cottage cheese (Friendship brand is the best!) My favorite healthy dinner is grilled salmon, steamed asparagus and sweet potato "oven fries". Guilty pleasures - Ben and Jerry's ice cream (any flavor that includes chocolate!), hand-crafted beer from the Orlando Brewing Company, bang-bang shrimp appetizer from BoneFish along with a glass of their fresh-made red sangria. YUM! Oh, and salted peanuts in the shell with a Corona at any sporting event.


Music

Merengue, Salsa, Fred and Caliente on XM, The Flaming Lips, The Sundays, Crowded House, Erasure, Bebel, Simon Shaheen, Mosquitos


Movies

Spaceballs, The Princess Bride, Gladiator, Shaun of the Dead (possibly the best zombie movie ever!)


Television

General Hospital (yeah, I know...), Plastic Surgery shows, Wildlife documentaries, The Simpsons


Passions/Hobbies

Massage therapy and muscles. Running, Lifting weights, Surfing the web, Gardening, Talking about the benefits of massage therapy!!!, Travel to warm climates (warm enough for coconut trees to thrive), Dining out at fine restaurants


Heroes

My parents, my husband, my sister, my brother who is a First Sgt. in the Army who served a year in Iraq, my Nana who grew up and lived through the British WWI and was a mother in WWII in England who lived through years of rations and war and who survived moving to the USA and losing her husband to a heart attack and who still kept a positive, happy, loving nurturing attitude until her passing at age 93, natural female fitness competitors, people who don't quit, people who exceed their expectations,

Recent Photos

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  • Me and my loving sister, Jen
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