The American Academy of Dermatology is sponsoring a free skin cancer screening campaign.
As a courtesy I am reposting the hyperlink here in case someone reading this wants to check out the dates and locations for Florida:
For a location nearest you check out this link to do a search:
http://www.aad.org/SkinCancerScreening/LocationSearch.aspx
A hui hou (until next time),
~ Lana
A hui hou (until next time),
Today it rained and poured in Tampa Bay which I LOVE. I love how the rain falls and feeds the plants. It also helps my raised vegetable beds :) The Tampa Bay area is great for gardeners. It is also well-known for its sponge docks in Tarpon Springs.
Well today my husband and I went to the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Thrift Store in Tarpon Springs then we ate at Mama Maria's in downtown Tarpon Springs which has amazing Greek food.
I took this picture with my Blackberry:
It is located at 503 Alternate 19 North (aka "Pinellas Avenue") which is parallel to US Highway 19) near the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs.
We ordered their grouper sandwich which looked like this:
The Original Mama Maria's is one of my favorite Greek restaurants in Tarpon Springs. I highly suggest it.
In fact on their website they offer a printable coupon: http://www.theoriginalmamamarias.com/coupon.htm
offering a complimentary glass of Greek house wine, soft drink, domestic draft, or baklava with a purchase of an entree.
They have lunch specials too... served until 3 p.m.:
http://www.theoriginalmamamarias.com/specials.htm
I will go back again. It is THAT great and a GREAT value :)
A hui hou ("Until next time")
~~~ Lana Robbins
Yesterday I checked out the the SPCA in Largo.
Some people already know that I donate a portion of all of my transactions to the SPCA, the Salvation Army, and to Aha Punana Leo which is a Hawaiian language immersion school open to all children. In the past I have adopted Fluffy our cat from the local SPCA so I am a strong supporter of the SPCA.
Well I ended up adopting two Pomeranians. The facilities are amazing so are the rescuers and volunteers. I adopted BamBam (a male) and Pebbles (his sister:)
They join our other Pomeranian, Princess Hina:
If you are looking to buy in the Tampa Bay area and/or are interested in the SPCA there are a few locations. Two of them are as follows:
The Largo location: http://www.spcafl.org/
The New Port Richey location: http://www.spcasuncoast.org/
A hui hou (until next time),
~~ Lana Robbins
I have lived in Florida for 10 years and this is the first time that it happened to my dog, Princess Hina:
Last night at about midnight when I took my dog out for a short walk she came into contact with a bufo toad and the toad's toxins set off a chain of events that were traumatic not only to "my" dog but also traumatic to me to see her react to the toxins.
As I was bringing her back to our home after taking her for a short walk in order to relieve herself, I led her through the door. It was then that I saw that she had a small toad in her mouth. I quickly ran back into our home and noticed that she kept licking her mouth. Note that I have lived in Florida for the last 10 years and am a supporter of the Humane Society and the SPCA and try to keep up with the latest concerning animals in Florida so as soon as I started noticing her licking her mouth I knew that something was "wrong" so I immediately started trying to rinse her mouth with water.
In a matter of a few minutes she started having what looked like spasms to me. She started to defecate on our carpet then started to run in circles. Later her jaw clamped shut and her body was motionless as she was lying on our kitchen floor. All behavior that is uncharacteristic of her so I looked up the number of one of our local animal hospitals and my husband and I immediately drove her there.
I covered her in a blanket then I placed her in a basket that I had in the house. I had to rush her to an animal hospital. If I did not chances are she would have died.
When we arrived the helpful staff person immediately took her and told me that she would be given an IV and some Valium. Throughout the night she experienced seizures. What concerned the vet at the animal hospital was that my dog is only ten pounds and the bufo toad's toxins may result in damage to her heart and ultimately death so in the midst of this I was in tears.
The next morning my husband and I picked her up at 7:30 a.m. Fortunately she fought the toxinsto take her to our vet at Pasco Animal Hospital and our vet, Dr. Adams, told us that the toxins are finally out of her body which amazes me because our dog is only ten pounds.
I would not want anyone's dogs to go through the same thing though so please check out these links for more information about the dangers of bufo toad toxins to your pet(s:)
http://www.healthyhomesforkidsandpets.com/articles/bufo.html
http://www.animalhealthcare.com/handouts/general/bufo.htm
I want to commend the staff at Animal Emergency at 8740 U.S. Highway 19 in New Port Richey, Florida for helping my dog get through the seizures. It was traumatic and would not want another dog or pet to go through this watching their dog go into seizures. Some animals die from this... including dogs.
If you have time please check out the links that I have posted above and pass it along to other pet "owners" whom you know in Florida.
It may be a matter of life... or death for your dog or their dog.
A hui hou (until next time)
~~~ Lana Robbins
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I ulu no ka lālā i ke kumu. I'm with Coldwell Banker, a 103-year-old company known for its honesty, integrity, stability, and service to the community. Thank you for your trust.
I ulu no ka lālā i ke kumu.
Because every home matters.
Aloha kakou (Hello everyone):
Born and raised in Hawaii, I love living in sunny Tampa Bay Florida. Tampa Bay offers:1) Warm weather; 2) Numerous fantastic beaches and parks:
3) the Pinellas Trail;
4) Great communities (both local and statewide;) 5) A high affordability factor; 6) Year-round vegetable gardening; 7) Fantastic thrift stores; 8) Some REALLY nice, awesome people; and 9) Many activities, amenities, and restaurants.
I LOVE it in Florida and enjoy helping others in the Tampa Bay area in the home buying and home selling process.
As a property owner in Florida, in Hawaii, and in Washington (Kirkland to be exact) I know what buyers and sellers experience because I have experienced it and wish to help others through the home buying and selling process.
Let my experience and education coupled with my high level of energy, dedication, knowledge, and persistence work for you.
Partly because I grew up as a socio-economically disadvantaged child, at each of my closings I am passionate about helping some less fortunate people in some way. A few organizations that I donate a portion of every transaction to are as follows:
- Coldwell Banker CARES Foundation, a non-profit organization in Florida that gives to those in need and enriches the community
- The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast a.k.a. Suncoast Hospice, a non-profit organization in Florida which provides a broad spectrum of services to anyone affected by end of life as well as community-at-large though their family of programs which include people infected or affected by HIV/AIDS and much more
- 'Aha Punana Leo Hawaiian language immersion schools in Hawai'i, a non-profit organization in Hawai'i dedicated to serving the Hawaiian language community
- Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
- and to the Salvation Army
One of my dogs, Bambam, who I adopted from the SPCA says "Hello!"
Feel free to contact me and interview me.
Committed to Excellence:
My goal is to provide my customers with professional service in buying property or selling their property.
"Because every home matters"
With attention given to detail and while maintaining Coldwell Banker's reputation for honesty, integrity, and high quality of service, I strive to make my customers satisfied customers who will not hesitate to refer their friends and family members to me.
Education and Credentials:
- Graduate of the Kamehameha Schools (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Graduate of the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)
- Graduate of Coldwell Banker University
- Graduate of the Bob Hogue School of Real Estate
- Graduate of the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI)
- Martial arts (Shurite from Okinawa)
- Windows, Mac, LINUX, and UNIX literate
- Certified Corporate Relocation Specialist through the Cartus Network (formerly known as Cendant Mobility)
Member of:
- Pinellas Realtor Organization (PRO)
- National Association of Realtors (NAR)
- Florida Association of Realtors (FAR)
- Tampa Bay Women's Inner Circle
- Friends of Military Families
- Board Member of my Home Owners' Association (after having been asked to serve on the board)
Skills, hobbies, and interests:
- Spending time with my family :)
- Spending time with my family and friends
- Walking with my three dogs... or rather my three dogs walking me :)
- Feng shui
- Working out
- Going to the beach
- Gardening
- Reading
- Thrift stores
Marketing for you. I've got you covered:
- www.FloridaMoves.com - Florida's leading real estate company.
- www.ColdwellBanker.com - Our award-winning, national brand website.
- www.Realtor.com - The most-visited real estate website on the Internet.
- www.Google.com - The world's leading search engine.
- www.Trulia.com - One of the fastest growing real estate websites.
- www.Zillow.com - A real estate website which can be useful
- www.NYTimes.com - Reaches over 25 million viewers monthly.
Innovation working for YOU every day.
Check out my websites:
Online since 1989 --- I'm Internet savvy which helps you whether you are buying or selling.
The Internet is an important tool which I use to help my clients:www.RobbinsTeam.com
www.ColdwellBanker.com/for/Lana.Robbins
www.FreeTampaBayHomeSearch.com
www.LanaRobbins.com
Contact me:
DIRECT LINE: (727) 376-0530
OFFICE: (727) 945-9366
TOLL-FREE: 1-800-776-0299
EMAIL: Lana.Robbins@FloridaMoves.com
While my office is located in Tarpon Springs, I also work out of the Clearwater office and Clearwater Beach office. Feel free to contact me.
Some areas that I serve include:
I have experience working with sellers, first-time home buyers, repeat home buyers, investors, vacation home buyers, relocations and referrals as well as "downsizers."
I also do referrals both locally and nationally so feel free to contact me.
"Because every home matters."
www.FreeTampaBayHomeSearch.com
www.LanaHelpsHomeBuyersAndSellers.com
www.ColdwellBanker.com/for/Lana.Robbins
My blog exclusively for buyers in the Tampa Bay, Florida area:
My blog exclusively for buyers looking to retire in the Tampa Bay, Florida area:
Feel free to add me at Facebook:
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Feel free to follow me at Twitter:
www.Twitter.com/TampaBayFlorida
Feel free to hear me at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TampaBayFloridaHomes
I have been told that I have an accent :)
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