Every Walk Needs a Mohawk!

And here's mine!

Getting color

Check it out!

Thanks again to my wonderful friend and awesome stylist, Maile Hino, for donating her time and talent to my efforts!  I love you, girl!

The Countdown Begins!!

Writing today's blog is gonna be tough.  I am worried that I am going to get myself so riled up that won't be able to sleep!  

Well, we are literally two and a half days away from opening ceremonies!  WOO HOO!  Seth and I are both SUPER excited!  We have not trained nearly enough, but we have faith that we are going to be fine.

As the day draws near, I have been creating my packing and to-do lists, and they seem to be getting longer and longer!  But I am also reassured by them, as writing things down helps me relax and also makes it less likely that I will forget something in all of the excitement.  There is lots and lots of information online about what to bring and how to pack, and I am heeding all of the advice.  

The last unknown at this point is the weather.  A few days ago the forecast was a chance of showers on Saturday and Sunday, but as of today the rain seems to have moved to Sunday.  Let's hope that in the next couple of days it disappears all together!  

Anyway, here are some pictures I wanted to share with you:

My credential!

The buttons that Seth and will be wearing and sharing.

I made these especially for my donors that had a loved one touched by breast cancer.  

Gina's mom is one, and two are aunts of mine.

I bought a new (super small) point and shoot for the walk.  

I love an excuse to shop for electronics, especially camera gear!!

I received this check at work today!  My company doubled the amount we actually raised at my restaurant!  Thank you, Kincaid's!!  This will all go to next year's walk!

Spencer decided he wanted a haircut tonight.  This is the before.

The after.  Isn't he handsome?

Tune in tomorrow to see MY haircut....

Green Pee and More Surgery

On October 26, five days after surgery, Gina got a call telling her that Dr. Mabry had not cut enough tissue away during her surgery.  They didn't go into the details of why this happened, just that it did.  They wanted to go in again and take another millimeter of tissue to get a clean margin around the area where her tumor had been.  While this was certainly a drag, it was just a bump in the road...Gina's status as cancer free was not in danger.

Her surgery was scheduled for 8 a.m. on halloween, and it went off without a hitch.  This time, there was no dye and no guide wires...just straight into surgery.  By 9:45, she was on her way back home, hopefully never to return!!

Although I wasn't able to make it to this surgery, Steven took a picture for me in pre-op:

Gina told me that post op pain has been minimal, which is great.  I am so excited that Gina will be feeling good in a couple of weeks and will be joining us when we head off to walk 60 miles in the fight against breast cancer!!  It's going to be even sweeter knowing that she is OK.

Anyway, that's the latest.  I'll be posting about our prep for the walk soon, so stay tuned!

PS Here is a picture of Gina's pee after the first surgery...the blue dye mixed with her yellow pee makes blue!  She described it as the color of Scope ;)