Told You I was Going to be a Purse Model

Remember when I was pretending to be a purse model? (If you don't click here to refresh your memory). Well it turns out that Miche thought I was such a great model that they wanted to do something nice for me!! They sent me a freakin cute new purse liner and donated a few things to help my mom and I raise money for cancer research so we can ride with the Huntsman Heroes in the 80 mile bike ride we like to do together. Miche is an awesome company that has three different designs all supporting cancer research. It is called their "Hope" line and all the purses say "Hope" and other inspiring things. They did not ask me to do this post nor did the tell me I have to write a good review about them, I am doing it of my own free will. The ladies that worked with my mom and I are so kind and generous and really made me feel special.

Here are my incredible model skills at work yet again. These pics aren't as good or fun but there was no one home to be the photographer and its hard to be a model AND a photographer all at once. I tried to get the dog to do it but he wanted to be in the pictures. I had to crop him out of every one haha.

 

There you have it :) But back to the bags Miche donated to us. We (meaning my mom and I) want to give away the set (pictured below) to the first person who donates $500. Remember this is completely tax deductible and goes directly to the Huntsman Cancer Institute. However, if no one donates that much, we will have a drawing for it. If you donate at least $200 you will be entered into the drawing. My mom and I have committed to raising a total of $1500 between the two of us so we really need your help! If you know of any companies or anybody in the community that usually donates to cancer research let them know about our link so that we can get credit for their donation! If we fail to raise the $1500 we won't be able to do the Little Red 80 mile bike ride at all this year :( I would be really sad. After doing it last year the day after I found out I had cancer, I am really looking forward to doing it this year hopefully with a little more energy and on a better note :) This really means a lot to me so help spread the word!!

All this is included in the gift set. Three purses, a set of interchangeable handles and a super cute wallet that I wish I could keep.

All you have to do is go to this link http://littlered.kintera.org/womenofsteal and donate. Every dollar helps! So if you only have one dollar to spare, do it. It's for a good cause. I would know. Because there is a lot about ovarian cancer that they don't know yet and I need them to hurry and find it out!

Last year 2 days after I found out I had cancer. You've seen this picture before I'm sure.

P.S. I am doing really well. Today I got to run with my former teammates and I was even able to keep up with them! Yes it was their "recovery" run and I was not recovering, but it still felt awesome and made me really happy! I love my hair now that it looks like a cute pixie cut and I am LOVING the sunshine. Also I happen to be going into a situation in a few days in which I might get to see a lot of monkeys. Holy crap I can't even contain my excitement. If they jump on me and crawl on me and I get to play with them I might just pee my pants because I will be so happy. But that is in a few days to come and I will definitely be bragging about it here!

Oh and it was my 3 year anniversary on March 12! Can't believe I made it that long. But seriously. It was a rough third year for us.

Of Work and Puppies and Things

Monday Sterling was finally offered a job! It was some of the best news I have ever heard. He started on Wednesday and so far has really enjoyed it. He is the Marketing Professional for The Ready Store. He gets to do all the PPC (pay per click), affiliate marketing, email, catalog, etc. etc. business words blah blah. But it's a real grown up job like with a salary. Cool huh!

To celebrate we went on a date on Tuesday, our last day together before work started. I saw a flyer for a "create your own superhero" activity at the Huntsman Center so I made Sterling agree to go. It was actually pretty fun. Mostly just the artist in residence guy gave a little power point about superheroes and told us to create our own and set us loose. So we each drew and colored our own superheroes. It was fun being with other cancer patients and drawing. I love to color. 

Here are our finished products (well Sterling's wasn't quite done at this point):

My superhero is this awesome chick named Woman of sTEAL. Teal because that is the ovarian cancer color and steel as in strong metal. I had to explain that to the artist in residence because he thought we were spelling "steel" wrong on accident :) She radiates strength. Her hair is made of steel. Her motto was supposed to be "Cancer killer, chemo conqueror" but I wrote it wrong on my paper. Her monkey sidekick is for comic relief, he can always make people laugh. Sterling's superhero doesn't have a name yet. But he is strong as steel and he can fly. He's still a work in progress :)

After our fun coloring activity that I can't believe Sterling agreed to go to, we went to dinner at Red Lobster. Thank you mom for the gift cards so we could have a nice date. 

Today I decided to go crazy with my hair. I'm getting tired of the comb-over [boy] missionary parted hair style so I tried out the crazy spiky look. It was pretty fun. Here is my awesome photo shoot with myself. I am such a nerd. I know. And I don't even think you can tell how awesome my hair is haha.

Aww cute Koda was such a poser by me! My eyebrows and eyelashes are basically gone but for some reason the hair on my head keeps slowly growing! I love it.

Also, I will probably write a whole post on it, but my mom and I are doing the Little Red Riding Hood bike ride again this year! Last year I did it a day and a half after I found out I had cancer and completed all 80 miles. We want to do 80 miles again. And this year is going to be really special because we want to ride as part of the Huntsman Hometown Heroes. It is a non-profit organization that does this ride and as a stipulation to ride on their team you have to commit to raise at least $750 for cancer research. All the money goes directly to the Hunstman Center for breast and ovarian cancer research. I really hope we can get it because it would mean a lot to me to 1. support cancer research and 2. do what I love with a group that supports me as a cancer survivor.

Me and mom at Little Red last year, right after I found out I had cancer

My mom and I have set up two fundraising links so if you want to donate to cancer research for us, please do it! Here are the links you can do it through. It is tax deductible since it is for a non-profit organization. They give you all the tax info you need when you donate.

http://littlered.kintera.org/womenofsteal or 

http://igg.me/p/314049/x/1112244