i will admit that currently my training is not going well. in fact, it is not going anywhere... i am still struggling with back pain and have yet to get back into the swing of regular training walks.
this is where you come in.
i need your help. i need you to give me a boost, a kick in the butt, whatever you want to call it, i just need you to help me snap out of it.
even though i haven't been walking, i have been busy hating cancer. i knit up these three cancer-hating boob cloths (from a wonderful pattern by vyvyan neel) and in trying to decide how best to help them reach their highest cancer-hating destiny i came up with an idea for a giveaway.
the main purpose of the giveaway is to boost readership of this blog in the hopes that knowing i have more people following my training will help me feel more inclined to actually get up and do the required training.
there will be three winners, each drawn randomly. each will receive one of the cancer-hating boob cloths and a sweet little pink ribbon bar of soap (which i found on etsy at katherine's naturals).
there will also be three ways to win:
#1. leave me a comment on this post. an encouraging comment, a comment telling me to get back at it, a comment telling me how breast cancer has effected your life to help remind me why it is that i'm participating in the bc3d in the first place. i honestly don't care what you say, just say, "hello!" but leave a comment!!
#2. add the cancer-hating blog to your google reader/bloglines/rss feed. that way i know you'll come back and make sure i'm staying on task. after adding me come back and leave another comment letting me know, which will serve as your second chance to win.
#3. make a donation. i know i said this giveaway was about building readership, but hey, i'm not going to turn away donations! if you feel moved to donate please come back and leave a separate comment after you do so that you'll have an additional chance to win. now i know a lot of you have already donated, and i couldn't appreciate that more. so if you already donated just leave another comment saying that you're awesome and have already donated and you can be entered in the drawing again as well!
i'll leave comments open until monday afternoon. i want to to thank you all in advance for your support! woot woot for hating cancer!!
Melissa - you can do this! You are an inspiration to many and your passion for knitting for the cause is contagious! Count me in as one of your biggest supporters! Go Melissa!!! Go Go Melissa!!!
Posted by: Sarah Jane French | June 10, 2010 at 08:05 PM
you're an amazing person with a wonderful heart! i love you and am so glad you are in my life! your booby-cloths are awesome! i'm hating cancer with you!!
Posted by: drea brown | June 10, 2010 at 08:27 PM
F**k cancer. You rule. Back pain be damned. You will survive. (even if at first you were afraid or even petrified.)
Posted by: Kjessia Johnson Karol | June 10, 2010 at 08:56 PM
Loosing my Aunt Deb in 1992 to breast cancer keeps me working toward a cancer free future. Keep working too! You can do it, and every step you take helps those affected.
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1268033979 | June 10, 2010 at 08:56 PM
Following you now btw! GO GO GO GO!!!
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1268033979 | June 10, 2010 at 08:58 PM
Get em girl! I live in constant fear of the dreaded breast cancer since my Mama had a masectomy! I love the washcloths, don't really need to win one, I can knit my own! :-)
Posted by: Jen Johnson | June 10, 2010 at 09:22 PM
Hey Melissa,
Come up to the cities and walk with me! Xander has been asking about you and Lily. We miss you!
Posted by: Sarah Beman | June 10, 2010 at 09:55 PM
Rah rah melissa!!! I'm so proud of you for doing this amazing "I Hate Cancer" walk! I'll be your biggest cheerleader, cheering you on all the way, even if it is virtual-cheering. Breast Cancer and other forms of fricking cancer has affected my life. Many of my friends and family have cancer or have passed away by cancer. I hate cancer, too! Grrrrrr!!!!!!!!! Love your boob cloths, too, you are an inspiration to me in so many ways xox
Posted by: Kim | June 10, 2010 at 09:56 PM
cancer is a hoser, and you need to tell it to take off, eh?!
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawniqduOPFOHo3mhs86ncIP-cHVSGA6srZM | June 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM
you ROCK for hating cancer so actively and knitting such fabulous boob washcloths! your back has made you ease your training a bit but look at what kind of fabulousness you're coming up with in the meantime! i will always be your biggest fan. LOVE you!
Posted by: cmv | June 10, 2010 at 11:01 PM
<3 you girlie!! Feel better! In my dreams I knot like you!!
Rachel
Posted by: Rachel | June 11, 2010 at 12:35 AM
I'm feeling rather ignorant, because I didn't know that you had another blog. Am hanging my head in shame. Good on you! Now get out there and walk your butt off! Good luck with the training and the walk itself. I'll be there, 'virtually' cheering you on. xxx
Posted by: josiekitten | June 11, 2010 at 02:48 AM
Well, I will leave you an encouraging comment! I once went to a party for a woman celebrating "it's one year since my last chemo therapy" and was quite alarmed at the number of women in my neighbourhood who'd dealt with breast cancer! And I know others who've had other cancers, too, and I must say I hate cancer!
You go girl!
Posted by: Mary de B | June 11, 2010 at 06:30 AM
Go, Melissa, Go! You're amazing for taking on this challenge!
Posted by: Rebekah | June 11, 2010 at 07:59 AM
phbbbbt.
Posted by: Eva | June 11, 2010 at 08:05 AM
You're RSS'd now. :)
Posted by: Kathy | June 11, 2010 at 11:43 AM
1) Try doing crunches, which will strengthen your stomach and support your back.
2) I'm glad (?) I'm not the only one that didn't know about this blog. Feeling a little less shamed. But just a little.
3) Reasons to get off your butt #1: My mom's best friend used to get chemo and then drive to work and throw up in the parking lot because she a) needed the money and b) she didn't want anyone to know. Walks like this remove the stigma from something that never should have been shameful.
4) Reason to get off your butt #2: You have a beautiful daughter who should not fear this disease the way our generation has. You increase the odds that a daughter will never have to experience the loss of her mother, sister, friend.
5) Reason to get off your butt #3: It's in the blogisphere now. So you now have multiplied your support (and accountability) system! Go Melissa! :)
Posted by: Kathy | June 11, 2010 at 11:53 AM
I am so proud of you for so may reasons. For hating cancer like you do, for challenging yourself, for putting yourself out there, for courageously walking through the pain. You are the best!
love, love, love you!!!
Posted by: Lindsey | June 12, 2010 at 05:09 PM
you are going to rock this walk! i just know it.
Posted by: melinda | June 13, 2010 at 03:27 PM
Go Melissa, go! I will be pestering you about this at knitting now, too!
You will do this walk and every step you take (every move you make . . . wait, sorry) will be tromping on cancer!!
Posted by: Heather | June 13, 2010 at 09:19 PM
you can do it melissa; i have complete faith in you!
my mom's best friend died of cancer when i was a senior in high school. not breast cancer, but cancer nonetheless. she left behind a husband and two sweet little girls. i still remember the last time i spoke with her and knowing it would be the last time. :(
you can do it.
Posted by: maya | June 14, 2010 at 08:25 AM
An encouraging comment? I'll simply say that I know you can do this. You are such a strong spirit and display such passion for everything that is important to you...I know you'll overcome this training obstacle. I wish that I lived closer so I could walk with you every day...but since that won't happen, I'll continue to support you and encourage you any way I can from afar.
As for the other requests...I'm already subscribed. And thanks for the reminder to donate...I let that slip past me but am going there now.
Posted by: Rachel | June 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM