Author: lauramchugh

Wow – Nancy and I thought maybe we’d get 2-3 photo challenges every couple of weeks, but this is week 2 and we’ve done 16!

We’re both easily keeping up with a pair of photos a day – even when Nancy was out in the boondocks without 24/7 wifi last week. iPhones and internet cafes keep this process moving.

We’re both really enjoying that it helps us see our world a little better, always looking for that next photo. Nancy reports that it is helping keep her loosened up. I’m amazed at the synchronicity of the pairings. Like a good wine with that special appetizer, or that perfect cappucino with the tiramisu – pairings are where it’s at!

Here’s Photojojo #15 – Nancy’s books and some of Laura’s poker game.

I get my mammograms around my birthday (Sept 18) every year, so in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I always know that I’m doing well.

That wasn’t the case in 1997 – it was an awful October. I’d had a mastectomy and was going through chemotherapy. My oldest girls turned 14 and my son was doing his best to cheer me up and get along with his siblings. My youngest, Claire, was only 2 at the time. She kicked me by accident in bed one night and I started crying because her foot hit me in the chest. She still thinks she caused the cancer. I keep telling her it had nothing to do with her.

Today, at work I took the photo of the Genentech Herceptin campaign that appeared on the new shuttle buses for my Photojojo challenge. Later, when I got home from work, Claire presented me with the brownie that reads: Congrats Mom – 100% Cancer Free.

Today was a really good day.
xo

Today, I was at the mall and snapped a photo of Dorothy and Gang as PEZ dispensers. Nancy took this great shot of things rusting in a field in Danville. Enjoy!