Another Movember in the books! Thank you again to everyone who donated and for those of you that have continued to support me over the years a special thank you to you. I shaved off the mustache this morning but will be excited to get back on this train again next November!

Good morning - We are closing in on a little over 1 week left, which means I am into 'matching week' time. I will update in an email as well: but every donation made between now and November 29 will actually get matched 2x! Once directly by me, and once more by my employer! So donate today, or feel free to donate on Thanksgiving in the spirit of the holidays if you participate in them! Thank you if you have already donated - no need to do it again... unless you really want to!

Ok, hat notwithstanding, the rest of this month is going well from an awareness and fundraising front, but there is plenty of work still to do. Huge thank you to all of you that have already contributed. If you or a family member is joining me on this journey, feel free to send me a picture to include here.

Becky wants me to remind everyone: if I can double my previous record of fundraising, I will shave down early this month. Easy math, I need $9K of donations. Now I am happy to keep the mustache but if you care more about Becky and her piece of mind, you might want to donate, or donate again to help her out...

8 days in. I just 'trimmed' the edges of the 'stache to try to take out the white. Not much success obviously! Thanks to all of you that have already donated: it is great to get this started and I appreciate everyone's thoughts (or jibes!).

Ok, at Day 5, I am finally getting things started on my fundraising. I will post a new picture tomorrow. As I am getting older I am unfortunately finding more and more of my friends and family being impacted by cancer, and so this year, the event is even more poignant. My father passed away this spring at the age of 96, and was my original mustache inspiration. I look forward to celebrating him through my mustache shaping this month!

Ok - technically day 3 but I promise I had the mustache on Day 1. My nephew is joining me this year so will be tagging his progress as well! Happy Movember!

With the matching that hasn’t come through yet I should beat last year performance (feels
Like work where each year needs to be better than the last!) but still hoping to raise just a little bit more! Thanks so much to all of you who have contributed to the amount this year.

Best way to get rid of the white hair in the ‘stache? Trim it down. Not sure it actually improves the look but…. At least I can celebrate reaching my goal already (people already exceeded my match commitment!) and still have 11 days left to make this my best year ever! Thanks for the support, keep it up!

1/2 way home but my first day sporting the 'stache in the office! Not sure if I should be happy or not that no one commented on it... The big push for fundraising is about to come out so brace yourself! And remember, if you have matching wherever you are employed, be sure to submit for it so we can all benefit! To all of have who have generously donated, thank you!

Day 7 here. Weird profile just to make sure the sideburns don’t get missed (who wouldn’t want to see those!). Thanks to everyone who has already donated - it has been a great start. Last week I was told that not one but 2 people I know well were diagnosed with cancer (breast, liver) so a reminder that ALL of us need care and attention and that cancer strikes close to home way too often..:

Did I cheat this year? Absolutely. Does it make this Mo much better? Probably not. Last year was an all time high in fundraising for me so beating it will be a challenge so hopefully I, and all of you, are up for it. Happy Movember!

Well it is one more week of this face such as it is. New Movember new company but still planning to recruit members and donations from everywhere I have been since starting this journey (so be prepared wherever you are!). I now have 2 sons who at least have a shot of growing a visible mustache, we’ll see how that goes! (Sorry Becky…)

Biggest Movember yet so a very exciting year. Thanks to everyone who supported me in spirit or financially! Remember that the campaign is over but the need to awareness and care continues!

So yesterday I sent an email saying I would match funds for any donations between now and the end of November- 24 hrs in and I am in for over. $500!

6 days left - I have some work to do raising funds - not much more I can do for the ‘stache!

Closing in on the goal and the end of the month. This weekend I will attempt to shave off ‘the white part’. We’ll see if anything is left!

Kody told me to shave the ‘stache a bit (ok, he told me to shave it off but). Not sure the new look is any less creepy than the old look but working to keep refining things!

One thing about Covid and working from home is that I need to see my face all the time onscreen. So I came into the office today which has pros and cons. Pro: I don’t have as many video calls. Pro: when I pass people in the hall I am wearing a mask. CON: since I am returning from being away for a while, when people do see my face, I get the extra double take like ‘that might have looked cool in Switzerland but'. Anyway it starts the conversation, which is the whole point anyway! And today is a great day to remember, those who gave their lives around the world, to give us the world we have today. So thank you to all of you who have served

What’s that? Did I get a haircut? Why yes I did! Notice anything else?…. Probably not. First few days are always the worst (ok, it doesn’t get much better looks wise). Time to start raising money and awareness!