Enormous THANK YOUS!

WOW.

just wow.


I can not believe how awesome my friends and family are.  oh wait, I knew that :)

but they totally proved it in under 48 hours by helping me fund my first project on Donor's Choose- a non profit website where teachers can help acquire supplies and technology for their classrooms- and I wanted a document camera...so that I could project on a screen, nice and large, my examples, or show students step by step directions of their projects...

and literally, between Sunday night and the time I woke up this morning, I had already received enough donations to make my project a success!



so, not that this is nearly enough of a thank you...but to...

Rachel

Janvi

Kim

Jen

and Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Charlie

and two generous strangers...

THANK YOU!!!

can't wait to get my camera and start integrating technology into my room!

Shop Etsy & support the MD SPCA!

like to shop AND want to help the animals??  just click on this link and you can do both!!  some of the members of BEST have been kind enough to offer some of the items in their shop, as donations to the MD SPCA's March for the Animals happening on April 17th! 

You might even find some awesome items by JerseyGirlDesign that will donate 50% of their sale price to the charity!!

maybe they are listed below ;)

March for the Animals

it's hard to believe that it's been almost 7 years since I went to the adoption day at Petsmart for the Maryland SPCA and picked out my furry friends...it's hard to remember a time before they were with me, and even though the early morning wake-ups can be annoying, the unconditional love makes up for it :)

so when it comes time to give back, the SPCA always has a special place in my heart :)  and on March 12th, while I'm working away taking the Praxis exam (eek) my BEST friends will be out walking in Druid Hill Park supporting this great organization! 

if you'd like to help, click here to make a donation!!

thoughts and prayers for a fellow blogger

it's funny how you can feel like you know someone that you've never met...I know I feel that way about many of my friends in the blogging community, and sometimes I feel like I know more about them then people I see in my everyday life...they share pictures, their thoughts, their families, their creative passions...

many times I find someone's blog by a post on another blog I was reading...sometimes I can't even back-track to figure out how I got there in the first place! but in the case of this blogger, I can remember...1. scrapbooker of the year for Creating Keepsakes magazine, Elizabeth Kartchner keeps a sweet blog tracking her absolutely fabulous scrapbook creations, as well as pictures and stories about her adorable family...2. her friend Stephanie Nielson (aka Nie Nie) also keeps a wonderful blog, about her family (husband Christian and their four children)...tragically the two were involved in a plane crash about a month ago, and are in for a long recovery in a burn unit out in Arizona...her sister keeps updates on her blog for all of us to read...

this to me is a perfect example of why I love to blog...I don't know these people, and I'll most likely never meet them...but I feel compelled to wish them well, and send good thoughts for their recovery...

If you need a good read, visit her blog...its full of heart warming stories of family, friends and is truly inspirational, funny, and it will make you fall in love with this family!

if you'd like to help the Nielson family, you can donate to their recovery fund...or send cards, letters, or just a prayer

Donate to help save lives!

my fabulous friend Ashley is running her second half marathon (insert applause here!!) and I am so proud of her, because not only is she running 13+ miles, but she's also doing it to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Please donate if you can, to help her reach her goal!

http://www.active.com/donate/tntnca04/AshleyMitchell