…the power of inspired bloggers.

We reached our $500 goal for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Thank you. And St. Jude thanks you.

Based on those who attributed their comment, Shannon, at Rocks in My Dryer, brought in the most commenters — an estimated 58 who mentioned they came from her post about this project. Shannon’s generous link contributed greatly to the SPEED with which we reached our goal!

Congratulations, Shannon! You win your choice of a gently read book listed here, or the Hidden Treasure of Assets boardgame. Just email me with your choice and snail address.

And a special thank you to my sponsor, as well as some of our early linkers who established an obvious foundation in the links and comments:

The Dust Will Wait
Are we there yet?
An Island Life
Kaffee Klatsch
Tigerprr
Pensieve
Christina’s Shoebox
Southern Girl
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YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ll be back with a new post as soon as I calculate who’s responsible for the most comments. This is so awesome. Every one of you has touched my heart this week. You have so much to be proud of. Thank you for all your efforts!
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I just watched (for the second time) the environmental documentary DVD by Al Gore — “An Inconvenient Truth.”

I’ll write a complete review soon, but all I can say now is this:

Rent it. Buy it. Watch it.

No matter which political direction you face, if you care about the world you’ll leave your children, watch this movie. The film is well directed, easily understood, and infinitely frightening, yet it educates about the solutions we already have within our grasp. “Global Warming” has become a neutral term in our society, but the issues it causes are real, scientifically-based, and have already begun to cause severe consequences on Earth.

Here’s the website for more information.

My favorite quote in the film?

An African proverb: “When you pray, move your feet.“

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINA PAULSEN, WHOSE POST, “Being Nice”, WAS SELECTED FOR THIS WEEK’S SPOTLIGHT!

This week I’ll share just a short PTT post about D and her 11-year-old cousin Emily. They were playing hide and seek with the younger cousins at the Christmas Eve gathering, which kept them occupied and entertained while the adults had grown-up conversation.

But while they were hiding, the two girls took it upon themselves to clean the rooms of their little cousins, whose family was hosting the party. Isn’t that cute?

Now if I could just get my kids to play that game at home…

NOTE: Next week will be CLASSICS WEEK. Please locate an old PTT post (your’s or someone else’s) and link to it on my post next Tuesday. If there’s enough interest, I’ll put up a Mr. Linky. You can find old PTT posts by clicking links in comments in the PTT category page or by digging through my old site (good luck;))

Pass the Torch Tuesday Guidelines: Every week, we share simple and stupendous times kids MAKE US PROUD. Just write about CATCHING A KID BEING GOOD, or if you’d prefer to share your story in comments, that’s fine as well! Complete guidelines and former PTT links are >HERE< .

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The Carnival of Homeschooling is up at What Did You Do in School Today?

Next week’s carnival is its one year anniversary! The carnival will return home to Why Homeschool. Here are guidelines for submissions.