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Most of my blog entries reflect some challenging task that I helped my client complete, this latest one was particularly interesting because there was little documentation to guide us. In fact I'm going to blog about something that I wouldn't recommend to anyone but sometimes there are no easy ways out. The Requirement for a Calendar My client wanted to expose their user's lotus notes calendar entries into a JSR 286 portlet but we couldn't find any easy out of the box solutions for this. Since I don't know anything (at all) about lotus domino I turned to a resident expert for advice on how to get my hands on the calendar data. We appeared to have two options: Develop a custom lotus form that would require replicating every user's mailbox Re-purpose an existing form to suit our needs After much discussion we decided to pursue the second option since we had little time to roll out the portlet and we didn't want to alter the mailbox database of thousands of use...

Today's Under the Seapalooza guestpost comes from author Nikki Jefford, and it comes with a vlog and an awesome giveaway! Like Gemma in Wake , I live by the ocean in a small town called Friday Harbor located on San Juan Island. Thanks to the Washington State Ferry system, four of the San Juan Islands are accessible by passenger ferry, which brings a flood of tourists to the islands during the summer months. Fun Facts: There isn’t a single traffic light on the island Fast food chains & big box stores are not allowed in the San Juans Canada (Vancouver Island) is within viewing distance Forks, WA (as in Twilight ) lies only 70 miles west of the San Juans yet averages over 100 inches more rain per year The movie Practical Magic was filmed here rather than New England because we have nicer weather But enough talk. How about I show you around? Tub Party Giveaway: Book & a Bath By day I work at a 20 acre organic lavender farm. All of the products are produced on site by a team o...

It's officially here! Under the Seapalooza has begun, and I'm starting it off with a giveaway! Signed ARCs of Wake  to five different winners ! The giveaway is running from July 23rd until August 3rd, and you can enter through the little Rafflecopter box below ;) I forgot to mention, this particular giveaway is open internationally. It does end on August 3rd at midnight. In case you don't want what Wake is all about, here's the description and the cover: Beautiful. Fearless. Dangerous. They're the kind of girls you envy; the kind of girls you want to hate. Strangers in town for the summer, Penn, Thea, and Lexi have caught everyone's attention, including the eye of practical Harper. But it's her sister, Gemma, they've chosen to be part of their group. Suddenly Gemma is stronger, faster, and more beautiful than ever. As she uncovers the truth about her new mythical powers, Gemma is forced to choose between staying with those she loves or entering a dark w...

Do you want to help your students write their letters properly?  Then these fun poems are the perfect answer!  I have been meaning to post these alphabet writing signs for a white but I wanted to be sure to spruce them up for TPT!  I am so excited by this new update and I can't wait to re-print them for myself later on! The signs are available at TPT for $3.50, and if offers three different sizes for you to print.  You can head there by clicking any of the pictures below! And, here's a free frame for all of my fabulous followers!  Be sure to click the picture below to load a higher quality version of the frame!  You're more than welcome to use this frame in your TPT paid/free items, just be sure to give credit to me for creating it!  Enjoy! I'm linking this free frame up with Manic Monday!

Thank you to everyone who entered my flash giveaway yestererday!  And the total was....   Be sure to click the picture above to see how I got all of those books for so cheap!!!  Congratulations to Laura at Mrs. Castro's class.  She guessed 500 books! Be sure to check out her blog, she has wonderful ideas!  Laura, leave me your email address so that I can send you the library set! Now, for even more excitement... as I was counting my exciting purchase of 532 books, I noticed that I had almost that many followers!!!  Drumroll please... I now have 500 followers !  Whoo! When I started this little blog in March, I never expected to gain that many followers ever, but I am so happy and blessed by every single one of you!     This giveaway has two parts, so be sure to read carefully! For part one, you have SIX chances to win!   Here they are! Follow my blog and TPT store - leave one comment Like me on Facebook - leave one comment letti...

So much stuff coming up. I'll be honest and say it's pretty hard for me to focus on anything other than The Dark Knight Rises premiere in just over 24 hours, but I'm working on it. This is the life-size cardboard cutout of Bane (Tom Hardy) from The Dark Knight Rises that currently resides in my music room. Here's some of the fun stuff. I've got up the current list for Under the Seapalooza blog tour dates. I will be adding more links and giveaways as time goes on, because I know I'm forgetting stuff. But there's the current dates. If you don't know, Under the Seapalooza is a blog tour to celebrate the release of Wake (coming out August 7th), with lots of guest posts, giveaways, sneak peaks, and all sorts of fun stuff. More details are to come, but Under the Seapalooza starts Monday, so check it out! In addition to the blog tour, I'll also be doing a physical book tour going to 11 cities across the US doing signings and a couple Q&As, and eve...

One of my first blog posts ever was Do You Want Cheap Books for your Classroom ?  and if you haven't read it yet, you should definitely go check it out now!  In the past I've gotten 300 books for $10. I went to one of these fabulous book sales yesterday and picked up all of these books for $25! Now... for the flash giveaway!  Can you guess how many books I got for 25?  Whoever is closest to the actual number of books wins... and they'll win my complete library organization set, pictured below! Leave an answer with your estimate!  This contest will end tomorrow, July 19 at 6:00PM EST