A Reader's Dream Come True!

Some of you may have heard me mention the "MET Project" over the past year or so. I won't go into the details now, but basically, this was an extremely intensive, stressful, complicated national research project that our district chose to be a part of. I was designated as the school project coordinator (participation was supposed to be voluntary but that's not how it was presented to us...it was more of a directive) which ended up being one of the most, shall we say, challenging experiences of my professional life so far. Anyways, after 18 months of headaches, frustrations, etc. etc. the project is finally over and I can focus on the perks!! As the SPC, if I met certain deadlines along the way, I could receive extra incentives. I ended up getting four Barnes and Nobles gift cards, as well as a new Ipod Nano Touch. The gift cards hadn't been in my hands but a couple of hours and I was on my way to Barnes and Noble to redeem them for my long-awaited one of these.....



Isn't it beautiful?? Definitely worth all the stress of the past year to be able to get this almost free. I fortunately was able to get the latest version of the Nook Color, which has so many neat capabilities that it is almost as good as an Ipad in my opinion. Not only can I view books, magazines, and newspapers in color and with a touchscreen, but I can store music, photos, and files on the Nook, I can access Pandora and the web and watch streaming video over it, I can email from the Nook...it is amazing! It is everything I hoped it would be! The only downside is not being able to purchase books quite as cheaply as say used books from Amazon, but I think that as e-readers become more popular, there will be more available for free from public libraries and other sources.

I'm so excited about my new toys...just in time for summer reading! And working out with the cute little Ipod! Every now and then hard work actually pays off!! :-)