[the plan]

dear ones,

i am so honored, thrilled and excited to be embarking on this journey with you again. thank you for agreeing to participate again for our fourth year of creating february magic together and for one another. if this is your first year, WELCOME. we have been waiting for you. read on (whether you're new or not!) for all you need to know. 

1) where, when and how to post: i am inviting each of you to be an author of OUR blog. the address is thefebproject.blogspot.com. if you have issues with posting, let me know! please post by 8pm eastern standard time on your assigned day and include your assigned day and date in the title of your post. 

2) if they day(s) to which you are assigned do(es) not work for you for some reason - and remember, it will just take a couple of minutes for you to post to the blog, you can even prepare it on a day on which you have more time - you can switch with someone else. i'm going to discourage it, for logistical reasons, but if you decide to switch, just send me an individual email so i can keep the schedule up-to-date. also, most people have only one day to post, but some have two. if you have two and want one, or have one and want two, you can switch and let me know.

3) the list! NOTE: those with a second posting day are in orange/with stars below. if you've got two, i may ask for one of these days back should a late responder want a day. note also, there's one day i didn't assign, so if you didn't get a second day and want one, feel free to claim by emailing me :]

1	Ruthie
2	Tali
3	Sam
4	Caroline
5	Jana
6	Lucy
7	Sophie
8	Aya
9	Jonah
10	Zoe
11	Aleeza
12	Mordechai
13	Nomi
14	Shulamit
15	Tricia
16	Ariel
17	Allie
18	Anna
19	Benj
20	Gene
21	Einat
22	Sarah Rap
23	Tali*
24	Jana*
25	Allie*
26	Zoe*
27	Alma
28	Ruthie*

4) what to post: the thing is, this can really be ANYTHING. the idea here is that every day this month, each of us will know that there is something waiting for us. that something might make us laugh, might make us think... maybe it won't be something that will make us cry, since there has already been lots of crying in february, or at least...it won't be something the poster posts as a "this is so meaningful and sad you'll definitely cry" and if we're in a crying place, maybe we'll still cry. i think you all know what i'm getting at. basically, i think it really CAN be a silly youtube video, and it can also be a beautiful poem. anything any of us shares will be perfect, ya know?

5) something that happened last year, which i loved, is that people did extra posting. the idea of the schedule is to make sure that we all have at least one thing on which to feast each day, but having more is totally delightful. please feel SO free to post on someone else's day...just please also make sure to post on yours :] labeling your post a "bonus post" can help so people don't get confused.

again, thank you...for being part of this, for being part of so many meaningful and wonderful things, for being. i can't wait to see what we do together.

with tremendous love, gratitude and admiration,

ruthie