Did you know that we have 1,598 students that have been with us since our launch on November 15th, 2005?

Today is the BIG day. We're FIVE! We'll be celebrating our birthday all week, but what we're really celebrating is our community of online friends—YOU! We'll be spotlighting a different student every day. Today, we're excited to share a Skype video of Stacy and Karen (LadyDoc on the message boards). Karen joined Big Picture back in May of 2006 and has taken well over 50 classes with us. Click below to follow along as Stacy chats with Karen!

Today ONLY, you will enjoy 50% off Georgana Hall's class: Birthday Reminder Book (we thought that was fitting!). This delightful birthday project will make a great Christmas gift for a close friend, grandma or doting aunt!

Use the following promotional code at checkout: bdaybook

Disclaimer: This coupon only applies to the Birthday Reminder Book Self-Paced Project; coupon does not apply towards other Self-Paced Projects, Workshops or Gift Certificates. Good for one time use, per student. Expires November 15th, 2010 at 11pm PST. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Coupon must be entered in the "Promo Code" box during checkout and press "apply" button; discount will be applied immediately. Not applicable towards previous purchases. Other terms and restrictions may apply.

Guess what we want for our birthday?
Answers!
Yep, answers to FIVE questions. A lot can happen in five years, this is why we're encouraging you to reflect back on your life and answer one or more of the questions below.

• What was your biggest accomplishment in the last five years?
  
• What challenge or struggle did you overcome in the last five years?
  
• Describe a relationship that has blossomed in the last five years.
  
• Share a major change that you hadn't anticipated in the last five years.
  
• Share five things that you really like about yourself.

We hope you'll visit the message board and share your responses with us!

We recently introduced a new profile feature on our website that allows you to get to know fellow students even better. If you haven't taken the opportunity to upload a photo and complete your profile, you might want to do this BEFORE Friday—let's just say it has something to do with the number 500!