So I hit the Shelter Makeover page like I do every morning. It's a little different this morning... Instead of seeing "days," I see "hours." It has been quite a journey since I started tracking back on 1/15.

Let's take a walk back in time, shall we?
On 1/15, we had 63,410 points. We had 410 members. We were at rank #38.

It seemed like an impossible task to get into that elusive top 20. We just kept logging in, blindly plugging away, not knowing if our efforts would get us anywhere or not.

February 9, we were at 233,402 pts. We had 946 members, and were at position #21.

Then, on the very next day, we jumped 2 places to number 19, and haven't looked back since! We surged again to 16th, then 14, 13, 12, 11, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, and now 5th place. Only one time in this competition have we gone backwards.

Wow.

So, here are the points with only 17 hours left in Phase I.

We have earned 727,092 pts; up 26,636 from yesterday
Highest point day was 3/10 with 32,525.

2,251 members; up 126 from yesterday - the most to date.
Previous record was on 3/10 with 100.

Who's above us:
4: 764,081 (-36,989)
3: 1,128,454 (-401,362)

Where we've BEEN:
6: 672,440 (+54,652)
7: 661,117 (+65,975)
10: 608,795 (+118,297)
20: 475,978 (+251,114)
38: 118,370 (+608,722)
54: 40,690 (+686,402)

Keep up the great work, ladies and gents. We've come a long way. We ARE the little shelter that could. Our dedication is tireless. We've stuck by our stick-to-it-ive-ness. Lets ALL log in tonight and make today our personal best point days. I look forward to seeing where we are early tomorrow morning.