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 ## Directions
 
-- [ ] Create your own fork (copy) of this repository by clicking the Fork button in the top right of Github
-- [ ] Clone (download) this repository onto your computer by using this command in your CLI: `git clone git@github.com:YOUR-GITHUB-NAME/Git-Flow-Practice.git`
-- [ ] Create a branch (version) by using this command in your CLI: `git checkout -b 'firstName-lastName'`
-- [ ] Add your name to the list of names below these instructions
-- [ ] Send your code to Github by using this set of commands in your CLI: `git add .`, `git commit -m "type a message in here explaining what you changed"`, and `git push -u origin firstName-lastName`. (Once you've set the upstream branch and pushed, you can from then on simply type `git push`)
-- [ ] On GitHub, the grey "main" button opposite from the green "Code" button will show your named branch's version of code after refreshing the page
-- [ ] Create a Pull Request through the top menu of the repository on GitHub; click the green New Pull Request button, then use your own student fork as the base to compare myuser/firstName-lastName to myuser/main. *DO NOT MERGE THE PULL REQUEST!*
+- [x ] Create your own fork (copy) of this repository by clicking the Fork button in the top right of Github
+- [ x] Clone (download) this repository onto your computer by using this command in your CLI: `git clone git@github.com:YOUR-GITHUB-NAME/Git-Flow-Practice.git`
+- [x ] Create a branch (version) by using this command in your CLI: `git checkout -b 'firstName-lastName'`
+- [x ] Add your name to the list of names below these instructions
+- [ x] Send your code to Github by using this set of commands in your CLI: `git add .`, `git commit -m "type a message in here explaining what you changed"`, and `git push -u origin firstName-lastName`. (Once you've set the upstream branch and pushed, you can from then on simply type `git push`)
+- [x ] On GitHub, the grey "main" button opposite from the green "Code" button will show your named branch's version of code after refreshing the page
+- [x ] Create a Pull Request through the top menu of the repository on GitHub; click the green New Pull Request button, then use your own student fork as the base to compare myuser/firstName-lastName to myuser/main. *DO NOT MERGE THE PULL REQUEST!*
 
 
 ## ADD your name to this list
 - Steve Rogers
 - Ryan Hamblin
+- Marie Kirton-Daike
 
 ### For a non-practice project, this would be when you would submit through Canvas; for this one, once you've added your name to the list and created a Pull Request you're done- no submission required!