Today the inevitable happened.  The girls were playing "hangman" on the whiteboard.  Our markers are all used up, so one daughter decided to use a sharpie pen (permanent marker).  Oh no!  My expensive whiteboard is ruined!  Never fear, I did a quick internet search and came up with this easy tip for removing permanent marker from the whiteboard.  You simply write over the permanent marker with a whiteboard marker and then wipe both clean off! I was soooo relieved.