And the winner is...

...MAU! Congratulations! Mau correctly guessed three out of the four secrets on her first try. Coming in a close second with two out of the four secrets is Ke. And now, for the answers that everyone has been waiting for. Disclaimer -Please remember that when you get to secret number 4, I did not create the clues and never would have been able to come up with the answer. I thought it would be fun though, to see if anyone could get it!

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SECRET 1: Lug Nut

SECRET 2: Fan

SECRET 3: Cookie

SECRET 4: Stephano DiMera (Days of Our Lives)

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I am heading to St. Simon's Island in GA this weekend and I am determined to bring Mau back a prize that you could only find in Georgia. I hope to suceed and have it in the mail to her by next week. Congratulations again to our winner and a thank you to the only two people who played the game. Maybe we will have a better turn out next time.

Leigh Leigh's Brain Teasers - Day 5

This is your last set of clues. I have put all of the clues for each secret together and have included the final one. I am looking forward to seeing some guesses soon. Remember that your final guesses have to be submitted by Tuesday at 10pm. Good Luck!

SECRET 1

May need a key

When they rotate really fast, they do not spin

It is a hexagon alone, but forms a circle with others

An iron can remove it

MAY BE ATTACHED WITH GLUE

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SECRET 2

Some push, some pull, some paint

Can be made of paper, metal or skin

They can rust or wrinkle

Some have pleats

WHILE SOME PAY TO BE ONE, OTHERS PAY BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE

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SECRET 3

They can be circles, squares or strings

Can remember who you are

They are created by instructions and create instructions

They can travel by BUS or truck

SOME CAN BE DUNKED

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SECRET 4

Capable of chaning people's minds

Father of six

Villian

The Phoenix

RELATED TO ELVIS

Leigh Leigh's Brain Teasers - Day 4

We are getting closer to the end. Remember that you have an opportunity to make one guess before your final guess on Tuesday. You last set of clues will come tomorrow morning. If you submit a set of guesses before Tuesday, I will let you know how many you have correct.

CLUE SET 4

SECRET 1: An iron can remove it

SECRET 2: Some have pleats

SECRET 3: They can travel by BUS or truck

SECRET 4: The Pheonix

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CLUE SET 1 (THURSDAY)

SECRET 1: May need a key

SECRET 2: Some push, some pull, some paint

SECRET 3: They can be circles, squares or strings

SECRET 4: Capable of changing people's minds

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CLUE SET 2 (FRIDAY)

SECRET 1: When they rotate really fast, they do not spin

SECRET 2: Can be made of metal, paper or skin

SECRET 3: Can remember who you are

SECRET 4: Father or six

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CLUE SET 3 (SATURDAY)

SECRET 1: It is a hexagon alone, but forms a circle with others

SECRET 2: They can rust or wrinkle

SECRET 3: They are created by instructions and create instructions

SECRET 4: Villain

Leigh Leigh's Brain Teasers - Day 3

You may find that each new clue not only knocks any of your original guesses out of play, but that you also become more confused. We found it much easier to make guesses when we only had a couple of secrets that had to support our logic. Let those gears turn!

CLUE SET 3

SECRET 1: It is a hexagon alone, but forms a circle with others

SECRET 2: They can rust or wrinkle

SECRET 3: They are created by instructions and create instructions

SECRET 4: Villain

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CLUE SET 1 (THURSDAY)

SECRET 1: May need a key

SECRET 2: Some push, some pull, some paint

SECRET 3: They can be circles, squares or strings

SECRET 4: Capable of changing people's minds

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CLUE SET 2 (FRIDAY)

SECRET 1: When they rotate really fast, they do not spin

SECRET 2: Can be made of metal, paper or skin

SECRET 3: Can remember who you are

SECRET 4: Father or six

Leigh Leigh's Brain Teasers - Day 2

Hopefully everyone is beginning to think about the clues and the secrets that they are holding. Each day I will give you the new clue set and also repeat the clue sets from the previous days. That way you have them all in one place. Enjoy!

CLUE SET 2

SECRET 1: When they rotate really fast, they do not spin

SECRET 2: Can be made of metal, paper or skin

SECRET 3: Can remember who you are

SECRET 4: Father of six

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CLUE SET 1 (THURSDAY)

SECRET 1: May need a key

SECRET 2: Some push, some pull, some paint

SECRET 3: They can be circles, squares or strings

SECRET 4: Capable of changing people's minds

Leigh Leigh's Brain Teasers - Day 1

I recently participated in this activity and found it very challenging and also a lot of fun. I want to pass the fun along to you and so I am introducing my first contest...Leigh Leigh's Brain Teasers!

Over the next 5 days you will receive one clue a day for each of the 4 secrets. By day 5 you will have a total of 5 clues for each of the 4 secrets. The person who guesses the most secrets correctly will win a prize. If there is a tie, the winner will be decided based on the time of submission. There is one secret that no one participating was able to figure out. Let's see if someone is able to figure out the correct answer.

CONTEST RULES:

1) You may guess twice (the final guess is included in the two) during the contest by sending me an email. This will keep the guesses private until the end of the contest. If you do not have my email address, let me know and I will get it to you.

2) Any time that you submit a guess you must guess all four of the secrets.

3) After your first guess (which may occur at any time during the contest), I will tell you how many you have correct, but not which ones are correct.

4) All final guesses must be submitted by 10pm on Tuesday, March 25, 2008.

Good luck and have fun!

CLUE SET 1

SECRET 1: May need a key

SECRET 2: Some push, some pull, some paint

SECRET 3: They can be circles, squares or strings

SECRET 4: Capable of changing people's minds

A Georgia Home - Part I

After living in a box in Philadelphia, I have come to appreciate a few basic household amenities, which I would now (after being deprived for over two years) also define as luxuries. Being able to do the basic every day tasks with ease makes these common household appliances some of the best inventions.

I absolutely adore my dishwasher. Not only did both of my apartments in Philly lack dishwashers, but they also lacked the needed counter space to do anything. You can imagine how much space was left once the drying rack was on the counter. Mom told Steven a story this weekend about my love of washing dishes when I was little. She would set me up in the kitchen while she was cooking and I would wash already clean dishes and make a huge mess. I am not sure where this passion went, but I can tell you that I no longer find pleasure in washing dishes and love that this machine does it all for me.

Not only do I have a dishwasher, but I also have a full size stove that all of my cooking dishes fit into. In order to demonstrate the difference...my pizza stone would not fit into my old stove with the metal rack under it. Without the rack, it would barely slide into the stove. You can imagine how much fun it was to pull out at the end.

Last, but not least, is the ice maker. A number of people would attest to my dislike of refilling the ice tray. I am not sure what it is, maybe it is the tediousness of the task or the fact that it is never ending, but I would constantly leave the ice trays empty until I completely ran out. Diet Coke is just not the same without ice and it was always a sad day to drink it out of the can. It was a vicious circle that has now come to the end with this handy kitchen appliance.

It truly is the simple things in life! Next up on A Georgia Home...a bigger picture of what the new apartment looks like.