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.