Thank you so much to everyone who checked out my crazy selfies and put in their best guess to figure out which photo is the 'REAL' me. Below I will reveal the truth about each of these photos and announce the winner of the art print! Read on!
If you didn't see the original post explaining the game, view it here: http://www.northernpersonablog.com/soooo-not-me-or-is-it
To everyone who guessed that I AM a musician, I LOVE YOU!!! This is truly my fantasty, but the cold hard truth is that I have absolutely no sense of rhythm. I love to sing but I cannot play any instruments whatsoever. Thankfully my rockin' husband plays guitar, my daughter plays piano/guitar and my son plays the drums. They do the hard work and I just sing along!
First off, I hate being hot. I can't stand anything to do with laying in the sun, so you will definitely not find me on a beach soaking up the rays any time soon. I enjoy swimming and searching for rocks, sea shells or other treasures, but alas, I'd be wearing ugly water socks on my feet, my knee-length grandma swimsuit and definitely not sunscreen (I'm also soooo not into chemicals!)
This one was guessed A LOT and I'm sure it's all my husband's fault. teehee! This past summer he decided to try his hand at beekeeping and got his very first hive. While I sure enjoy using the honey in my recipes, the rest is up to him and him alone. While he pours over books and videos learning the trade, I smile and nod while my eyes glaze over. While he suits up, gets his little smoking tea kettle thingy going and opens up the hive to mass swarms of angry bees, I keep my distance and giggle when my dog does the 'sting dance' all over yard. (She just can't help but snap at them!) In truth, I have never even touched the beekeeper suit until I created this photo, but I can now say that while wearing it, one truly does feel like a giant marshmallow. No, I'll leave the beekeeping up to my husband, thank you very much!
A few people stepped out on a very fragile limb and guessed that I AM a mechanic. hahaha. Well, bless your hearts for believing in me! Truth is, I couldn't even get the hood open to take this photo. I had to enlist my 13-year-old son to do it, because no matter how hard I pulled the lever, the freakin' hood would not pop. Sadly, I have no idea what any of the doomahickies are under the hood so I randomly aimed the wrench at something sort of roundish and clicked. I was working on this photo when my husband got dropped off from work. Let's just say, I gave him and his buddy a minor heart attack because they thought I was actually attempting to work on the car. No. Just no.
Ugh. I like to think of myself as reasonably intelligent and at least somewhat strategic, but folks, I have yet to beat my 13-year-old at this game. I do enjoy playing, and as long as no one thinks for more than 3.2 seconds about their move, then I can handle sitting still long enough to get through a match (though that could very well be because it only takes about 7 minutes for my son to beat me. Any longer than that and I start looking for ways to self-sabotage. Do you know how hard it is to die when you and your opponent only have a couple men left?!?!? For the love of God, just KILL MY KING ALREADY!)
A - It's hard to sit still for that long
B - If I am going to sit still, I'd rather be working
C - If I ate that much junk food, I would die
Now that we have sufficiently established the vast number of things I am NOT good at, let's get to reality. (haha get it!? Reee-aaaa-lity! Perhaps I should have created a selfie about my undoubtedly witty sense of humour.)
So, the truth comes out! The one thing that can tear me away from my computer and my workouts is SURVIVOR! I have been known to phone my husband and say it was an emergency when our internet wasn't working and I couldn't watch the next episode the same night it was released. We have three generations of Survivor fanatics in my family - my mom, myself and my daughter. We love discussing the contestants and predicting the outcomes. We hold our breath until the winner is announced every season. And thankfully, in between seasons there are other shows to tie us over, like Alone and The Voice. So, while I may not be a couch potato, I can sure enjoy a strategic reality TV show to the fullest. (Though I have never painted my chest until this photo opp, I am now seriously considering it for this season's finale. Go OZZY!!!!!!!)
After 661 views of this blog post, only 12 people guessed the correct answer. Their names were entered in a draw to win a free 11x17 print from my travel collection. Aaaaaaaand the winner is........... KELLY B! (Kelly, I'll pm you!)
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