And the Winner Is...........

As promised in the Thanksgiving puzzle blog, the winner would be rewarded with a blog of their very own; and that blog has finally arrived. Now, if your a fan of any of the recent prime time reality shows that announce winners/losers, you have no doubt noticed they like to drag out that announcement. The announcer says something like "And this week's winner/loser is.........." then the camera pans to each of the contestants focusing on them for several seconds then back to the announcer then back to the contestants. This goes on for what seems like an eternity --- supposedly building what they think is suspense, but to me it is just irritating. Some shows even go so far as to cut to a commercial break and then redo the whole announcement and camera thing over again. Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh!

So with that said and no further ado, the winner of this year's Thanksgiving puzzle should be very obvious if you are familiar with the Gangwers at all. It pretty much played out as did the many games we competed in as children. Mom didn't play because she probably didn't know how to (or so she always said). Robin most likely was reading a book or taking a bath instead of playing. Randi probably began the puzzle but then quit half way through. Rachelle stuck it out to the very end and found all 25 of the hidden words. Rachelle likes to play word games as all who know her are aware. In fact when she visits you, she will spend half her day on the laptop playing online word games. Apparently all that online training paid off for her as Rachelle is the Winner of the First Ever CTGangwerGazette Thanksgiving Puzzle. I must also write that Rick gets an Honorable Mention for finding almost all the words but one -- health. Unfortunately, no one remembers who came in second though do they. Better luck next year, Rick.