<p>Oh, come on – how long are you going to keep us waiting! ?</p>
<p>Maybe she’s going to be on the new reality show Housewives of Oakland.</p>
<p>America’s Top Model?</p>
<p>I think it is a corporate merger/acquisition. Maybe she started a cottage industry and it is being bought out by Google!</p>
<p>I’m guessing game show winner!!</p>
<p>She’s the new Bachelorette??? ;-)</p>
<p>I finally figured it out. The OP won the HGTV dream house!</p>
<p>She left us hanging…</p>
<p>no kidding!</p>
<p>Three months later, the secret can finally be revealed! Yesterday afternoon, DS & I picked up the new car, a 2011 Kia Optima, that we won on Super Bowl Sunday! I’d entered a contest that involved solving puzzles and watching Kia’s Super Bowl commercial. After the commercial aired, there was a question about the commercial to answer and then a puzzle (actually about 10 puzzles that were similar) to be solved. DS looked at the first puzzle and said “that’s easy” so I handed him my computer. He breezed through the puzzles in about an hour. When he was done, he turned to me and said “I was too slow, mom, people can solve those puzzles really fast”. We were both blown away when Kia called us that evening and said “congrats, you were one of the 5 fastest puzzle solvers” - the first 5 people to solve the puzzle would win a car. At that time they wouldn’t say we’d won since they had to verify that I was over 18, never had a DUI, and was otherwise eligible to win. All of the paper work I had to sign said “you may not say you’ve won until we tell you you can.”…so its been 3 months of keeping a secret!</p>
<p>Wow, that’s great. So will your son get the car? I have never won anything…maybe I am just too slow</p>
<p>yes, ds gets the car!</p>
<p>This is great! I missed the thread till now, so I didn’t have to agonize for more than the time it took me to read through to find out what the secret was.</p>
<p>congrats!!!</p>
<p>Yay! Good to know that people really do win those contests. So glad it was you and your ds.</p>
<p>Not to put a damper on this, but will you need to pay tax on it?</p>
<p>Wow, I can see how you were chomping at the bit! Congrats…this is so cool and a HUGE prize!! Your son must be deliriously happy! Yippee!</p>
<p>I’m so happy for you, Oaklandmom and Oakson!!! Will you and son be featured on a commercial? How’s the young man doiing?</p>
<p>Awesome! You’ve got a piano and a car, now it is time to win a house! Something tells me you will win one soon, so start putting away money for the taxes on your next big win!</p>
<p>What a fun prize! Congrats.</p>
<p>Aw, so cute. And such a great moment in your story.</p>