1. You’re like really, really good at driving in the snow. Like you’re practically a pro.

2. You harbor a hatred for Edina.

Unless you are from Edina, which I am.

3. The 12 days before Labor Day are almost better than Christmas.

4. You don’t do well in the heat.

5. But every time someone says you should be used to the cold, you want to die a little.

6. You know that there is about 90,000 miles of shoreline and can’t resist telling people that while MN is called the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” there are actually 11,842 of them.

7. Hockey season is your time.

8. You love rollerblading around Lake Calhoun.

9. It’s really easy to find a friend with a boat or a cabin.

10. You find yourself saying things like “Oh, for Pete’s sake," “Oh, for cute!” or “You betcha!” and not always ironically.

11. You’ve worn shorts and flip-flops when it was 46 degrees outside.

12. If you are going out of town for the weekend you are most likely going “up north”.

It doesn’t matter if the location you are going to is ACTUALLY north of you. If you are going fishing or your destination is basically in the middle of nowhere, you are going “up north”.

13. Did I mention that you have a deep, undying love for hockey?

14. You’re really nice. Like always.

You take your "Please" and "Thank You"s very seriously.

15. You can’t say the word ‘bag’ without people laughing in your face.

16. You have endured countless mosquito bites.

17. You use words like “different” and “interesting” when you really mean “weird” and “terrible”

For example, if you friend is wearing a god awful outfit and they ask you what you think, you throw on a big smile and say, “Oh yeah! That’s different!”

18. You don’t want to have anything to do with this “Duck, Duck, Goose!” nonsense.

It’s “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck”… DUH!

19. You drink POP instead of SODA.

20. You had to wear your Halloween costume over your snowsuit at lease once when you were a kid.