MILLER, GREENBRIAR & DAX

MILLER: Born - January 23rd. Miller was once the lucky recipient of the "It's Miller Time" Award which is all about being at the right place at the right time. He aspires to be a grade 4 music teacher and never getting electrocuted on stage again. Good for you Miller!
GREENBRIAR: Born - January 24th. Greenbriar is a pair of socks kindly donated and named by my mother. Therefore, his story must be extra special....  Greenbriar hails from "Titty-Ho" in the UK (as all my names, it truly exists) and was hoping to make his way in life as an implant surgeon. Sadly, while taking his final exam, the scalpel slipped, the implant popped and the unfortunate volunteer was never heard from again. Greenbriar now works as a gravedigger...
DAX: Born - January 25th. Dax was in the pilot for the TV series "T.J. Hooker" as a drug lord. Though he played the part well, his acting career didn't go as far as Shatner's did. Dax's last appearance was as a shark victim in "Baywatch". Though he was quite mauled, he still looked pretty hot in his speedos...

THE MACHINE BEHIND THE MONKEYS

A picture of me at the machine doing what I seem to do best, creating Sock Monkeys! LOVE the old Singers!

 For anyone who is interested, these are my hands getting pieces of a sock ready to be sewn on my very old Singer sewing machine. The machine was given to me from the Mackie family after their mother passed away and has been put to good use over the past few weeks. It is approximately 45 years old and in great shape! This machine will sew through anything! They don't make them like they used to...
After their body, tail and arms are machine sewn, they have to be turned inside out, stuffed and then hand sewn on the main body along with the mouth, eyes and ears. It seems like a lengthy process and takes about 2 hours to complete one monkey.

FRAISER, ARCHIE & SYBEL

FRAISER: Born - January 20th. Fraiser lives with his ailing father whom constantly cracks jokes at Fraiser's unusually large forehead. As a matter of fact, when I finished building him, his head area kind of reminded me of Kelsey Grammar from Fraiser...hence the name. So, if you're reading this Mr. Grammar (hey, you never know), please take it as a compliment and don't sue me!!
ARCHIE: Born - January 21st. Archie doesn't like to tell people this BUT, he once owned a Crocodile Petting Zoo who's opening day was also it's closing day. The "Great Sock Monkey Massacre of '82" was not a proud moment for young Archie and his entrepreneurial idea... It was a dark day for Sock Monkeys everywhere...
SYBEL: Born January 22nd. Sybel was the first Sock Monkey to climb the great Mt. Everest and live to tell the tale. She will be publishing her first book "Sybel's Mountain" to be released in early 2012. Sybel will be doing the book signing circuit with a guest appearance on the "Ellen" show and maybe a spot on "60 Minutes". Wait, do they even do 60 Minutes anymore? What a celebrity our Sybel is!

"FAMILIA OTEIZA"....as sock monkeys...

PENGU, DAITA, SARGE, STAR BURST & CHARLIE.

These special sock monkeys were donated by the "Familia Oteiza" and came with names, birthdates and stories for each one. Thank you Daniel, Marissa, Caitlind & Christopher for your contribution. Below is each monkey's bio as sent in.





PENGU - Born: September 30th. Pengu was raised at the North Pole. She loves skating, snow cones and the color pink.
DAITA - Born: February 2nd. Daita is from outer space. He loves cats, painting and watching Star Trek.
SARGE - Born: December 31st. Sarge hails from an army base in Edmonton. Loves potatos, the color green and rock music.
STAR BURST - Born: May 15th. Star Burst is from Duncan, B.C. She loves music, the color orange and candy.
CHARLIE - Born: October 11th. Charlie is from Yellowknife, N.T.  She loves soccer, books and the Star Wars movies.



BECCA, LOUIS & CHLOE

BECCA, LOUIS & CHLOE: Born - January 17th, 18th & 19th respectively.  While Becca and Chloe are sisters from B.C., Louis is their adopted baby brother from "Toadsuck, Arkansas".
Louis was found in an old abandoned shoe factory by a traveling St. Bernard whom happened to know Becca and Chloe from a tragic mountaineering experience years ago. He gave the sisters a call and they agreed to take Louis on as their brother(after all, they did "owe" one to the St. Bernard - but that's another story...).
Becca and Chloe earn a wage by cleaning out the lint from my dryer and my husbands belly-button. They sell it on www.webuylint.com and make enough money to raise Louis and keep him warm and safe at night. What a sweet little family!

Author's note: Hey, the website is just made up. Don't try going there... I did. Unless you want to purchase lint rollers in bulk, take my word for it and save yourself 3 minutes of your life.

LARRY....the result of my semi-sober brain....

LARRY...... Well, Larry is extra special. It is a slightly twisted tale of how he came about and who actually inspired the name for him - none of which I can go into detail here. If you really want to know, you should have been at the Back Eddy this past Saturday night sitting at the table with my brother Ken and I. Needless to say, after a few double scotch and a bottle and a half of wine, Ken and I came to the conclusion that we're going to hell. We will be taking Larry with us....

All joking aside, Larry was created for my brother and will hang out with King Ken, Gumby & Pokey and mother's duck (I know, yet another entertaining story) on his desk at work. Larry hails from Wetwang in the UK (look it up...it's there) and used to live at home with his mother and 4 sisters. He recently had a brain transplant and only functions on one lung - perhaps Larry is not long for this world... However folks, until his untimely demise, he is now the very proud Sock Monster of Ken's Desk. 

Sister's note - the above commentary is an opinion only and does not in any way, shape or form have the slightest amount of truth to it. My brother and I are perfect and don't go to bars...ever...seriously...not even kidding...stop laughing. 

LYDIA, NIC & GIDEON

LYDIA: Born - January 14th. Lydia will tell you she's distantly related to Rudolph and they share the same large red nose. Lydia will also tell you that pigs fly and Tammy Faye Baker was framed. Don't believe her, she lies....

NIC: Born January 15th. Nic likes to think he's a bit of a "ladies man" and that anything female can't resist his charm. Though he is a nice looking Sock Monkey, he eats only coffee beans and turnips which leaves his breath not too charming - doesn't go over well in the ladies department...

GIDEON: Born January 16th. Gideon once flew over the moon on a giant silver cow, driven by a cat and a fiddle. Hey...wait a minute... isn't that a nursery rhyme? How come Gideon was never mentioned? And what became of the dish and the spoon?