KARA

KARA: Born - February 28th. Kara was created as a birthday gift for my friends daughter Kara. I happened to have two pairs of these socks and thought it would be neat to have a funky pair of socks to wear and the matching Sock Monkey to go with it. Guess I'll have to see what Kara thinks about that... So, a very happy birthday to Kara as she turns 13. May the year ahead be filled with really cool things and a sock monkey or two....

LITTLE JOE, SOLIEL & LITTLE JOHN

LITTLE JOE: Born - February 25th. Little Joe is quite small BUT, not the smallest sock monkey I've made. He is sweet to have around and very mild mannered - which is great to see when you deal with so many monkeys. Little Joe does like my sour chews though and every time I step out of my room, he searches for my stash. I'm on to you Little Joe - monkey prints in my sour chews is a dead give away...
SOLIEL: Born - February 26th. Soliel came in a bag from my brother and his lovely fiance Kate. To date, this is the smallest sock monkey I've made however, I'm sure someone will find even smaller socks in which to torture me with. Soliel is so bright and colorful, what other name could she have possibly been given? It suits her well - good choice Kate!
LITTLE JOHN: Born - February 27th. Little John is of course Little Joe's brother. They come from a large family so expect to see more "Littles" appear. Little John loves to whistle and has a large collection of "Roger Whittaker" records which he plays over and over to annoy his brothers (and me I'm sure...). One day he hopes to join Roger on stage and whistle a duet of "Cotton Eyed Joe". Wait... is Roger Whittaker even still alive? I should check in to that....

Author's note: Roger Whittaker is still alive. I sent a request on behalf of Little john to meet and plan a show time together. As of today, there has been no reply...

BELLA, MIKE & STUART

BELLA: Born - February 22nd. Bella is a colorful Sock Monkey made from a pair of socks I found in a bin for .63 cents. All I could think of as I was paying for them was what an odd amount to charge. Could it have been someones favourite number? Perhaps an employee was turning 63? Maybe the store had 63 pairs of socks to get rid of. I DON'T KNOW! These are questions that plague my mind.  I know Bella knows the significance behind "63" but she's into mind games and loves to watch me suffer. Maybe 63 is the amount of times I throw Bella against the wall before she starts to talk.....
MIKE: Born - February 23rd. Mike's official duties remain unclear to me but I am told he is a "Molecular Biologist." I failed Biology in school and am amazed at anyone who actually studies biology and molecules and then makes a career out of it. BUT, what does Michael do exactly? Really. Do molecules need biologists? More questions... It seems like a waste of 8 years of Sock Monkey University to me, but what do I know? (that's a rhetorical question...)
STUART: Born - February 24th.  Stuart is the proud owner of a large gumball machine that sits on top of his desk at work. He uses the gumballs as part of his "incentive program" for his employees. Stuart owns a chimney sweep business and it's NOT easy convincing the monkeys to crawl up the chimneys and clean. They do love their gumballs though and will pretty much do anything for one. It's better than the electric shock therapy Stuart was using before....just saying....

ELWOOD, KATEY & JACQUE

ELWOOD: Born - February 19th. Elwood has watched the movie "Blues Brothers" so many times, he can recite each character's lines word for word, mimics all the songs, does the dances and can sing "Rawhide" backwards. Elwood also has a pet rock named Jake. Just a little obsessed....
KATEY: Born - February 20th. Katey is a weed farmer. NO! Not that kind of weed silly!! Just your every day run-of-the-mill weeds. She farms the weed and sells it to the Government who in turn plants it along all our highways here in the north. C'mon - everyone knows that the northern weed looks really nice when it's mowed - especially in our yards!
JACQUE: Born - February 21st. Jacque hails from "Saint Louis-du-HA-HA" in Quebec and works as a Laughter Therapist for victims of Ostrich attacks. That's right, Ostriches. You may find his laughter a bit crazy sounding but compared to being attacked by an Ostrich, it's quite comforting. You can hear him laugh on his website: www.LAUGHTERAGAINSTOSTRICHES.com

Author's note: Yes, another made up website, and again, I checked it out. You know where it took me? To a YOUTUBE video of "Family Guy Ostrich Re-Mix" - which in my humble opinion was just plain stupid...

MARTY, CULLIN & SOPHIE

MARTY:  Born - February 16th. Marty was born into a high class family of extremely wealthy Sock Monkeys. They invented the "sock bag" which all your socks go into BEFORE they hit the dryer. This invention was a huge success as it cut the "missing sock" toll down by half. Unfortunately for Marty, he was their guinea pig and after one too many rounds in the dryer, he is no longer the "brightest bulb in the pack" (if you catch my drift....).

CULLIN:  Born - February 17th. Cullin is involved with the schools "Million Project" and used to help string beads in groups of 1000 with the Sock Monkey students. He constantly needed to be supervised though as he could only count as high as 71 and continually had to start over. This of course caused delays and problems with the student body so Cullin now simply cuts the string on which the beads are strung and everybody's happy.

SOPHIE:  Born - February 18th. Sophie holds the title for the 2000 Olympic "Tug-of-War" division and proudly displays her medal on the back of her toilet.  No one will ever be able to challenge that title either as this division was removed from the Olympics after her event. Nobody knows why exactly but I hear it has to do with certain participants greasing the opponents side of the rope in order to win. I also heard it was banana grease, which everyone knows makes sock monkeys weak....

BARNEY THE SOCK TROLL & AMADEUS

Who's the cutest, wittle poopskie boo-boo in the whole world? Who's my wittle schnookie's? Who's got the sweetest wittle facey-wacey?  Oh yeah, and Amadeus, you're pretty cute too....

Okay, okay - that wasn't very nice of me was it. I mean what kind of a grandmother am I anyway? The above is another way I give my grandson reasons never to move back home.... KIDDING!! He's such a good sport - totally didn't mind Barney the Troll hanging out with him (club ready) and me making goo-goo noises to get the picture. Yes, I made goo-goo noises....don't laugh.

Georgie's note: Once again, Amadeus's mother was in the room and not only participating in the "goo-goo" noises but laughing her ass off at me trying to get my very serious grandson to crack a smile. Not an easy task...

BUFFALO JOE, RAVE & DEE-DEE

BUFFALO JOE: Born - February 13th. Buffalo Joe was named for a rather famous pilot and entrepreneur here in the north. He dreams of one day meeting his namesake and becoming his personal co-pilot and making an appearance on the new series "Ice Pilots". Hmmmm.... maybe we can make that a reality, after all, Joe is my neighbor....
RAVE: Born - February 14th. Rave is the Sock Monkey you see attached to the disco ball in the 1977 hit, "Saturday Night Fever", starring a very young John Travolta. Rave was chosen over 6500 other sock monkeys that auditioned, only because he could hang on to the disco ball the longest. Check it out -  just don't blink or you'll miss his scene.
DEE-DEE: Born - February 15th. Dee-Dee's real name is Dingleberry Droopeysocks. Her parents were kind enough to shorten it for her but wouldn't change it as it is a family name. Dee-Dee is a singer at the Monkey Tail Bar and is renowned for her version of "Oh I don't want her, You can have her, She's too fat for me". However, one can only sing that song so many times before an "innocent bystander" can't handle it anymore and throws a bottle of gin at the stage and starts a riot - which of course involves the Sock Monkey Police - NOT a good scene. 

Author's note - I was NEVER there that night - don't believe anything these sock monkey's tell you. I DID NOT throw the first bottle and certainly didn't hurl insults at the overweight cop....nope, not me - I am an innocent bystander in this mess....