Sock It To Me

Parsley is having a sock party today on her blog Seasons Of My Mind. She asked if anyone would like to join in and show a pair of their favorite socks.

Anyone who knows me knows I have an obsession for fun socks. Always have, always will. I couldn't just pick one pair to show though. Here's some from my collection.

One year Son gave me the socks shown above for Mother's Day. He'd heard about LittleMissMatched socks on the radio and knew they were right up my alley. So he did some research and ordered some for me.

LittleMissMatched socks come 3 to a pair. That way if the dryer eats one, you still have a pair.  I've seen them in Hallmark stores and even bought some at Silver Dollar City.

These are my flamingo socks.

I have LOTS of Christmas socks. These are some of the newest to be added to my collection.

Right up there in popularity are my Halloween socks. My most favorite Halloween socks of all had to be retired to the trash can this year. I literally had them for years! They were black with ghosts all over them. The were so soft and comfy. I miss them but they had totally fallen apart. Probably because I wore them from October right through December. You remember the ghosts of Christmas present, past and future, right? I loved them that much.

Other than the flamingo Valentine's socks above, here's the only other pair that I have that are currently clean. All the rest are in the laundry to be washed.

That's it. Hope on over to Parsley's blog and check out her socks.

With More To Come

Last Wednesday AD got the tractor out and cleared our drive while

Mikey played

and frolicked

in the snow.

Later AD got the 4-wheeler out to take Mikey on a run.

On the way back in he got stuck in the snow. AD was glad he wasn't far from the house and his shop.

Our little guys got out to play some too after AD cut them a path through the snow.

Smoke seemed to have the most fun of the three. At least he was the one who liked going out in the deeper snow. Elliott and Dani pretty much stayed in the area where there was a little grass.

You can see how much Smoke enjoyed himself. 

Dani somehow managed to get some snow on her face and back. Elliott never did come in with any of the cold, white stuff on his body.

After being stuck at home most of the week AD and I decided to go to Tulsa for the Boat, Sport and Travel Show on Saturday.

Before we left he wanted to take Mikey for a run. They usually make a lap or two around the front 10 acres when they go out.

AD told Mikey he was going to follow him so to be sure and not go where the snow was too deep. See the corner posts back behind the pond? Yep. Mikey led AD right out there. And. AD. Got. Stuck. REALLY good and stuck! It took using the tractor to get the 4-wheeler out. 

So much for Mikey's navigational skills!

More snow is forecast for Tuesday night and Wednesday. The prediction is 4 to 10 more inches for our area. I know I'll be thinking back to these days come summer time and the thermometer reading is on the other end of the stick.

Everyday Heroes

Early this morning, around 6:20am, a Chevy Avalanche carrying 8 people ran off a bridge near Miami, Oklahoma and plunged 80 feet into the icy river below. You can read about it here: http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13962302

At this writing the news reports that 3 of those who were involved in the crash have died.

The news channel I generally watch was able to show live footage as the rescue team and divers worked in the frigid temperatures.

Those folks are true heroes in my book.

Oklahoma Blizzard 2011

I woke up about 2:30 Tuesday morning and looked outside. There was no snow at that point. I woke up again about 4:30 and snow had started falling. About 9:15 on Tuesday morning this was what I saw outside our backdoor.

This morning AD took the camera outside. This is the drift that is on the backside of our home.

And here is a view of the drift from the other side. 

AD got the tractor out and cleared the driveway. Hopefully the road to the highway will be cleared soon!

Mikey stayed in his house (that's in the garage) most of Tuesday. AD kept trying to coax him out but he was snuggled down and warm and he was NOT coming out! ONLY when he ABSOLUTELY had business to take care of would he even stick his nose out the opening.

Today, he's had a great time running in the snow while AD is outside working.

The news reports that the official snowfall is supposed to be 13.5 inches in our area. I wonder how / where it's measured.  Of course we have drifts - you've seen that above but at our house, at least, we can see some (dead) grass in places. In fact for some strange reason there was no snow on our driveway and no snow on parts of the sidewalk to the front door. Go figure! Anyway, is there some sort of snow gauge similar to a rain gauge? Just wondering.

For those of you that are dealing with snow right now - stay warm and stay safe!