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Socks
Socks | Beverly Cleary
78 posts | 31 read | 4 to read
Socks is one very happy cat. He lives the good life with his nice young owners, Mr. and Mrs. Bricker. They play with him when-ever he wants, feed him special treats, and always pet and scratch him when he curls up in their warm laps.Then a new baby arrives. Suddenly little Charles William is the one get-ting all the love and attention. Socks feels completely left out. To show how he feels about the new addition to the Bricker family, Socks starts getting into all sorts of troublewith tomcats, phantom dogs, even Nana's best wig. It's not until Socks rescues Charles William from big, big trouble that Socks realizes just how much the Brickers truly want to keep him in the family. Beverly Cleary creates a warm, funny, and relatable story told from a cat's point of view in this purr-fectly delightful book about family and change.
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TheSpineView
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Andrea313
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As a cat-obsessed 7 year-old, Socks was the first Beverly Cleary book I ever read. In a fit of nostalgia, I bought this old copy and my cat-loving heart has only softened with age because what do you mean they threw their beloved pet out and made him live in the garage?!?! Cleary's descriptions of Socks' loneliness and bewilderment in the midst of a new baby coming still tug at my heart and made me hug my own #TomKitten and #ColeCat more closely.

CatLass007 😿 4mo
Andrea313 @CatLass007 They eventually let him back in but it's not great to read if you're a giant softy about cats. (Guilty.) 4mo
CatLass007 The only time something like this ever actually happened in my family was when we had an 8-year-old male cat who was indoor/outdoor (the only way my dad would let us have a cat at all). My brother brought home a female kitten and my Mom put her foot down and insisted this would be an indoor only kitty. Our male cat adopted one of the neighbors and he lived at least another eight years. The neighbor and my dad became the best of friends. 4mo
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CatLass007 I have had only indoor cats since I became an adult. 4mo
Andrea313 @CatLass007 My cats like to spend time in our backyard when the weather is nice, but they get brought in around dinnertime and kept in. I know some cats like to roam (we had one like that when I was a kid) but as a pet owner myself, I wouldn't let it happen. 4mo
CatLass007 My two female kitties are door divers. Molly is 15 now, which is one reason why she doesn‘t try to get outside as much as she used to. The other reason is because I keep a planter with cat grass available for her. Molly is the only cat I‘ve ever met who likes loud noises. She loves the vacuum cleaner. When I sneeze the other three run away. Molly always runs to me and looks at me with concern or maybe just puzzlement. Anjali is 7 and I (cont)⬇️ 4mo
CatLass007 must be on constant alert when doors are opened. My fellas couldn‘t care less about the outdoors. Benjamin runs away when an outside door is opened. Tiberius? Well, he‘s just himself, perfectly content to stay indoors. He‘s a huge marmalade cat with a tremendous purr and a squeaky toy voice. He doesn‘t even say anything resembling meow, he just squeaks. 4mo
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
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#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 29: Comfy Socks. Pulled out my Christmas library checkout card socks today from @outofprint #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs #selfiescavengerhunt #christmassocks

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JoyBlue
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Day 29: Comfy Socks

I'm partial to my Bomba's socks. I wear them on days that I need a pick-me-up. But, they're really pricey, and I'm unlikely to replace them once worn out. Also super-comfy are these lavender socks that I knitted my very own self!

#WinterGames2021 #FestivePhotoChallenge #TeamGameSleighers

@StayCurious

DivineDiana Great job of knitting! 3y
JoyBlue @DivineDiana Thank you! I'm pretty proud of them. 😏 3y
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Andrew65
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PageShifter I have never met a cat that would do this 😄 3y
Bookboss I adored this book. 3y
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Kshakal
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I could resist these socks tonight while shopping at target!

LibrarianRyan I get you. I bought the Mandalorian and the Nightmare before christmas ones. 3y
Kshakal @LibrarianRyan nice!! In past years I have gotten the Harry Potter and elf ones! 3y
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Sleepswithbooks
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You can‘t watch a “Halloween Marathon” without Michael Myers socks and your #TeamSlaughter knife 🔪

#mysisterthinksImafreak #committedtomyteam #TeamSlaughter #TeamMyers

@Clwojick

Trashcanman Cool socks!!! 4y
Clwojick I love that it‘s not the Halloween knife, it‘s the #TeamSlaughterKnife 4y
TheLibrarian Those socks are amazing! 4y
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Sleepswithbooks Thank you @Trashcanman and @TheLibrarian. I got them in a swap last year from @mreads 💛 4y
Sleepswithbooks @Clwojick It‘s totally the #TeamSlaughterKnife 😂🔪 4y
Gissy You are soooo creative! 👻🖤🖤🖤🖤 4y
Clwojick 1 pt 4y
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Kshakal
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My friends know me very well... socks I got for my birthday!! 😆😆😆

PurpleyPumpkin Happy birthday!🥳 4y
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Chrissyreadit
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A libro.fm initiative to support small booksellers- link here :

https://libro.fm/binc?bookstore=dragonflybooks?mc_cid=d7217d3713&mc_eid=7977b769...

LiteraryinPA I bought some! 5y
Hooked_on_books I been a libro member for a couple years, but I love what they‘ve been doing in response to all this. Classy organization. 5y
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Blaire
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The perfect Mother‘s Day gift. There was also a lovely bouquet of flowers 💐 #dogsandbooks #mothersday

Melissa_J I have the reading socks, but I want those dog socks 😂 6y
Blaire @Melissa_J they made me so happy. #funnybecauseitstrue 😂😂😂 6y
TheSpineView I love those dog socks! 💜🐶 6y
Kimberlone I have the same fuck off I‘m reading socks! Love them 6y
Blaire @TheSpineView @kimberlone 💕. These gifts were me to a tee. 6y
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jackilynn
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I always support my students so of course I have to rock my socks for World Down Syndrome Day.

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kstadt929
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Cozy fleece-lined #socks I bought at Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago during their 50% off sale! #readinthenewyear @hermyknee

Liatrek Omg those look amazing! 6y
hermyknee 😍 6y
Nessavamusic I bought a pair of those too, they are amazing 6y
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kstadt929 @Liatrek They are my new favorites for lounging around home and reading 😍 6y
kstadt929 @Nessavamusic Yes they are!! ❤️ 6y
kstadt929 @JoScho Have you worn yours yet?? 6y
JoScho Yes! They are amazing!!! 6y
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Samplergal
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My Christmas socks. #nonverbalcommunication

Tonton Love those socks! 6y
AmyG I am wearing these today. 6y
mcctrish Serious love 6y
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Samplergal @AmyG 😂😂😂 6y
kyraleseberg I received these as a Christmas gift from my hubby this year 😂 6y
JillPill I got these this year as a present and I love them 😂 6y
Luminessa Love it. When I read books in school, everyone knew to leave me be or face moodiness. Lol 6y
djh Ooh, I need those socks for both knitting AND reading!❤️ 6y
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bookish_wookish
Socks | Beverly Cleary
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Book-Club-Mas Day 7

Todays gift was socks! Im in love with these socks! I cant wait to wear them!

BookwormAHN Cute 💚 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Love the socks! 6y
Slajaunie So cute!!! I can never find cute book stuff! 6y
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kstadt929
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Saw an ad for these socks available on Etsy and just had to share with my fellow book lovers 😁📚

britt_brooke Cute!! 6y
MrsGagnonreads2024 I love her Shop I have a few pairs by her and my oldest pair is a year old and still look new 😁 6y
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Eggs
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#novelty #gratitude30
I. Love. Socks. And. Books. 💗😊💗

bookish_wookish I just got grilled cheese socks at Dollar Tree! I was more excited than necessary! 😂 6y
Eggs @bookish_wookish Dollar Tree is the bomb diggety 6y
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Sace
Socks | Beverly Cleary
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Dumb question...is there a sock swap on Litsy? I'm in the mood for swapping.

Sace Well durn. Looks like I missed the #sockswap 6y
TorieStorieS But there is an upcoming #StuffedStockingSwap- just saw a post on LitsyHappenings feed! 6y
Sace @TorieStorieS hot diggety! Thanks for the info! 6y
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francescareads
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“This had been the best afternoon of his whole life, the most interesting, the most exciting, the most fun. He had found someone to play with.”

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Kshakal
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It way to hot to actually wear socks today but I do love these socks!!! #socksunday #readingresolutions @Jess7

vkois88 SO CUTE... we are grossly humid and hot here. With the outer workings of the storm coming up from the Carolinas, we have been hit with rain and whatnot 6y
Kshakal @vkois88 it is better today but yesterday it was in the mid-90s 6y
vkois88 Ugh. We should be in the 60s. It's pretty much fall, y'all. I'm gonna need mother nature to get with the program 😂😂 idk what it is out right now, I've been at work since a little before 11... but it was mid to high 70s when I left the house this morning. I'm not cut out for this, I have too much extra padding lol 6y
Kshakal @vkois88 we should also be in the 60s maybe 70s and it is currently 85.... I am right there with you... bring on fall! 6y
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SilversReviews
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#ReadingResolutions
@Jess7

Today‘s Prompt: Sock Sunday

I don‘t have any fun socks, but I do have a drawer full of socks. 😊

CouronneDhiver 😂😂 Those bright pink ones look fun 6y
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Eggs
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JanuarieTimewalker13 Love those socks! 6y
Sace Darling! 6y
JoScho 💚💚💚 6y
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tracey38 Cute socks! 🐸 6y
aeeklund OMG!! I LOVE THESE!! 6y
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TK-421
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This is one of my "overflow" shelves in the living room which contains some of the books that don't fit in the library: some of my childhood faves (including the tagged book), my hubbie's old James Bond paperbacks, large "coffee table" books, etc. The window is open today so Minerva is trying to figure out if she can scale the bookshelf to get a peek outside. #shelfie #sisforseptember

Whodunit85 I like your penguin ☺🐧 6y
Leftcoastzen Cute! 6y
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Purrsistently
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@TheBookKeepers thank you! I love it!

writerlibrarian Adorable 💖🐾 6y
TheBookKeepers Yay!!! ❤️❤️ 6y
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LibrarianRyan
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Another fun find an original weekly reader book club edition of socks. The cover may be a bit dirty (it's white!) but the inside is in excellent condition.

JazzFeathers Adorable 😍 6y
Beatlefan129 Oh my gosh, I hadn‘t thought about that book in years! I loved it so much! 6y
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PatternsOnWalls
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Bossy socks!
I couldn‘t pass these up, and now I only want to buy book-related socks for the rest of my life.

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BeckyLeJ
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You guys! My #sockswap package arrived!

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LiterRohde
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#ReadingResolutions | 23: #BookSocks

📷: Google Books

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Kshakal
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I feel like I need these in my life.... #booksocks #readingresolutions @Jess7

TheBookgeekFrau Omg!!😍❤️ 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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@AprilMaesBookHabit I 💕 everything about my #sockswap package! Thank you! I was on the road the last two days and didn‘t get to post sooner. Everything is perfect. I really like thrillers and this one looks like it is right up my alley; I‘m looking forward to diving into it. Of course I HAD to put on the Shell Yeah socks right away. Thank you again!

AprilMae So glad you liked it all!!❤ I saw the shell yeah socks and thought " yup, need to get those for her!!!" ? 6y
MaleficentBookDragon @AprilMaesBookHabit 💕 them. I gave t smelled the bookmarks yet but I bet they are fantastic. 6y
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Wannabe_Quijote
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Dianeham What lighthouse is that? 6y
mariaku21 I love those socks! And the candy 6y
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Dulcinella
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@LoveToReadLiveToRead #sockswap Package arrived today! 😃 I m very curious now.

LoveToReadLiveToRead Oh good. Glad it made it on time! X 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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My #sockswap 📦 was on my porch this morning! Now the waiting.

Quirkybookworm Do you guys do this every month! 6y
MaleficentBookDragon @Quirkybookworm no, this was a one time #swap hosted by @JPeterson 6y
Quirkybookworm Thank you. It looks fun! 😊 6y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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I forgot to take a pic of the box (as usual); but my #sockswap 📦 is safely on its way across country. It should arrive in WA on Monday.

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BookaholicNatty
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#SockSwap goodies getting sent out first thing tomorrow morning to my match!!! Thank you @JPeterson for organizing this fun swap! Question is it a one way swap or are we giving and receiving from different people? I didn‘t know if it was a surprise or not. I didn‘t want to tag my match if it was a surprise! ❤️🎁

AmyG We get from different people than the ones we send to. 6y
BookaholicNatty @AmyG thank youuuuu!!! I couldn‘t find out where it specified ❤️😘 6y
JPeterson What @AmyG said (thanks!). 😊 6y
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VanChocStrawberry
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Just sent out my #sockswap package! I received mine last week!

StephanieGeiser I got it yesterday! I can‘t wait to open it! 6y
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MrsGagnonreads2024
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@bookish_wookish your #sockswap package is on its way to you @JPeterson

JPeterson Yay!! 🎉🎊 6y
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CarolynM
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Hooray, my #SockSwap parcel is on its way!!

JPeterson Yay!! 🎉🎊 6y
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BarbaraJean
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Got my readathon-appropriate socks on today. 🧦📚😁 #13inthree

Reviewsbylola Yes!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
batsy Love it!! 6y
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wen4blu
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There's a pair of socks in there somewhere! Mailing my #sockswap package today.

@JPeterson

AmyG How pretty 6y
SomedayAlmost Generous! 6y
cswaingiggles You managed a much prettier picture of this than I did haha 6y
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LoveToReadLiveToRead
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jenniferw88 Yay! The #sockswap packages are wrapped so you can open it early to make a start on #whodunituk if you want! X 7y
LoveToReadLiveToRead @jenniferw88 Oh cool, I might do that! Thank you! Xx (edited) 7y
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Callemarie
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YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY I got it @LadyBrik can‘t wait to open it!!!!!! #sockswap

LadyBrik Yaaaaaay!!!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 The waiting is going to be so hard! 😂😂 7y
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Bookwormjillk
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My #sockswap package came! Can‘t wait to open it!

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erinreads
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Having fun putting my #sockswap package together this afternoon! Still waiting on another pair of socks and then it should be off by the end of this week. 🤞🏻 Also, wrapping socks are kind of hard? 😹

Chelleo Yes!! I opted for a ribbon instead of wrapping. 😂 7y
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MrBook
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😂👏🏻#LitsyHumor

Eggs 🤣🤣😂😂 7y
RadicalReader 😂😂😂😂 7y
damyantig 😂 7y
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julesG My first thought was: a sub-meeting of The House-Elf Liberation Front! 😀 7y
Ddzmini 🤣🤣🤣 7y
SilversReviews Love this. 7y
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readinginthedark
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I‘m so excited!!! And I‘m just waiting on something in the mail to send mine; I hope it comes soon! 😍😍😍
#sockswap

wanderinglynn Yay! So glad it arrived! 😀 I hope you like it. 7y
readinginthedark @wanderinglynn I‘m sure I will! 😊 7y
JPeterson Yay! 😊 7y
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Bookwormjillk
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Sent out my #SockSwap package today!

JPeterson Yay!! 🎉🎊 7y
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coffeenebula
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My #SockSwap is on the way! Hope my match is pleased with my choices 😍🌈❤️

JPeterson Yay!! 🎉🎊 7y
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Ingerella
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Lester: What's that envelope? Why is it in my favorite chair?
Lester: wait, you messed up my blanket!
Lester: ahh, now that's better.

Me: @DiruVamp I received the #sockswap package today. Thank you so much!! Now I just have 38 days to patiently wait to open it! 🤣🤣

@JPeterson

AmyG Lester! ❤️ 7y
DiruVamp Wow that was crazy fast!!! Glad it arrived safely I can‘t wait for you to open the goodies! 👏🏻💙 7y
Ingerella @DiruVamp Me either!! 7y
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ladym30 Adorable pup! 7y
Ingerella @AmyG Somehow his name suits him perfectly. 7y
Ingerella @ladym30 Thanks! He's a hoot! 7y
batsy He's so adorable! 7y
Ingerella @batsy Thanks! He knows it too! 7y
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Tove_Reads
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Time to put on my reading socks and continue my buddyread! @EadieB @Andrew65 It‘s all about the socks!

EadieB @Tove_Reads Too cute! 7y
Andrew65 @EadieB What the socks or the dog? 7y
EadieB @Andrew65 The dog! I was picturing the dog putting the socks on! 7y
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