I'm in a good mood today. Know why? The snow is melting. I can hear it dripping from my roof and into giant puddles forming around my house. I can also hear my walls creaking and my doors shifting and my driveway cracking, but I'm still in a good mood. <br /><br />Reason is, <a href="http://bokcenter.com/events.asp?id=11&amp;pid=196&amp;task=display">I have four passes to Arvest Winterfest to give away today</a>. These passes include four free skate rental vouchers, four free hot cocoa vouchers and a certificate for a complimentary horse-drawn carriage ride for four. And they're good until Jan. 4. <br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />Four, four, four. Four.<br /><br />The bird is not the word.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SzkKy9waiaI/AAAAAAAABlA/TRMn6IU4G7w/s1600-h/mc_blog_winterfest05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SzkKy9waiaI/AAAAAAAABlA/TRMn6IU4G7w/s640/mc_blog_winterfest05.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />I asked you, my insanely attractive readers who have to fight off your admirers with a club and good, old-fashioned face slaps, to give me your best fantasy ice skating move. Here's the one I liked best. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SzkJQoNaj6I/AAAAAAAABk4/RU8YrYVgFqk/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZVufRlMtzM/SzkJQoNaj6I/AAAAAAAABk4/RU8YrYVgFqk/s640/Picture+1.png" /></a><br /></div><br />Ashley, I get you. Any time I go ice skating or rollerskating, I cling to the sides for dear life. If I let go, I'm bound to be sporting a purple butt the next day. For me, it's hard to imagine being able to venture more than an arm's length beyond the railing, let alone conjure a mental image of my hair flying in the wind as I land a super double secret back flip triple leg spin with a half-twist.<br /><br />Ashley, congrats. <a href="mailto:tashadoestulsa@gmail.com">E-mail me ASAP - within 24 hours, to be exact - to claim your prize</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to everyone for entering. Happy Monday after Christmas, and long live ice rink hand railing. And unbruised butt cheeks.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.cooperphotog.com/">Photo by Michael Cooper</a></i></span>