That appears to be an unwanted effect from upgrading from one version of Virtual Families to another. We tried very hard to do the updates in such a way that it wouldn't force everyone to start their games over, but we can't always avoid small issues like this. We would like to know if you do get the housekeeping event, and if that sock is removed with the other socks and weeds.
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