Matt was out when i got home last Thursday, but the welcoming committee greeted me with open paws! my little babies, Fred & Ethyl, make Thursdays my fave day of the week! Oh, OK, Matt does too, but he makes EVERYday happy. And i was happy to see the xmas lights still there. It was really cold, so they didn't come down and i got to enjoy them one more time. Alas, the unseasonably warm weather on Saturday and Sunday - sunny and in the 50s - made it an opportunity to take down the outdoor xmas decorations that we couldn't pass up. And they came down a LOT quicker than they went up. In less than 45 minutes, they were all down, packed up in the plastic tubs and relegated to the shed out back to await the passing of the next 10 months. *sigh*