Clump #133:  Take down outdoor Christmas lights.

Now that I’m in year two of Clump A Day, I find myself wondering, have I changed?  Has this enterprise been worthwhile?  Today’s clump offers a little hope: according to this blog, I know that last year I was taking down Christmas lights at the same time I was putting up a Valentine’s Day wreath.  Thanks to my husband’s forethought, we took them down today, just before the big snowstorm blew into town.

Our high-tech method to reach the lights up high:

We wrap the strings of lights on rolled-up magazines or catalogs.  The timer (lower right) and three-pronged plug are thrown in the same box.  I can’t tell you how many times those things have gotten separated from the lights … enough to drive a person crazy!  A big success in a tiny little action.

Our little tree from the forty percent off sale for procrastinators:

And here it is just minutes ago, naturally decorated with the promised snow  (we planned ahead!  we did it!):

In other news, the most fashionable goose in Strasburg, PA was bundled up for the storm.  Possibly the first piece in the avian couture line to have arms/hands/wing tips?

I was agog.  Our family doing something proactively, and now this … what next?