I have to take down my outside christmas lights this weekend, boo, if it were up to me I'd leave them up all of January but our HOA insists we take christmas decorations down by new years day. At least they let us put them up on December 1, so we can enjoy them for a full month.

If/when I ever move again, I'm moving to a city where it's easier to find a house that doesn't have an HOA.....

I just right now decided something. Tomorrow I am going to go buy a shorter strand of pretty twinkling lights while they're on after-christmas sales and hang them up in my office where I will keep them up through January!