I want to put the Halloween lights up now, but Mom insists on October 1. Well, I'll show her. When she gets home tomorrow, she'll find a whole bunch of Halloween decorations up...but no outside Halloween lights. It'll feel like Halloween tonight when the low here is expected to reach 38 (4 Centigrade). That's too cold! I guess Mom's so hesitant to celebrate the Halloween season because she hates fall and winter. Well, anyway, I got 8 new batteries so that means taking apart the bottom of the Lynx (which is hard) and replacing the batteries, and then putting the bottom back on. I don't know why they had to make it so hard to open and close the Lynx battery compartment. Even a couple little screws to unscrew would be easier! Either that, or I'm a weakling.