The Mat with a cause

Mat episode #4: The Hat with paws(And legs, and arms and tail)

The Tour: the bathroom

NARRATOR: Mat and Freckles were sitting in the playroom thinking of what to do.

FRECKLES: What should we do today?

MAT: I know, we'll take a tour! First stop, the B room!

FRECKLES: Oh, no! I'm scared of bees!

MAT: Not bees, Bs, you know like the letter B...

FRECKLES: You sure?

MAT: Not anymore. But I know that the letter B stands for Bathroom.

FRECKLES: Oh, well then let's go!

NARRATOR: In no time at all they arrived at the bathroom.

MAT: Here we are Freckles, The bathroom!

FRECKLES: My name is FrEckles, not FrIckles like the Popsicle Company.

MAT: I believe I called you FrEckles, not FrEEkles or whatever you said.

FRECKLES: I guess it depends on the way you look at it.

MAT: Well, like I was saying, This is the place where they have these... (points to tweezers) These things! To get the splinters out of your foot!

MAT: They have soap, toothpaste... Hey, they even have portraits of cats on the beach!

I mean, you gotta like that, 'cause, you know, we're cats. This way!

NARRATOR: Now it just so happened that Cheddar had heard them earlier and was following them in dark passages under the sink. He had just emerged into the light when something plopped onto his head. Freckles had knocked over a roll of toilet paper. Cheddar snuck up behind them and tapped Freckles with his roll of toilet paper head.

FRECKLES: Aah, a toilet paper monster!

NARRATOR: Mat and Freckles ran around & around knocking over everything. The Cat portrait fell to the ground, shattering. Cheddar banged around, trying to get the Roll off his head, But the Friends thought he was charging.

MAT: Run!

NARRATOR: Finally they all ran into each other, knocking off the toilet paper.

FRECKLES: Oh, it's just Cheddar!

MAT: Great, now let's go to the utility room!

STAY TUNED

Laundry baskets, toilet paper and Mat's new episode

Mat episode #3: Laundry baskets, bungee cords, and toilet paper.

Mat theme song BACKWARDS!

Chester and Cheddar thought this was funny...

Mat's back with a new song

Welcome to Mat's new music video: Mat's back!

Mat theme song

This is the music video for tail of a cat's theme song. enjoy.

Paper sets

Me and Mat also made paper sets today. to make them, you need Paper, Pencil, And Crayons.

stand-ups

1. Hi, Guys, today I made Cars 2 character stand-ups. They're easy to make. Here's how.

First, Go to www.disney.go.com/cars. Click on Characters. Go to the Characters you want to make into stand-ups and find downloads. Click on fullscreen Wallpapers. Drag and download them to your desktop. If you Have a Mac, import them into iphoto.

Next, go to Hp Photo smart print and click on media. Go to last import, Then select any photo and hit Open.

Then, click on Contact sheet. Drag the other Characters you want onto the contact sheet.

Next, Print the contact sheet out. Find A old Empty cereal box, some glue and a scissors. First, Cut the Characters out. Then glue them to the inside of the cereal box. Cut them out once they have dried. Cut two slots at the bottom of them. Cut out a long strip of cardboard. Wedge it in the little slot, bending around. You'll need one strip of cardboard for every car. Congratulations! You've made Stand-ups!

Mat's Slideshow

Here's a slideshow of our friends. I wrote the music.

WYLIE

If you don't know what he looks like, here's a photo of our beloved African wild dog, Wylie!

He originally was a gift from someone who apparently didn't like his burger king toy. But I took him in, and named him Wylie, and he's been my world traveling dog ever since.

He's been to California, Florida, Spain, Venice, Rome, Gaeta, and Florence.

Tails of a cat: kitty-kitty go carts part 1 review

I am making Kitty-Kitty go carts part 3. To review the previous part, click on the link below. This is where it all began!

Tails of a cat: kitty-kitty go carts

Meet new friends in Kitty-Kitty go carts part 3

We're meeting lots of new friends in part 3 of the 3-part series named Kitty-Kitty go carts. I came across an old post from 2010 introducing some new friends. By this point in time, They have become major characters in the series. But I realized that those were also some new friends in Kitty-Kitty go carts part #3. The new main character in part 3 is on the bottom: Roger dodger detective dog. At the end is Cheddar, the chubby squirrel that becomes one of Mat's newest friends. Look at the picture for yourself.

Tails of a cat: Our new friends

Hector's trick

Mat and Fletcher were going to the park. Suddenly, They saw a giant oil heater. "Bet you can't climb that." Dared Fletcher. "Of course I can climb it," Retorted Mat. "Cats are very good climbers." He scaled half way up. "See!" He said. "I can climb it." "You're very high up." Fletcher said. "I am?" Wondered Mat. "Oh, I am!" Then he fell down. Fletcher giggled. "I bet you can't climb up to the tippy top!" He challenged. Slowly, Mat climbed up to the very top. "What a view! I can see everything from up here!" But what he couldn't see was that Hector was walking on the other side. "Beep bop scee doo ruff ruff!" He hummed. Then he tripped over the cord. "Ow!"He said. "It doesn't feel good." He thought. "I wonder what it tastes like." He stuck his tongue out and tasted it. ''OOOWWWWWW!!!" He screamed. "That's hot!" He Quickly pulled away. "Hi, Mat." He called up to Mat. "Hi, Hector. I'm sure glad this isn't on! It would be hot!" That gave Hector an Idea. He plugged in the cord. "Man, That's hot!!!!!!!" Mat yelled. Mat jumped up and down twisting and turning to avoid the hotness. "Ow, ow! Ow, ow! OWW!" Mat did all Kinds of crazy moves! Fletcher laughed and gave Mat advice. ''To your left! No, to your right! Left! Your other left!" Mat did a flying cartwheels dance, then flopped, tired out, on top. "Hot." He said. "HOTTT!" Hector put the cord in and pulled it out. Put it in and pulled it out, over and over. He finally pulled it out. Mat dropped on top. "I'm pooped." He said. "Time for the grand finale!" Shouted Hector. He shoved it in again. "OOOWWWW!!!!!!!!" Screamed Mat.

Tails of a cat: Kitty-kitty go carts part 2 Review

I am making Kitty-Kitty Go carts part 3. If you don't remember the first part, just click on the link below to see what happened first.

Tails of a cat: Kitty-kitty go carts part 2

halloween

Halloween has come and gone. I find myself writing that I will write a new story on WYLIE'S ADVENTURES every month on the last day of the month. In one day, I find I will have to write another one since it is November now. In the present I am working on Kitty-Kitty Go Carts part 3. My newest story is THE TANGERINE BEAR on the page Wylie's Adventures. I dressed up as a cat for Halloween, with fuzzy ears, and a clip-on tail.

Happy Halloween with Wylie's adventures!

Happy Halloween! I have just created a new page called WYLIE'S ADVENTURES. Wylie is my little dog I take everywhere and he has a bunch of adventures with Mat and all his friends. Every month I will write a new story in it. To get to it just scroll down to the bottom of the page until you find a list titled pages. Click on the one that says WYLIE'S ADVENTURES. Hope you like it and Happy Halloween!

ITALY!

Sorry to not write so much, we went to Italy. We visited Rome, Florence, and Venice. Wylie, my traveling dog rode in the suitcases. What a trip! I bet you are asking: did you have a good time? I'm like: not exactly! :( They lost our luggage and we had to fly to Spain! But it was because that we had to fly Spain that we lost our luggage. Don't worry we got our luggage. Five days later after we arrived!

You know how everyone says there are cats in Venice? There weren't any! WELL I GUESS WE SAW SOME PICTURES, and a live one in a shop, but other than that: uh uh. There were more dogs in Venice! We went to the academia and fed the pigeons some yucky pumpernickel that dad didn't like. But apparently the pigeons liked it. They didn't touch the dry toast though. I liked it. We went on a gondola ride even though there was thunder and lightning. It was greAT!

EVEN MORE MAT ANIMATION!

This one was by my dad.

more Mat animation

Watch Mat as he zooms through space, racing like the wind.

First attempt at new Mat animation.

This video is called Mat and the tuna. To watch just hit control L space bar.

New blog look!

Hey everybody! Me and Mat thought it was time for a new look for tails of a cat our blog mnmbmvbv hv/ "Mat!" Sorry about that. We have music playing and Mat is dancing on the top of the computer and he just fell on the keys. Mat is so excited about the new blog that I think he forgets we're not supposed to be on the computer one whole hour. Anyway we got a fish tank for our new blog that we feed everyday titled 'Mat's fishy friends' (right) . Just click on the water and they will scurry around your mouse-"no it's not time for your chopped mouse yet Mat!" Well anyway they will scurry around your M-O-U-S-E and eat the food. Speaking of food, Mat paws at the fish like they're his food. I think I should have titled it Mat's lunch. Now Mat's playing air guitar. Now- "Mat, sHUT THAT RACKET UP!" -he's playing his drums. I forgot he had them. We hope you like our new look and adventures with our buddy Mat will never end.

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Vincent and Mat

Tails of a cat: Mat's birthday

Tails of a cat: Mat's birthday

New Friends video

New friends alert!

Tangerine, Benny, Hermie, Manny. and more!

The Great Egg Adventure

Briiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnng! Went the bell. Mat and his classmates jumped out of their seats and ran out the back door of the school. All of them, that is, except Rainbow the chameleon. The teacher lifted him to the ground and patted him as he crawled out the door. On the playground, the friends were talking about what they had learned that day. Kito said something in Chinese. "Huh?", said Mat. "I learned that if you don't sssshake the milk the right way it will SSSqeeezzzzze out," translated Dexter the snake. "Very sensible," agreed Mat. "I learned jewelry is beautiful under the micro- whatever they call it," said Sally. "Say something interesting. I like interesting things. I want to learn interesting stuff. I didn't learn anything today. I was daydreaming," blurted Spats. "What were you daydreaming about?", asked Chester. "Easter," said Spats.

"Easter!?," everyone shouted in surprise. "Yeah, Easter. It's a holiday my family celebrates. It's got presents, cards, bunnies, eggs, and stuff," said Spats. "There's this big dude, a bunny in fact, that has a basket full of eggs and presssentsss. I know, I celebrate it too," said Dexter. "You got it, Dex. At our house he puts his eggs around the house and then we have to search for 'em. He usually leaves one by the basket on my dad's coffee table. Then he puts clues in 'em and we follow 'em," said Spats. "It becomes SSpring around that time. Lots of babies are born around that time. Birds come from eggss so that's why eggs symbolize Easter." said Dexter. "I'm hungry," complained Tangerine. "Bravo Dex! You know a lot about Easter," said Spats.

"I'm hungry," said Tangerine again. "So that's Easter," said Spats. There was a giant round of applause for Spats, Dexter and Easter. "I'm hungry," said Tangerine for the third time. "Oh, for Pete's sake! If you're really that hungry, we should go over my house," said Mat. They raced over to Mat's house.

They saw a train. It had lots and lots of eggs on it. "Let's get on it!," said Mat. Hector posed as a conductor and took pretend tickets that Kito had found. They were in Chinese, but nobody took notice of that. They just gave them to Hector. Tangerine handled the food (of course!), Willee looked after the eggs in the freight car, and Mat and Freckles teamed up to drive it. The train puffed up high hills and rattled down them. Soon they came to the biggest hill of all, that swayed through a gigantic crater and raced down into a valley filled with colorful eggs of all sizes. As they raced down the hill, Hermie the hammerhead shark, who was in the aqua car with Manny manatee, saw a red signal. "STOP!!!" he yelled. Mat and Freckles put on the brakes! SCREEECH! The force of the stop was too much for the eggs! One by one they rolled down the hill. The train tried to stop but the hill was too steep! It rolled fast down the hill with the eggs following it. BAM! Caa! Caa! The friends opened their eyes. They were on an island by a circular river that twirled around them with the easter eggs in its grasp. "Nuts!" came a small voice. The friends looked around. There was nothing there except a giant Easter egg on the Island. Suddenly the egg popped open revealing a small bunny. "Hello!" it said. "I'm Benny Bunny. I was just hauling this big egg up the hill onto my train, but it looks like you found the train first. Good thing that hammerhead of yours saw the stop sign I put up so you wouldn't crash into me. Unfortunately, it did anyway. You just crash landed on Egg Island. I store my eggs here, but my new ones kinda fell into the river so, I kinda have to get 'em out, so you help me if you care to?," said Benny. "Of course Benny!," they all cried. "You have to cross by jumping on the rocks in the right order to spell out 'easter egg'. Got it?" "Yep!" meowed Spats. Before Spats could stop her, Sally jumped on the rocks spelling out E-E-S-T-R. When she hopped onto the second 'E' the rock sunk into the water. "HELgurgle gurgle" Sally shouted. "Huh?" said Hector. "I'll save you" yelled Mat. He grabbed a rotten pair of swim trunks that somebody had left on a bush for no apparent reason and dove in. Freckles grabbed his swim trunks and pulled him out of the water hanging by them and let him fall out of them. "Oof!" said Mat, "don't do that. I know that Manny and Hermie can swim out there and get her - with this," Freckles said as he held up the swim trunks. "They can hold this out to her and she can grab on and then they will pull her to land," he continued. "There. Mission accomplished." "Let's do it!" everyone yelled. They put their plan into action and soon Sally was safe and the eggs were found and painted.

"Now, we must take these eggs to the Easter Bunny," said Benny. The Easter Bunny was pleased and gave Freckles, Hermie, and Manny medals of bravery for rescuing Sally and gave Benny a badge for being the Easter Bunny's official assistant. "And yours," he told Mat. "Is for having hope for rescuing Sally," he said calmly. Everyone cheered. They were a team for Mat! THE END

Mat Got:

This is what Mat got for his birthday today:
a piano (it's so big it takes up the music room)
a chopped mouse (yuck)
nine pink guns (huh?)
a dog (yikes)
a drum set
a space station
an electric train
a "learn the alphabet" workbook (doesn't Mat know the ABC's already)
a bar of chocolate
a book titled "train your track" (so that it doesn't get bumpy and so that the engine doesn't fall off)
toy blocks
a broom (So Mat can clean his Room)
a haunted house video game (gives me the creeps)

Mat is lounging on the floor watching his electric train go round and munching on his chocolate bar leaving his creepy video game on in the background. Man, he is a character! I think he does that just to bug us! He has switched the piano to auto play while he plays with his blocks. The dog is making so much noise that mom can't hear herself as she sweeps his room. The dog got so annoying that Mat used his leftover chocolate as a bullet, placed it in one of his nine pink guns and shot him. The dog avoided him after that. Mat plays drums every day so we can't digest our dinner. The only thing that can settle him down is either to force him to do his letters, make the dog massage him, or feed him another part of his chopped mouse (PEE-EEW!). Well we all hope he had a happy birthday!

It's Mat's ninth birthday!

Today, April 4, 2011, is Mat's birthday! Hooray! He is turning nine. Nine. Funny huh? And then you realize that "hey- cats have nine lives. Mat's nine today! Is that a coincidence or what?! Ha, ha nine and nine, That's funny. ha, ha, ha. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahag hag cough choke. I can't breathe!" Solution: Don't laugh! Actually, I did some research and I figured out that we got him on his fourth life. He lived to be 800 years old in his last life. Just when he was thinking about being ready to have babies, his wife scared him and he dropped dead...

Mat looked around his house. What could be better than his home, home sweet home. His master Billy took him for walks. I know. Dogs are the ones that are supposed to take walks, but really, he did. The house wasn't rat infested, and he could spend a quiet evening with his wife Eliza. Just then Eliza screamed. Bingo! Mat dead. I did some more research and found out that when Eliza was changing the log for the fire, Mat's friend Le Roy was just dropping by to say hello. He went down the chimney and landed on Eliza. Then she screamed. I mean, of course wouldn't you scream if someone slid down the chimney and fell on you? Well Eliza and Le Roy fell in love so it didn't matter if Mat was dead, did it? Well, the next thing Mat knew was he was drinking milk from his mommy like a baby. Well, he was a baby. At first he didn't understand it, but soon he caught on. He had experiences like this three times before - he was moving to a next life. And that was how he became The Fabulous Mat The Cat. Happy Birthday Mat!

Mat's birthday

It was Mat's birthday. He was excited. He and his best friends were getting ready for the party. He grabbed a bag of balloons and began to open them with his teeth. He tore into the plastic and dug in. It tasted like, like, well like Plastic. When he finally got it open, it was too late. He swallowed the balloons in one gulp. Shortly after, he felt queasy. As he breathed little sick cat breath the balloons in his little sick cat stomach blew up. Once they were too full, they began to explode. Mat hopped around the house holding his tummy, banging into furniture, etc. That just made the biggest balloon of all get filled up with air. Soon he had floated through the skylight into the air above his friends' houses. Sally looked into her purse to find something to shoot him down with, but all she pulled out were two P-shooters. she loaded them with chocolate bullets and started firering. She even shot one through a hollow tree that hit Kito the Chinese cat, who muttered something in Chinese and then fainted. Spats had a step stool and was Shooting wildly like Sally. They basically were shooting up a storm and they were so busy shooting that they didn't realize that they weren't making any progress shooting at the balloon in Mat's stomach that held him up in the air. So because they were shooting so much and they didn't know that they were accurate and Chester thought it was such a waste of good chocolate that he and Cheddar hopped around like fools trying to fill a bowl with the chocolate they were shooting and used it as party food for Mat's birthday.


Anyway, Freckles didn't have a P-shooter to shoot Mat down with so he said "I know, I will make a sling shot and shoot at Mat's bottom like Spats." So, he picked up a piece of wood from the ground and shaped it into a Y. He asked Sally if he could have her rubber band but took it anyway. Then got some chocolate bullets and started shooting. They weren't Shooting correctly so they never popped the balloon in Mat's stomach (Which was why Chester thought it was a waste of chocolate) but the balloon ran out of air so Finally Mat was down. Mat went home to his house to prepare for his party. When he was ready, his friends rang his doorbell. He raced to the door - and hit it. When his friends opened the door, they laughed, in his rush to get to the door Mat had knocked over a number of things. Sally had brought her camera to take a picture of the birthday boy, which is what she did, Mat flat on the door, with bent whiskers. THE END

Mat in space

Mat and Freckles looked out at the stars. It had been a busy day. First, Sally had given the kittens a bath. Then they journeyed to the railway, where Frank had crashed and a runaway car had been bound. Mat had gone down a waterfall. They had gone through a discouraging night, where Mat had gone as far as locking himself in the trunk to get away from the noise. Then out into the day where Mat discovered the airport. Of course, after the package fell off the airplane, Mat jumped after it.

Suddenly Mat saw a lamp. " It must be magic," said Mat. "I wish we could go into space!" ''No we don't!'' said Freckles. Soon, they were on the Moon. '' I coo square you thus puss thiss theese thin my out.'' Mat mumbled. "What did you say?" asked Freckles. Mat spit out the cheese. "I said, 'I could swear you just put this cheese in my mouth.', and you did!!!!" "WHA YA!" Freckles tumbled head over heels as Mat wrestled him. They both tumbled into a crater. "How do we get out of this this thing?'' Freckles wondered. ''Never mind about that,'' Mat said. ''Look, aliens!". ''Where, where?'' Freckles murmured. Mat twisted his head around towards the aliens. ''There.'' Mat said. Suddenly, the Aliens crept toward them. ''Ooh! a stranger from the mysterious above.'' one said. One alien cut a trap door. "Down here, if you want to get out.'' one said. ''no!,'' said Mat. ''Come, on Freckles!''. Each one grabbed a stick and stuck it up high in the ground. They were going to use them to climb up. ''What are you doing with our tongs?'' one alien asked. ''I don't know!!'' cried Mat as he and Freckles' sticks slid down. Then, their sticks stuck and they fell down into the trap door where they swam in water out of the crater. Then, they wished to be back home, and they were.
THE END

Kitty-kitty go carts part 2

Sally got the kittens in the car and drove off, leaving Mat staring after her in astonishment. " But you don't know the tracks! ", Mat called after her. Grady just waved out of the back of the truck. Then, Freckles pedaled in on his scoot-skate-bike contraption. His dad was an inventor and was always thinking up things for his son. Freckles was nine years old and was great at karate. "Want to do band practice today?" he asked. "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mat yelled and jumped on the contraption and pedaled away after the disappearing truck. Freckles started to run after him but stopped and jumped on Mat's bike and pedaled after Mat into the railroad boundaries. Sally stopped the car and came into the station. The kittens went behind the desk while Sally bought the tickets. When the receptionist put down the ticket puncher, Flecher grabbed it and punched it. It was for a package. Flecher had punched it for the cliff side. They went outside and they saw a big engine. "I'm Fred,'' it said. ''I ain't the biggest train in the ol' west, but I'm the fastest." "Oooh!! ", the kittens aahed. Mat and Freckles came into the station. "First, I need to see when my package will be here." Mat said. They looked at an electronic map. The freight car was headed for the cliff side. "That track is not even finished!'' he said and shot out the door. Mat and Freckles jumped onto a handcar and started after the truck. Fred was going too fast around a bend and flew off the track into the air. Grady giggled as she fell from the floor to the ceiling . Tom's nose was pressed against the window. Finally they fell into a field. BAM!!!! Mat and Freckles pumped until Mat saw the crash. Mat jumped off. Freckles couldn't stop and it banged into a giant rock. The force threw Freckles through the air. Mat banged open the door. "SALLY!!!" he yelled. A swarm of small kittens rushed out and hugged his knee. Mat fell over. Sally hugged him. Just then, Mat saw a shadow over them. "Ow!" said Mat as Freckles fell on them. Mat saw the runaway freight car and jumped on it. Freckles and Sally and the kittens got on Fred and followed Mat along the track. At the cliff edge, the car rattled over the cliff just as Fred arrived. The freight car - and the package - fell down the waterfall. "No!'' cried Mat, as he dove after it. Sally started after him, but Freckles grabbed her tail and pulled her up. "We can take the hike'', he said and pointed down a narrow little path. They ran down the path into some teenagers. Sally and Freckles told them about Mat. The teenagers canoed out to Mat and rescued him. Sally, Mat, Freckles, and the kittens had to get to the airport. Mat drove through the night. In the back of the car, the kittens switched channels on their portable TV. Soon Mat fell asleep. Freckles slammed into Mat's seat and began driving. This lasted until a high-pitched scream from the TV woke him up. "That's a horror movie." Freckles explained. Mat looked over and nodded. He went back to sleep. Next, he heard kissy-kissy sounds coming from behind him. "That's a romance", said Freckles. Mat could not stand it when he heard loud bangs from the back seat. "I think that's the Destruction Channel", said Freckles. "Will you shut that racket up!" shouted Mat. He was soon able to fall asleep again. Until.... neer ne ne narr, banged the guitar. The kittens had got the radio on the heavy punk channel. The kittens were screaming along with it. Finally, Mat gave them headphones. They were still screaming along with it. "Stop the car!" Mat yelled. Freckles pulled to the curb. Mat jumped out of the car and locked himself in the trunk - away from the noise. When Sally saw that Freckles had stopped, she kicked him over and started driving. "But you don't know how", said Freckles, Sally went anyway. Mat was being bounced in the back of the truck. Soon, with all Sally's screeching and skidding, Mat fell asleep. Soon, they reached the airport. They came aboard the plane. Much to Freckles' annoyance, Grady sat with him. She pestered him the whole way. Soon, Mat was talking with the flight attendant. Freckles couldn't stand the flight. Then, the luggage compartment fell off the plane. Mat hit the emergency button. The alarm started. Mat and the others slid down. Teddy didn't have a parachute and clung to Mat. They splashed down into a pond. All of them, except the package...which landed on a riverbank. They plunged underwater and bobbed up. Then everyone started laughing. "Swim everybody!", called a joyous Mat. It had been an adventure to remember. Later, at Mat's house, everyone gathered around the package. When they opened it, it was a toy train set.
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Our new friends

We got these new friends from Santa. The one that they're sitting on is Rodger. The one leaning on poor Rodger's head is Chester. The one strangling Chester is Freckles and the chubby one at the end is Cheddar.

A Happy New Year from the gang

Happy New Year 2011! Mat and the gang have been introduced to some new friends through out the holidays: Albert the otter, Swampy, Chester, Freckles, Cheddar, and Rodger Dodger detective dog. Some of you may be looking for Kitty-Kitty go-carts part 2 - and I tell ya, it's great. When Sally takes the kittens on a trip to Mat's work (the railroad) they meet extraordinary trains that take them on one adventure after another. These events collide on a day where Mat gets a special package. But it's traveling on a freight car that's headed for a cliff. So, all Mat and his new friend Freckles can do is hop aboard, and go after that package! Stay tuned, and a Happy New Year.