The Clock

Many years ago I discovered that I didn't need to wear a wrist watch when the one I had broke, you see everywhere you turn there is a clock.
At work due to the nature of my work there is a clock in every room and usually one on a colleagues chest. We are nurses after all.

When out and about there are clocks everywhere, or at least there use to be, until some bright spark at the mall decided that if they took the clocks away then people would forget what time it was and get carried away with spending lots of money! Seems they forgot that everyone has a phone on the nowadays so time is something we can still attempt to control.

Have you ever tried to go the day without looking at your phone to see what the time is?
It is actually quite easy to do, it is amazing where you can find out the time without trying too hard.

However we still have clocks at home. There are 2 in the kitchen (on the wall and the microwave), 1 in the family room, 2 in the lounge (stereo and cable box). 1 in each bedroom and at least 2 in the study (computer and wall).
I seem to like to be able to turn and see the clock! Not sure why? Maybe it has to do with seeing how much time I have left to relax in, how much time until I can send the boys to their room for the evening!

We had a nice clock on the wall in the family room, we had had it for several years until I dropped it!
I replaced it with this one

One that use to be in the boys bedroom, but it kept stopping on me. We changed the battery but alas it would still stop or loose time! It was only an interim clock anyway but better than nothing until we remembered to buy a new one!

So we replaced it with this one

This picture is deceptive as this clock is actually the size of your average car tyre in diameter! Yes it is large but it is gorgeous and I so love the new clock my husband chose.

Only thing is.......the one from the boys bedroom is sitting in the study, battery is still in the thing and would you believe it hasn't stopped since coming down off the wall, still ticking away and doing fine!!

Sure it is doing it to make me feel guilty everytime I walk past it!

Changing the Clock Time

Even though we officially went into spring as of September 1, it sure doesn't seem like it in the last few weeks.
We have had an awful storm crashing over New Zealand bring with it a lot of wind and rain.
Lots of power cuts, blown off roofs and floods.

And now to add to it all we have the joy of Springing Forward tomorrow morning when our clocks change for summertime.
Sure doesn't feel like it!

Fall Time

Happy Easter to everyone.
Hope you are not eating too much chocolate? Ok well you eat what you want and regret it later!

We have had a lovely weekend at the caravan, shame Steve has to return to work so we go home tomorrow.
I do hope everyone in New Zealand enjoyed their extra hour in bed this morning, if you were able to get one, when the clocks fell back for winter.
I can't believe we have got to that time of year already?
We are now in April, the colder evenings are setting in and we are getting that much closer to Alex starting school.
Man life certainly races by when you are not watching!

Fall Back

Tomorrow morning we have that wonderful pleasure of gaining an extra hour in the day.

Yes we are in that transitioning faze from Summer to Autumn and our clocks are falling back.

It will be nice to actually go to work in some daylight, seeing as how I am usually at work at present just as the sun in beginning to start shining.

Now if only we could get the boys to understand the 'extra hour' in bed part and actually stay in bed for the extra hour!

Yea right, like that will ever happen. Guess we will be having breakfast at the normal time, just with the clocks saying a slightly earlier time!

All Change Please

This weekend the clocks changed from summer daylight savings to winter time.

I love this change as we gain an extra hour.

The day lasts so long and I just don't ever seem to feel tired.

Wish I could say the same for the kids. They can't quite understand why food doesn't come at the correct time and why we tried really hard to get them to stay in bed first thing!

The only thing is that suddenly the temperature changes drastically as well, one day you are in shorts and a t-shirt and the next you can't find your jeans and sweaters fast enough.

How does the weather know?