Cabin Fever

That's what we Midwesterners call staying inside day after day due to terrible winter weather. We had 2 blizzards in the same week. Everyone is wondering where to put the snow. Our landlord has both a blade to blade off the snow and a snow blower to get it farther out as he is running out of space to put the snow. It is 2 weeks till Spring and everyone is counting down. It is finally lighter in the morning and light longer at night and we like that. This weekend we turn out clocks ahead an hour for daylight savings time. If you forget, you will be late for church :0)

Daylight Savings Time

We are in the Winter of daylight savings time now.  It is so strange to get up and have it still be very dark outside.  The sun is up now though and although it is very cold, just seeing the sun seems to improve your moral.  Here it is the 2nd week of January already so we have winter half gone.  January and February can seem to feel like the longest months of the year.  They are usually snowy and very cold.  We're always happy when March comes as we know warmer weather can't be that far off.  Another thing we are happy about is that the days are getting longer now.

Buffet Supper

Tonight I am taking a neighbor and we are going to the next town for a buffet supper. I haven't been there all winter because I don't like to drive at night. But now it stays light until about 7:30 so there is plenty of time to go, eat and get home before dark. Not only that but it is unusually warm - 76 degrees and you don't need a coat. What a beautiful March day! We love it.

Daylight Savings Time

Sometimes we really complain when we have to set our clocks ahead in the Spring and lose that hour of sleep. It seems like it takes you a week of being tired, before your body catches up with the new time. And setting all those clocks. Just when I thought I had them all set I found one more in the garage. The one in the car was always tricky but this one seems quite simple for a change. The other day we had company and were sitting around the kitchen table chatting when I looked up and saw another clock I missed. We are clock poor, it seems, so many clocks, watches, vcr's, tv's. All in all though it was kind of nice to come home tonight from eating out at a nearby town and have the sun still up and not have to drive home in the dark. There are alot of deer around here and they usually don't come out until dusk. I saw one along the road as we went that had been hit by a car, I am sure. I guess it is quite nice afterall to have Daylight Savings Time in effect now. It's much safer traveling late in the day.