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Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday, March 11th!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Harriman Real Estate, LLC (203) 672-4499 REB 0788845

Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday, March 11th!

Set your clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 11th at 2am

Once again it's time for that most hated of all Spring-time activities, the Springing Forward of the Clock, otherwise known as Daylight Saving Time. This year, the dreaded date and time is 2 AM on Sunday, March 11th. For the next 8 months we get to look forward to the wondrous day in November (the 4th, to be exact) when we can recoup that lost hour of time and stay in bed just a little bit longer and laugh at the alarm clock. I'm already looking forward to it.

If you're one of us the many people who don't exactly like the lost hour, you have a couple of choices:

1. Move to either ArizonaHawaiiPuerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, or American Samoa...these places have chosen not to participate in Daylight Saving Time, or

2. Move to Kyrgyzstan, a land-locked, mountainous, central Asian country about the size of South Dakota. Somebody set their clocks ahead one hour in 2005 and I guess they forgot to set them back the following November and no one noticed, so they now observe Daylight Saving Time all the darn time.

OK, so there IS a third option. Set your durned clock ahead on the 11th, get an hour less sleep and wake up all grumbly and curmudgeonly, take a shower, get dressed and DEAL WITH IT!

Turn out the light!

What a life.

Is it November yet?

How other places deal with Daylight Saving Time

Nancy Laswick
United Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
Your REALTORĀ® For The Valley Of The Sun

Pat and Wayne, I cannot speak for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, et al., however, we in Arizona will gladly greet and help relocate all those who are tired of "springing forward" and "falling back" it's just one of the benefits the AZ Office of Tourism fails to mention ;-) Thanks for the post!

Mar 07, 2012 09:14 AM
Pat & Wayne Harriman
Harriman Real Estate, LLC (203) 672-4499 - Wallingford, CT
Broker/Owners, Wallingford CT Real Estate

Ha, you don't how many times I've said, "I'm moving to Arizona"! Then I remember the scorpions...and snakes...and 120 degree heat. And I reconsider. But, I never say never...

Mar 07, 2012 10:15 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Pat and Wayne, I am not a morning person.  This spring forward thing is a killer :) :) :)

Mar 07, 2012 10:19 AM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Pat and Wayne...

Thanks for the reminder. i think that I am going to have a hard time getting out of bed next week.

Mar 07, 2012 10:41 AM
Dagny Eason
Dagny's Real Estate - Wilton, CT
Fairfield County CT, CDPE Homes For Sale and Condo

Pat and Wayne - Thanks for the reminder - I love the longer days with more daylight, so I'll put up with the struggle to get up.

Mar 07, 2012 11:49 AM
Pat & Wayne Harriman
Harriman Real Estate, LLC (203) 672-4499 - Wallingford, CT
Broker/Owners, Wallingford CT Real Estate

George: I know the feeling! Mornings and I do not get along either!

Richard: You and me both!

Dagny: OK, that's a good trade-off. This getting dark at 5pm is for the birds! Can't wait until the sun sets at 8pm!

Mar 07, 2012 12:00 PM