Time Projection

Well my alarm clock died on Thursday ... I hate the process of getting a new clock ... my first one I had for 20 years ... I was used to it ... it was reliable ... I didn't want to change but alas I was forced to ...

The next one I had for about 8 years ... they obviously don't make them like they did in the 80's ... but I eventually got used to it and fell in love with it as well ... so Thursday night when I headed up to bed and saw the familiar scrambled looking display I was crushed ... I mean I am almost 39 years old and I've only had 2 clocks that have woken me up ... before that it was my mom ...

So yesterday Schuyler and I headed to Target in search of a new alarm clock for mommy ... at first the only ones I could find were iPod docking stations ... and although I would very much like an iPod ... I don't have one ... and I also don't have over 100 bucks to get something to wake me up ...

She and I walked all over looking for clocks ... until I finally asked and found out they were near the iPod ones ... so back we went to check them out ...

Of course Skye fell in love with a Hello Kitty one ... and had it had all the features I needed I probably would have gotten that one ... cause it was cute ... but it didn't so we kept looking ... I really didn't want to spend more than $20 on a new clock ... and to see them all I needed to sit on the floor ...

::: go ahead and get the image of a very ungraceful very pregnant woman trying to sit on the ground out of your head :::

so after literally plopping myself down we began our search ... it needed duel alarms ... radio ... snooze ... and voila ... there was one for under 20 bucks with all of those things ... plus it was a slim design (I don't have a big night stand) and it had projection ... it would show on the ceiling ... which I don't really need but I thought it would be nice ... turns out it also has atomic capabilities ... it says when you plug it in it automatically gets the time and date and it has a back up battery if the power goes out ...

 so  woooohoooooo I found the clock I was getting ... now the trick was trying to get up off the floor in the store without causing a scene ...

::: unfortunately you once again have an image of a very ungraceful very pregnant woman trying to get up off the floor ... this one might be harder to get out of your mind :::

Well true to the boxes word as soon as David plugged it in (I was about to get on the floor again) it picked up the time ... turns out you can have the projection be red, blue or green ... I chose blue ... well in all the years I have worn glasses this is the first clock I can see the time without my glasses on ... it projects big enough on the ceiling that I could read it each of the 4 times I got up to go to the bathroom last night ... and even better the display is big enough that I can read it without glasses ... it is amazing ... the snooze worked perfectly this morning and it has a very nice buzzer ... it is all just fantastic ... I couldn't be more happy with my purchase ... I'm in love ...

So I guess all in all having to get something new ... even if you resist the idea at first ... can turn out to be a VERY good thing in the end ...