Growing up I was use to the daylight savings time to "fall back" an hour on the Saturday night before Halloween. This was always an easy way to remember the date to when we are suppose to go around the house changing all of the clock times. THIS YEAR, 2007 starts the first year time change will be occuring the Saturday AFTER Halloween!
This is confusing, what is the reason to changing this traditional time change from one weekend to the next? I heard one reason for this change is to some how save energy. How is one weekend going to save enough energy to throw a curve ball in peoples plans to fall back an hour?
My computer automatically switched back an hour following the traditional time change date. I guess I will be off by an hour all week until we officially change over.
Silliness.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Happy Fall
Now that I live in a state that has actual seasons, I love this time of year! Fall time! Growing up in California was a year round weather with little bursts of change here and there. Mostly the weather was cool, and foggy in the morning. NO rain, NO snow, NO seasonal differences. Now we live in Missouri and we had: Blooming spring with bunnies hopping in our back yard, humid summers sipping on a tall glass of lemonade, colorful fall leaves and crisp air and soon back to Wintry white snow fall and pretty ice-trees. Each season is distinctive and beautiful in each way. I love the seasonal changes.
This will be how ever our first snow falls with a drive way to deal with this year. The past 2 winters were spent in apartments and some one else shoveled the drive ways and sidewalks. Our house doesn't come with a grounds keeper, so this will be a new challenge for us to learn how to do each morning that there will be snow. A plus side is we have a 2 car garage and can save 10-15 minutes by not having to scrape the frost and snow off of the cars. Staying parked in the garage will be a big benefit to having a house this winter.
Back to Fall time. I love the trees changing colors right before my very eyes. Each time I drive down the street and see the same batch of trees I see different shades popping up. One day the trees were all green, and then little bits of yellow were spread around leaf to leaf. Now the trees are all different with some in full colors of Maroon, orange, yellow, and some still green. It is sooooo beautiful and breathtaking to drive to work now. I keep thinking that I want to pull over and take some photos of the tree changing process, but when I am in the car I am usually on my way some where and I do not have time to stop and photograph all of nature’s beauty.
The photos I am posing on here today are some of LAST YEARS photos taken around here during the fall time. I have Sunday off of work, I think I will grab Andrew and we will go for a drive taking fall photos.
This will be how ever our first snow falls with a drive way to deal with this year. The past 2 winters were spent in apartments and some one else shoveled the drive ways and sidewalks. Our house doesn't come with a grounds keeper, so this will be a new challenge for us to learn how to do each morning that there will be snow. A plus side is we have a 2 car garage and can save 10-15 minutes by not having to scrape the frost and snow off of the cars. Staying parked in the garage will be a big benefit to having a house this winter.
Back to Fall time. I love the trees changing colors right before my very eyes. Each time I drive down the street and see the same batch of trees I see different shades popping up. One day the trees were all green, and then little bits of yellow were spread around leaf to leaf. Now the trees are all different with some in full colors of Maroon, orange, yellow, and some still green. It is sooooo beautiful and breathtaking to drive to work now. I keep thinking that I want to pull over and take some photos of the tree changing process, but when I am in the car I am usually on my way some where and I do not have time to stop and photograph all of nature’s beauty.
The photos I am posing on here today are some of LAST YEARS photos taken around here during the fall time. I have Sunday off of work, I think I will grab Andrew and we will go for a drive taking fall photos.
Monday, October 01, 2007
Holiday Crime FYI
The holiday criminals are starting early this holiday season. I work at a hotel and already we are being warned to look out for people paying with counterfit. There is something about the holiday hussle and bussle of the busy season that bad guys find ways to rip off retail and companies, people in general. So beware, and hold onto the strap of your purse and check your pockets often for pick pocketers...
I was working on Friday night, and a lady paid with a $500 travelors check. It stood out as a red light just for being a high dollar amount, then it looked a little fake. I showed it to my superviser then she showed it to the bellman, we all were not too sure about the quality if it was real or not...so I took it as payment but did not give her change for the difference in total. I told her she would have to collect her change at check out. A second bad guy checks in the following day trying to pay with another $500 travelors check... SIRONS AND RED LIGHTS are flashing and going off in my head. DO NOT take this... it is FAKE!!! It looked even worse than the other conterfit travelors check. This was too couinsedental for it to be a legit travelors check. Security caught up with the bad guys, called the police and they were arrested!
Bad guys never win. So don't even try. Bad charma will follow you and you will eventually get caught. Let's keep the holidays cheerful and out of trouble.
This will probably worsen over time as we get closer to the holiday rush. For those who work in retail, hospitality, or even restaraunts keep an extra eye out for those bad guys. They will try to pay using counterfit bills and travelors checks.
I was working on Friday night, and a lady paid with a $500 travelors check. It stood out as a red light just for being a high dollar amount, then it looked a little fake. I showed it to my superviser then she showed it to the bellman, we all were not too sure about the quality if it was real or not...so I took it as payment but did not give her change for the difference in total. I told her she would have to collect her change at check out. A second bad guy checks in the following day trying to pay with another $500 travelors check... SIRONS AND RED LIGHTS are flashing and going off in my head. DO NOT take this... it is FAKE!!! It looked even worse than the other conterfit travelors check. This was too couinsedental for it to be a legit travelors check. Security caught up with the bad guys, called the police and they were arrested!
Bad guys never win. So don't even try. Bad charma will follow you and you will eventually get caught. Let's keep the holidays cheerful and out of trouble.
This will probably worsen over time as we get closer to the holiday rush. For those who work in retail, hospitality, or even restaraunts keep an extra eye out for those bad guys. They will try to pay using counterfit bills and travelors checks.
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