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Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:41 pm |
So my clock by my bedside table (which is up there on my favorite X-mas Gifts to me as purchased by my husband - one of those Bose wave thingamajings) is set for almost a half hour later than it really is. Why do I do this? So that when the radio comes on to wake me in the a.m., I look at it and mentally calculate in my head (which is rubbish, b/c I can't calculate anything at that ungodly hour) and say "ooh, I can sleep for a half hour more"). So then I hit "snooze" (which I think I have programmed for 20 minutes) and it goes by in what seems like 3 minutes and then another song cues up (although it was a cool song by Los Lonely Boys this a.m.) so I hit "snooze" again...20 more minutes of sleeping....radio on and "snooze" one more time....you get the picture.
Am I the only loon who thinks I'm tricking myself into getting more sleep by keeping the alarm clock in a different time zone and hitting the snooze button so many dang times? lol.
Also, any other multiple snooze button pushers out there - or do you get up at the first sound of the bell?
Maria |
_________________ Maria, early 50's, post meno, normal to dry skin, more dry in winter, some sun damage... |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:03 pm |
Ha! What's the point of having a lie-in if you don't know you're having it? I have an alarm clock (with snooze). I also have a husband (who won't wake me no matter how many times I ask). I have my father (pretty much ditto). Also two sons of college age, only one of whom wakes me and then only when he needs a lift. I book an alarm call every night and my cat comes in for a cuddle every morning (which only makes me go back to sleep)... I realise this might be some people's dream, but I just wish ONE of them would wake me so I could have a cat in hell's chance of going to sleep the following night. |
_________________ 58. Fair, sensitive and dry-ish skin with freckles. UK. |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:04 pm |
YAY! you are not alone!... well, I dont change the clock time, but I always set the alarm for 30 mins before I have to get up (well, actually 30 mins before I SHOULD get up, which is 30 mins before I absolutely HAVE to get up, so technically I set it an hour early), for the exact same reasons: "ooh, I can still sleep another 30 min" (my snooze repeats for one hour at 10 min intervals)
I can NEVER have a clock raido to wake up as music just wont do it (it lulls me back to sleep or never wakes me in the first place)... I cannot stand those really loud BEEPS that they give off (like a truck backing out) as they make me very jumpy coming out of a deep sleep.
I have a soft beeper clock that gets progressively louder (though still not that industrial beeping of clock radios) ... but ... I can actually SLEEP THROUGH IT... and if I do "snooze" it, it is only because DH has whacked me on the head to wake up and do so. A friend actually sent me one of those old fashioned type alarm clocks with the bells on the top and hubby looked happy enough to bust (that is what he had been wanting me to get) - then I told him that i need to wrap those kind of clocks in a sweater to muffle the sound snce they give me heart palpitations.
Hubby has his mobile phone programmed to constantly announce "get up you lazy ass" and my cell has a voice recording of myself starting nice and quiet with "ohayo gozaimasu" (good morning) and I repeat it getting louder and louder till the final bellow of "GET OUT OF BED"
Of course even the cells are set for "snooze" mode... and go off and off and off and off.. |
_________________ SKIN: combination, reactive to climate changes and extremely fair. "Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." --Roseanne |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:15 pm |
I can relate! I have my clock set a half hour ahead so that when it says 6:30 (and it's actually 6:00), I'm not waking up that early. It's stupid and doesn't make any sense, but it works for me! |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:53 pm |
The snooze button doesn't work for me. It seems like too much stress in the morning. Once, I hit it all I think about is that in another 10 minutes it'll go off again. |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:02 pm |
Mariav wrote: |
I hit "snooze" (which I think I have programmed for 20 minutes) and it goes by in what seems like 3 minutes |
3 minutes? Seems more like 30 seconds when I hit my snooze!
I also set my clock ahead (but for 20 min) AND I purposely set my alarm earlier than when I should be up. I battle my snooze button several times before dragging myself out of bed.
It's like I get trapped in that stage in between sleeping and being consciously awake. In college, many times my alarm would wake up my roommate and she would have to wake me up. I would feel so bad! But b/c I felt so bad I finally stopped hitting my snooze and would get up at the first few beeps. So I know I am fully capable of getting up and "getting trapped" is just an excuse. |
_________________ early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:23 pm |
I never hit snooze.
The alarm goes off at 5:40 and I have leap out of bed. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:27 am |
I remember seeing someone invent an alarm clock that was shaped and looked like a little furry animal. The trick was that as soon as the alarm went off, the thing started to roll which meant it would roll off whatever it was sitting on and disappear somewhere in the room. The catch was that the alarm would keep going off so you would have to get out of bed to find the alarm so you could kill it. |
_________________ Skin: Over 60, ex combination now sensitive, Cellcosmet |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:33 am |
bushy wrote: |
I remember seeing someone invent an alarm clock that was shaped and looked like a little furry animal. The trick was that as soon as the alarm went off, the thing started to roll which meant it would roll off whatever it was sitting on and disappear somewhere in the room. The catch was that the alarm would keep going off so you would have to get out of bed to find the alarm so you could kill it. |
Now that's an idea! |
_________________ early-mid 30s || oily-combination, sensitive & acne-prone skin || mild breakouts (Aczone helps a lot) || occasional eczema rashes || fine lines around eyes || very dark under eye cirlces- concealer a must || very fair neutral-warm complexion, blue eyes, blonde hair |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:15 am |
bushy wrote: |
I remember seeing someone invent an alarm clock that was shaped and looked like a little furry animal. The trick was that as soon as the alarm went off, the thing started to roll which meant it would roll off whatever it was sitting on and disappear somewhere in the room. The catch was that the alarm would keep going off so you would have to get out of bed to find the alarm so you could kill it. |
I love that! I need one of those for my son -- the snooze button is his best friend. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:28 am |
Snooze button? No No No |
_________________ FY39ET |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:39 am |
I think snooze button is pretty annoying because it kept on buzzing every increment of min. I would rather wake up at that point.
I prefer radio or tv on slowly... so somehow, you enjoy the songs as you are waking up ... |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:15 am |
OMG! Definitely evil! |
_________________ 51 years old/brunette/normal- oily medium skin. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:28 am |
bushy wrote: |
I remember seeing someone invent an alarm clock that was shaped and looked like a little furry animal. The trick was that as soon as the alarm went off, the thing started to roll which meant it would roll off whatever it was sitting on and disappear somewhere in the room. The catch was that the alarm would keep going off so you would have to get out of bed to find the alarm so you could kill it. |
Yes, it's called "clocky". Really cute. It rolls off the nightstand when you hit "snooze" and finds a different hiding place every day.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/clocky.html
Ari |
_________________ Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, "Oh Crap, She's up!" Unknown |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:51 am |
that's the coolest alarm clock i've ever heard of. def something my lazy hubby needs. i don't understand the act of setting the clock 30 min ahead. everyone i've talked to that does that ALWAYS calculates in their head what the actual time is. it defeats the whole purpose!! the snooze button is one of THE worst and evil inventions! |
_________________ fair, sensitive skin, 26 yrs, coconut oil, emu oil, mychelle pumpkin mask, avocado oil |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:52 am |
never ever work on me!
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:09 pm |
Ha! Just read this thread to my hubby as he thought I was the only snooze button lunatic!
I normally set the clock 10 mins fast and the alarm half an hour before I need to get up and hit the snooze button quite a few times - drives him mad!
Maria thanks! I didn't even think of it but setting the whole thing half an hour early is a way better idea!!!
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_________________ Lucia, VERY fair (ghostly so!)redhead, combination skin prone to dehydration. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:15 pm |
[quote="skincarefreak"]The snooze button doesn't work for me. It seems like too much stress in the morning. Once, I hit it all I think about is that in another 10 minutes it'll go off again. [/quote]
Oh same for me....In my attempt to drain every last second of sleep I have left, I tend to not sleep at all and just wait for it to go off again...hardly worth the effort! |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:02 pm |
For me it's definitely bad. I've overslept at times where I had to literally make my routine short in the morning and just pulled my hair back instead of doing it because of rushing. Not to mention no makeup nor contacts. NO ONE should be subjected to look at me at work on these days |
_________________ 26, combination skin with oily t-zone |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:18 pm |
Arielle wrote: |
bushy wrote: |
I remember seeing someone invent an alarm clock that was shaped and looked like a little furry animal. The trick was that as soon as the alarm went off, the thing started to roll which meant it would roll off whatever it was sitting on and disappear somewhere in the room. The catch was that the alarm would keep going off so you would have to get out of bed to find the alarm so you could kill it. |
Yes, it's called "clocky". Really cute. It rolls off the nightstand when you hit "snooze" and finds a different hiding place every day.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/clocky.html
Ari |
Thanks for the link, Ari! I think that is such a cool idea! Now that I know the name of it, I want to try and track one (or two!) down. |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:22 pm |
Wow, where can I find me a clocky, the b/f needs one so badly. |
_________________ 26, combination skin with oily t-zone |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:29 pm |
Okay. The only place I can find it to purchase is the website of the inventor: http://www.nandahome.com/
It's $49.95.
Ari |
_________________ Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, "Oh Crap, She's up!" Unknown |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:35 pm |
$50 for an alarm clock? I'd rather be late..LOL |
_________________ 26, combination skin with oily t-zone |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:51 pm |
ariesxtreme wrote: |
$50 for an alarm clock? I'd rather be late..LOL |
And, here, I thought it was reasonably priced if it lasts.
Ari |
_________________ Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, "Oh Crap, She's up!" Unknown |
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:41 pm |
eeeeevil
I got so bad with sleeping through snooze alarms so many times that I now put my alarm clock in my bathroom so I have to get out of bed to turn it off. That wakes me up a tiny bit. Then I hit the snooze alarm, get back in bed, and then I have to get out bed again to turn it off for good. It's the journey to the bathroom that kicks me out of my sleep stupor so that I can get ready. |
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