It's the Turning Back of the Clocks (days will now be shorter until March)

[SamAdams76]

So one of my favorite times of the year is getting an extra hour of sleep due to giving back the extra hour of daylight that we got back in April.

I'm a big proponent of Daylight Savings Time. Having that extra hour of daylight during warmer months is so important, especially for working people, who really benefit from the longer day.

I don't think I can convey in words how much I love Daylight Savings time and changing the clocks twice a year. It would be a much sadder world if we did not have a way to bring in extra daylight during the summer months.

From about mid May to mid September, I get home from work with ample daylight left and I get to putting a steak on the grill and having a beer or two while sitting on my patio, waiting for the fireflies to come out.

Thank you to Daylight Savings time for making that possible.

But now it's time to give that extra daylight back. Which is okay by me because it's getting too cold to sit out on that patio anyhow.

Starting Monday, I come home to total darkness as our days are now shorter but that's okay. I will be hanging up some Christmas lights (inside) this weekend and that will brighten my mood considerably. I always do Christmas lights floor to ceiling in the house and have them on through Super Bowl Sunday.

So I actually like the shorter days during the winter months. When it is dark and cold outside, you just want to crank up the fireplace, sit in a comfortable chair and spend a few hours reading a good book.

Also tonight, I get that extra hour of sleep as the day is 25 hours long. I wonder what I am going to dream about!

Two of my favorites days of the year is when the clocks change. In April, we make the day longer and in early November, we make the day shorter. All in balance.

Also, the angle of the sun is much lower this time of year so the sunlight comes through the windows most of the day (my condo faces the South). So even though it's colder outside, there is warmth on the inside. And when the sun goes down, the Christmas lights come on. So I can deal.

I have to give special thanks to Benjamin Franklin for coming up with a way to extend the daylight during the warmer months of the year.

[cazmandeuce]

Yummy!

[trebb]

Only way to be sure is to have us all undo the reset and see if the days stop getting shorter...I say we need to go to the half-hour between the two settings and leave it there.

[urtax$@work]

I would prefer DST in winter to extend the already short days and standard time in the longer day summer to not have daylight almost to bedtime.

I start work year round before the sun comes up and could care less about morning darkness, but its the winter evenings that i really want more sun.