A different alarm clock

Heritagefarm · #1 10/31/10, 12:35 PM

To me, there is nothing worse than waking up in the morning to a schreeching noise, summoning energy you don't have and smashing the clock. I was looking at those special clocks that have a bright light bulb on top, but then I figured I could just hook a lamp up to a timer. It is a much better way to wake up. The only downfall would be, since it is much subtler (unless you use a floodlight!), it might be possible to "train" yourself to ignore it. It might work for some, though.

mothernature · #2 10/31/10, 12:51 PM

Good idea! Luckily I've always been able to use my "mental" alarm. I look at the clock when I go to bed and say the time outloud, then say the time I want to get up. Never missed yet (I am a light sleeper), even when I won't get enough hours in!!DH thinks it's TOO weird, but, it works for me!!

Emmy D · #3 10/31/10, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Heritagefarm

I figured I could just hook a lamb up to a timer. It is a much better way to wake up.

I would love to have a lamb wake me up every morning, hee hee!

Emmy

arabian knight · #4 10/31/10, 12:59 PM

I have a "Dual Alarm" clock radio.
The RADIO comes on first, and if that does not wake you, then 10 minutes later a Buzzer will go off.
So if music will wake a person instead of waking to a Alarm, then i suggest the "dual alarm" one.

Haven · #5 10/31/10, 01:03 PM

Just do what I do and use your cell phone alarm. You can scroll through the ring tones and pick a tone for the alarm that doesnt sound like screeching nails on a chalkboard.

Haven · #6 10/31/10, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Heritagefarm

........ I figured I could just hook a lamb up to a timer..

That's what happens when you count too many sheep at night to fall asleep...you wake up to lambs...

Heritagefarm · #7 10/31/10, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Emmy D

I would love to have a lamb wake me up every morning, hee hee!

Emmy

Oh my gosh, that's too funny, I didn't realize I wrote that! LOL!!

Yeah, that would be a nice way to wake up too!

JuliaAnn · #8 10/31/10, 01:40 PM

Actually, I must need more coffee, because I was trying to figure out how you'd wire a light bulb to a lamb, and how the lamb was going to wake him up. Bleating?

And I was thinking that what he really needs is a rooster that reliably crows at sunrise. I have two--a beautiful buff silkie and an Americauna/silkie cross. They both go off at the crack of dawn, like clockwork.

THEN after I read the first reply----that he meant 'lamp'.

Maybe I need more coffee...

Wolf mom · #9 10/31/10, 02:05 PM

An African grey parrot works as well as a rooster. Mine wakes me up at dawn 365 days a year saying "Good Morning, whatcha' doooin'?" over & over & over....

kara_leigh · #10 10/31/10, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Haven

Just do what I do and use your cell phone alarm. You can scroll through the ring tones and pick a tone for the alarm that doesnt sound like screeching nails on a chalkboard.

This is what I do. The buzzer on my regular alarm about gives me a panic attack when it goes off, but I will just sleep right through the radio. I use my cell phone instead. I chose a somewhat calm, but annoying enough to wake me up ring tone. I wake up much better that way. Plus, my cell phone has a snooze that goes off every 5 minutes rather than the 7 like on my alarm clock, so it's easier to set it in advance.

clamjane · #11 10/31/10, 04:35 PM

Alarm clocks are terrible and I can't stand the sound of a clock ticking either. So what I do is put a travel clock in the night stand drawer and leave the drawer cracked open just a little. When the alarm goes off it's muffled and gives you a chance to float up to consciousness gently instead of being slammed shocked awake and gasping for air as your heart races nearly out of your body.

Heritagefarm · #12 10/31/10, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JuliaAnn

Actually, I must need more coffee, because I was trying to figure out how you'd wire a light bulb to a lamb, and how the lamb was going to wake him up. Bleating?

And I was thinking that what he really needs is a rooster that reliably crows at sunrise. I have two--a beautiful buff silkie and an Americauna/silkie cross. They both go off at the crack of dawn, like clockwork.

THEN after I read the first reply----that he meant 'lamp'.

Maybe I need more coffee...

The joke goes on? Evidently I actually misspelled lamp "lamb" several times. Oh boy...

Minelson · #13 10/31/10, 05:56 PM

This is toooooo Funny!! Thanks Heritage Farm!

melissa78 · #14 10/31/10, 06:20 PM

At Tractor Supply yesterday my kids found alarm clocks that moo or oink!

Heritagefarm · #15 10/31/10, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Minelson

This is toooooo Funny!! Thanks Heritage Farm!

Well, it wasn't supposed to become a joke! Oh well!

strawhouse · #16 10/31/10, 07:29 PM

Want to borrow my 2 year old?
I wake up to "Hi Mommy, is it morning time? Wanna get up with me?"

Callieslamb · #17 10/31/10, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Emmy D

I would love to have a lamb wake me up every morning, hee hee! Emmy

My neighbors wake up to my lambs every morning...only they don't think it's so funny. When I go out to milk the cow, the sheep start baa-ing and wake up the cow...as well as the neighborhood. They hated my cow that's in heat last night too....some people have no sense of humor.

I think I could sleep through a light coming on...afterall, I used to be able to sleep after daylight - that's pre-milk cow time. I have a clock that shines the time on the wall or ceiling so I can see what time it is without my glasses. For an alarm, I use my cell phone - and the barnyard noises ring.

JuliaAnn · #18 10/31/10, 10:48 PM

One of my brothers has a siamese cat that gently pokes him in the face with her paw every morning until he gets up. I saw it once, it was hilarious. She would poke, poke...then sit and watch him intently. He wouldn't budge. So she would poke, poke....pokepokepokepoke until he opended his eyes.

foxtrapper · #19 11/03/10, 06:45 AM

They make ascending tone alarm clocks. Little harder to find, but even Walmart carries a few. They start off with a very gentle soft sound, and get progressively louder and more shrill. I've used them for many years for a gentle awakening. Or in my case, a notice that it's time to now actually get up from bed, as I'm almost always awake before the clock goes off.

heavyrebel · #20 11/03/10, 07:52 AM

I set my cell on vibrate, put it on my nightstand, and surpirisingly, the little vibrating sound wakes me everyday before sunrise. my 15 month old daughter wakes up "mommy" daily about 7:30...theres no ignoring that alarm clock!