Monica Kochelee

A long time ago I noticed that my hubby’s alarm clock was broken.  What was broken about it is that it has a battery backup, but the little pad that connected the battery was ripped away from the wires, and even though I tried to repair it I just did not have the right tools (or knowledge) on how to fix it.  I know I could have bought a replacement pad at Radio Shack for a couple of dollars, but I really didn’t think I could figure out how to replace it.  I asked my hubby if I bought the replacement pad, would HE replace it, and he said no he would not.  So for over two years now every time we would have a power “blip” or failure, his alarm clock did not work at all, and we would have to reset it when the power came back on.

 Normally that would not be that big a deal, but it seems that this spring/summer we have had severe thunderstorms every day, and every day we lose power for at least a “blip” that means we have to reset that darn thing again!  This has been the case for about the last three weeks now, and I’m getting tired of resetting that thing every single day!

So the next time I got shopping I’m going to spring for a new one!