

We all complain about never having enough time in the day. This isn't going to solve that problem but I think it might make you feel better. The winter months are known to drag and the days seem so short I feel like I don't have as much energy as I do in the spring and the summer months. Well, the time has come that will help most of us get the spring back in our steps. I look forward to the days where we have as much daylight as possible and I can plan family outings and fun in the sun. There is nothing like a long Saturday afternoon in the park with loved ones playing soccer or just hanging out. I live for off-roading adventures with my husband in the beautiful Nevada mountains and this is the time to do it. It will be hot soon so we must take advantage of this beautiful weather. This time of year is my absolute favorite! Daylight savings time is on its way. March 13, 2011 to be exact! Around this time of year most US residents set their clocks ahead one hour. Some of us don’t change our times ever! This includes residents of Arizona and Hawaii - along with the US territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. I started wondering where all of this started and found some really great facts and trivia about daylight savings time thanks to National Geographic News. Did you know that while the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., sets what is known as standard time in the country through its maintenance of atomic clocks, the observatory has nothing to do with daylight saving time? CRAZY! I dug a little deeper and found out that Benjamin Franklin first suggested Daylight Saving Time in 1784, but modern DST was not proposed until 1895 when an entomologist from New Zealand, George Vernon Hudson, presented a proposal for a two-hour daylight saving shift to the Wellington Philosophical Society. The conception of DST was mainly credited to an English builder, William Willett in 1905, when he presented the idea to advance the clock during the summer months. His proposal was published two years later and introduced to the House of Commons in February 1908. The first Daylight Saving Bill was examined by a select committee but was never made into a law. It wasn't until World War I, in 1916, that DST was adopted and implemented by several countries in Europe who initially rejected the idea. Facts courtesy of: Timeanddate.com. The most important tip I have for you is this, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD! You don’t want to be that person. This is also a great time to start apartment shopping. Most of our communities have later appointments to tour model apartments so please call for details. Check out our website, camdenliving.com for communities near you! Enjoy your spring and start planning some fun outdoor activities. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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