buying an alarm clock

We sometimes have to struggle to find amusements, or we might all be bored to tears.
My recent amusement--wrestling with a recalcitrant alarm clock.  We had to replace the alarm clocks in our bedroom.  ( This is a big deal.  We get to go to Walmart!)  We found two with large displays--a necessity these days.  We got one set up (  person needs an computer engineering degree to set up alarm clocks these days), but the other was totally non-responsive and had to be returned a replaced.  So we had to set up the second one, which was a challenge, But by carefully following the instructions (6 pages in three languages) got 'er done.  Off to bed, and off to sleep.  Boom!  Midnight-- the alarm rings.  Turned it off, but by that time I was wide awake and didn't calm down for about an hour. But we thought it had been turned off.  Next night-same thing. In the morning noticed that a suspicious red light was still on.  Back to the instructions--no information, whatsoever, on how to do anything except turn off the noise when it rings.  So we played with it pushing every possible button.  Two different alarm systems, 5 radio stations, but no way to disable the alarm.  So back to computer theory, what do you do when all else fails?  Re-boot.  Unplugged the clock,  pulled out the batteries, and left it for about half an hour before plugging it in again.  Success!  No more suspicious red light, and no rude awakening, any night since.

Today will be dedicated to thoroughly washing down my kitchen chairs.  The wooden supports underneath are so dusty they appear to have fur!  And when I looked more closely,the seats and armrests aren't much better.  But, the Magic Eraser ( $1.38 at Walmart) did a great job on the door of my toaster oven!