Technology - Friend or Foe?

Vince has been gone for a few days. We have *several* security cameras. It started when we first moved here and had an unwanted visitor a couple of times. Then we put some up in the back because they also have a motion light and I'm out with the dogs in the dark often; then there's the doorbell camera and I wanted cameras to see what kind of wildlife we're getting - deer, skunks, cats.

Anyway . . Vince will call me and ask what I was doing. "Where did you go?" I saw the car leave. I went to eat Mexican for lunch! Then . . "Who was that man you were talking to in the driveway?" The tree cutter. "Why were you out before daylight?" Oscar had to go out! Then . . "What did we get in the mail? I saw you walk to the mailbox!" I told him I was going to turn the cameras off. He said he could turn them back on from his phone! Ughh  . . good thing I'm not doing anything I'm not supposed to be doing . . except maybe trying to sneak in a few packages from Colorado Cross Stitcher!  :)

Then he asked . . "What did you get from Walmart? I got an email that the Walmart order had been delivered." Hmm . . I got chicken breasts, chicken thighs, sour cream, cottage cheese, mushrooms, cream cheese, sun dried tomatoes, lemons, ginger!

That's the bad side of technology. We're always being watched by someone.

The good side . . I locked myself out of the house today. None of our doors will open from the inside if they're locked so how did I lock myself out? The downstairs door from the house to the garage - I locked it earlier and kinda shoved it shut but it didn't shut all the way. I knew that and meant to give it another shove but didn't. Later, I went outside and because that door wasn't shut all the way, even though it was locked and I didn't notice that - I pulled it open without having to turn the doorknob, went out and pulled it shut behind me. So very lucky for me, I was talking to Vince so I had my phone with me. I was still talking to him when I tried to get back in. Oh, no - I'm locked out of the house! Every window is closed and locked because I'm such a chicken when he's gone. Of course, he could not figure out how I could do that because with the locks we have, it's impossible to get locked out. Nope. I'm living proof it is NOT impossible to do. He suggested just breaking a window. They're going to be replaced within the next month. But . . I'm not sleeping in a house with a busted out window. Then I remembered . . there's an app on my phone to open or close the garage door so I went to the front of the house, opened the garage door, prayed I hadn't locked the door from the laundry room into the garage. I had not. Very thankful for that app that allowed me to open the garage door with the phone. The good side of technology! We have that app because I'm always leaving and not remembering if I've closed the garage door. I can check it from my phone and if I haven't closed it, I can do it from the app.

It has been at least 30 years since I got locked out of the house.