I recently installed a Ring doorbell camera, the wired version. I am still getting used to the interface and everything, but setup was straight forward and installation easy.

What happened? This morning I went to make coffee and saw that we were about to run out of coffee filters, not in itself an emergency, but I knew I would have to let the wife know before she went shopping again… and then I forgot.

Later that day I get a notification that there is activity at front door, so I took a look…. and I saw the wife walking down the walkway with the shopping bags in hand!!! I had not mentioned yet that we needed filters.

Using the two way speak ability on the app I was able to call out to her and let her know we needed filters…. crisis averted. With the price of gas currently, who wants to make a second trip to the grocery store.

This was not a crisis, but it felt like a crisis in the moment and was only averted thanks to the recent technology update of the old doorbell. I really got it just so I could see who was ringing at 4:30 in the morning without opening up. I mean, everyone knows I don’t start brewing the first pot till 6… y’all gotta wait.

In retrospect, I could have just ordered my Melita filters no 4 from amazon, or I could have texted that we needed filters when she was on the way. My wife usually gives me a heads up when she is at the store, to see if there is anything I wanted. I may have remembered…. probably not though.