Thanks to the Automation

Sometimes I don't think we give enough credit to all the tiny computers and automation that keep a household running when we're not there to personally oversee the process.

Been away from The Platz for three weeks and as news of the cold snap spread across northeast Wisconsin we did not receive a call from the alarm company about a drop in the heat, the break of a pipe, power outage or a flood. 

Of course, the water was turned-off as a routine and year-round precaution.   Admittedly, I did suffer no small amount of anxiety about two cases of bootleg Canadian beer I left in the attached garage.

As it turns-out all crises were averted, the house remains in running order and the beer was intact.  I have since moved the brew to The Bunker for safe keeping.   Good thing as it might have exploded in all its magnificence in our absence.

Raising a toast to automated climate control and monitoring...