Ring!

Jeff and I have to be the least handiest people ever.  While I have big ambitions to do things around the house, we just aren't those people who can renovate a bathroom, install appliances, or hang a light fixture.  I think it is the most awesome thing when I hear from one of my friends they are currently ripping out their kitchen and installing new cabinets and counter tops.  Or, they tell me they are putting in hardwood floors or creating a tile back splash in their kitchen.  That will never be us.  I repeat, that will never be us!   We feel fortunate when we can assemble Ikea furniture and we don't have a piece installed upside down or have extra nuts and bolts left in a pile.

So you have to realize how HUGE this next sentence is for me to write.  Jeff and I installed the Ring Pro Video Doorbell.  All by ourselves!  We did it together.  Without any frustration, without any cussing, and without having to make multiple attempts during any of the steps, we did it.   We worked with the electricity inside the house doorbell box, and we worked with the electricity in the outside door bell.  Yes!  We did it!!!  We managed to figure out the circuit breaker the door bell resides on (it was not labeled!) and rewired both inside the house and outside the house.  Even when being thrown a small curve ball when we took off the old doorbell and the wires literally broke off in our hands due to how old the wiring was (circa 1978), we went with the flow and exposed new wire to use.  Take that old wiring!

The end result of being able to do this ourselves feels great!  Will we be inspired to try more complex do-it-yourself projects in the future?  Probably not.  I mean after all, we most likely just got lucky on this one.  But we will now be able to live the rest of our lives knowing we got it done and lived to tell about it.  I think Jeff was a little worried we'd electrocute ourselves or burn the house down.

Here is a picture of what our video doorbell captures:

Saturday, May 19, 2018 will now be known as the day the universe was kind to Jeff and Robyn, they ventured outside their comfort zone and came out victorious.