The Door Bell

The house I live in used to have a hard wired door bell. When I bought the house, it worked. I am not sure when the door bell no longer worked.

For the longest time, I did not really care.

But within the last twelve months, I did care, and I purchased a wireless doorbell.  It was before Halloween 2013, when I purchased it. 

When I installed the wireless door bell, and tried it out, the cats scattered and hid.  I understand that. The bell sound is very loud.  I think that is not probably very bad. There were several options for the doorbell. Rather than going with a simple chime, I chose the Westminster Chime.  Which further added to the cats' discomfort as it is more extended than a simple chime. It is not a deep rich tone, but is a little tinny. But what do you expect from an inexpensive door bell.

Well, tonight was a wonderful West Texas evening:  I was sitting in the back yard, enjoying the night air, reading, and relaxing.  I heard the door chime in the yard. One of the reasons I chose this chime was because it was loud enough for me to hear it in the backyard, if I was on the patio.

I went directly to the front door.  I did not even check the door front through the blind, but opened the door, knowing that the storm door was locked. But no one was there.  I did not go out into the front yard to see if someone was down the street that might have wrung the bell.

I am a bit of a hermit or recluse, and am usually just as happy to be by myself, and not have my neighbors enter into my personal space, including my house. So the fact that no one was there was sort of okay.

However, someone "casing" the neighborhood could decide that because I did not answer the door bell, I was not home. That is not a very comforting thought. But it is one that I will leave on this blog and not take to bed with me.  The reason that thought is not comforting is because whoever was checking out the house might have a plan to return, whether I am here or not, to burgle the place.

I hope my negative thoughts do not come to pass. I hope no one invades my house, uses their thought that I am not home as permission ot burgle my house But, whatever happens, I will deal with it.