Really? Two Years?

Wow - it's been a LONG time since I posted anything here. I've been doing a lot with my HA system. I've blown a few things up in the process, and I've made a ton of progress too. I'll try to cover everything I've done over the next few posts.

Keep in mind that I am, by no means, an HA "guru". I just know what I want, I develop what I can, and I pull in some coding help from AI. I'm not a programmer and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express, either. At 60, I'm not going to learn a lot of new tricks. But I AM going to lament just a tiny bit about the things I didn't do in the past and try to make up for lost time. 

Home Assistant is one of those things. Geez, I wish I'd been able to use this earlier, but I probably would have gotten frustrated with it and put it away. With the tools available now, you don't even have to worry about looking for help from the community necessarily. And that's both a good and bad thing! Bad, because it breaks that spirit of cooperation and camaraderie. But also good, because more than once, I was made to feel like a fool because I didn't find my answer by "RTFM" (if I even got an answer at all).

 So with all that said, I'll take you through some of what I've been doing for the past two years over the next few posts, and I'll try hard to not go so long between updates. Always remember that your mileage may vary. What looks great to you might look cluttered to me, or vice-versa. All I can do is show you what things have worked for me, and maybe it'll inspire something in you.

 And as always - constructive comments are ALWAYS welcome.