Alexa - the single ladies constant companion

I love my Alexa - I can’t spell so when writing an email I just say - how do I spell ‘restaurant’ (yes I had to ask her, I have a mental block about that word). 

When you live in an apartment you never know what the weather is outside so you just ask Alexa what the temperature is before venturing out to golf.
Play the news I say - she does.

Play Queen, or Mozart, or any song I happen to want to hear - and she does.

Put butter on my shopping list - and she does and whats more she puts it on my phone as well so when I get to the supermarket there is my list.

What is the time - at 3 in the morning so much easier to mutter that than to look at my watch and if I can’t get back to sleep I just say - play Radio New Zealand and she does.

Remind me to ring Claudia and wish her Happy Birthday… dentist appointment 10 September at 10.30 a.m.

Set the timer for 10 minutes.

And most important of all when I can’t find my phone I can ask her to ring it. Vital when you live alone and have no-one else to do this for you! Need I go on. There are all sorts of things she does but these are my basics.