Sorry Lonnie. Good idea but...
there's already been another HAL that's been doing that for at least a decade and yes, it can take verbal commands and report on various situations. It can also make decisions based on time of day, temperature, light and many other conditions.
H.A.L. stands for Home Automated Living. Another one currently in use by thousands is a product called Homeseer which can also do pretty much the same but has some greater flexibility IMHO. It too can respond verbally, remember dates, appointments, tell jokes, etc.
There are a couple of freeware ones that are Open Source and there's a Forum as well. but, this is not the place for that, sorry for rambling....