This is Getting Ridiculous
Mar. 28th, 2010 11:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amberfocusWe got a call at 6:00 a.m. that the alarm at the house was going off AGAIN. You can believe that I was not happy about this one iota. Somehow or other one of the windows had been jimmied. I'm not sure how but when we got there we found it open 2 inches, yet they'd taken the time to put the screen back on. And it was one of the windows that was totally exposed to view, even if it was dark at 6:00 a.m. Crazy chance to get caught doing that. There was a clear fingerprint on the window and the sherrif's deputy dusted but it could be one of ours for all we know.
Anyway, they got into the house and then tore both the alarm panel and the alarm box off the wall, but then they went out the back door because the deadbolt was undone. I think they planned to tear off the alarm and try to come back again later to steal stuff. Nothing was taken this time either and the police were on the scene pretty quickly. We took an hour or so to get there.
The long and the short of it is we rented a U-Haul and today and over the course of the next few days we are simply getting everything out of there. Just shoveling it into boxes and moving it to storage. Chris was able to fix the alarm and the alarm panel. Having an electrical engineer in the family is a good thing. If he hadn't been able to do it it would have cost $200 for ADT to come out and fix it and we would have had to wait until Thursday. But it's working, we tested it. Chris then went through and drilled holes and put long screws into place so that none of the windows can be opened even if they break the lock and the wooden pegs. We also left on all the security lights.
I am hoping that's the end of it, but we will be out there early in the morning and all day for the next several days until it's all packed up and out of there and the locked U-Haul will be parked there so it's obvious people are about. Chris's dad and my mom will be helping some, but I don't know how much at this point. My mother tends to drive me crazy in situations like this though. Hopefully that won't be the case too much this time.
I have to make arrangements for the piano to be moved tomorrow. That's the only thing I am worried about at all. There is nothing of real value left, just stuff nobody really cares about which will eventually get garage saled or given to charity or something. Downsizing is something I'm really big on right now. I will never be a packrat or over consumer again, or allow my family to be. I will be so happy when it's all taken care of and we can get on to fixing it up and selling the blasted thing.
Anyways, with all the packing and moving this week I don't know what kind of a posting schedule I'll be able to maintain. I'm writing on the car ride back and forth but that's about it. Chapter nine of LoF is almost finished, so that one at least won't take too long to go up. Probably not tomorrow though.
Amy, I'm still thinking about you and your son and keeping you in my prayers, but I likely won't be around for chatting at all for a while. Sorry, I was hoping to. *HUGS*
Anyway, they got into the house and then tore both the alarm panel and the alarm box off the wall, but then they went out the back door because the deadbolt was undone. I think they planned to tear off the alarm and try to come back again later to steal stuff. Nothing was taken this time either and the police were on the scene pretty quickly. We took an hour or so to get there.
The long and the short of it is we rented a U-Haul and today and over the course of the next few days we are simply getting everything out of there. Just shoveling it into boxes and moving it to storage. Chris was able to fix the alarm and the alarm panel. Having an electrical engineer in the family is a good thing. If he hadn't been able to do it it would have cost $200 for ADT to come out and fix it and we would have had to wait until Thursday. But it's working, we tested it. Chris then went through and drilled holes and put long screws into place so that none of the windows can be opened even if they break the lock and the wooden pegs. We also left on all the security lights.
I am hoping that's the end of it, but we will be out there early in the morning and all day for the next several days until it's all packed up and out of there and the locked U-Haul will be parked there so it's obvious people are about. Chris's dad and my mom will be helping some, but I don't know how much at this point. My mother tends to drive me crazy in situations like this though. Hopefully that won't be the case too much this time.
I have to make arrangements for the piano to be moved tomorrow. That's the only thing I am worried about at all. There is nothing of real value left, just stuff nobody really cares about which will eventually get garage saled or given to charity or something. Downsizing is something I'm really big on right now. I will never be a packrat or over consumer again, or allow my family to be. I will be so happy when it's all taken care of and we can get on to fixing it up and selling the blasted thing.
Anyways, with all the packing and moving this week I don't know what kind of a posting schedule I'll be able to maintain. I'm writing on the car ride back and forth but that's about it. Chapter nine of LoF is almost finished, so that one at least won't take too long to go up. Probably not tomorrow though.
Amy, I'm still thinking about you and your son and keeping you in my prayers, but I likely won't be around for chatting at all for a while. Sorry, I was hoping to. *HUGS*
