I got home last night about 6:30 about a half hour after my wife who never made it past the living room. After saying our hellos, I went into the kitchen to start making dinner, and she soon followed. She happened to look out the kitchen window, and noticed that the screen was halfway up, and asked me if I had opened it. I told her I hadn't, and she proceeded to tell me that when she was watching the squirrels with my little girl on sunday, she distinctly remembers the screen not being up.
For those of you who don't know, I live in a small quiet community in an out of the way area of harford county.
Anyway, She was concerned that someone may have tried to get into the house. I checked the inside, and nothing was missing/out of place, so I went out back, being careful to stay away from the window area, and checked the shop. I came in and called the HCSD, and had a deputy respond. He did some checking, and found some hand prints on the window where someone had pressed their hands against it to try to lift it, and was able to lift the prints. He was a very nice and professional gentleman, and I plan on calling the Sheriff's office tomorrow to leave feedback for him. As an aside, he just returned from a tour in Iraq, and I thanked him for his service.
Well......Now for the decisions. My wife and I have been kicking around getting a security system, and this has helped us make up our minds. We'll be getting on that as soon as the holidays are wrapped up. Does anyone here have any recommendations? What kind of installation fee/monitoring fee can I expect? I have a 3 bed split level. I was already planning on purchasing a new safe as I've grossly outgrown what I have. That was already going to happen as soon as taxes come in this year...
One thing that this has taught me is that security is a multi fasceted thing. You can have all the home defence weapons in the world, but if you're not at home to use them, they're useless.
For those of you who don't know, I live in a small quiet community in an out of the way area of harford county.
Anyway, She was concerned that someone may have tried to get into the house. I checked the inside, and nothing was missing/out of place, so I went out back, being careful to stay away from the window area, and checked the shop. I came in and called the HCSD, and had a deputy respond. He did some checking, and found some hand prints on the window where someone had pressed their hands against it to try to lift it, and was able to lift the prints. He was a very nice and professional gentleman, and I plan on calling the Sheriff's office tomorrow to leave feedback for him. As an aside, he just returned from a tour in Iraq, and I thanked him for his service.
Well......Now for the decisions. My wife and I have been kicking around getting a security system, and this has helped us make up our minds. We'll be getting on that as soon as the holidays are wrapped up. Does anyone here have any recommendations? What kind of installation fee/monitoring fee can I expect? I have a 3 bed split level. I was already planning on purchasing a new safe as I've grossly outgrown what I have. That was already going to happen as soon as taxes come in this year...
One thing that this has taught me is that security is a multi fasceted thing. You can have all the home defence weapons in the world, but if you're not at home to use them, they're useless.
Diabetics are usually pretty careful about putting their stuff in the trash.
