When you go on vacation do you ever have second thoughts and think maybe you should of looked at home security systems and purchased one? Every year (except this year) when we go on our vacations I always have that worry… what if someone breaks in when we are gone and steals everything? Granted some of the stuff I would say good riddens, but there are other things (and the things I’m sure they would steal) that would break my heart not due to the expense of it, but the memories behind it. For example the lanterns that used to be my Grandpa’s or the coins that used to be Paul’s Grandparents.

So instead of paying the big money for the security system.. we ended up making sure the neighbors on all sides of us knew we were going to be gone. Then the neighbor across the street I also gave them our cell phone number, and my parents cell phone number just in case something happened. I also let her know that only at one time while we were gone was someone going to be here (to drop our truck off) other than that if someone was here.. they shouldn’t be. So I can say I did feel quite safe this year leaving as I knew if something out of the ordinary was going on, the police would be called.