Just got home from a trip and found that our house had been broken into. Not much taken; the sheriff said that it's probably local meth-heads. And 5 neighbors in this 40-house subdivision have been hit within the last 6 months... Fortunately, nothing taken that isn't easily replaceable, although this will of course give Allstate an excuse for raising our rates.
Update: John F., don't worry! The sheriff caught the perps and they think they have recovered all the stolen property from all the places the losers hit.
That stinks about the theft. Our house was broken into about a year ago (thief kicked down the front door; left a footprint). It takes about three months to stop sleeping with a baseball bat next to the bed, but eventually all returns to normal. We enabled our alarm system, though!
Posted by: Michelle | July 18, 2008 at 01:50 PM
I was surprised to find that I don't feel all the creeped out at the fact that a stranger was rifling through my jewelry and tool box.
And of COURSE my rates will rise; I am now no longer "claim free", which means that I get to pay more for the privilege of, you know, taking advantage of what I've paid into for, oh, about 35 years...
Posted by: Mary Ellen Bates | June 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Sorry to hear about the break-in. Often it's not the stuff they take, but the fact that some unknown person got into your house, which makes it nasty. Hope your rates don't really go up.
Posted by: Kathy J | June 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM