Hi Diane, I am so sorry that your home was broken into again. But am so thankful that you and the kids are ok. Like you said things can be replaced, but you guys can't. I pray they catch them soon. Keep us posted.
Love, Sherry in FL On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:18:37 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Sherry & all - > > My promise to work with you all on Wednesday was derailed in a major > way. I > returned home from work on Wednesday to discover that my house had > been > burglarized for the 2nd time in 4 months... First time was early in > December. > > This time they stole my computer~ The police are certain it is the > same > people, and they expect to make an arrest shortly - a group of 3 > teenage boys > who live in the neighborhood. Apparently there have been 30 > robberies in this > area in the past year -something like 7 in the past week! > > Fortunately we are all okay and no major damage was done other than > > destroying the door they broke into. My kids are pretty upset, > especially the > 10 yo. Most of the stuff stolen has been theirs - video games, > stereos, cds, > etc. I still have some money from the last insurance settlement to > replace > their things, but probably can't buy a new computer right now. A > friend that > used to work with me is putting together a used computer that will > work for > now. We really need one at home for schoolwork. > > I am less concerned about the stuff, even the computer, than about > our peace > of mind. I don't want the kids to be afraid to leave home. I think > that > rather than take anymore chances I will have an alarm system > installed. I've > been checking it out already, and should be able to get one next > week. > > We are leaving town for the weekend, but the neighbors and police > will be > watching the house. I brought a few things with me to store at work, > so the > kids won't have to worry about them. I'm amazed at my lack of > concern about > the "stuff"... it is primarily the invasion of privacy that upsets > me. I > guess that my feelings about things have changed since I've been > decluttering. Everything that is gone can be replaced, other than > peace of > mind. Hopefully the alarm system will help a bit with that... > > Diane > > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > Journey from clutter List Website > http://journeyfromclutter.com > Members Only Page > http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm > > Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main > list. > > To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the > unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
