A Fright!

We had a bit of a fright this past week. My sweet Nat came home from work early Wedneday night to surprise me by putting up the Christmas decorations. He opened the front door to find the kitchen window smashed in and the living room in a wreck! We'd been broken into!!! He stepped out quickly in case they were still in the house and called the cops. It turns out that someone smashed our window with a hammer, climbed through, made a mess of the living room, and stole a flashlight and a cable that runs from the TV to Nat's Play Station 2! Then they went down to our bedroom, got one of my white sweaters and wiped their muddy footprints off, folded it back up, and put it back in my stack of sweaters in the closet! Yep, all of that for a flashlight and a cable. And it will cost several hundred dollars to replace the window.

We found out the next day that 2 of our neighbors had been broken into as well, and the only things taken from any of the houses were video game related. Isn't that crazy? And our neighborhood was supposed to be safe. People say they've lived here for 25 years and nothing's ever happened. The police say nothing's really happened before either. Isn't that sad? Now it's a little frightening to come home at night or be home alone at night. We just hope it never happens again! But we are very grateful that Nat didn't come in when they were still in the house and get hurt! So thankful for that!!! And also very grateful that nothing major was stolen or destroyed--other than our sense of security. But, we do have someone comming tomorrow about installing a security system. So, that is our latest news.