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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 766725, member: 16948&quot;]Everyone, thank you so much for all your concern and suggestions.&nbsp; My coins are safe, no worries there. We too are very grateful the situation wasn&#039;t more serious. All the things that were taken can be replaced and I&#039;m not too concerned about that. It&#039;s just the level of security I once took for granted has been dealt a large blow - which could be a good thing since my husband has often accused me of being too trusting. Believe me, we are going to take a lot more precautions. And to address some of your questions and comments (both here and in pm&#039;s):</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: Red">edited</span></p><p><br /></p><p>We already looked at the sensor lights last night and will get those installed this week. I&#039;m looking into the security system today, and we have already put the word out about getting a German Shepherd - we used to have a beautiful German Shepherd who was the best watch dog but he died a few years ago. My husband couldn&#039;t part with the dog house he had built, so now we&#039;re glad we kept it!&nbsp; I will also look into getting a beefed up car alarm system.</p><p><br /></p><p>My cases were way too heavy for the thieves to be on foot, and the box of stuff they took with the books, etc., would also have been too heavy for them to hand carry very far. They definitely had a vehicle and more than one person. Since the method they used to break in was &quot;old fashioned,&quot; the police believe the thieves might not have been kids.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the past several years, my city has been voted the &quot;safest city in the country&quot; so I asked the police officer (who was a women, by the way, as was the CSI officer) about this. She said that title was referring to bodily injury crimes of which we have very little, but as far as property crimes, that was a different story. She said, if you were a thief, where would you rather steal from - the poor city you live in, or the more affluent city a few miles away?</p><p><br /></p><p>So, again, thank you everyone, and even though this has affected us, it will not consume us, nor will it take away the joy I get from dealing and collecting coins. I know there are desperate people out there, but we are indeed fortunate in having our family safe and healthy, and in being able to have what we have and do what we enjoy. I am thankful to all you wonderful CT people and I hope you can take some time to appreciate and spend time with your loved ones during this holiday season.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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