Well fuck

[joflasher]

Long and short of it: My house was broken into today.

Josh found the door kicked in when he got home from work. No one was hurt. All the critters are accounted for. They didn't destroy things. The police said that its pretty common for thieves to just ransack a place, up to and including harming the pets and that didn't happen here. They just got in, took what they wanted and left. On the grand scale of things, it's not that bad as robberies go.

On the down side, my house was broken into today.

I keep wondering if they'll come back for the stuff they couldn't carry out on the first run.

They took off with most of the small portable electronics; the playstation, the laptop, BlueRay player, all the BlueRay disks, the digital camera. They left the TV, the big server in the office and all the normal DVDs. The electron stuff is all replaceable.

On the non-replaceable list is an antique gold & diamond necklace that my Mennonite grandmother gave me that's been in our family for generations. Also the opal necklace and earrings Josh gave me a few years back and the pearls my other grandmother gave me when I graduated college. They took my jewelry box and ransacked all the "stuff" boxes in my bedroom, taking anything even vaguely sparkly. A lot of "worthless" jewelry and stuff that was near and dear to me is gone now. I know they'll just throw it out because its not "good" stuff and that makes me incredibly sad.

Oh, and the thing that brought it all home for me? When I realized that the DVD player contained a disk from my big boxed set of Buffy. So now I have an incomplete Buffy collection. What the hell do you do with a 7 season set that's missing one disk?

Comments

[sephyelysian.livejournal.com]

Oh Jesus. I'm sorry. That's terrible. If either of you need anything please let us know.

[tg2k.livejournal.com]

Ouch. I hope they catch whoever did it but still, ouch.

[amet.livejournal.com]

^ What she said. I'm sorry, hon. There aren't words for how much people suck sometimes. =\

(She being Sephy. XD;;)

[toeknuckles.livejournal.com]

Ugh. How awful. I'm so sorry to hear that.
So glad no pets were harmed though. That's my greatest fear - somebody breaking in and harming our pets. It upsets me even to think about it.

Anyway, so so sorry about those special things that can't be replaced. That's awful.

[ivorysilk]

I'm so sorry this happenned to you--I don't know how you must be feeling, but I can guess. I'm really sorry this happenned to you--more than the stuff that was taken (which is bad enough) the feeling of having your home not being inviolate. I'm really sorry.

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

Shit! Such a violation, this plainly sucks :-(

[bn29.livejournal.com]

I don't know if the police mentioned this, but putting together a list of the stolen jewelry and contacting all of the local pawn shops is probably your best bet of both getting some of your jewelry back, and of having some chance of getting these guys caught.

Presumably, insurance will take care of the monetary value of the loss?

If you are interested in an alarm system send me mail offline. I have some recent experience with that.

[flasher.livejournal.com]

The house is already wired for ADT, we just let the subscription lapse and never bothered activating the system when we left the house. Guess that's the next thing to look intol

[prusik.livejournal.com]

Ouch. That's horrible. I hope that you manage to recover some of your stuff, the jewelry at least.

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

:-(

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

Also, I wonder if a simple email to joss whedon might help you with the buffy situation. He might give you permission to download it or something. He seems like a human.

[blk]

Bleh. Nothing of use to add here except that that sucks. :-/

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

That's awful and sucks hugely. :( :( :(

[dgr.livejournal.com]

Crap, sorry to hear that Jo.

I've been meaning to buy a safe, but I've been lazy and haven't gotten around to it.

Kicking in doors and doing a quick ransack seems to happen around us, too. George and I put in metal strike boxes on the doors, which helps a lot, but it certainly isn't foolproof. We also have two sliding glass doors. :|

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Also, you have to use the safe.... we never remember to. The world is a really scary place sometimes, and i think we default to a defeatist stance really easily.

Edited to say that costco has fireproof safes at a reasonable price. They are VERY heavy.

[dgr.livejournal.com]

That's why we don't have one. I did research on what I wanted, and picked out a few candidates, but I would have to be home while they're delivered, and they give fuzzy 8 hour windows, so I haven't gotten around to ordering one and scheduling a day off.

I wouldn't store things like DVDs in there, but I have plenty of documents and sentimental things I rarely use and would hate to lose. There are some electronics, like my camera, which I use seldom enough that they could live in there, too.

Getting a burglary-resistant, fireproof safe that is electronics safe is not a particularly cheap investment, but when you weigh the price against the months of hassle of getting paperwork replaced, it starts looking pretty good. I think our insurance policy even offers a discount if we get a decently rated theft-proof safe.

As for the missing disk, I think writing Joss Whedon is a cute idea. On a slightly more practical level, I'm sure you could burn a replacement disc. I'm sure you can find a copy from a friend, or from Netflix. Nobody is going to sue you for infringement on that one.

Glad you and the pets are safe. And the Boy.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

It would be awesome if Joss Whedon actually sent you the disc, though.

We have quite a small safe - enough for the truly important documents, and a cd burned with things like JOsh's game collection. But it would be big enough to hold the really important jewelry, too.

We also got a server to back up our electronic stuff - after Eli and Katy lost so much of their data we did that. Now we have backups of computer data and the like, that are on a non-descript server that is sort of hidden - less likely to be grabbed during a raid.

[omnia-mutantur.livejournal.com]

That sucks mightily.

If there is anything we can do, up to and including come to your house, bring you food and stare vacantly at your ferrets, say the word.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm so sorry. Can't say much, but wishing you some security and peace.

[arashink.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear it. I'm glad that all living beings in the house are unharmed. I hope the cops find and nail the bastards who did it.

[starherd.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry that this happened (but very glad that the critters are all right)

[mj2q.livejournal.com]

That sucks. Sorry you had to deal with that.

[purplebean.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry this happened to you. Like everyone else, very glad you and the animals are ok.