Thursday, Laurie came home, garage door broken in, our home robbed. I was in Denver at a businees meeting, jumped a plane and did not get home until one o' clock in the morning. We were both hyserical.

We live way out in the desert on 2 acres of land in Arizona. We have neighbors that were home and did not hear a thing.

We installed a alarm system this weekend, but even that is not full proof, as we are so far out, the police cannot respond extremely quickly. I set up a neighborhood watch, but as people are in and out all day, this will only help so much. We have thought about getting a dog, but with our two cats this is a touchy propositon.

We feel so violated, and are so scared. We don't want these jerks to take our beautiful life away. Please share your stories, your ideas on anything else we can do to secure our place. The problem is that the robberies occur during the day, which by the way, is statistically when most robberies occur (from 6am to 6pm).

Lisa