tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post3807727328874405134..comments2024-03-27T00:43:28.975-05:00Comments on Mom's Scribbles: An Interesting Start To My DayVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-85970058170116519452014-08-27T21:29:33.851-05:002014-08-27T21:29:33.851-05:00Jim...Thank you for your concern. My living condi...Jim...Thank you for your concern. My living conditions aren't really all that bad and incidents like the one last night are rare. I have lived here nearly 18 years. I think I would be much more uncomfortable in a large apartment complex than I am in an old historic building with only 7 apartments and where I know all of the tenants. About 10 years ago the landlord did a major remodel of the apartments and mine is quite comfortable. The outside walls are thick and I am bothered by street noise only when windows are open and usually only on Saturday nights. The bars are of the neighborhood variety similar to a "Cheers" type. This side of town has no obvious gang activity or big city crime. Local police are more Mayberry than military. A couple of the officers who were here the night my husband died 6 years ago, still stop to talk with me if they see me on the street, asking if I am doing alright. It was one of them who rescued my dogs when my apartment filled with smoke due to a fire in a downstairs apartment a year ago. So all things considered, I could be living in much worse places.<br /><br />Granted, I am a country girl at heart having lived in rural areas most of my life, and would prefer that life over this, but sometimes we just have to bloom where we are planted.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-60546075277896824502014-08-27T20:35:40.584-05:002014-08-27T20:35:40.584-05:00I can understand the necessity to live where one c...I can understand the necessity to live where one can afford, but I must admit I would have a difficult time living under those conditions. I'm very fortunate that I live in a very conservative western state in a rural location and I don't have to deal with these types of situations.<br />My hopes and prayers are that you will remain safe in the future.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231408607303510336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-31179336692034940602014-08-27T15:34:29.736-05:002014-08-27T15:34:29.736-05:00Harry...I have thought about moving and will give ...Harry...I have thought about moving and will give it some more serious thought. The problem is finding a place that is on the bus line as I have no car and finding a place that is affordable. I think if these kinds of things were happening more often I would be more inclined to move. Right now I have good neighbors in house and a really good landlord. Who knows the kind of environment I would be in somewhere else. Sometimes the unknown winds up being worse than the known.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-86297652406819249772014-08-27T15:14:26.669-05:002014-08-27T15:14:26.669-05:00Maybe it's time to move. That is beginning to ...Maybe it's time to move. That is beginning to sound like too interesting a place to live.Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-1558262587387089212014-08-27T12:20:26.363-05:002014-08-27T12:20:26.363-05:00Dana...PS. Thanks for all the suggestions. I rea...Dana...PS. Thanks for all the suggestions. I really appreciate it. It is nice to know that there are those besides close family who care about whether you are alright.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-21863897095839834792014-08-27T12:16:36.909-05:002014-08-27T12:16:36.909-05:00Dana...I tried the stacking stuff in front of the ...Dana...I tried the stacking stuff in front of the door thing, but I have animals who think it is fun to play in the middle of the night. The door is double locked with a deadbolt. The door opens inward, so I wedge a chair under the doorknob at night and that seems to work, although I've never had to test the theory.<br /><br />I live on the second floor of a straight sided building. Someone would have to come equipped with a ladder to get in the windows. They crank outward and double lock inside. I have candles and plants and junk on the sills so anyone trying to get in that way at night would probably knock something down.<br /><br />The outside doors are kept locked and there is a keypad to call the apartments to get in. Which doesn't make sense to me because there is glass in the outside doors. It is heavy duty double paned with wire mesh between the panes, but if someone wanted in badly enough, the glass could be broken. Nothing I can do about that.<br /><br />I have fire extinguishers, but not the rope ladders. Thanks for the reminder. It is on my "to do" list.<br /><br />I sleep light. My mother was ill for many years and I would get phone calls at odd hours because of that. Even though she died a number of years ago, the habit to wake up at the ringing of a phone has mutated to waking up at any odd sound. Except for the trains that go by a block away. I never hear the whistles at night. Go figure.<br /><br />And I have Lily the infamous guard dog who will alert at any noise outside my door. She doesn't guard me. She guards her food bowl. But it works.<br /><br />And I am armed. Within easy reach.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-21987152713498756962014-08-27T11:44:10.812-05:002014-08-27T11:44:10.812-05:00Waaaaay back when, I had my weapons, but I never w...Waaaaay back when, I had my weapons, but I never wanted to be woken up with someone standing over my bed. So I concocted my own cheap burglar alarm. I took metal trays and set them in front of the door and vulnerable windows and stacked empty cans on top of each other with marbles inside. On the other hand, you could hang something inside your windows like windchimes. On the OTHER hand (I have three hands) there are single alarms to stick to the window frames that go off if the seal is broken.<br /><br />On the other foot, make sure you have a flexible fire escape ladder that hooks over your upstairs window sill if there's ever a fire below you.<br /><br /> lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-55604748805471752312014-08-27T11:41:23.001-05:002014-08-27T11:41:23.001-05:00It is usually fairly quiet here as well. I'm ...It is usually fairly quiet here as well. I'm not one of those people who think it can't happen here. I know that it can and most likely will. Wish I had heard the glass break, tho. Then I would have known what was happening.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-35548652412777850782014-08-27T11:08:21.623-05:002014-08-27T11:08:21.623-05:00Like I say all the time it pays to be viligaint. I...Like I say all the time it pays to be viligaint. Its quite here after like 6:30pm. the whole town closes except for the 3 gas stations, Subway,D.Q.,and Marketplace Foods. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800149852939042454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-19319138546939433582014-08-27T09:22:29.185-05:002014-08-27T09:22:29.185-05:00Matt...I've got that covered. Even though my ...Matt...I've got that covered. Even though my town is much more quiet than the city, I believe in being prepared for anything. Daddy raised no fools. :)Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292915201767940326.post-25762949920499900102014-08-27T09:08:48.477-05:002014-08-27T09:08:48.477-05:00You really need a firearm, if you don't alread...You really need a firearm, if you don't already have one.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967355941603195101noreply@blogger.com