OK- well that had to be officially one of the worst experiences I have gone through recently!!! In case you didn't guess by the title....we were broken into.... It happened on a Friday night while we were at the church helping with Youth group. I even came home at 8 PM which I never do, because I had forgotten to pick up some stuff.... We came home at 12 to find that our back gate was unlocked... Judging by the footprints in the snow, it was definitely a man (size 11 shoe) and it looks like he broke in around 10PM....he came in through our patio door...which I have asked the landlord to fix several times.... At first when we walked in we started to panic because the dogs were missing. Actually panic is a mild word for the pandamonia that broke out when my girls thought the dogs were stolen or dead. We started hunting the house for them and a moment later heard whining.....from the shoe closet. The stupid thief had shoved my dogs cages nose down in their cages in the closet....I was pretty steamed....Kendal says he probably did it to shut them up, but he was kind of dumb considering he left the nosiest one out.... After we started to look around we realized that my keyboard and my 1200.00 guitar were both history...Was I ever choked....Aside from that all they stole was 150.00 in Canadian Tire money and some foreign bills which were worth nothing. Oh and they left a big mess for me to clean. That was very considerate of them.. Did I mention that my kids were terrified to go to bed for a week afterward, or that my 13 year old sleeps with the door open now....(she wasn't scared of the dark before.) or that they wanted one of us to stay home on Friday nights? My dogs bark at every little sound...I am sure they were thrilled to be locked upside down in a dark closet. It took the police 12 hours to get to our house and another 24 hours for the CSI to show up and fingerprint....I understand the police force in our city is understaffed, but WOW! I felt victimized again...Plus we couldn't clean our house until after the police were done.... Unfortunately at this point I still have heard nothing back about my guitar. I phoned every pawn shop in town, plus I have been keeping an eye open on eBay. Still praying for that to come back. We now have an alarm system installed...ADT to be exact.....and we feel a little safer, although, I think we will be moving to another house some time soon. We also have a special lock for our doors now..... .....and to the thief who was kind enough to take the most precious thing in my house(guitar) It had no monetary value to me. It was precious, because I used it to worship God. I played it a lot, and I doubt it will do you that much good. Pawning it will probably only give you a couple hundred, and no where near the pleasure it gave me or others who like to listen to me play. I am glad that you left my dogs unharmed, but you did damage to my kids.... all that said? I forgive you-because it is the right thing to do, and because your life can't be that good....but for crying out loud..... Get a real job. | 
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