Ohio:

It was gratifying to learn, when I got up this morning, that the security system chirps as soon as you cross a motion sensor. That should give pause to anyone intruding! It also chirps out your exit interval after you arm the system, with a warning flurry of chirps just before it would sound the alarm.

Slept about 6 hours last night, and surprised it wasn't longer but the early morning light, right in my eye, was too bright. Nice not to over-listen to house/squirrel noises when dropping off to sleep.

I'm removing the security system yard sign because: "Would you be concerned that your alarm system could be compromised easily by a relatively unskilled burglar with a device that costs less than three hundred dollars? Even more to the point: would you want to advertise to thieves that you had a system that could be easily defeated?

"Remember that every time you put one of those stickers on your doors or windows, or a sign in your front yard that tells an intruder what kind of alarm system you have installed, it also tells them that it can potentially be circumvented.

"When you are buying an alarm system to protect your family, your home, and your assets, you need to be aware of fundamental security vulnerabilities, because inherent in the term “security system” is the concept of SECURITY."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcwebertobias/2015/01/29/this-popular-wireless-alarm-system-can-be-hacked-with-a-magnet-and-scotch-tape/


The last of the light-colored wash is in the dryer-- the weather has not saturated the ground in the last week so I'm pushing the drain lines. Since I don't use TP....

The last of the cozy fleeces is in the wash-- I'm sitting now under a CLEAN one still warm from the dryer. There are several of which there are duplicates-- Horde dirt or PA dirt, it's all going down the drain without me needing to know which are which, at least for fleece.

Next up (probably not starting today) are 5-8 loads of darks, all Horde dirt.

Some items' stains have not come out, so after these Horde loads are all done I'll evaluate whether we need to replace any via Goodwill.

The kitchen is gradually getting close to Normal Mode.

To stop that bright morning light from sneaking around the edge of the nearest bedside curtain, I've now inserted a push-pin in just the right place. And reconfigured the bedside array of lamp/charger cords back to Normal Mode.

I'm looking forward to next week-- rendezvous with Hardi for Tuesday evening supper upstate, then the free housecleaner starting Wednesday. And I think I found a new handyman for the heavy lifting, to recruit on Friday.

~S~