Guest blog post by Harper Kelly
For women of all ages, living alone comes with extra precautions that are necessary to ensure day-to-day safety.
Luckily, it's possible to implement personal safety into your daily routine without feeling like a prisoner in your own home.
Susan notes: these things made sense to me... awareness is the key to crime prevention...
1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering your new refrigerator.
2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the bathroom when I was working in your yard last week. While I was in there, I unlatched the back window to make my return a little easier.
3. Love those flowers. That tells me you have taste... and taste means there are nice things inside. Those yard toys your kids leave out always make me wonder what type of gaming system they have.
4. Yes, I really do look for newspapers piled up on the driveway. And I might leave a pizza flyer in your front door to see how long it takes you to remove it.
5. If it snows while you're out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foot tracks into the house.. Virgin drifts in the driveway are a dead giveaway.