On a personal note…

Well, I was robbed… again. This is my second time being robbed since I’ve lived in my current home. This time it was really scary because the person came into my home while I was sleeping and entered my bedroom to steal my laptop! Insane! I have a great security system, but I did not have it on. I wont make that mistake again. There is a very important business lesson in this too. I was able to get back on-line with all my files in tact because I back up my hard drive. This is so important since so much business is conducted with the computer, and we never know if theft, a fire, a computer crashing, or some other horrible circumstance may take our precious files away! There are quite a few options when backing up files. I really like http://www.xdrive.com/ it’s a service provided by AOL that gives you a generous amount of storage. The best part? You can be anywhere in the world to access your files. I hope none of you experience the intense violation of someone coming into your home while you are there to rob you. Here is a link to a home security check list provided by Martha Stewart: http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/?vgnextoid=3906ce908332f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=security&rsc=image_7
Here are a couple photos of the damage that the robbers caused the first time I was robbed: