When I am alone in the house and I am quilting, I always lock up because I am upstairs with the machines going and can't hear anything. Last summer my husband and I were watching tv with most of the lights out. At 10:30 at night our doorbell rang. Our dog went nuts. We heard heavy boots run down our steps and into the woods. We told the police and a few days later a ring of young thieves were found a few streets over in a very nice home.