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I'm rather big and because of that I walk softly. I was constantly scaring my wife even through she knows I'm in the house so I've developed the habit of whistling or talking when moving. She is retired and always home. When I come home I always yell from the door.

At night we have a ADT alarm which works well. One evening I was out on a Ghost Hunt (usually a one a month activity) and planning on spending the night when circumstances sent me home early. Not thinking ahead I opened a door to sounds similar to a submariene klaxon and scared her out of a years growth. Fortunately she is scared of guns and will not touch one despite my continuing efforts to teach her. Last week I spent the night out for a sleep lab test and they realeased me at 5:00AM. I was on the way home when I started thinking about the alarm so I went to Jim's for breakfast and got in about 6:30. I then called the house about five times for her to wake up and had her disarm the alarm.

Moral of the story. A good alarm system can alert you early to intruders. If the alarm is not going off I don't assume a stranger in the house.