| If you have valuables, you may find it difficult to keep | | | | make copies of your paperwork that would be hard to |
| them safe in your home or office. It seems that all | | | | replace if lost. You can easily fit scans of all of your |
| your neighbors are investing in intruder alert or motion | | | | paperwork onto a CD or a flash hard drive. |
| sensor alarms. It's great if you can afford these | | | | Now gather all of your valuables, and you are probably |
| systems, but most of us can't. In addition to the high | | | | like most people. You have a couple of things that are |
| cost of the installation of a new system, you also have | | | | expensive, but most of your stuff isn't worth investing |
| to pay monthly charges to maintain the service on the | | | | the money for a huge security system. If you are like |
| system. Before you invest a lot of money, you need to | | | | most people, your valuables are worth less than the |
| think about what your needs are, and whether it is | | | | cost a security system would be. If this is the case, |
| worth it or not. Many people don't know that there are | | | | there are some great products that can cleverly |
| alternatives to keeping your valuables safe in your | | | | disguise your valuables for storage. One that comes |
| own home or business that won't cost you a fortune. | | | | recommended is the 'can safe'. This disguises your |
| If you are deciding what type of security that you | | | | valuables in a regular looking can of food, cleaning |
| need for your home or office, the first thing you are | | | | product or beauty product. This is great, because you |
| going to have to do is determine your need. Take a | | | | can store your valuables close to where you use |
| look at the things that you can't afford to lose. This not | | | | them. For example, if you have some jewelry, you can |
| only includes things that would be expensive to | | | | disguise it in a can of aerosol deodorant, and leave it |
| replace, but also things that are priceless to you or | | | | on your dressing table next to your jewelry box. During |
| your business. Items that can't be replaced because | | | | a burglary, a thief will never know the difference, and |
| they are valuable to you are things like family heirlooms | | | | your valuables will be safe. If you have valuables in the |
| or jewelry that has been passed down from | | | | office, you can hide your valuables in a cleaning |
| generation to generation, even if it's just costume | | | | product can safe. If your home or office does get |
| jewelry. For your business, priceless items could include | | | | broken into, your valuables will be hidden away from |
| paperwork, deeds to the property or even material | | | | the thieves. |
| things that are instrumental to your business. | | | | You may be thinking that this is the same as putting |
| When you are evaluating your valuables, make sure | | | | your valuables in the freezer, but it isn't. If you put |
| you take pictures of them, so that if you do lose them, | | | | some of your jewelry or paperwork in the freezer, |
| you can have proof for the insurance company. Keep | | | | you are risking damage to the item from both the cold |
| these pictures in a safe place. If you have a safe | | | | and the moisture. It just isn't worth it, especially if you |
| deposit box at the bank, make sure they go there; | | | | have to wait three hours before your jewelry defrosts |
| otherwise have a family member who doesn't live with | | | | from the ice cube tray before you can wear it. |
| you keep them safe. Also, while you are doing this, | | | | |