| Plants | Lock | |
| About a week before we go, we submit a hold mail request to start on the day we leave and start back the day before we return. My husband takes care of this item for us. Too bad there’s not a way to indicate, “Just throw away the junk mail.” | We have 2 plants in our house, and the day we leave for vacation, my husband moves them to our kitchen sink that he’s put a small amount of water in that they can drink from when they get thirsty. Truth be told, we wouldn’t be devastated if they died. | We have a sliding glass door off our primary bedroom that leads to our porch. In addition to engaging the lock on it, we lay a stick in the track for extra security. There’s actually a product for this, called a “charley bar,” but we just use a free stick. |
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