Planning to be away from home for a few days, or a week or more? If so, you've probably done the precautionary things you should -- like stopping newspaper deliveries, having a neighbor pick up your mail and making your home appear to be lived-in by using timers to turn lights on and off at night. But experienced burglars can spot a house that seems too quiet. After a bit of surveillance, they make their move and break in -- often in spite of your best efforts to fool them. However, there's one more trick that homeowners often overlook -- inviting someone in to house-sit. Besides making your home lived-in from day to day, this arrangement provides someone on hand to correct a problem should something break or seriously malfunction. And that's the On The House Tip for today.