I know the feeling. We do have Brink's-monitored alarms at both the office and home. After our window had a rock thrown through it (shatter-proof, but not bullet proof), we installed cameras. The usual surveillance camera sets (8 or 16) at Costco or Sam's club with internet-enabled video recorder. We set it to motion detection recording and automatic write-over for older footage. You can watch live footage remotely, on your Windows Mobile phone or other web-browser. Really useful for false alarms, or to call the police if there was a real break-in in progress.
