Thanks, keep the replies comin'!
I got my guts back up and went to the Grocery Store after all. Not like me to hide out at home thinking "what if"...(well it's almost like me, but not yet. LOL). I am thinking of putting in motion lights, I oughta do that. Maybe some fake (or REAL) cameras. I see them at Costco and the price isn't bad. Wouldn't that be cool if I had that, and could just turn the tape over to the police and say "here they are" "here's who ran thru the yard, now go get 'em"!
You know, if they really care, they could pull the prints off the items I found in my back yard and catch the guy. Certainly they can differentiate from my prints because here in Texas EVERYONE gets printed when they get their drivers license.