Hi Guys. Thanks for the thoughts! Mr. Silver, the first thing we said when it happened (well, other than 'Oh, ****') was that we needed to watch that movie.

All in all, it's not as bad as it could be. We're still waiting to hear from insurance. The Boy thinks we've done the wrong thing by going to an adjuster, because of the fee, but I know we'll be able to get much more money for it than we would if we messed with the insurancy agent ourselves, especially since we've got AllState who is apparently The Worst. He was up all night crunching numbers in his head (I've been there, where the anxiety makes you create things that aren't going to happen) and he's convinced we'll get screwed and end up with $300 to fix a half-unfinished basement.

The plumbers came in this morning to fix the pipe, and it wasn't a horrible fee. Here's the culprit (doesn't it look like it's talking?):



Cross your fingers the $ situation gets sorted out (at the very least, I think we'll be learning to put in our own drywall, a friend is finishing her basement and can show us and help us, to save money). We've got it in savings, but had been hoping to spend it on a wedding. Looks like the wedding might be smaller than we'd planned.

K.