Thanks Liz. {{hugs}}

Sorry about the pity party but as any of you who live alone know sometimes it's hard to deal with stuff all by yourself. Here are a couple of pictures of the hole, which, if you can bear to look at them, may explain why I got so upset after things seemed to be looking up.

broad view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...9/IMG_2002.jpg

closer, using flash.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...9/IMG_2003.jpg

We'll survive, I/we have done though worse.