It's amazing how long it takes to recover from a fire. Mine happened in February of 2005, and we're still not all put back together, although we're getting close now, and we were able to move back in after only (hah, 'only') eleven months. Sorry to hear you had a fire too, Bazza! Hope no one was hurt! (Nobody got hurt in mine; I'm former Special Forces and still an incredibly light sleeper, so I woke up quickly and was able to waken and herd the woman and cats out safely, although my favorite cat ran off and was missing for six weeks.)