Maw, Im sorry to hear that you broke yourself up a bit. I totally understand how that happens. If there is a hole, I'll step in it and if there is something lying on the ground, I'll trip over it. Im real familiar with "face down in the mud".
Risu, Thats awful about the water damage. I hope that you are able to dry stuff out and save the things that are precious to you.
I lost all my special saved baby clothes (mine and my kids) to rats! We stupidly had the boxes stored in a detached garage and some roof rats decided to move in. Everything was chewed up or peed on. gaaaah
One day, when we were moving, I opened one of the boxes and a huge rat launched itself right at my face.
I screamed really loud and jumped straight backwards about 5 feet.
I got teased all day by the movers, the painters, my family, and the neighbors who heard me scream. But worst of all was seeing what the darn rat had done to my precious little hand embroidered baby clothes.
Since then, Ive collected a bunch of huge, old, trunks to store special things in.
Chel