Today we reached a long sought after milestone and sent in the first half of our Contents List. 
This list contains over half of the items lost in the fire and represents hours of time. It really only begins the process of claiming our policy coverage for possessions and we still have the other half to finish, but as Mary Poppins says “well begun is half done.”
For nearly a year now we’ve been using a spreadsheet to list everything item by item, line by line, estimating costs and recording important details in the correct columns (so Allstate doesn’t confuse a $400 Milwaukee drill with a $4 Milwaukee beer).