i'm thinking i just didn't notice it, but it doesn't matter either way: i'm going to call a pro in to look at it and tell me if it's just settling and can be fixed with a patch, or if i need to get it fixed-fixed. Dad says it's probably just settling, but the water table is so close to the surface in this area, i just don't want to take chances. and the link murstein mentioned above looks real good, so i've resources, at least. :-p

-bs