Sorry to have disappeared for a few days. I forgot to leave a note here saying that I was headed to Mississippi for one last visit with the family before the baby comes and airline travel takes on a whole new dimension of drama. Not that this trip wasn't exciting. I managed to book a flight on the day of the great United Airlines Computer Crash. I can't even remember the last time I flew United, but of course I did this time. It was swell, let me tell you. Nothing like being in Denver with hundreds of very testy airline travelers who are trying to grasp how a computer problem could ground flights all over the country.

I have lots to write about, including dramatic before and after pictures to post of a kitchen flooring replacement that Dan and some intrepid friends of ours took on in my absence, but today I need to unpack, do some laundry and go get some groceries. It appears that Dan has been existing entirely on fast food and condiments in the fridge for the last week.