Steve's grandfather, Puh, passed away this morning. Northwest Airlines very kindly booked bereavement fares for Steve and I. We will go to Norfolk on Sunday, the funeral is Monday, then on Tuesday go to D.C. to sit shiva for a couple of days with the family.

I want to put up an online memorial for Puh, but need to get the obituary info to do so. I've called the funeral home to see if they can send it to me, to avoid having to burden Steve's mom any more than I have to. If anyone has suggestions for memorial sites to use, please let me know.

Geno is, I think, trying to make me feel better by looking really cute. Either that or he's just napping, I'm not sure which.

I'm putting some home stuff on hold, but have had to call and make arrangements for a few things before we go. When you spend a lot of time around here talking to people whose companies will come and fix things around your house, you hear an awful lot of that real Minnesota accent. It's kind of fun, but I do then find myself saying stuff like "oh, sherr, you bet." As long as I don't start pronouncing "bag" as "beg," I'll be okay.