I'm very sorry to hear about your crew mates, and I'm sure there's an emptiness for you and Buffet both. But it is good you still have each other. If there is a heaven, you can bet our former companions will be there to greet us with lots of wags and licks.
We've been missing your updates around here. Your mods are sounding really intriguing, and I really like that you put them to the "livability" test every day. I must confess, however, in reading your above post, my eyes started glazing over with so many words and so few pics...