I arrived home yesterday afternoon....and it's wonderful to be back in my little place, and sleeping in my cosy bed.  Between grocery shopping, unpacking, and catching up on e-mail, there wasn't a lot of time left over for hooking......but  I did manage to pick out "the replacements" and start hooking them into place.  I'm a lot happier with the look of the piece now....and will surely take some pictures when it's done (I'm predicting just one more night of hooking remains).  Crossing my fingers....