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When I die - I want to be a DIAMOND and a PAINTING!
OK...
So before you guys go "HUH?" let me explain...
As we all have been faced with HCV we all have had to think about our own individual deaths.
OK - so death isn't all that glamorous --- especially now that we have an idea of how it's going to happen ---- or feeling like we are closer to death than most people.
It's kind of depressing - because you think of all the things you wish you could fit into an ordinary lifetime... And you realize that truly --- you probably will never get all of those things in --- and Godzilla is going to come stomping down your street before you actually get most of them done.
But --- Me --- well... I'm of the belief that everyone dies --- so there has to be something good about it.
Mind you --- I'm in no rush to get there --- but I'm not afraid of the journey...
LOL!
Anyhow... Having thought about dying a little more frequently in the last year... the fact becoming a little more of a reality --- than something far far off in the future... I started looking around at the options available.
You know... Some folks want to be buried in specific cemeteries... Some want to be cremated... Some don't care.... etc.
Well - at first, because I'm kind of artsy-fartsy, and I love to visit old crumbling cemeteries, and pencil etch old gravestones, and historical events make me feel nostaligic... I thought I'd want to be buried in a beautiful marble mausoleum.
Well - checking into the costs of one of those --- more expensive than most houses.... left me going --- ohhh... well I can't do that. Sigh...
Then I wanted to be a fountain... they make these awesome sundials and fountains... But the hubby said Birds will visit me --- and I thought... Do I really want to have bird poo for a century or two?
SO I went a looking and I found a couple of very interesting things --- and I've made up my mind on one of them.
Now --- hear me out --- before you go AGGGG!!!!
I WANNA BE A DIAMOND!
First off --- to be honest about it... I'm a woman... LMAO! And what's better than diamonds? Hmmmm?
Second --- I can be passed down from generation to generation... Ooohhh think "FAMILY JEWELS"... LOL!
http://www.lifegem.com
I was like --- WOWSER ---- way too freaking cool.
So today - reading Wyn's heartbreaking post --- I was looking for ways to possibly do that for pets, as well.
It's a bit expensive...
But WHILE I was doing that... (Looking around for pet alternatives) ... I found this guy who will paint pictures with ashes...
http://www.ashestoportraits.com/
OMG --- NOW I want BOTH!!!!!
Sigh --- I know... I'm really a woman...
But -- imagine a beautiful painting (and me - personally - I wouldn't have a picture of me painted unless he could make me look like that Marilyn Monroe picture on those red silk sheets with my face.... LOL!) that could be passed down from family members and on...
Being a part of their lives FOREVER.
And for you Sailing nuts out there --- there was one that makes your ashes into a reef... and they are kinda cool!
http://www.eternalreefs.com/
Anyhow --- I just thought I'd share with you guys...
It's maybe a little wacky --- but I think it's kind of cool at the same time.
And I really --- REALLY --- want to be a diamond... I've already told the family and they've all agreed... My daughter wants one from me (LOL - raised her right - I have... Girl likes pretty stones...) And the hubby agreed that if I died - and he remarried that he'd put me in the jewelry box when they got amorous. LOL!
What do you think?
Meki
So before you guys go "HUH?" let me explain...
As we all have been faced with HCV we all have had to think about our own individual deaths.
OK - so death isn't all that glamorous --- especially now that we have an idea of how it's going to happen ---- or feeling like we are closer to death than most people.
It's kind of depressing - because you think of all the things you wish you could fit into an ordinary lifetime... And you realize that truly --- you probably will never get all of those things in --- and Godzilla is going to come stomping down your street before you actually get most of them done.
But --- Me --- well... I'm of the belief that everyone dies --- so there has to be something good about it.
Mind you --- I'm in no rush to get there --- but I'm not afraid of the journey...
LOL!
Anyhow... Having thought about dying a little more frequently in the last year... the fact becoming a little more of a reality --- than something far far off in the future... I started looking around at the options available.
You know... Some folks want to be buried in specific cemeteries... Some want to be cremated... Some don't care.... etc.
Well - at first, because I'm kind of artsy-fartsy, and I love to visit old crumbling cemeteries, and pencil etch old gravestones, and historical events make me feel nostaligic... I thought I'd want to be buried in a beautiful marble mausoleum.
Well - checking into the costs of one of those --- more expensive than most houses.... left me going --- ohhh... well I can't do that. Sigh...
Then I wanted to be a fountain... they make these awesome sundials and fountains... But the hubby said Birds will visit me --- and I thought... Do I really want to have bird poo for a century or two?
SO I went a looking and I found a couple of very interesting things --- and I've made up my mind on one of them.
Now --- hear me out --- before you go AGGGG!!!!
I WANNA BE A DIAMOND!
First off --- to be honest about it... I'm a woman... LMAO! And what's better than diamonds? Hmmmm?
Second --- I can be passed down from generation to generation... Ooohhh think "FAMILY JEWELS"... LOL!
http://www.lifegem.com
I was like --- WOWSER ---- way too freaking cool.
So today - reading Wyn's heartbreaking post --- I was looking for ways to possibly do that for pets, as well.
It's a bit expensive...
But WHILE I was doing that... (Looking around for pet alternatives) ... I found this guy who will paint pictures with ashes...
http://www.ashestoportraits.com/
OMG --- NOW I want BOTH!!!!!
Sigh --- I know... I'm really a woman...
But -- imagine a beautiful painting (and me - personally - I wouldn't have a picture of me painted unless he could make me look like that Marilyn Monroe picture on those red silk sheets with my face.... LOL!) that could be passed down from family members and on...
Being a part of their lives FOREVER.
And for you Sailing nuts out there --- there was one that makes your ashes into a reef... and they are kinda cool!
http://www.eternalreefs.com/
Anyhow --- I just thought I'd share with you guys...
It's maybe a little wacky --- but I think it's kind of cool at the same time.
And I really --- REALLY --- want to be a diamond... I've already told the family and they've all agreed... My daughter wants one from me (LOL - raised her right - I have... Girl likes pretty stones...) And the hubby agreed that if I died - and he remarried that he'd put me in the jewelry box when they got amorous. LOL!
What do you think?
Meki
OMG --- FL --- how freaking funny!
Oh - what a story!
But you're safe --- I don't collect turtles -- I collect Dragons.(very nice sculptures, Chinese, Oriental, American, European and Medieval.)
So don't be buyin' Dragon Cookie Jars that have glued on lids....LOL!
Oh - what a story!
But you're safe --- I don't collect turtles -- I collect Dragons.(very nice sculptures, Chinese, Oriental, American, European and Medieval.)
So don't be buyin' Dragon Cookie Jars that have glued on lids....LOL!
FL --- I kinda figured that. LOL!
It's all good...
It's all good...
Forsee --- That hippo just walked into the house...
A friend of mine had a pygmy pig (that turned out to be NOT a pygmy pig) and it was as smart as you or I.... (I'm not kidding... it could turn on the television - it could change channels - I have no idea if it really watched tv -- but every once in awhile it seemed to be paying attention to the thing.... LOL!)
It would walk with her to the bar --- it would do all sorts of things.
Wonder if Jessica can too?
Meki
A friend of mine had a pygmy pig (that turned out to be NOT a pygmy pig) and it was as smart as you or I.... (I'm not kidding... it could turn on the television - it could change channels - I have no idea if it really watched tv -- but every once in awhile it seemed to be paying attention to the thing.... LOL!)
It would walk with her to the bar --- it would do all sorts of things.
Wonder if Jessica can too?
Meki
I got a give credit to Pigeon for sending me this, you've got to see this to believe it, it'll put a smile on your face for sure!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3NueKXS6dk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3NueKXS6dk
Sorry, I guess I meant Salvation Army. But, like Bob Barker says.....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292458,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292458,00.html
Phew... and I thought I was going to get speared... *sniffle* (long wipe of nose on sleeve =LOL!)
People really wished others dead?
Wow - I figure I have had enough problems just staying alive to worry about wishing others dead. That's kind of sad.
Well - I'm certainly glad the board is more civilized... I am so glad I never saw that type of online brutality.
To me - each person brings something unique to the forums --- to enlighten, laugh, learn or teach... Or just to share... and to listen and be heard.
By the way --- I'm usually laughing --- here and at home in front of the computer... Life is too short to worry about everything...
Meki
People really wished others dead?
Wow - I figure I have had enough problems just staying alive to worry about wishing others dead. That's kind of sad.
Well - I'm certainly glad the board is more civilized... I am so glad I never saw that type of online brutality.
To me - each person brings something unique to the forums --- to enlighten, laugh, learn or teach... Or just to share... and to listen and be heard.
By the way --- I'm usually laughing --- here and at home in front of the computer... Life is too short to worry about everything...
Meki
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