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[kyburg]

Ghad, it's amazing how much more productive I can be with enough sleep. Not all the sleep I can get, just more than five hours. Two more than that, and I can take a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson. Okay, that's stretching it a bit.

But, dayim.

Good thing, life is busy and not looking to let up anytime soon.

Spice's ashes are ready for pickup - am I dragging my feet when I keep telling Jim not to rush over there just to get them? I mean - what the heck are we going to DO with them once they're home? We didn't purchase the pretty cedar urn with the photo plate, after all.

*shuffles* Yeah, this is the first time I've had a pet cremated. Don't look at me like that.

I don't want to tempt fate and put that container on a shelf somewhere it could get knocked over. You understand.

Jim's suggest scattering the ashes at Cliff's grave - which has some merit, she was his last dog...or taking her to pier and letting fly. Neither of these is getting a good gut reaction, so if you have any suggestions, the mike is open.

I know I'm forgetting something. What - well, who knows. All I know is that I'm amazed at the response being - well - mean is getting. Y'all are weird, I've said that. Is it something of a life lesson to find out most of my worst moments where when I was trying to be kind - and my best are when I'm being harsh? Jeeeeeeez.

Running away now....

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all I did was...

[tomlemos.livejournal.com]

put the ashes from my old cat on a shelf in my office. You wouldn't know she's there unless you walk up to the shelf and look at the little brass nameplace on the box.

[lupaloo.livejournal.com]

I didn't keep Roxie's ashes. I might print out one or more of my favorite pictures of her and frame them. I probably would have buried them in my garden.

[lupaloo.livejournal.com]

The ashes I mean, if I had kept them. Not the pictures. I'm not all together today. :-/

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of a very nice box, collect a few other mementos of her and put the box of ashes in it, tie it up with beautiful ribbons and put it in the closet. How original.

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

What outdoor place did Spice like best when she was alive? Scatter the ashes there, if you can.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

She hated being outside. *laughs*

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

Do you have a picture of Cliff and Spice together? If so, you can put it in a frame, and have that in front of the box.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Not any I would put in a public place, if one exists. Too sad, to be blunt. (But not a bad idea, mind....)

[penguido.livejournal.com]

Would you like a small ceramic urn? I can throw one tomorrow. Let me know size, color, if you want a specific design or the dog's name. No problem.

However, tomorrow's my last day to submit greenware for firing until August, so it'd be ASAP on letting me know.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

You know, if it would be a learning experience for you - let fly. (I'm back from picking her up.)

It's a very small box, less than 9" tall, about 3" on the other sides. The rest, I'll leave to you - do what feels right.

[nytshaed.livejournal.com]

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Don't ask me what I did today, but I can sing jingles from 37 years ago. Go fig.

[nytshaed.livejournal.com]

Um, OK, now that I have actually READ the post....

Blue Bayou (Our Greyhound) we had cremated and he lives in a wooden urn on our mantle with a nameplate. Buckwheat, had he died where I could have recovered his body, would have been cremated and placed in a cat shaped statue. As it is, I have a Margaret Pena Winged Cat statue I painted black to look like Buckers, and he is peering down on us from atop the TV.