If only we had known about this a few weeks ago!!

OMG why does this amuse me so much! I know Dad is getting a good chuckle out of it too!

The below is the actual text from Cremation Solutions (italics are mine)...

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Scattering Urn Machine

We know that scattering the old-fashioned way from a nondescript bag (or Dixie Cup? ~slk) is not dignified or memorable. The Release urn machine will make the scattering of your loved ones ashes a reverent and awe inspiring event. The scared ceremony of scattering ashes is one of the most memorable final acts of love you will experience. The last good-bye to your loved one should be heartfelt. Release Urn offers you, family and friends a reverent event with our controlled scattering system. It allows for multiple start/stop sessions for about two minutes of steady controlled scattering. If desired so you may visit those special outdoor locations you all enjoyed and frequented together. This automated urn has been engineered and perfected to provide a breathtaking scattering ceremony.

We have made it as easy as possible to use the Release scattering urn. Once you place your order you may mail all the ashes to Cremation Solutions. We recommend shipping via USPS (Registered US Mail) This is the safest of all shipping methods. Once we receive the ashes we are very careful and have a tracking system in place, so you can be assured that there in never any chance of ashes being intermingled. We prepare the ashes and load the machine for you. You will receive the machine and it will be ready to go. A heavy duty carrying case is included so you can safely transport the scattering urn to the scattering location.

When your finished you may simply ship the Release Scattering Urn back to Cremation Solutions. The rental fee allows you to use the urn for two weeks. If you wish to purchase the Release urn you have that option. The urn is very easy to use and comes with everything you need. For a more formal scattering ceremony you may wish to also rent the elevated scattering platform.

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All this for a mere $495 to rent or $3495 to purchase! Be sure to watch the video of the machine in action at cremationsolutions.com. Here you can also peruse their selection of cremation jewelry (turn your loved one into a diamond!), cremation art (the ashes are right in the picture!), cremation globes, birdhouse scattering urns, or teddy bears with a special hole in which to stick your loved one's remains! The options are endless!






(Does this have the makings of a Saturday Night Live skit or what?!)

Happy Father's Day Dad

Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,
A secret that my daddy said was just between us.
He said "Daddy's don't just love their children every now and then;
It's a love without end, Amen."

Dad, if you were here, I would give you this fritter. Check out this fritter, this fritter is huuuge, Tiny E!

This fritter is a mill!



But since you aren't here, I ate it. It was really good. :)

Dad would be proud!

Zachary has amassed quite a collection of wood in the back of my truck. Lol!


I recently bought "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates" for Zachary. He watched it three times straight, repeatedly asking "why does Mike Fink have a big belly?" My answer? "Because he's a ringtail alligator!"

I read yesterday that Fess Parker had passed. He seemed like a good guy.

This morning on Toot & Puddle, they randomly said "Flip Flop & Fly!" I know that is the title of some song or album in Dad's collection...

Awesome.

This is a mural that was painted in one of the kid bedrooms of one of the model homes we looked at recently. It doesn't get much awesomer than this!

The Princess and the Frog

This movie has it all. Frogs. Dr John. A funny old voodoo lady who taught Zachary to say "Hush up!" A Cajun lightning bug and his true love Evangeline. I'm pretty sure I was the only one crying when the frogs were dancing to Zydeco.

HUMMMMM!

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Dad,
Happy birthday to you!

Yay!

Silly things

I haven't posted here in a while but that doesn't mean I have forgotten about Dad. It still comes and goes but is getting a little easier, I guess. Still, every now and then a whole bunch of things will remind me of him and make me either laugh or cry, or both. This was one of those weeks.

1. We have XM radio in our new truck so we've been listening to the Kids Choice Live channel on the way to and from school. Twice this week I've heard a song "Eat a Bowl of Cherries", which is just "Pick a Bale of Cotten" with a few words changed. "Oh, Lord I can eat a bowl of cherries, oh Lord I can eat a bowl a day. Me and my sister gonna eat a bowl of cherries" etc. Seriously? Then I wonder what percentage of kids has heard of or will ever hear of Leadbelly (mine have!), and then I wish I had Dad's machine.

2. I was driving through my neighborhood on the way home from work, and I saw a fithy car on which someone had inscribed "Do not wash. Test dirt." That one made me laugh!

3. Yesterday I was walking to the coffee pot at work and a man was walking toward me wearing the infamous blue Hawaiian shirt, I mean the exact one. Really, what are the odds? That one made me laugh and almost cry - I'm sure he thinks I'm a weirdo.