Bluntness

I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

The Viewing

So, I took off work today because I'm going to a viewing.  My friend Patty's mom died and the viewing is today, she's been a friend for almost 9 years.  I'm not big on viewings - the dead never look real, always plastic, no matter how much makeup and how special the lighting.  I'm not having one.  It's in my will.  No viewing.  I'm going to be cremated and have my ashes shot out into space.  Well, not all of them, they only shoot out about 2 oz which means the rest of me will have to be mixed with the dog's ashes and scattered somewhere peaceful.
Speaking of the dogs, I went to my local Giant supermarket yesterday morning and when I got home one of them, (the only one big enough) had pulled to loaf of bread I'd baked off the counter.  All that was left were some crumbs scattered across the living room rug.  And I had to laugh because I know, all too well, that Seig is big enough to pull anything he wants from off the counter.  It was my foolishness for not putting it out of his reach.  Lilly's can do it too, but it's usually Big Seig's paws that do the dirty work.
Anyway, since I'm not working today, I'll probably come home and mow my lawn, all that rain has made the green stuff covering it grow.

6 comments:

  1. well at least SOMEONE enjoyed your cooking!

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    1. Now if only I could train them to give me compliments.

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  2. I never understood 'the viewing'. Remembering people when they were living should be primary. Seeing a cold, empty vessel of what was is a sight one can't un-see.

    Smart dog! Nothing better than home-baked bread.

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    1. I always say that if you want to see me, do it when I'm alive, don't show up when I'm dead because I'm not going to know you're there.

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  3. I've never heard of anyone in Australia having a viwing.

    I don't remember the first time I heard of one - either on a TV show or in a movie -
    and I just assumed they invented it for comic/dramatic effect! Then it kept cropping up again and again so I figured it must really be a thing.

    Me, I'm not even having a funeral.

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    1. You are so right, it's a weird custom & not for me.

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