#CHEAP FUNERALS

[remembertheplunge]

5/11/2005 Wednesday 2005

Th (Scott and Laci Peterspn house is on the market. Getting on the bidder's list won't be easy They want $400, 000.

Jim's being a pill. Just don't buy into it. 74 degrees in Modesto at 6:45pm Average now is 81 degrees.

So, we are headed into choppy waters. I guess really, we are in them.

5/11/2005Well, Ahhhh! Trip to Granada Hills! The last hurah. Jim draped tween Margie and Ruth Ann.

5/12/2005 Thursday 7:13am

Jim starts out in a bad mood. I feel hung over. Not an easy combo.

Ruth Ann dies. But, got the trash out. That's a start. We'll feel better tomorrow. Big trip to Southern California. Ahhhhh! I can do this!

9:55am Jim got bitchy with Jennifer T. She hung up on him.

5/14/2005 6:45am Granada Hills.

We start out. Jim's being a pill "don't leave the bathroom door closed." I gave it right back "Don't be rude...(sort of)".

Ruth's oxygen machine rumble hums along. She's on oxygen 24-7. She can come out to the living room...and, is really there (mentally). She did space out once, but, she knew it and thought it was funny.

Peggy gets up. She will stay "till the end (Ruth's death). Peggy is very attentive.

Lisa and Jeff and Jerry were here. Acting like they don't know (that Ruth is dying).

John, Jim and I went to Chaple of the Roses yesterday. Met with a female employee there (Re: Ruth Ann's funeral arrangements). The employee instantly disliked Jim. (Probably because he insisted on a cheap burn and plastic box for Ruth Ann's body instead of an expensive coffin. He did this when my father died in 2000. And, I did it for Jim when he died in 2009. Jim taught me well).

to be continued in tomorrow's blog

Note:

Jim was my gay partner who died in 2009. He was very close to his cousin Ruth Ann who was 67. She had been diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in 1994. In 2005, we lived in Modesto California, Northern California. Ruth Ann and John lived in Granada Hills in Southern California.

Margie was Jim's Mom. She died in April of 2005. In 2005, May, I was 49 and Jim was 57.

Although i felt hung over in the above entry, I quit drinking in 2011 and have been sober for 12 years.

#death #5/11/2005 #journaling the ineffable #Laci Peterson #cheap funerals

[cremationburial]

Navigating The Cost-Conscious Path: Tips For Opting For Affordable Funerals

The loss of a loved one is undoubtedly a difficult time, and the last thing anyone wants to think about during this period is financial strain. However, with the average cost of funerals steadily rising, many families find themselves facing significant expenses when planning end-of-life arrangements. Fortunately, there are ways to navigate this challenging landscape and opt for affordable funerals without sacrificing dignity or respect for the deceased. In this blog, we'll explore some practical tips for those seeking cost-conscious funeral options.

1. Research and Comparison Shopping:

One of the first steps in planning an affordable funeral is to research and compare prices from multiple funeral homes in your area. Prices can vary significantly between providers, so taking the time to shop around can help you find the best value for your budget. Look for funeral homes that offer transparent pricing and are willing to work with you to accommodate your financial constraints.

2. Consider Direct Cremation or Burial:

Direct cremation or burial is often the most affordable option for end-of-life arrangements. With direct cremation, the body is cremated shortly after death without a formal viewing or funeral service, significantly reducing costs associated with embalming, caskets, and funeral ceremonies. Similarly, direct burial involves burying the body without embalming or elaborate funeral services, making it a cost-effective alternative to traditional burials.

3. Opt for Basic Services:

When planning a funeral, it's essential to consider which services are essential and which are optional. Opting for basic services, such as transportation of the body, preparation for burial or cremation, and necessary paperwork, can help keep costs down. Discuss your preferences with the funeral home director and ask about package deals or discounted rates for essential services.

4. Explore Government Assistance Programs:

In cases of financial hardship, families may be eligible for government assistance programs to help cover funeral expenses. Programs such as Social Security survivor benefits, veterans' burial benefits, or state and local assistance programs can provide financial support to those in need. Be sure to research eligibility requirements and application procedures to take advantage of available resources.

5. Consider Pre-Planning:

Pre-planning funeral arrangements can be an effective way to lock in prices at today's rates and alleviate financial burdens for loved ones in the future. Many funeral homes offer pre-arrangement options that allow individuals to make decisions about their end-of-life care and budget for funeral expenses over time. By planning ahead, you can ensure that your wishes are respected while easing the financial burden on your family.

6. Avoid Overspending on Extras:

When planning a funeral on a budget, it's essential to resist the temptation to overspend on unnecessary extras. While certain add-ons such as flowers, memorial keepsakes, or elaborate caskets may seem appealing, they can significantly inflate overall costs. Instead, focus on honoring the memory of your loved one in meaningful ways that align with your budget and values.

7. Seek Assistance from Charitable Organizations:

Charitable organizations and community groups may offer financial assistance or support to families in need of help with funeral expenses. Reach out to local charities, religious organizations, or social service agencies to inquire about available resources and assistance programs in your area. These organizations may provide grants, loans, or other forms of aid to help cover funeral costs for eligible individuals and families.

In conclusion, planning an affordable funeral requires careful consideration of options, resources, and priorities. By researching, comparing prices, and exploring cost-saving measures such as direct cremation or burial, families can navigate the process with financial responsibility and dignity. Remember that honoring the memory of your loved one does not require extravagant spending and that simple, heartfelt gestures can be just as meaningful.

#cheap funerals

[funeralserviceprovider]

#cheap funerals #the funeral market #funeral

[hiimcanadia]

... I'm gonna be honest I thought that everyone had got their "Izzy is gonna come back to life" conspiracy theories out of their system by now and I very much did not expect to go into the tags and see one that was posted only a couple days ago.... Like guys they buried him... his body is in the dirt... you can and should let go now.....

#imo however you feel about Izzy i think it would be kinda shitty writing to have him die telling Ed to go live his life #and for them to make a big deal of everyone mourning him and having a whole funeral #only for it to all mean nothing bc surprise! he lived!! #that would honestly just feel cheap to me #2pm in the morning

[snowshinobi]

nothing gets me like a character with overt flower symbolism ESPECIALLY self-inflicted

#this post is about #lyney #choosing to use rainbow roses instead of lumi bells for his magic tricks from now on #bc he finds out lumis represent farewells. and rainbow roses represent passion. and he wants to hold onto his connection with #the main character who he's hopelessly gay for (either in the homosexual way or the bisexual way depending on the gender of mc) #but pla tag other characters and ocs and tell me their flower symbolism so i can be unwell about them too #snowswords #Genshin Impact #flower symbolism #i will tag my ocs now #onphora #gets daffodil bc ofc. they are lethal to everyone who isn't (found) family. even then they are stingy w trust/affection ... #tam #tammy #choses lilies bc she holds them at the funeral for a man she hated. flower of fuck you. flower of i do whatever i want especially now #flower of ... doing the right thing. i will mourn you but not bc you deserve it. alsooo lilies can be speckled (: like tam's freckles #elis #hmm i would give elis carnations. white ones w purple dye (: fun n cheap n accommodating n kinda tryhard flowers. but you love em for it <3 #i should assign more flowers to more OCs. i'll add them as i come up w them #OH i assigned #relin #who belongs to #cosmic #magnolias. ancient plants (relin's lineage is important) that represent endurance. that man sure endures ... #OMG I FORGOT I ASSIGNED #senjuro #SUNFLOWERS BC HE IS A SUNFLOWER. HIS LOVE WOULD BE TOO MUCH! HE WAS LEFT IN THE DUST ... and bc he's a sunshiny kid. my poor boy ...

[fuck-kirk]

man i always forget you grew up in ohio too until you bring up some severely local shit like casey anthony or the hell is real sign

LOL…just wait until I bring up potluck shredded chicken sandwiches

#when i found out not everywhere does shredded chicken sandwiches for get togethers #like potlucks. birthdays. cookouts. funerals etc etc #they’re so fucking good I can’t believe they’re pretty much just an Ohio thing ????? #mmmm yummy shredded chicken mixed with cream of mushroom soup in a crock pot #slap that shit on a cheap bun and ur good to go ! #when I tried to look up the recipe only like 3 came up and they were called ‘Ohio shredded chicken sandwiches’ and I was like ??? #anyways. I already just brought up. bc it NEEDS brought up when speaking abt severely local Ohio shit #also. forgot Casey Anthony was local

[kraniumet]

In the gilded words of Maximillion Pegasus. "Why does my wife keep exploding?"

#the baby too??!??! off screen?????? #(keeping a tally) first time both cars are in shot together! #love sonnys funeral tux btw looks like a cheap rental. no shoulderpads whatsoever (its probably a prohibitively expensive hugo boss piece) #had to use everything in me to not call him pegasus j crawford. his real name. #well thats that for s2. onwards to dick wolf horizons #i do kinda. the way olders tvs commitment to a primarily episodic structure means things that need multi ep buildup for impact can't happen #you know how ambers death is so impactful because shes been there for a whole season? anyway. i wanna say there is still some abrupt #artistic merit to stories where the emotions of the characters are distant to the viewer. but it's not gripping i guess? #miami vice

[selfconsciousfangirl]

There’s a post about the current king of England rejecting a moderate budget coronation ceremony. The human vase jar wants something that will be ~the event of a lifetime. The post also includes a gif of an English boy who literally looks grey bc he's so malnourished, saying they only try to eat once a day. I’d reblog if I didn’t hate the royal useless twat and I don't want to see his inbred face on my dash.

I read stories about children dying because there’s so much mould on their council flats, people who can’t afford to see a dentist so they fix they teeth following youtube tutorials. Thousands upon thousands of people are freezing because they can’t afford heating. Nurses are in strike because they’re overworked and underpaid. And that waste of oxygen wants a big coronation???

Guillotine times, my uk friends. Guillotine times.

#how fucking dare he #fuck the monarchy #I’d be waiting in the parade ready to throw rotten eggs to the useless prick #pretty much everyone is struggling everywhere #but young master wants a coronation that will make mama’s funeral look cheap #guillotine times #texto

[coralsgrimes]

Benny Boy with frens on a school trip to the movies!

#ben barnes #the worst benny boy updates blog is meee #pretty sure he's wearing his usual black polo #and this cheap lookin suit jacket over it #that's the most of benny dressing up we gonna get #same polo as comi con? same suit as his funeral/music video only set he owns? #can't find photos from the event still #i mean photos photos and not the stories fillers #boy could clock bigger names it seems tho

[boinurmom13]

someone tell me something thats slander to isaacs name so i can hate his guts again

twll me he hate crimed 3 trans ppl or smth man Zpls PLS PSL PSL

anyways more isaac and ophelia

theyre so CUTE!!

i forgor captions

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��Pissed he has to be here,” “Trying to show him around”

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“Never been to the restaurant, too scared to correct,” “A regular, nervous”

Ophelia: U-uhm, he uh asked for no pickles

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“Too nervous to talk”

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guys say ohpelia is pretty rn or she’ll cry. she spends sm time on makeup so tell her shes pretty RIGHT NOW!! (someone’s gotta step up, cuz it sure as hell aint isaac)

anyone else think isaac is like super uncomfortable in unfamiliar places. like. genuinely. me personally, i think he shares the same nervous feeling lance gets when he goes into towns and stuff.

like.

if u told me isaac could order a bigmac without feeling like an idiot id laugh in ur face tbh

i might also be projecting so i like him more

anyways heres someone with crippling social anxiety and someone with the fear of unknown places (they kiss but u dont see that)

their love story could start one of two ways and i think ones cooler thsn the other

1. Ophelia stays some time at bo’s house due to either financial issues/issues with the guild she works for. they meet then, and it kinda goes from there.

read on cuz the second one’s long as hell!!

isaac has to stay for a long, LONG while in roder to figure this out, because got DAYMN they’re good at hiding. unbeknownst to ophelia’s guild, he is looking for the anamoly. so what do they do? assign the anamoly to be his guild “partner” for his stay (essentially, when alone in an unknown guild to help out, i’d image the bigger ones will assign an adventurer to the helping hand in order to help them learn the ropes and wtv. that’s ofc, prolly not true, but it works so stfu.) ophelia doesn’t know isaac’s purpose, isaac doesn’t know ophelia’s secret.

eventually, he does find out, because she’s a nervous wreck and crumbles when under any intense interrogation. their bond’s already strengthened, and he doesn’t really tell camilla (out of fear that maybe they’ll take ophelia away never to be seen again. ofc, if that happened, bo would go batshit crazy. one close cousin after the next? tf’s wrong with these ppl, yk? so either way, telling camilla would not be the best idea if he wants to keep ophelia alive and well.)

eventually, he does find out, because she’s a nervous wreck and crumbles when under any intense interrogation. their bond’s already strengthened, and he doesn’t really tell camilla (out of fear that maybe they’ll take ophelia away never to be seen again. ofc, if that happened, bo would go batshit crazy. one close cousin after the next? tf’s wrong with these ppl, yk? so either way, telling camilla would not be the best idea if he wants to keep ophelia alive and well.)

eventually, he does find out, because she’s a nervous wreck and crumbles when under any intense interrogation. their bond’s already strengthened, and he doesn’t really tell camilla (out of fear that maybe they’ll take ophelia away never to be seen again. ofc, if that happened, bo would go batshit crazy. one close cousin after the next? tf’s wrong with these ppl, yk? so either way, telling camilla would not be the best idea if he wants to keep ophelia alive and well.)

isaac returns to castle village, still keeping in touch with ophelia through the bi-weekly letters (basically updates on anything interesting, or just sometimes to have a quick conersation back and forth. i could go on and on abt the lettering systme, but like, instant cuz magic and woo magic!!). he doesn’t tell camilla that ophelia’s the anamoly, and instead rants abt how rumors aren’t always believable and how half of the gossip amongst guilds is the dumbest shit ever (typical behavior for him)

they’re so cute guys say they’re cute rn or ill cry

when sve 2.0 comes out im making a new farm save for the sole purpse of marrying isaac as ophelia

i hope he ends up being an awkward mess. not like standard stereotypical awkward, but like. genuinely doesn’t know how to show affection awkward. prolly says “i think ur alright, i guess” as a compliment. tf do you mean “alright”? tell me im the hottest chick in this valley

idc if im a man

tell me im the hottest chick in this valley RIGHT NOW!!!

yah anyways i think i might be getting attached to him so someone stop that rn please pLEASE PLWEASE PLEASE PLEASE

live laugh love lance (IM FORCING MYSELF TO BELIEVE THIS BUT I STILL LOVE LANCE I PROMISE)

(PLEASE LET ME KEEP LOVING LANCE I CANNOT HAVE AN HONEST TO GOD HATE TO LOVE SITUATION HERE WITH A FICTIONAL CHARACTER)

(PLEASE PLEASPEL PELAPSLEP LAPLSSPLEAPL EPALSPELAP LEPALSE)

isaac is a lil goofy tho. like maybe if he stopped talking in weird omninous messages every time i look thru his diagloue file. like ok idc abt an adventure’s resolve or how ur gonan deicde ur own death or wtv. tell me how many inches it is jesus. idc care abt ur philosophy i just want ur body

(i prommise this is a joke i do respoect men pls i rppmise)

#stardew valley #stardew valley expanded #sdv oc #sdv #sve #sve isaac #sdv farmer #isaac sve #ophelia canonically makes dolls at cheap prices for funeral services and single parents #she says its comforting for the family of the deceased to have a doll of them #anyways she totally takes personal commissions #isaac jokes abt her making one of him once and she like #actually took it seriously #she made a doll of him #and after about two weeks after isaac left back to castel village #he was mailed it in a pretty and neat box #it sits on his untility belt but u didnt hear that from me

[septic-skele]

“Cage fights?!” Red barked as he shook his brother fiercely, guilt echoing distantly under the terror rage when Papyrus gasped at the rough treatment. “I knew y’had a death wish rattlin’ around in that empty skull but I thought you’d at least wait till you were eighteen to make any good on it!”

“Why wait? F-Fighting is all any of us are good for!” Papyrus managed as he stumbled back and wrapped a cracked arm around battered, burning ribs. “Ask me how much G I’ve won already!”

“How much of it d’you want me to spend on your funeral arrangements?!”

#undertale #underfell #fanfiction #drabble #sans #sans undertale #fell sans #papyrus #papyrus undertale #fell papyrus #angst #whump #just another day in the life #risking it all to pay the bills #i don't think he'd appreciate a cheap funeral

[funeralserviceprovider]

#cremation plans #cremation #direct cremation #cheap funerals #plan with grace #funeral planning #funeral

[larry-the-demon]

went to the record store & picked out 4 discs outta clearance & THREE were metal i am getting better at sniffing these puppies out!!! those little fucks can hide from me no more!!!!!!

#this is mostly coming from the fact that so many genres of music like to use the same vibes of covers #& theyll b on opposite ends of the spectrum #you get a water color cover & its either the darkest funeral doom metal youll ever hear #or a bunch of white californian women singing to heal their chakras in the most culturally insensitive way youll ever hear #fancy metalesque font?? tossup on whether its actually metal or if its pop in disguise #plain cover?? babe is it metal or is it a self-released indie band that isnt BAD per se but just definitely not what youre looking for?? #who fucking knows!!! its russian roulette in here!!!! thank god they were cheap as dirt

[tinyattacksquid]

watching ugliest house in america for design ideas

#look a lot of them are legitimately hideous #or nonfunctional #i’m mostly here for the cool impractical stuff #like a whole jungle inside your house #and the ‘humans will really make anything into a house’ of it all #like ‘yeah we’re turning this funeral parlor into a house’ #‘yeah no we hate that it’s a funeral parlor’ #‘but it’s huge and cheap! just need to take out the embalming room and corpse elevator’ #seriously though there are some gorgeous things on this show #and some that just seem like great talking pieces to me #couldn’t get through s2 but 1 and 3 are delightful to me #ugliest house in america

[arytha]

ohh i saw favourite customer he was walking by 👍 good to know he's still alive its been a while

#he works at a funeral home and only gets cheap glasses but he's super nice and i love helping him #mara's shit

[stryc-9]

Season 4 really cheated us out of everything. What’s that stupid poster? Every time I see it I want to break things!

#killing eve #killing eve season four #whyyyyyyy?? #you have attractive actors #why make it look like a cheap funeral? #oh right because that’s what you were going for #as always fuck lauren seal