{"id":34,"date":"2014-05-01T03:12:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T03:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2014-12-08T19:59:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T19:59:11","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-34-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Ian-Tyson-Four-Strong-Winds.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Ian-Tyson-Four-Strong-Winds.mp3\">http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Ian-Tyson-Four-Strong-Winds.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nFour Strong Winds by Ian Tyson<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 16px;\">Being born in <a title=\"Molvania\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Molvania-Land-Untouched-Modern-Dentistry\/dp\/1740661109\">Molvania<\/a><strong> I always knew I had some quirky genes.<\/strong> T<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva;\">hat said, my children and I always give respect to my father, who has one of the biggest grave markers in Sequim. <strong>As I approach my twilight years I look upon finishing some uncompleted projects. Being able to pass on my genealogy to my daughters is important to me and was a project I had given up on after decades of no return. <\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Saying-their-respects-to-Grandpa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Saying-their-respects-to-Grandpa-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Saying their respects to Grandpa\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Saying-their-respects-to-Grandpa-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Saying-their-respects-to-Grandpa-688x1024.jpg 688w, http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Saying-their-respects-to-Grandpa.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>That said, will my daughters even care?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Twenty years ago I had begun this project as well as a recipe site of my mother's cooking. None of them bothered to copy them down.\u00a0 Now they want em. They live in L.A., a place I would not like to be potted in, much less die, and I remember a discussion when they were still living with me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>My youngest daughter Naomi had asked me what I wanted done with my body after I was dead. She was about ten or eleven and just learning about actuarial statistics. She was concerned ... but I suspected she was lusting after my nursery. I looked at the two and Shelby began listing the choices. Nah. not for me. I decided that I wanted to be freeze dried and kept in some nice place in one of their homes. My very eldest is a clean freak and I was hoping for that adoption. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>At that point, Shelby, the middle one was simply too grossed out and left the conversation (and the room.) Naomi, just looked at me and replied - I think I could deal with that. I was very surprised. <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Then she added,\"Can I rent you out for Halloween? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VULTURE.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-269\" src=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/VULTURE.gif\" alt=\"VULTURE\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva;\">She was going to pimp me out! This is the same kid, who would go into a field with a dead cow and vultures to collect their feathers. She also was curious about how they got inside the carcass. 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