Jessica C

My brothers and I are going to spill my mom's ashes soon (those were her wishes) and we need to do something with the urn once we're done. This is an elaborate marble and brass urn she bought for herself before she died and her ashes have been in it for five years now...

We're spilling her ashes in the Smoky Mountains (again, her wishes) and have no idea what to do with the urn when we're done. I've looked online and found no articles on the topic and am pulling a blank when I try to come up with a solution on my own.

Please help me out if you have any ideas... and please don't be mean or disrespectful to my mom... She was an amazing lady and was nice to just about everyone she met. I'd like to treat her ashes (and urn) with the same level of love that she gave so freely in her life.

Thanks in advance for your ideas and opinions :)

We found a home we thought was our dream house -- now we're a little scared. It turns out that this home had a termite problem in the 90s, but still has active termites out back in the detached shed. We have a structural engineer coming on Friday to check out the extent of damage on the house... We're obviously going to ask the sellers to pay for treatment, but there's some soft wood inside, masonite siding that has rotting on at least eight planks, and some deteriorated sheathing that shows lots of evidence of wood destroying insects.

At what point do you cut and run? We love the home, but we don't want to get stuck in a bad situation...

We're looking to buy a home in NC that has masonite siding -- our inspection showed that at least eight boards are rotten and require replacement with hardiplank/fiber cement... I've asked around, but I was hoping someone here might help...

What, generally speaking, can I expect to pay for repair? Should I repair or should we pay extra to completely reside the home (about 2,000 sf)? What kind of range can I expect to pay for completely new siding?

Any help is greatly appreciated...