DH and I are doing this, I suppose we should make the arrangements now but once we are fully retired and all the lump sums are in we will pay for the cremations. We were influenced by other funerals we have attended, particularly my mother's, where a great many people who never bothered to visit her when she was alive turned up, talked to each other and consumed a huge tea and lots of booze at our expense. Most of them didn't even want to attend her very jolly 90th birthday party. We have told our sons what we want and they are 100% in agreement, we will ask them to arrange a little family gathering to celebrate our lives, if they want to, and hope it involves good food and wine, but for the people who really meant something to us. I'm a buddhist and DH has no religion so nothing to attract us to a religious ceremony. There is nothing sadder than gathering in a dull municipal crematorium for your allotted 30 minutes with recorded music, officiated by someone who probably never met you. No thank you to that.
Heated Brush recommendation,please.