What's in the box?
Never have four words been so poignant or brought forth so much emotion. If you have seen the movie Seven, you probably know what I am talking about. That last scene in the movie is so excruciating and raw. It seriously haunts me every time I revisit it.
@mrsbozz and I have our own box at home now. We picked up our dog Jovi's ashes on Monday and I have to admit, although she is gone, having at least a piece of her close to us helps a little bit. As I head to bed each night I touch the box to let her know I am still thinking of her.
I have zero doubt there will come a time when someone asks "what's in the box" and we have to explain to them. Hopefully by then the pain will be mostly gone.
Actually, we have talked about it and we would like to get a nicer box, we just found one yet. Something black I think since Jovi was black, and something that we can maybe put a photo on top and one of her tags maybe. @mrsbozz found one online that had a nice saying on it, but I teared up just reading it, so I think I am going to nix that one.
After we picked up her ashes, we stopped by my wife's parents house since they used to watch Jovi quite often when we were out of town. She loved to sit outside under the big tree in their backyard and chase the squirrels. Back when she was much younger she actually caught one so we are told. It was a pretty gruesome scene from what I hear.
We decided to spread some of her ashes under the tree where she used to love to spend her time. It's funny because at home she would never want to leave our side, but here, they couldn't get her to come inside.
It is time again for another Finance Friday/Friday Finance. This is a series I started where I talk about random bits of financial stuff that I have seen, gathered, or experienced during the week. I hope as a reader you find it informational, entertaining, or both. I also hope it can generate some good discussion and edify the community.
Now that the sentimental stuff is out of the way, we shouldn't forget that it is Friday, so it's only right that I bring you a bit of financial news from the week.
Kinross Gold
Some time ago when I was a new member of the silver and gold stacking community here on Hive, I reached out to them and asked what a good precious metal stock was to throw some pocket change at. Someone mentioned Kinross Gold, so I picked up five shares at the time for a cost of $5.34 per share.
I don't really pay too much attention to my Robinhood account. Most of my traditional investments are "set and forget". I spend more of my time actively following the crypto markets. Kinross Gold is currently trading at about $6.58 per share which is a nice gain from my original investment.
It's most likely following along with the overall increase in the price of gold. I don't expect Kinross to make me rich, but it's nice to see a bit of green here and there. I guess Spring really has arrived.
CHEX (Again)
I feel like every week I have been bugging you about the CHEX token. I just can't apologize for it though. It's becoming pretty clear that one of the acronyms for this bull market is probably going to be RWA (Real World Assets) like NFT and DEFI of the past bull markets.
While other groups are just now making the pivot to focus on RWAs, Chintai has been working towards this creating strategic partnerships for quite some time now. Just a few short weeks ago the token price was sitting at $.07. I watched it jump up to $.14 and then the mid $.20 range.
Yesterday I watched again as it jumped all the way to a new all time high of $.43. It has fallen back down now, but I am in a Telegram group where many of the people there have also invested in CHEX. I was talking to a guy yesterday and his bags are much bigger than mine because he mentioned that every time the token price goes up by a penny he earns $10,000. That's just nuts to me.
People who believe in tokens are always hoping for the moon, so all of this should be taken with a grain of salt, but conservative expectations for the CHEX token price see it somewhere around $10 per token.
$.37 isn't looking so bad now is it? If you still have some old EOS around that you gave up on, you might want to think about moving it into CHEX. Do you own research of course!
That's all I've got for today. The halving is just about a week away. We could see some crazy action in the markets this week. Then again, we might see nothing. It is crypto after all!
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That must be very hard, I know how lovable and loyal dogs can be. I still remember picking up my mother's first 2 dogs many years ago, their memory stays with me always from little pup til they got older.
Thanks. Yeah, it has been rough. I had a pretty good day yesterday, but then today it's been a week exactly, so I had a bit harder time. Just about an hour away now that we said bye to her.
sending love bro x
Thank you!
Condolences on the loss of Jovi. May she rest in peace.
A lacquer-like box in black with a gold trim seems like a good box for her. I have seen such boxes in Korean and Japanese shows.
They are kind of expensive, but we don't really mind spending the money to have something nice for her. We just have to find the right one.
I like the kind of shrine area you dedicated to her on that tabletop. Hopefully you can find something nice to put her in.
Thanks! My wife put that together the day after in our living room. It's hard to believe she has been gone a week already. @mrsbozz was having a very rough time this morning with it. I guess there's really no rush, so we can take our time finding the perfect spot for her.
She will always be a part of you brother.
Sorry to hear we have lost several dogs and it is so hard.
Thank you!
That's great you have Jovi's ashes, and spreading some around the tree she loved was a nice gesture. Sounds like she loved chasing squirrels just like all dogs do!
That's insane that the guy bought so much CHEX that he makes 10 grand when it goes up a penny... Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket. Since things dropped yesterday I picked up a little BTC, but I think we may see a bigger drop after the halving. You never know with crypto!
I don't think that is his only bag, that's the crazy thing. These guys are next level compared to me. I am not sure why they let me hang around. Everything I do you can multiply it by 10 to 20 times and that is their position. He also loses $10,000 every time it drops a penny too and I noticed this morning it was back down to $.27
It helps bring a little closure to have their ashes. We spread some of Amstel's in Sedona, AZ and I geotagged the location in the park. He absolutely loved it there.
That is really cool. Picking one campground to spread a little at will probably be hard, but I will definitely keep track of it.
So sad, but it shall help you get over the grief of losing her.
Thank you!
That was a nice gesture and idea to scatter a few ashes there where she enjoyed spending time. I have not yet scattered any ashes around our yard and areas our dogs used to go. I've been selfish about it and honestly have a hard time opening those boxes or moving them. I placed several items inside including collars and toys. When I shut them I almost knew I would probably never open them again. I've got that weird feeling in my throat and gut again just writing about it. Ugggg.
We kept her tags on our camping keychain and I just got that back from my parents this weekend after pulling our trailer out of storage. We put most of them in a music box @mrsbozz's mom got us, then the other one we put in the ash box. We can't find her collar from when she was a puppy yet. I hope we still have it somewhere.