Everest Base Camp

 

April Journaling

1.     Baking for tonight and tomorrow. I’m bringing blueberry pies and ice cream for the elders’ and wives’ dinner tonight. And I made mini chocolate cupcakes for coffee time tomorrow morning.

2.     Church. Then a VBS planning meeting. I’ll be doing snacks, but it starts a few days after we return from vacation. Hope I am not too wiped.

3.     Dropped off our taxes. Writing.

4.     Busy day. Botox appointment, nap, then downtown for dinner and our Genesis course.

5.     To H-town to help out.

6.     Lots of writing.

7.     Good Friday service.

8.     Our daughter arrived safely in Nepal for her climb to base camp of Mount Everest.

9.     Resurrection Sunday.

10. Sent off our taxes.

11. Pain clinic.

12. Chiro and massage. Did prayer meeting online tonight, not feeling well. There was an avalanche at Everest and three climbers were swept into a crevasse and still missing. So sad. Our daughter texted to say it was not where they were currently and they are not going that high either. Still a concern.

13. Bible study; Galatians chapter five on the fruit of the Spirit.

14. The grandkids and our daughter are coming for a night or two since her husband is going to PEI for a business trip. Discovered two giant raccoons living under the deck; probably have little ones too.

15. My husband took our grandson to church with him for the men’s meeting since his friends were there for piano lessons. Then he took the grandkids to the park. We sat outside and told jokes. It was a beautiful day. He bbq’d hamburgers for dinner and turned off the bbq as he usually does. We were eating in the dining room when he smelled rubber burning. The bbq which was on the deck against the house was on fire. I gave the kitchen fire extinguisher to him and he tried to put it out, but the extinguisher was small and of limited use, and he feared the tank might blow up. We closed the door to the house. Our daughter called 911 but had to wait a minute before they even answered. It seemed to take forever for them to come. Meanwhile we could hear the fire eating through the deck. The neighbours started to gather. Thankfully the kids didn’t see the actual fire but they were stressed. The girls started crying. Our grandson was happy to see the firetrucks. There were three. They extinguished the fire and checked the whole house for carbon monoxide and found some, so they used a strong fan to dissipate it. They gave the kids colouring books and said they couldn’t identify the actual cause of the fire. We contacted our insurance company and told them the fire department was concerned about the electrical outlet which had melted just above the bbq so they sent an electrician that evening to check it and it was only external, which was why it didn’t short out. When the adrenaline calmed down, the kids went home, and we thanked God for safety, and that there was no structural damage to the house itself or any smoke damage that we could tell. The propane didn’t explode. I’ll post pictures of the damage. They had to cut through the deck to make sure there were no hot spots. If those raccoons were smart, they got out of there fast, too.

16. Church. Lunch at a friends’ house. Still frazzled from yesterday’s fire.

17. Writing. Finished my lesson for Thursday.

18. Writing. Our social worker daughter will be going back to school for one year to get her Masters in Social Work. Then her employer offered her a position when she finishes.

19. Going to Hamilton to help out. My son-in-law is on a panel at my old alma mater, George Brown College.

20. Last chapter of Galatians for Bible study.

21. We purchased a replacement bbq today.

22. I finished my summary of Galatians for Thursday.

23. Church.

24. Grandparents’ Day at the school. I had to go solo.

25. Our daughter sent pictures of herself at Everest Base Camp. Now a few days in Kathmandu and then she will return home.

26. Writing.

27. The inquest report from my dad’s workplace accident arrived. Unfortunately it was half typed, half handwritten, and my 30 years of nursing helped me decipher the doctor’s handwriting. We got everything but one word so far. My lawyer daughter thought of it and has a friend in archives who helped us know where to look.

28. Got my hair highlighted for our trip to Europe. Our friends came over to book our excursions. Long day.

29. The family came over a day early. Our daughter returned safely yesterday from Nepal (Everest Base Camp). I’ll post a picture. We had lunch and a cake. The grandkids wanted to blow out the candle.

30. I’m 59. Safely through another year.