purple room vents: SAD AND SCARY AND HAPPY TIMES

Well, first the sad. I am thinking of my sister and her family today. They have lost two close people today and a week or two ago. It's truly a blow to the family. I am so sorry they are going through these losses right now. It's hard.

Next the scary. Last Sunday I made a full on roast dinner. I even made Yorkshire puddings (with oat milk). It was a delicious dinner.

Ange and I always eat in the living room. As we started to eat she started making the oddest sounds. I thought it was Leeloo. Suddenly she got up and said she would be right back and disappeared into the loo. When she came back she said her stomach was upset and she would take her dinner down stairs for later. The next time I saw her later she was doubled over in terrible pain and she couldn't stop throwing up. By Monday she was absolutely in agony and couldn't keep anything down. And her blood sugar numbers were heading up even though she hadn't eaten or drunk anything that stayed down.

On Tuesday morning I was running around and packing and cleaning, getting ready to leave for Vancouver. She came upstairs looking like death. Her blood sugar was waaaay too high. It was downright scary. An ambulance had now become no choice but to call one. And they took her away to the hospital and today is Thursday and she is still there.

They started to give her intravenous liquids and it took five bags to start making a dint on her dehydration and blood sugar numbers. She is getting better. She has stopped throwing up and started to eat little bits. The only thing is they are helping her with diabetes advice and tips and arranging for her to get a pump (thats a big deal, they are over six thousand dollars and she qualifies for a free one) but no word on what caused all this to happen to begin with. They had better find that out. We don't want this to ever happen again!!!

Now for the happy. Yesterday Myles, April, Baka (Myles's gramma) and I drove out to Cultus Lake area to look at a very promising farm wedding venue. It seemed so absolutely perfect. And it was beautiful! But....there just happened to be too many drawbacks to it. So that was crossed off the list. But what an awesome day it was!!!

It was so wonderful to be sitting in the backseat with Baka. Two old ladies chatting away! She is Croatian and is full of amazing stories. But this time we discussed potato salad!!! She makes the kind of salad the Germans make with vinegar! I have always wanted to learn how to make that salad. So bless her heart, she taught me. Right there in the back seat of Myles's truck. She gave me all her tips and tricks and when I get home I am going to make it! I can't wait. For a woman who is turning 92 she is as sharp as a tack! Honestly we had so much fun back there!

Out on that farm she and I climbed into a UTV side by side, cammo coloured and toodled around with a very talkative crazy man. At one point it was April on there and I took the opportunity to take a picture of them. The place was lovely but not quite right and ended up being pretty expensive. We stopped at an incredibly beautiful golf course Bistro on the way home and had a splendiferous lunch. The whole day was amazing.

Now we are laying around sluggishly at April's. Both of them are not working today so we are having a lovely quiet day. April made a delicious breakfast and I think she and I are heading out to somewhere that involves a latte with an extra shot and a spot to do walkies with a reluctant dog. So this will involve getting dressed. (shovel list...fat broads are NOT comfortable in clothes...even stretchy tights) So I shall sign off. Have a great day. TTYL

'My grandfather had a wonderful funeral. On the buffet table was a replica of the deceased in potato salad.' Woody Allen. that is what I want and a replica of me would provide enough potato salad for everyone to have seconds.