Birthday celebrations

[wiseheart]

Mum is turning 85 tomorrow - it's hard to believe how fast time flew by! Since she didn't want me to get her anything - she keeps saying one should take things out of our flat instead of getting more stuff in - I decided to treat her to a celebratory meal in "The Four Seasons", a really nice little restaurant nearby. We've been there previously, several times, and it's still as pleasurable as always.

We invited Auntie Clara, who isn't really a relative, but her best friend since 1965 and had a great time. The atmosphere of the place is nice, the food is great and the old ladies don't see each other often enough, as Auntie Clara lives in a different, fairly distant part of the city. They had a grand old time and so had I, actually.

Yesterday, after the big flat cleaning act, I baked cheesy buns and a delicious little cake: a sponge cake with almonds and chocolate shards in the dough, filled with a cream made of vanilla pudding, butter and cinnamon. Yum! We decided against putting 85 candles on it, though - the whole thing isn't bigger in diameter than 20 centimetres, so it would have been a hopeless undertaking. Mum was very happy with it nonetheless.

Comments

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday to your mother! I'm glad she had such a good day.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to your Mum.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So am I. She deserves it - and then some. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my friend. She is always so pleased when friends from all over the Net send her greetings and good wishes. I only regret that we won't be able to go together to England again and meet you - she met a lot of my Dutch, British, German and Swedish friends, but she isn't up to such long journeys anymore.

[third-charm.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to grand lady who has literally seen the rise and fall of empires. You did her proud with such a personal celebration.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've come to realise that at her age, gifting a joyful event is better than material things. Which is why I took her for a one-day trip to St Pölten, Austria, for Christmas. Then, too, she enjoyed herself greatly. :)