But before we get to the birthday, one visit definately worth mentioning was from all the Adler (pre-marriage) sisters on their yearly get-together. They all came for morning tea last Friday (24/07) and filled the unit with their warm & uplifting energy . . . and matching bags (made especially for their get-together by Sue). Mum enjoyed the visit enormously :)
Then, of course, Sunday was Mum's birthday, and we had a lovely lunch at the International Club in Atherton to celebrate. Joining Mum & I were Phil, Shelly, Harley, Simon, Alison, and Alison's sister Doris, who was over for a few weeks from WA.
The food was great, the atmosphere pretty quiet & relaxing, and the cake was Mum's favourite . . . a black forest cake . . . but it was so big we gave a quarter of it to the kitchen staff before we left.
Something else worth sharing is that Mum actually bought herself a birthday present! Partly due to some unofficial advice from a Centrelink worker who pointed out that she was over some cut-off point but would get a full pension if she had a little less cash in the bank, and partly due to the fact that she had didn't really like the Barina (she says she always thought it was a bit "tinny", but I suspect that some of that attitude may be due to Dad buying it without consulting her). Whatever the reason, it was lovely for me to see her feeling deserving of a gift of this magnitude from herself, and I, too, feel blessed, because, as the chauffer, I was able to express a preference for, and get, the "5 on the floor" manual version of the latest Mitsubishi Lancer :)
