Today is my mom's 89th birthday So, I did birthday appropriate things for her.→[More:]
Last night, I cooked dinner and we had cake. I made the cake.... it was very rich: three brownie layers with dark chocolate icing in between. One icing layer also received toasted coconut, one layer received toasted pecans. The top was covered with dark chocolate ganache and decorated with toasted coconut and pecans.

This morning I gifted her with new chairs. Her old upholstered ones were terribly soiled (incontinence) and the stink was horrible even though she couldn't smell it. They were ratty and had holes where the fabric was thin. But she wasn't interested in new chairs; I couldn't stand it.

So I've been shopping the thrift stores for 6 months to find something small enough and similar enough to fit. Well, last Friday I found two perfect matched chairs that were pristine. $25 each. Yay! Great timing!

I had help loading them in my truck but today there was no help unloading them and getting them up the 5 stairs into her house. My back is now complaining. But she was actually pkeased with the replacement chairs which is a relief because I was afraid of resistance because change is bad.

Yay for today. I've taken a muscle relaxer and am icing my back. I could really enjoy some cake, though.