I slept with a laces-removed running shoe on the broken foot to avoid bedclothes damage while I slept, because I didn’t have a splint or wrap. The orthopedic surgeon told me that the least amount of restriction combined with the most amount of movement of other parts would lead to the fastest healing. So I complied. 
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But I was a young whippersnapper then …
Thankfully I didn’t need any cast, splints, etc. There is nothing you can really do for broken toes other than keeping your foot up. I am missing out on some favourite Christmas traditions but I must admit I’m enjoying the extra time for reading. I always seem to be rushing somewhere so the forced rest is good.
Today’s lunch is the last of the chickpea roasted red pepper salad. Light lunch in anticipation of the eatfest tonight.
Joining the salmon parade with the usual accompaniments…cream cheese, capers, dill, pickled red onions.
Dessert was a slice of Nigella’s Guinness Stout Cake, delicious, made by one of my granddaughters, extra delicious!
I love a good salmon parade 
and would participate with my gravlax on a seeded wasa with mustard sauce 
— alas, I am on the road again and have to make do with salad 
Well you certainly posted some beauties earlier, I’ll patiently wait for your return to Gravlax- land.
Angel hair all’ubriaco (angel hair pasta cooked in red wine) with fresh thyme and pink peppercorns adapted from:
Your salads always look so good though.
I spit laughed when I read this! 
I read “goes to work in seconds” and immediately in my head said “no, I wanna sleep in.”
Lol. My preferred mode.
Gawd I remember the days when I ate those like candy…
I always keep a supply; don’t use them often, because I try to be careful. Life is just no fun, sometimes.
Me too… I used to purchase the generic ones in the HUGE two pack from Sam’s Club, it was cheaper and I went through them fairly quickly.
Oddly, once I retired – I no longer needed them.
Yes, please.
A fab banh mi with grilled pork, extra pâté, extra veg from Ba Le bakery for the road 
We have a whole other one 
