Replete

I have been eating solidly for two days. First of all on Christmas morning Jamie made us a lovely breakfast of croissants and pains au chocolate to eat while exchanging gifts. Then we had tasty snacks and some Christmas cake at Marjory and Forrest's. We more or less managed to restrain ourselves until our massive Christmas dinner with Grandma at 4.30 p.m. By the way this went remarkably smoothly - we didn't burn or forget anything - and James commented that after 30 years we have finally got it right! We had to pace ourselves and had a break between the main course and dessert, so we didn't finish eating until about 9 p.m. I had terrible indigestion during the night. I have referred to my delicate digestive system many times on this blog - it was inherited from my dear Dad (along with his shaky hands, which in my case is becoming more noticeable as I get older - and in the boys' opinion, hilarious!) Anyway, my Dad dealt with his digestive problem by avoiding spicy foods, not eating too much, and by dosing himself (and in fact the whole family) liberally with Andrews Liver Salts and also bicarbonate of soda dissolved in water. I always enjoyed the burping sessions that followed! 

Today I started with my usual healthy porridge and blueberries breakfast, but lunch and dinner both consisted of turkey dinner leftovers - and there is still some left over for tomorrow!