It's Thanksgiving week and that means some good old fashioned R&R for me.  So no post today.  But I didn't want to want to leave my faithful readers high and dry, so here is the post I wrote last year, just after Thanksgiving.  It talks about how I spent my holiday and how I used Thanksgiving week to get plenty of REST - but not exactly as you might think.  Take look below and see for yourself.  It's a crucial reminder for all of us as we head into the holiday season.

“Best week ever!  Gotta make this a yearly tradition!  I definitely got the rest I needed!”

That’s what I keep telling everyone who asks me about my Thanksgiving Week.  We did something very special this year.  We rented a large house out in the mountains and spent the entire week there along with the rest of our “medium family” as my kids like to say.

(fyi, little family = mom, dad, kids; medium family = grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunts, cousins; big family = church family)

Totally away from everything.  No commitments, no email, no phone calls, no meetings... no agenda at all!  In fact, the only thing on the calendar all week was a little football game that took place on Thanksgiving Day.  You may have heard about it – those who live in the DC area sure did.  In case you didn’t though, let me fill you in…

Washington Redskins 38, Dallas Cowboys 31.HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!  Skins fans – it’s time to go ahead and make those Super Bowl reservations now!