Happy New Year: Rest or Restless

Well the holidays are over and everyone is pooped out and spent out from Thanksgiving to Christmas, to New Years. It is amazing that we so look forward to the Holiday season only to need a vacation from our vacation. It got me to thinking about what does rest actually look like. See how you answer these questions:

1. Did you brave the grocery stores for hours during thanksgiving only to be completely full in 15 minutes?

2. Did you wake and kick the rooster in the bum, to wake him up, just to beat the holiday shoppers so you could get the good deals... or better yet camp out at Wal-mart all night?

3. Did you spend a bunch a money on presents only to find out Christmas morning the batteries were not included and had to go to the local drug store to buy some... or better put together at swing set or other toy that requires a doctorate in engineering to out together?

4. Did you get duplicates of presents only to take one of them back so that you could get something else... or better yet hold one of the presents till next year and give it away as a dirty Santa gift? (Hint to married couples: Wives tell your husbands what the wrapping paper looks like that you wrapped your gift in for dirty Santa, otherwise he may mistakingly pick it up and you go home with it.)

5. Did you go to a firework stand and pick up some bottle rockets for a bottle rocket war only to end up in the emergency room for forgetting to let one of them go at the other person?

6. Did you wake up this morning, Jan. 3 and wish you had one more day to recoup from the holiday season?

If you answered to yes to all of these questions, then welcome to the American Celebrators of the Holiday Season! Here's your card. You would think we would learn our lesson, but each year we continue to get busier and busier. I hope this New Year, we can learn to say "no" and begin to stop for a few minutes to enjoy our families, friends, and life. No one ever says when they die, " I wished I would have worked harder or gotten you a better present, or took that "good" dirty Santa gift from you." We always wished we would have spent more time with the people that matter the most to us. Take care... Happy New Year. Last question...

7. Did you make a New Year's resolution to eat better only to break it the next day? This one is probably just me.