I think this week, between Christmas and New Years is my favorite week of the year. The self-imposed pressure of preparing for Christmas is fun, but now it's time to relax. I love to spend this week at home...polishing off some of the left-over Christmas goodies, watching movies, reading...and best of all...organizing. Yeah...I know...sounds weird, but I really enjoy this time of year for polishing off end of the year filing, and getting things ready for the next year.

It's also a wonderful week for prayer. I love using Phyllis Tickle's Divine Hours book as a way to bring much Scripture into my prayer times. She does a great job during this week of keeping me focused on the season of Christ's coming into the world, long after the presents have been opened and the festivities have died down.