Thanksgiving Recap
So it’s back to the daily grind now. Today is my first full day back after being out of town for 12 days. It really didn’t feel that long for some reason. I had a great second half of my trip as my wife and I spent the week with Noel and her family at their lake house in Alabama.
Here’s a shot of the great view they have.

In total there were 12 of us, including the 5 children. It was a nice, relaxing week. I got a couple lackluster workouts in, ate lots of garbage, probably gained some fat and just flat out enjoyed myself.
I had planned and hoped to have a few days doing absolutely no work, but I ended up doing at least something every day. On the plus, I didn’t come home to a monster To Do list of work, so I’m feeling pretty good.
The week’s activities included eating, learning how to play cribbage, getting spanked, or rather, skunked repeatedly. I also learned how to play Idiot - and fortunately I was only the Idiot once. Go figure. We played Chicken Foot and Balderdash too. Lots of laughs. We also did this crazy 1000-piece puzzle that in total over the course of the time we were there had at least six people working on it. And it’s finished.
Here’s a shot of Scott and Laura hard at work.

Saturday morning we headed back to Atlanta for the highly anticipated Auburn/Alabama game. Of course, I have to cheer for Auburn or risk getting kicked out of the Clark house before my stay was up. And even more fortunately, they won.
Sunday night we met up with Atlanta’s Dynamic Duo (two other friends/clients) of mine - Cindy and Ileen (and spouses) for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory.
All in all a very fun trip. Thanks to Noel and Scott for being such great hosts.
We took a couple big group shots but for one reason or another, they didn’t turn out. Laura’s eyes are closed in one, and the other didn’t get approval by all parties either. LOL
So, you’ll have to settle for a picture of me and three of my favourite girls out on the pier.

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November 28th, 2007 at 12:06 am
love that last pic
November 28th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Loved this entry.
November 28th, 2007 at 12:18 am
Dude, looks like you’re ready for kids! You gotta catch-up! It was a pleasure meeting you down in FL. Keep in touch! cl
November 28th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Great post! Glad you had such a relaxing time! That’s what holidays are for!
November 28th, 2007 at 5:15 am
:hearts:
Im glad ya’ll had such a great time. So glad you had some ‘wiggle room’ to fit in our dinner get together.
Should I help Vic finish off that Cheesecake :p
November 28th, 2007 at 6:11 am
Beautiful pictorial story of a wonderful Holiday weekend.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Sounds like you had a great time! Great pics!
November 28th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Great photo of you and the girls. Somehow, they are actually enjoying you! Kidding!!
Perhaps it’s time you start some chit-lins of your own!
December 1st, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Sounds like you had a great time over the holidays. Those girls of Noel’s are beautiful…not a bad picture of you either
December 1st, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Oh my, Noel’s girls are all such cuties - and the one in the middle looks so much like her it’s nearly spooky.