10 January 2006

update and chocolate

it's been a while...and for that i apologize. our christmas and new year's were wonderfully relaxing! my brother, sister-in-law and niece were able to come up the week after christmas for 4 days, sam, ashley and emma-claire. emma is just over 1 year old...she is so cute! when i get my pictures back, i will post some. its was wonderful to see them since they live in housten, tx. it is rare that we are able to spend time with them. we had a few days off of work as well, so it ended up being a much needed vacation.
david has finally found a job! he started working at staples this week. he will be working in the copy center, which he is now finding out will probably be a difficult job. but he's training this week and really doesn't know how the job will treat him yet. this is his second day. he is thinking he'd still like to work at the country club again this summer as he knows the people, the job requirements, and will be getting $1/hr. more than last summer. so staples might just be the in-between job he needs until may.
i finally am getting around to taking our christmas things down. i was sick all last week, and just wasn't able to get to it sooner. the hilarious thing is that the tree is completely dead and every time you bump it, there is a shower (literally!) of needles! we have a green needle carpet now! we'll see how that turns out later tonight when we take the tree out! other than that, things here are as normal as normal can be. work is work...bills are bills...nothing new or exciting. except that i hit the bath and body works semi-annual sale yesterday and was able to stock up a little for the next 6 months!! always a good deal!
and about the picture...this is my new favorite chocolate bar. dagoba chocolate is organic and this is dark chocolate with lavender and blueberries. sounds weird, i know. but trust me!!! it is amazing! for those of you who live around here, you can get it at Everything Natural in clarks summit. and for those who don't, here is their website www.dagobachocolates.com i wholeheartedly recommend it.
well, i need to go so i hope you all have a wonderful day and enjoy the chocolate! go buy it!

4 comments:

amanda said...

hey laura! yay! so awesome that David got a job I had been praying for that :-) what an answered prayer! sounds like you guys had an awesome Christmas although I'm sorry to hear you were sick again... hehe stay healthy! well as for me I can't believe my break is almost over... crazy! I'll see you guys at prayer meeting next week! love ya!
~amanda

Meg said...

WOW LAR!! That chocolate sounds amazing...I am ADDICTED to Dark Chocolate, so I went to the website and they are SOLD OUT of every dark chocolate candy bar!! :) I will have to keep checking! Thanks for the tip though!!!! My mouth is watering just thinking of it...

Laura Siegrist said...

meg you'll have to come visit sometime and i'll get you some! love you!

ashley said...

oh la. what a temptation. how is one supposed to succeed at south beach, when one's best friend is promoting dark chocolate!!! i love the tree-hugger chocolate bar you sent me a while back (i think it was dark chocolate w/mint)...and am almost out of NLBlend (HInthiNT). love you, girly. i promise to call you soon. if you read my blog...you'll see why this week hasn't been the best for telephone conversations!

love you. so glad to see you blogging regularly. :) i'm a proud friend. :)