Here’s my beautiful view this afternoon from my office.

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Brett forwarded me an article on the Consumer Reports website that says that dark chocolate was shown to reduce stress in a recent study. Now that’s some good news!

Here’s a quote from the article:

In a study last year 30 people who complained about stress ate a little bit of dark chocolate every day for two weeks. In the end the most stressed-out participants showed the most improvement. Researchers found that dark chocolate might help lower your stress hormones.

Did I read “dark chocolate every day?” I think I did. So when you’re feeling really stressed, try chocolate!

I’m glad I just bought that 2 pound bag of Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate chips for snacks… maybe I’ll let Brett have some for his stress relief too .

Read more here.

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Brett and I have been watching a lot of the British comedy show, The IT Crowd. It’s just plain funny… and let’s face it, we all need more laughs in winter!

We have the entire season DVDs that we bought at Amazon (after being given the first season by our friend Chris). However, the third season, which has some great shows is coming on starting Jan. 27 at 9pm central on the Independent Film Channel.

For more info: http://www.ifc.com/itcrowd/

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From Brett:

I certainly have not made many concerts lately. I’m hoping for some good aggressive stuff soon. Lots going on, but I must be getting ADD, as it takes more to hold my attention now… =)

I did want to mention that there are some free happenings at Washington University I just noticed, starting tomorrow. I’ve only done it once, but it was pretty sweet if you don’t mind all the students mulling around that have excellent talent all around them and just use it for background music while they do their homework… =)
http://stljazznotes.blogspot.com/2010/01/jazz-at-holmes-announces-winterspring.html

I may have to check out a few of these, as they have local artists as well as some out-of-town guys. One I recognize right away is Jay Oliver (keys), which used to play for Dave Weckl (drums).

Keep me posted of any good tunes, and I will try to do the same!

Have a kickin’ week!

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Hey everyone,

New photos here on BrettandSonia.com! Check them out at www.brettandsonia.com/photos!!! You’ll probably have to wait a few seconds for the gallery to load because there’s hours of photo viewing fun.

For the past few months, I’ve been working hard to get my photo library online on Flickr. Not only will this provide a back-up to my iPhoto library, but it makes it easier for me to share my photos on my blog and with friends and family.

So stop by and check out the photos often! I’ll be adding new photos from Christmas and other events soon!

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