Argh.

Seriously, my hormones are all in a rage today. I hope there's not a repeat of that tomorrow. There's too much going on! We have Dream Dinners, and then after we come home to put the food away, I'll be heading to the airport to pick up my parents and then to my in-laws' to pick up the Kritter. During my trip to the airport, B will be mowing lawns (ours and a friend's). Then B and my Dad and one or two of B's friends will be going to the baseball game. Mom and I will most likely eat leftovers after a trip to the grocery store (although she might go for a sandwich or bowl of cereal instead... I know, so exciting, right?).

Sophie and I were sitting at the table earlier and she kept asking to sweep. I thought she was saying sleep and was so confused. When I figured it out, I had to laugh. She also asked me to sign thunder and I thought she said feather. I'm losing my touch here.

Speaking of which... she's started doing that within the past few days. She loves to ask me to sign words with her. She also loves to ask for help when trying to make certain signs. It's all very cute.

I cannot believe how quickly she's growing! I am just in awe of these past few weeks, seriously. She has started to read books to us (from the illustrations, not from the words... she's not a prodigy as far as we know) and it's absolutely awesome! She really seems to remember the story based on the pictures. I love it! She's also very polite right now. She says "Yes, Mom" or "Please, Mom" or "Thank you, Mommy" all the time now! I can't get over it! My favorite is, "Okay, Mommy!" It sounds so simple, but to hear it come out of her mouth in her tiny little voice just kills me!

I made quinoa tonight for the first time and I have to admit, it was pretty good. I like it because it cooks faster than rice and isn't as starchy. It's not quite as quick as couscous, but I just can't eat couscous all the time.

I still need to vacuum but that's not going to happen tonight. I ought to mop the floor but don't plan on doing that tonight either. I will probably put together a bag of toys for Sophie as well as gather some food for her.

Instead, I'm going to post pictures of the garden. B's pretty proud of it. I have no idea if we're doing anything right or wrong here. He was too hot to plant before I could really do some reading. I guess this will be a learning year. ;)

Okay, I am not normally one to forward emails such as this (so I'm posting it instead), but the girl who sent it to me said that the person who sent it to her actually knows these people.

That being said, I still went to Snopes to check it out. The Snopes article lists the status as undetermined, most likely because it is still so new.

I do not claim to be a scientist in any sense, but this doesn't sound entirely impossible (of course, I could be wrong). This just adds to my growing list of reasons to choose organic whenever possible.

Edited to add: I'm still not 100% sold on this whole email, so if anyone knows anything to prove or disprove, please share. Whatever information we find I will forward on to Snopes. I'm inclined to not believe this, quite honestly. There are too many factors in here that make it smell of urban legend material.

Okay, based on this link, it is most likely untrue as I originally suspected.

Please read this and pass along to as many people....

Mitzi Lyons and her husband Kyle live here in Gainesville, TX . Their 11 year old daughter, Marissa, for three years (since she was 8) has incurred menstrual problems (bleeding several more days than a regular menstrual cycle each month) and within the last year she started producing milk. Her doctors have performed every test, many surgeries, put her on birth control and the last straw was a hysterectomy in January.

Mitzi's dad started research on the internet of his granddaughter's problem and found out about rBST in milk (injecting cows with steroidal hormones so they will produce more milk). The doctors were skeptical that this could be why this little girl was experiencing these problems as it was approved by the FDA. Wal-Mart Great Value milk is the kind that the Lyons family has always bought. Borden milk and many other brands do not contain rBST.

Her doctors in Houston are going to write a medical journal discovery on her, because FDA says that rBST is safe for humans. Her doctors have also discovered that there a handful more girls around her age out there, in other states, that are experiencing the same issues and have reason to believe it is also from the rBST injections in some cows. So far, there aren't any cases in boys. One girl in Michigan was at the point to go through a hysterectomy as well; but they decided to completely take her off Great Value milk (after discovering the rBST) for three months to see if there would be any changes; she quit bleeding and lactating.

Mitzi asked me to please share this with everyone I could think of to hopefully save someone the pain and suffering that Marissa has endured.

We're hoping soon this will be in the news around the nation and that Wal*Mart will take the rBST out of their milk.

I have pulled my family from Wal-Mart Great Value Milk and bought Borden and Borden has a label on their milk that says rBST not used on their cows. We're doing everything we can to alert people of what's been going on and to be sure to read milk labels before you buy it no matter what brand it is, as we are unsure at this time if Wal*Mart is the only company doing this or if there may be more.

Children in today's society already experience puberty at a younger age than we did as adolescents.

I just had a dream about a few friends from my days at Harrison, good friends. While I don't remember much of the dream, other than we were somehow brought together again, I do remember much of the time we spent together back then. It gave me quite a feeling of nostalgia.

I have lost touch with so many people from my past, and it saddens me because I know I had some truly wonderful friends. It's just so difficult to stay in touch when there are so many miles in between. Most of my family and friends live in Michigan, but now I also have family and friends in Texas. It doesn't matter where I live, now. I will always be leaving someone behind. That makes me sad.

To all my friends here, thank you so much for being a friend, whether it's been for years or not. I do appreciate your friendship greatly. I would be lost without the friends I have.