Bisphenol A and Hillary

Like I don't have enough to worry about.

Five baby bottle brands were tested and found to contain Bisphenol A: Avent, Dr. Brown’s, Evenflo, Gerber, and Playtex. All five bottle brands leached Bisphenol A at levels found to cause harm in numerous laboratory animal studies, and scientists have linked very low doses of Bisphenol A exposure to cancers, impaired immune function, early onset of puberty, obesity, diabetes, and hyperactivity, among other problems.

So, I'm on my way to Babies R Us for new bottles.

Also, 2 Republican friends of mine are voting for Hillary (once "Billary", but as Beth pointed out, now "HillBilly") because they think she doesn't stand a chance against McCain. I think all states should mandate that people can only vote in the Primary for the party for which they've already registered. I mean, where's the integrity?

What will be funny, however, is when Hillary, who seems to have constant and nagging PMS, wins the election and runs our country.

I have a crush on Jon Stewart, by the way. : )

Itsy Bitsy

I killed a spider today with my bare hands; not because I wanted to, but because he was crawling on the back of Sam's highchair. Some seriously sinister (alliteration!) thoughts and actions come over you once you have a child.

I've wanted to poison both of Sam's pediatricians (I got rid of the first one; I want to overthrow the second, but am afraid I may gain a reputation). When they so stoically send the nurse in to administer shots into my child's legs, yeah, I'm thinking of murder.

Jesus, if one ends up getting poisoned, they'll trace back to this blog.

Ped2, that's "pediatrician #2" and I had the big talk about the MMR shot at 18 months, and the possibility of autism being triggered. She said, "Oh, it's been proven that the MMR doesn't cause autism, but parents won't let it go."

Uh, hello. Have you read the news?

Murder.

I told her that we're waiting, that we'll wait until the very last second before Sam attends school, and that after that I'll home-school if there isn't enough information out there to satisfy me. She sat quietly, looking at her notes.

Sam got his "Dip-Tet" last week, and I was saying the line from Raising Arizona over and over in my head, "HI, he's gotta get his Dip Tet - have we done that, honey??" while he got it. He's getting more brave about shots, but we both think: murder.

I'm just being a mom, I suppose.

Anyway, I felt bad about the spider; my fingers just formed into the shape of a "flick," and that was that.

Murder.

Back in Indy

We just returned from sunny California, with its soft brown hills and tigerlilly thrills...

I completely forgot to mention Matt's high school friend's wedding last Saturday night. His friend Ramon, who's Mexican, married a gringo. The wedding was in a beautiful part of San Pedro. I was in a bit of culture shock, but I spent the evening talking to Matt's best friend's wife, Sheila, a (like, totally) blonde California girl, and two other women, one from Mexico, the other Chile. We were logging one another's email address and phone number by the end of the night. Sheila was cool. She said, "Finally, a girl that we can actually "see" Matt being with!"

I love those kudos.

Sam got to know his other grandparents, and Matt's parents were tearful when we left today...bittersweet. Matt and I, once again, are one the "we're moving to Cali" trail. I hate winter, but can't imagine saying goodbye to my family...but I feel a pull from the West Coast, always have. After all, I was conceived in Santa Monica. : )

Anyhoo, Matt and I went to Disneyland again, and this time I met Mary Poppins. Life could end today and I would now have accomplished all that I wanted. Mary winked at me and I could have died happy.

We took Sammy to Laguna...he's a born surfer, I can tell. We dipped his toesies in the water and filmed him laughing. Ahh, my boy.

I did a very funny thing. There is one photo left in Matt's parents house with Matt's ex in it. I don't mind it being there, because in it she has big permed hair, but today, before we left, I drew in a mustache and beard on her face with thick, black, liquid eyeliner (in her honor). I really am a wit.

Hee hee hee ...

Hollywood, Disneyland, Wine Country, lemon trees. I love California.

I love Matt and Sam more.

California Stars

Matt and I are in Orange County, CA visiting his family. We took a little solo journey up the coast to the Santa Barbara wine country, stopping at the Getty Villa on the way. We did the "Sideways Tour" in Buellton, staying at the famous Windmill Inn, and hit almost every winery from the movie. We were drunk for 3 days straight and had a blast.

We stayed at Charlie Chaplin's hotel, the Montecito Inn, hung out in Santa Barbara (where we swear we're moving) and tomorrow...Disneyland!

Sam's top front teeth are in and he looks like a baby walrus. We missed him so much and it's great having him right here smiling at me. : )

Photos soon.

Music for Friends

I grouped some tunes:

http://www.playlist.com/user/22116217

Tres Cool

An editor found this photo of mine while out on a Google search and wrote to me, asking if she could buy it for use in a magazine. How cool is that?

I'm sure she'll Photoshop-out the verbiage, and me, but hey, I sold a photo. I suppose that makes me an official photojournalist.

It's going to be in an interior design magazine called Boutique Design.

I must write the Hip and tell them! They'll probably have their attorneys contact me for a cut (no, they would never do that; and should I tell Dave G...because he took the photo). ; )