Congratulations Savana Redding!!!!!

According to an article by Robert Barnes, reprinted in the Union Leader, the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that Arizona school officials violated the constitutional rights of Savana Redding, then 13, when they strip searched her because they suspected she was hiding ibuprofen in her underwear. Again I'll just say, "what the heck were they thinking!!!"

Congratulations, Savana and thank you. Thank you for bringing this to the Supreme Court to help school children from having to go through this in the future.

Justice Clarence Thomas' comment is a HUGE disappointment: "Judges are not qualified to second-guess the best manner for maintaining quiet and order in the school environment". If a judge feels he is not qualified to figure out that school officials should not be making children take off their clothes, there is something seriously wrong with our justice system.

Nuts and Weight Loss

Just a thought....
Most weight-loss diets promote giving up nuts for the first couple weeks. My thought...could it go back to the days when we were "hunters" or "gatherers"? If we were gatherers, we probably gathered nuts and berries. It would make sense that nuts and berries might help us maintain our weight (rather than cause us to lose weight). Just a thought. Please let me know what you think.

Breast Cancer

A question.....Does the toxic foam that is now used in bras contribute to breast cancer? I remember not too long ago, well maybe about 10 years ago, not being able to find any bras without foam in them. I have to wonder if the foam is contributing to the increase in breast cancer. I read somewhere that women who wear bras to bed have a much, much higher risk of getting breast cancer than those who don't. At first I thought it might have something to do with toxins not being able to escape. My second thought was that the bra IS the toxin!

I was able to recently find bras at Wal-Mart that do not have foam. They have a pretty good selection.

Pet Peeve - Zucchini and Summer Squash

One of my pet peeves is hearing people say (especially when asking what is planted in our garden) zucchini and summer squash. "Did you plant zucchini and summer squash?" Zucchini IS a summer squash. I finally figured out why people call zucchini "zucchini" rather than "summer squash", when I was at the grocery store one day. The yellow "crook neck" or "straight neck" summer squash was marked "summer squash" while the zucchini was marked "zucchini".

We plant a summer squash blend that includes, crook neck, straight neck, zucchini and patty pan. It is fun to see what grows, but the yellow and zucchini are usually plentiful.

Summer squashes, in our area, are harvested and eaten in the summer. Winter squashes are harvested in the fall and will keep through part of the winter. Oh ya, and in case Andy Rooney happens to be reading this, yes, both summer and winter squashes are FRUITS not vegetables!

Swine Flu (H1N1) -- Something good...

Has something good come from the Swine Flu outbreak (yes I'm still calling it Swine Flu instead of H1N1)? Last week I got an email from a friend. He just got back from a week in Florida and apparently picked up something while either there or on the flight back. The first day back at work chills, headache and fever developed. The next day at work (not sure why he went to work the next day with a fever), new symptoms began to develop: vomiting, dizziness and sore throat. His boss actually drove him home as he did not want the others exposed to it.

Like I said in the beginning of this post...Has something good come from the Swine Flu outbreak? It is now not okay to go to school or work with obvious infectious symptoms. Before this, it seemed it was okay to pass around something that was as unpleasant as vomiting! and diarrhea! Who ever heard of schools closing because of sicknesses? I think it is about time, when someone has fever, diarrhea, vomiting, sore throat or obvious cold/flu symptoms, that they stay home so as not to infect everyone else!