House For Sale - Day 19

I got a call from our realtor this morning. He sounded confident that the house is sold. We just have to endure the house appraisal end and fix those things on the To Do list from the walk-thru and I think that the new buyers have a pre-closing walk-thru that will be done on April 29th or 30th. However, since there is no Sold sign yet out in front of my house, I'll keep my counting header. Our realtor doesn't believe in Sale Pending signs.

It's my youngest daughter's birthday today! Let's all sing the birthday song. Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dear Youngest Daughter, Happy Birthday to You! She's an ancient 23 years old. We're going to take her out for supper tonight along with her husband and their roomie friend. Nothing fancy. Just pitchers of beer and burgers at the local pub and that neat electronic trivia game.

Today's Little Bit of Trivia

I came across the latest bit of trivia and since it involved a town where we hold the Edgerton family reunion, I just had to share.

Night Lights Cause Cancer

Researcher: Dr. Richard Stevens

Subjects: Residents of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

What He Learned: In 2002, citing several studies of women's cancer rates, Dr. Stevens reported to the World Conference on Breast Cancer in Victoria, British Columbia, that artificial night lighting increases the risk of breast cancer. Extended hours of light, he said--night lights, street lights, and even car headlights--rob a person of valuable hours of darkness and disrupt the body's natural clock. That causes the body to make less melatonin, a hormone produced almost exclusively at night. Melatonin limits the body's estrogen levels, and high levels of the female hormone estrogen are known to increase the risk of getting the disease. He recommended red bulbs in the night lights--they're less disruptive to sleep patterns.