My apartment is a co-op. I'm responsible for any expenses.

Tom, here's a resource site for mold in your home (how to determine if you have it, how to clean it up)

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That is not so easy, then. Do you feel better during the day? I noticed that I was getting my symptoms in the morning (after sleeping with the AC all night) and on the weekends. In our case, there are almost no ducts or vents in our house. The only exception was the air conditioner and we got a new one. And we took down all the drapes (because they can have dust mites) and got an exterminator (because according to the doctor, cockroaches are a big source of allergies in the home and we definitely have those here).

I know none of that really addresses the toxic mold stuff, but I had trouble finding solid info. Much of what I looked at was very fishy looking (as in, not legit but taking advantage of peoples' fears).

Sorry about that change.gov link.

I'm not going to bother changing it since it's still nonexistent.

Am enjoying the Obama puppy news.

Also, more Sarah Palin news. . . on Fox.

Oh, and ita - picture in this post - spectacles?

Mold is no small problem. Hubby's and my first apartment had mold behind contact paper that had been used for wallpaper, and it nearly killed me.

Owen tried the same thing with Crayolas with considerably less success.

made me laugh and laugh

What did not make me laugh this morning was posting on the adoption group list I am on. First a string of posts - "YAY a brown president, my kids can see what is possible in this country and see leadership that looks like them"....then..."how can you have your kids look to this man as anything good when he supports the genocide of thousands of unborn babies....Our lord and saviour says..." oy vey! The discussion has been stopped because politics and religion unrelated to the adoption of our kids is against list rules, but I think I am going to have to go post that I was horrified at the posts and would prefer to NOT know the other posters politics or religious beliefs - find another board for that.

Seeing the signs on the Lamp posts in the picture made me misty.

Just found out something interesting. I knew before that no Republican had ever won the White House without Ohio. Turns out that no Democrat has ever won the White House without Missouri - until now.

My theory on Missouri is that there are two bases the urban cores of St. Louis and Kansas City for the Democrats and outstate regions for the Republicans. The suburbs of the large cities are the swing areas and have plenty of Reagan Democrats who just didn't quite break enough for Obama to keep the bellweather status.

Seeing the signs on the Lamp posts in the picture made me misty.

Huh. I didn't read the whole article - Mayor Daily has been a big supporter of Obama, right? So maybe it's payback time for Chicago, huh?