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Posted by Lisa on August 30, 2007

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Lisa writes: My 5-year-old niece Ava, in full swing.

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Things I can't stand

Lisa writes: Today I feel like pushing the envelope. Testing the limits. Pulling up my socks. (That last one is strictly for Canadians. ... Let me check the analytics on the site real quick ... Two Canadians read this blog in the past month. Score!) I love Canadians. But that's not what I'm feeling like today. I'm feeling like being ornery. So I'm going to write about STUFF I CAN'T STAND. And because I'm testing the limits, I'm even going to write about STUFF I CAN'T STAND THAT I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE LIKE, AND SO USUALLY I'D BE POLITE AND NOT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL, BUT TODAY I DON'T CARE, I STILL CAN'T STAND IT. * Catsup. Ketchup. Any and all of it. It is gross and why must all people insist on grossing up food with it? Especially little kids who manage to gross up their food, hands, clothes, hair, and the entire backseat of the car with it. All food is better without catsup. There. I said it. * YouTube comments. Who are these people who go from v...

Lisa's favorite kid books

Lisa writes: I'm the oldest of five kids. Lori is close to my age, but Christi is 6 years younger, Donny is 10 years younger than I am and Debbie is just shy of 16 years younger. I read books to them, and their favorite books, I read over and over. Christi's favorite book growing up was "Dooly and the Snortsnoot" by Jack Kent. Classic 1972 watercolor. It is long out of print, but is worth picking up if you ever see it in a used book store or online. It teaches a good lesson about self-worth and hidden potential and the importance of eating your vegetables, and it has the snarliest snortsnoot in literary history. Donny's favorite book was Dr. Suess' "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish." I can still recite it, and I still want one of those pets with the blue hair to brush and comb. Debbie's favorite book was whatever the bigger kids were reading, but, barring that, she was partial to a padded plastic bathtub book called "My Little Pony...

Our soul-destroying bathroom remodel in excruciating detail: Progress

Lisa writes: You missed the pictures of the gaping hole in the wall straight through from the front door to our bedroom. You missed the pictures of the clouds of dust that magically made their way through closed doors to descend on everything (EVERYTHING) in the house as we pounded down the cement-and-chicken-wire backing behind the old tilework. You missed me making Tom choose between two dozen nearly identical shades of light blue ("This is important! You need to make a decision! I know it's midnight and Sherwin-Williams isn't even open -- just choose right now!") You missed the audio of all the bad words our contractor has said and will continue to say for a few more days. But here are some pictures for you: Our bathroom, right now, exactly as it appears. There is light at the end of this tunnel. Click for bigger pics.

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