•From her room: "You guys have stay here and I'm gonna live in a different house and we're never gonna play games and you're never gonna be my parents anymore and daddy can you get me some fresh milk, please?"

That is awesome, and I love the fact that she added 'please' at the end.

steering clear of the US politics talk

Tangential question: I know that Amych once made her own corset, and that other people here have perhaps done the same, or are crafty/sewing types. Can anyone suggest me a good, clear online site from which to get instructions on How To Make A Proper Corset? Preferably with illustrations?

Thank you.

I know that Amych once made her own corset,

Dupioni silk. I remember it well.

Oh, and I'm massively too germ-phobic to actually drink bathwater in real life. I talk about it a lot as a measure of devotion, but the truth is, I don't drink out of people's glasses. Ever. Probably not Keith's either although I'd feel bad about it. Preppie cooties are still cooties, though.

Can anyone suggest me a good, clear online site from which to get instructions on How To Make A Proper Corset? Preferably with illustrations?

I can suggest patterns to you, but actual sites with instructions? I still haven't found one.

"You guys have stay here and I'm gonna live in a different house and we're never gonna play games and you're never gonna be my parents anymore and daddy can you get me some fresh milk, please?"

BWAHAHAHAHAHA. She really is five, isn't she?

OMG is she ever.

We took "her" phone away because she was throwing it around and declaring the worst phone ever. She got upset we took it and ran to her room, declaring hurt feelings and worst parents and she's never ever going to have a phone. And then she yelled, "My phone number is nothing!! Zero! NOTHING!"

This seems to be a correct assessment of having a phone that doesn't even have a data plan.

Aww, is it wrong that I find that adorable and wish you could send Em here for a few days?

t runs downstairs and starts packing Em stuff.