Tuna Salad

Everyone has their own way of making tuna salad. What do you feel absolutely must and must not be in tuna salad? I must have pickles, celery, and onions. I also really like it with hard-boiled eggs chopped up in it, but can eat it without. My dad used to put finely chopped lettuce in the tuna, and the thought of it makes me gag even today. It would always get really limp from the moistness of the salad. Yuck--wilted lettuce! Blech!
Today, we had tuna sandwiches for lunch. I put Sarah's on a hotdog bun and made little sails out of cheese and toothpicks so she could have a tuna boat. She's really into having food that looks cute lately. I've been cutting bread into Halloween shapes almost daily for pb and j sandwiches (then I use more jelly to make the face of the cat, bat, or ghost). I guess it's only another week until I'll be making turkey-shaped turkey sandwiches :). I feel guilty about all of the bread that gets wasted, though. Maybe I should put them in the freezer and thaw them out for bread crumbs when I make meatloaf. I'd throw them to the birds, but my cats would think I was just using it as bait so they could catch the little birdies more easily. They're murderous wretches.
Jacob likes the shaped-sandwiches, too. But, he's really a picky eater. The only way he'll eat a cold-cut and cheese sandwich is if I grill it for him. That's an extra step that doesn't appeal to my lazy butt.
Which brings me to another question. Why is it that as much as I love to cook, sometimes I just absolutely hate it?