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11/07/2003 Archived Entry: "a bear and some clothes"

Yesterday was very good, full, but good. We went down to my grandparents in the morning. Chris hooked up their stereo and Tabitha did some puzzles. We stayed about an hour and then had a quick lunch before heading to the home area. We went to a huge outlet mall, it's one of "The Mills", to see our movie. We decided to shop first and we got Tabitha some cute stuff at Children's Place and The Gap and I got some jeans and a shirt at Old Navy. I also picked up a baby beanie hat for a friend's boy. I really like this mall, though it's so big you can get very tired, but yesterday it felt like being at a carnival with all the barkers. I'm so tired of being harassed to look at phone products or buy phone services or trade in my current phone. We couldn't walk 10-feet without someone desperately trying to get our attention. I know they need to make money, but all they're accomplishing is annoying their potential customers. If I wanted a new phone, I'd stop on my own free will. If I'm yelled at while I'm trying to walk, I'll just walk faster. It's to the point now that I'm considering writing letters to mall managements. It's so bad that I'm unwilling to shop in a mall where I feel that I cannot walk between stores without being harassed. Not just to the one we went to yesterday but also one mall closer to our house. There are plenty of malls around here and I have no problem taking my dollars to one that doesn't allow their tenets to bother customers. Of course, I'm always one of those people who *says* I'll write a letter, but I rarely do. I need to do this though, I can't be the only person who feels annoyed.
So after an hour of barker-dodging, it was time for the movie. We saw a preview for "Cat in the Hat" which really just solidfied my intentions of never seeing that movie. Dr. Suess was a deeply disturbed man and you couple that with Mike Myers and I'm so out. I like the cadance and rhythm of Dr. Suess when reading the books aloud, but his characters should never be allowed to come to life. "Brother Bear" was really good. We enjoyed it. The problem I have with new Disney movies, aside from the soundtracks being done by Phil Colins, is that the characters don't sing. All the music is background songs and I'm partial to the Disney movies that are more like musicals with characters breaking out in song. But that's a minor thing and didn't detract from my enjoyment of the movie. Tabitha seemed to like it, though it's hard to tell with her. She just sits there stony faced asorbing it all. She'll talk about it for the next 3 days I'm sure and I'll better be able to gauge her reaction to it.
Afterwards we came home and I cooked a stir-fry for Chris and I. Side note, I used a soy product called "Wow! It's not chicken" and really, it just made me feel kind of yucky. I just cannot eat poultry meat analogs. It didn't seem to bother Chris, but I would have been better off with just the rice. Anyway, in between me cooking and Tabitha playing with a new toy we were listening to an internet radio, live365, on a Disney station. It was pretty fun to hear the Space Mountain soundtrack mixed in with song from Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. Chris and I were dancing around with Tabitha. It was one of those "really happy family nights" where I take a step back and count my blessings. I'm so in love with both my husband and my daughter. It was the perfect ending to a very good day.