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07/09/2004 Archived Entry: "narrative play"

I know I've said it before, but I just love listening to Tabitha play. She's still doing narrative play, as opposed to speaking for the toys, and it's quite entertaining. She just finished putting together Cinderella's bedroom (it's a foam craft project we bought at the Disney Store) and then she got out Ariel's bedroom that she made last month and Ariel and Cinderella went about inspecting each other's rooms. In the end, they declared that both rooms were "the best" lol.

Yesterday we went up Tarzan's Treehouse at Disneyland because we heard Jane Porter was in it. We had only met Jane once in January and I got one picture; with Tabitha's eyes closed. So we definitely wanted to see her again so I could get a better picture and Tabitha wanted her to sign her autograph book. Anyway, we climbed all the way and then all the way down (roughly 182 steps) and boy are my calves feeling it today! My last summer working at Disney was 1999, and I worked Tarzan's Treehouse. I climbed that thing 4 or 5 times a day. Now I can't even handle one time! Boy I'm outta shape ;)

Yesterday I decided that I am tired of the grocery store. I don't want to walk and I don't want to drive. I just want the food to magically appear in my pantry and fridge. So today I decided I was going to look into having my groceries delivered. I used to use Home Grocer before they went out of business and loved it. Since then, both Albertson's and Vons have gotten into the home delivery business, but they both charge a fee whereas Home Grocer was free if you spent $75. Albertson's even does where you give them your list, and they pick everything out and you can just pick it up. It still has a fee, but you can do it same day if you get your order in by 10:00am. So I went to thier site and I checked out Vons which has a lower delivery fee and can do same day delivery. Neither store has our a selection of our vegetarian foods online and what little they do have cost more than at the store. So not only would I have to pay more for the items I want, but I'd have to pay a delivery fee on top of that. It's hardly worth the hassle of trying to understand their online systems. So I made my list and will be off to Target and the grocery store once Chris gets home and Whole Foods tomorrow.

Speaking of my list, I don't just make a grocery list, I make a menu and then make my list off of that. I've been in the mood for certain things that don't really have recipes but I know what I'm going for. That could be potentially good or potentially bad. Although, I must say, I've never had a recipe that I made up go horribly awry. Maybe not as good as I would have liked, but not inedible at least. Still, I'll keep a couples boxes of mac n' cheese on hand just in case, lol.