There was an earthquake early this morning off the coast of Chile, an 8.8 with a whole lot of aftershocks which has killed, last I saw, over 200 people. On top of that it was reported that a tsunami from it was heading towards Hawaii, but I don’t think anything came of that.
In my own life, Amanda got up with Milly this morning, which was nice. She fed her then put her i n bed with me after she ate. My baby was in a good mood.
A little later we, along with the Lambeths, ate a breakfast of pancakes, eggs and sausage then went over to the Frazelles’. Ben mentioned wanting to see them, plus he and Jessica wanted to take Graelyn out to see the beach. I don’t know if the girls were off their schedules or what, but Milly and Graelyn took turns being fussy, Milly more so. Since Milly was being so fussy (and Graelyn wasn’t at that point), Amanda, Milly and I stayed in the house while the Lambeths went to get a few pictures. It was also cold and there are giant pipes running the length of the beach since they’re pumping sand to one spot to replenish it.
Anyway, we hung out with Anna, Barry and Kirsten (Hannah made an appearance as well) then headed on back to the house after stopping to pick up some steaks for dinner. We also got some cake in celebration of my impending birthday.
We gave Milly and Graelyn a bath together, which was fun. We used Milly’s bathtub thing and put Graelyn in the seat part with Milly in the deeper part. They both love baths and seemed to have fun in there.
Milly, as I think I’ve mentioned lately, has been really distracted while being fed lately. Everyone else was busy getting dinner ready while I was trying to keep Milly entertained (as I said, the babies were very fussy today) and since Amanda, Ben and Jessica had talked about Veggie Tales earlier, I thought I’d pull up some Veggie Tales videos on YouTube for Milly to see what she thought. Well, it held her attention, and she drank all her formula while watching them. I suppose it’s the dawn of the electronic nanny era in our household. I’m a little ashamed to admit that.
Dinner was great. Ben fixed the steak and we also had green beans and salad. Amanda’s salad is always good, but it seemed even better than usual tonight, and Ben’s steak was just outstanding. After that we ate some very yummy cake and sat around talking insurance and politics for a bit before settling into watching District 9, which Ben got from the Redbox at Lowe’s Food. I don’t think anyone else liked it as much as I did, but I’ve been wanting to see it since before it was in the theaters and I was not disappointed in the least. I thought it was really, really good.
Harvey was very smelly tonight. I don’t know what the deal was, but he smelled like fish. He did yesterday too, but Amanda was able to wipe him down with some Nature’s Miracle to take care of it, but that didn’t work tonight so I ended up giving him a bath. He smells much better now.
I think the plan is to forgo church tomorrow morning. As I understand it’s mostly going to be sort of a call for volunteers, and since Amanda and I together volunteer three out of four weeks a month and Ben and Jessica will be leaving, not to mention that we were up later than usual tonight and it will probably be stressful getting the babies all ready on time, I think we’re just going to get up and go grab some breakfast.
It was Upset Day in college hoops. First, Kentucky got beat by Tennessee then Kansas got beat by Oklahoma State, so the top two teams in the nation, both with only one previous loss, both lost in the same day. Georgetown, ranked 11, was beaten by unranked Notre Dame and Texas A&M beat Texas. That one wasn’t a huge upset as they were ranked 21 and 22, but Texas was #1 earlier in the season and I think started out at #2. In the ACC, Carolina finally got a win, this one coming at the expense of Wake Forest on their own court, which has to be embarrassing this year. That irritated me because the Tar Heels were tied with NC State for last place in the ACC, but then NC State finally got another win (over Miami), so the Heels are still at the bottom, but now it’s a three-way tie between the Heels, the Wolfpack and the Hurricanes. Of the three though, the Heels have the worst overall record, so that’s nice consolation.
Zach Dotsey