
I blame Zeus, but hey - I don't know my Greek mythology all that well.
Anyway, with all the rain and crap weather we've had these last eight or nine days, our pool has gone to Hell in a hand basket.
All the excess water has messed with the Ph levels and shot up our algae to the point where we're having to drain out all the existing water in the pool - a lengthy process, to say the least - and pump in new water. What this means, friends, is that the Houghs have had no swimming pool for a week... and will likely not have one for an additional week.
Cowabunga.
Without the pool, and without the sun, Kris and I are slowly but surely loosing our bronze-god tans and growing more agitated with each passing day. You could attribute this to cabin fever - I don't think there's another term that's best suited for what we're going through these days.

And this happens:

I thought for sure the thing was about to burst open, spilling brain matter all over our kitchen floor (it didn't), in which case I'd be hauled off to jail for child neglect or abuse or something like that, and end up some tough guy's girlfriend. She did have a huge bump for awhile, though. Check this video out:
If that wasn't bad enough, days later Alayna tried using the stove as an armrest:
I think these two injuries alone guarantee me and Kristina's disqualification from any Parent of the Year award any time soon.
If there was a silver lining to any of this cabin fever'd, rain-soaked, cloudy-skied, toddler-damaging week, it's that Yours Truly has been able to devote some quality to one of his top five favorite video games of all time:

BAM!!

Surprisingly enough, it's held up pretty well - I just saw that it came out on the Wii Virtual Consol, so I'll have to buy that in order to play the epic on the big screen (or, rather, big-but-not-as-big-as-it-could-be-since-the-wife-doesn't-see-the-importance-of-upgrading-when-moving-into-a-bigger-house-with-a-bigger-living-room' screen). Anyway, playing it again has been radical, and I almost forget the daily drudgery of my non-stop, stress-laden, rain-soaked life.
Almost.
Anyway, here's a crapload of pics and videos for you - free of charge. Enjoy.
- Brian






- Brian
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