Merry Christmas Peter. I am so glad that your marriage is working out. Hold all of your sweet girls tight because you are truly blessed by them. Drive safely if you are traveling and I hope Santa brings you everything you wished for.
hugs, kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
Hey Peter, ready to feel a little sting. I had my Vas done and went to work the next night at an airport driving a tractor around.... Bouncing bouncing bouncing...... Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Still sore some, but not a lot. Not needing ice or pain meds. Just want to take it "for a spin" - but don't want to pop a stitch (ouch!).
Christmas was fun. Went to the in-laws for Christmas Eve and had a family get together there. Opened gifts with SD9 Christmas morning and got to talk to D14 who was in NY. Just a couples evening later in the day so had a chance to relax (after picking up the disaster area that was our living room). Just got back from skiing this weekend which was surprisingly well tolerated given the recent work under the hood.
They are also making progress on the house. Got most of the first floor framed, and hoping to get the second floor done by the end of this week. That means a roof is not too far off!
Not really any lingering issues between W and I, though I have to admit noticing old destructive patterns re-emerging now and again. Nothing big, but working on one's M is something that never ends, I think. My biggest mistake before was taking this for granted, switching to cruise control. Won't let that happen again. Hope everyone's holidays were great.
Me45 W35 M6 T8 D16 SD11 D0 Dec 07: Bomb July 08: Busted! Thread
There was a segment on the news about all the terrible stuff that has happened in 2008, but at one point the reporter asked "was it all bad?" W said "No, not all bad - we got back together didn't we?" (loved the answer!) I could have done without the drama, but in the end the weaknesses in our M were exposed and then strengthened. Here's to 2009!
Me45 W35 M6 T8 D16 SD11 D0 Dec 07: Bomb July 08: Busted! Thread
Happy New Year to you and your lovely wife, Peter, as well as your daughters. I draw strength from your restoration and it gives me hope for my own marriage.Hopefully you will drift in and out of the alternate with pictures on the house. Of course, I have been bad about going in there myself.
SMW
M40/H36 T16/M14 4K B2/08 S4/08 current
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. I Corinthians 13:7
Well... look at this way... Half of last year was incredibly stressful and life changing. The remainder was spent rebuilding your marriage, finding each other again, starting construction of a new home and deconstruction of a vasectomy.
This next year with the new house and all its decisions, the renovations on little peter (that sounds so wrong) and what that may mean, your two jobs, your two daughters, your family (your = you and your wife's) will keep you very busy.
Very busy. Very busy.
Are you still in family counseling.. marriage counseling.. individual counseling? The hard work, the most sustaining work is coming up now. Don't let the 'busy-ness' of your life deter you from the heart and soul of you, your relationship, your love.
With all the momentous changes you're making, my worry flag went up that with so much going on, what IS about the relationship gets sidetracked. There are so many diversions, busy-iness that the foundation of what's making it work gets ignored.
Building a house, renovating the lil pete and possibly making a baby all take on a life of their own.
Before the conflicts with blending the family.. yours, hers, y'all's created strife. How is all that going? How goes the counseling?
Thanks for letting me share my angst.. I know you're a grown man with a good head on your shoulders and a plan for your future.
