Just quickly to let you know that Marye & I are talking and working on things. She is tenacious, we had a long talk in a parked van on Saturday. She figured she had a captive audience.
We had our first Christian Counseling session yesterday and a coffee date afterward. Even after the counseling we are still on speaking terms. Nothing new, just the groundwork and our objectives.
Marye and I are committed to one another. That has not changed. It won’t change. As y’all know from reading our posts over the past eight months, …read more

This is difficult, though not as difficult as real life. I am sorry that I have not been as frequent here at MarriageActually as I should have been. This has been good, getting to know some of you as you would let us know you. To say that laying this down is easy is wrong. Doing this has been equally difficult as of late.
Things are not going well in Camelot. My armor is chinked and tarnished. And may need to be retired as well. I am no knight in shining armor and never have …read more

It was in Monterey, Ca. actually, to a fiery brunette soldier from Texas. She still has it, it may not feel like it to her right now. But, she does still have it. Somewhere in the fall of 1979, When I saw her, I was a goner. It has been a couple of times around the block and my heart still skips a beat. Perhaps lopes would be a better term. For the past couple of years it hasn’t felt like it has still been this way. I have had a problem.

As Marye mentioned, We are bringing up family rule books. What were the rules in the house you grew up in? As for the Audet household there were not a lot of them.
1. If you got something out. Put it away when you are through. That means in the correct place. Things had a orderly place to go. Toys in the basement toy shelf. Tools back in their place in the workbench. Bike in the shed or basement. Plates, food etc. were put in their place in the pantry. Your …read more

O.k..here is another sort of interactive post. Surviving job loss, have you had to do it?  What are/were your coping techniques?
With the economy shot a lot of people are losing their jobs.  If you have been used to two incomes what strategies do you have in place to deal with moving to one income?

First off, I am sorry for my long silence here. In the past 60 days or so, I have managed to “booger up” my marriage in a major way.
First off with our love life in November after returning from Winter Camp with the boys I shut down.
I can’t to this day explain how, why or anything. I had intentions when we got home and it didn’t happen. I ended up shutting down sexually and this created havoc in our marriage. It has caused nothing but pain and insecurity in Marye. What is wrong with me? …read more

Do you remember Weebles? If you are twenty something you may not but they were similar to Fisher Price people, only with round bodies.
I think there are two kinds of people basically.  The ones the keep getting pounded and they keep bouncing back for more, and the ones that just lay down and stay there.

 
So, the last few days I’ve been thinking.
Yeah, me… introspective.  I’m still superficial at this point.  But I guess that’s me to a point.
Superficial….
Always, never wanting to allow myself to be known or even know myself.  Scary thought Marc!

Marc adn I are preparing for his disability hearing in Waco tomorrow.
This is a very stressful time for us, as we put together his medical records for the last 26 years and letters from his doctors, etc. We are both nervous, although trusting God, because if they turn us down again it will be a financial hardship.

 
To  those of  you  are regulars, today was wet  t-shirt day.  So after work this morning  it was time  for  the  wet t-shirt festivities around  here.   It has been a wild  &  crazy day here with the continuing adjustments of  my  not being able to drive  for  a while.  So it hasn’t been a great day.  The rest of the week continues to get more trying.