Thursday, August 24th, 2006 was a great day. We celebrated big that night. We went to one of our favorite restaurants and splurged. We had planned to take the next day off of work anyway so we stayed out a little late and really enjoyed ourselves. The long battle wasn’t officially over, but really all […] Continue reading →

Got a long weekend coming for the 4th? (US folks only I suppose…) What are you doing?We’re going up to my partner’s mom’s lake place. We’re going to hang out and sleep! We’re leaving tonight and not coming back until after the fireworks on the 4th or maybe the morning of the 5th so my […] Continue reading →

Yesterday my son Ben (15) got his first job. Sure, he’s mowed lawns for the neighbors; he’s done pay jobs around the house for us. But yesterday he got his first application filling out, interviewing, social security paying, away from home job. He ran home the last block to tell us and gave me a […] Continue reading →

Ok, I guess it’s about that time. Time to write my introductory Diary. 🙂 I go by jakyra here and on DailyKos (where I heard about this site) I live in Twin Cities, MN.My son is 15 and he lives in OK with his dad who moved there in ’98. My son just flew up […] Continue reading →