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At the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Field Office, my wife was administered the Oath of Citizenship, and is now, and forevermore, an American.  I am so very proud of her. 

 

 

As the holiday's approach I look back at my life and wonder at all the decisions I've made and where they have brought me. I think about my daughter Cindy and wonder if she is looking down upon me and happy with what she see's. I think about my daughter Kristina and her new baby and wonder if I did enough to teach her to be a good parent.I know I was not the best kid, brother, husband, father, friend I could of been but I hope I did more good then bad.And after all the hurt, pain and loss Ive been through I now know that expressing your feelings is never a bad thing. Let that person know how you feel because you never know if you will have another chance to tell them.If you have kids, love them as best as you can and always tell them you love them, no matter how old they are.Make sure you parents know you think about them and thank them for making you who you are. Don't let life get in the way and loose touch with friends and family.And most of all, try to make this a every day thing, not just a holiday thing.I want to wish you all the best holiday, any way you wish to spend it.Ill get off my sappy soap box now. (Thank you Cindy for touching me today and filling my heart with love.)A very teary eyed Dan.

Could y'all send a pm when you delete a post? I always tried to do that when I was a mod. It helped the poster understand what was unacceptable about their post & prevented re-posts. It also keeps the mods activites more personal instead of appearing to be random actions from the invisible hand of moderation.

long story short, a friend of mine came across a free 97 chevy lumina a couple weeks ago, not in perfect condition of course but functional and running but needs some minor maintenance.  He had half way been thinking about running it in a race called The 24 hrs of Lemons. 

 

fast forward to saturday and a friend of my wife, who's son plays football with Jay, was almost in tears telling her that she'd lost her car to Re-Po and the kids were late to school and she could get the youngest to his doctors appt etc.  She's a single mom (2 kids), works two jobs, takes community college classes, and is dealing with a deadbeat dad.  I called my friend about the lumina and he agreed to give it to her, but, not before we get it cleaned up and functional because it needs new tires REAL BAD, dry rotted to shit (seriously, some of the worst I've seen).  we're gonna do wheel bearings, brakes, tires, coolant flush, oil/filter, tires, detail the interior and get it to her.  car only has 89k on the clock, couple minor dings (previous owner lived in the city and it shows) but is a solid runner and pretty much rust free which is amazing given it has lived its entire life in the rust belt.

 

all in she'll have a reliable car with all the major maintenance done for the next few years, probably only cost her about $500 (some of the parts), my friend and I are gonna take care of the labor ourselves and I'm gonna pick up much of the parts bill for her.

 

 

FTFY

Shots by 10 am
She is out in 27 days
All property not specifically called out is mine which she is an idiot about

All in all a solid as fvck win for me
Attorney said if the kid fails one class we go back for full custody and she ends up paying me child support

I will be writing her a check for the balance of what I owe in about a week which will give her all the money she needs to destroy her life in a flaming comet of alcohol and cosmetics

Are you sure about this?

Papers are signed, submitted electronically to the court at 9:45
I’ll have their recorded copies by end of day.