Business Success, Reconciliation, Employment, and Jinx

MommysTwin in Mississippi wants to know how to proceed with her business, and whether to settle for part-time work or get another full-time job. From Virginia, Nina_K obtains advice on reconciling and improving communication with her boyfriend. Lil_TX_Grl (from Texas, of course) gets rootwork recommendations for finding a job she really wants. And in Atlanta, LuvlyLadyNatl seeks to bring her son's father back home, separate him from worthless friends, and break a possible jinx on him.