The NIGH****CHMAN - Monday 7/6

Good evening all.  Nice weekend.  Baseball intensive for me with being at the Rangers games all three nights.  And next weekend will be baseball intensive with Eddie playing in a tournament at the Dr Pepper Field next to the Rangers Ballpark.

Got to work at my part time job and the air was out in two of the 6 rooms we work out of.  Repairman just stopped in to say it is a blowin' and a goin' now.

No change in Oleta's mother.

Not much else here.

Prayer requests are listed below.

Also, please feel free to just visit here.  Tell us about how your day went.  Your successes.  Your failures.  Your fun.  Whatever.  When I post this thread, I do not have access to any chat programs, so this sometimes substitute as that vessel for me.

Continue to keep your thoughts and prayers for the members of our Armed Forces serving around the world, especially during this time of increased awareness.  Please thank God for these men and women every day.  In addition, please keep the wives and family members in your thoughts.

PEOPLE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT:

Vicki V.
Avis
Jennifer - (Cruise Director Julie) - making decisions on possible positions.
Jen Ewald - hoping for a traveling position to open up shortly
Lynnette
Jeri

Those who are not yet unemployed, but layoffs are looming

Pray for those employed by Bell Helicopter, that are on strike.  Pray for a resolution to the strike. Pray for the families.

Anne (Lalocaweta) - as she continues her fight.  Also for her spouse as the company he works for is closing it's doors.

Dana - requests prayer for her sister, Renee.  She had tumor on her jaw removed.  Now needs jaw reconstruction on 7/23 - (10 hour surgery scheduled).

Debra - has returned to work.

George - prayers for Oleta J., Brad's MIL.  She is in JPS with pneumonia and COPD among other health issues. Update:  She is being tested for lung cancer on 7/1.  Also pray for Brad's wife, also Oleta.  Give her strength at this time.

Janet (1divaatheart) - her husband's kidney will be removed on 7/16, followed by lots of followup.

Karen (Misty750342002) - A friend of Karen's from work (who is like a son to her), Dustin Murphy, is 24 years old and has been diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease.

Meggie - friend Nancy is in assisted living home and is on her last days.  Pray for Meggie's family also as they try to fight through this.

Ramon - has strayed after 15 years of sobriety.  He is now sober for 32 days, but very tempted.  Pray for him to make the right decisions.

SandiB - prayers for her as she has some personal concerns right now.

Vicki V.  - husband Patrick has Ataxia and Neuropathy of the left side.  Which basically means he has virtually no feeling in his left leg and foot. Experiencing fatigue.

Vanessa (Butterfly Reborn) - requests prayer for her family.  There were no specifics, but I am sure the Lord knows.

Below are two of God's children that definitely need our prayers.  These are two specific cases, we know there are others out there.  Remember them too.

Gina J. - Pray for her 6 year old Marina, diagnosed with a terminal illness at age 2. She has improved, but still needs our prayers.  Pray for this brave little girl.

Vanessa - We have all followed the story of Elizabeth.  Here is her Caringbridge page:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elizabethdunford

Hope everyone had a good day.

 It was a fairly decent day today... woke up late (was off today) and then went to the Dr... ran a couple of tests... of the 4 that they are running 3 have come back & just waiting on 1.  Yes I'm going to live lol
Then this afternoon went to the dentist for a cleaning... ok that's over now my teeth are all freakin gritty *gag*

Then off to my friends house to watch a movie since I didn't get to go watch one this weekend like we planned.  Then home for the night....

Sad thing is I don't even know what movie was on cause about 5 minutes after I got there his mom called and gabbed then my mom called and gabbed then his sister called and did the same then my sister texted and called and gabbed lol The movie was good... wait I don't even know what it was!

Hey everyone !!

Been a long day here..................worked all day and just got home from 2nd job (11:15pmish)
Thank goodness the day went by FAST  ..................but I sure couldn't have used about 2-3 more hours at the day job.........................but oh well.....

Not much going on in my world.   Just been really busy...not much time on the computer and definately don't have time to get on it at work.......................WHEW !! 
I do manage to fit in "lunch/break" time.........only becauase I Have too for ME and well - they don't want us working through our lunch periods !!      it is the non-exempt thing ....ya know !!

Time to hit the hay...

YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING !!

Evening George;

I'm exhausted. Took Michael to the airport at 4:30am, got back home around 5:10, couldn't fall back asleep so I did all of my job search stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to find 4 really great opportunities out there. Usually the week after a holiday weekend is slow. Finally around 7, I started getting sleepy again, so I napped until 9:30. Got up, finished my job apps, made arrangements for a place to stay next week Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and put together a strategy to get more interviews scheduled during the trip.

At noon, I shifted gears to start working on the house again. I must've been lucky with the downstairs closets going so quickly last week, because working in the upstairs closets drove me insane. I spent 7 hours on the upstairs guest room (gift closet) and the dogs' room closet (Christmas tree, gift wrap and box storage). I got a start on mine late tonight (after 9pm), but still have a lot to do in there. So far, I've got two large shopping bags of books for 1/2 Price, at least a car load of stuff to take to Goodwill and a lot of stuff to go onto Craigslist. The upstairs media room is trashed with piles of stuff to be cataloged and then dropped off at Goodwill.

The realtor is scheduled to be here at 1pm tomorrow to make sure the house is ready to show and make recommendations on if I need to impersonalize it more. I almost feel like calling her in the morning and delaying her a day or two. I'll see what I get done by 10am and then make a decision on whether or not to have her come by. If she comes, I seriously just want her to give me a list of personal items that she recommends get packed and then leave. I don't want her sticking around to "check my work".

It's been a frustrating day. I feel like I ended up with a bigger mess than I started with and I hate that. I was running low on energy part way through the day and did a B12 shot in hopes of giving me a boost. I don't really feel like it worked. So, I guess, I'm just netting out cranky tonight.

We had a great weekend in McKinney. Thursday night, we caught The Hangover. I'm pretty sure it was the funniest movie I've ever seen. Friday, Michael and I went and looked at rental homes. There's a lot of options in the price range we're comfortable renting in, so that was good. We can't really make a decision on anything until the house here sells, but there were at least 7 homes that would work for us so hopefully one of them is still available when we're ready. We drove down to Komen so I'd know where I'm going next week. Friday afternoon, a bunch of us girls went and got pedis and then Sara and I made a quick appearance at Dani's going away dinner. Saturday was crazy party day and yesterday, we drove home.

I'll be around for a bit. Prayers for all who need them.

Geezzz, I'm exahusted reading Jen's post!!  Feel like a real slacker here!  Did get the lawn mowed, weed eated, sidewalks and driveway swept! 

Got to spend some peep time at Sarbucks tonight, Danni, wishing you God speed, and safe travels just in case I don't get to see you again before you leave.

Prayers for all of the spoken and unspoken requests.  Congrats to Nina on the new job, another prayer answered.  Continued prayers for Oleta and extended family, and all of God's children tonight.

Blessings to all,
Avis

Forgot to mention my frustration yesterday.  Tried to move my desk into the office and it was too wide.  So I had to put a different desk in there and give Mary the big one.  Then we started putting stuff into it.

Hey George...
Had a fairly "lazy" day here.  No tennis on Mondays so we didn't have to go in for that.  Sarah did have a doctor appt. with the plastic surgeon *****moved the huge "nevus" she had along her neck a few years ago.  Unfortunately more of that diseased tissue is still under the surface and a new "crop" has started to come out.  We knew it though as he just couldn't get all of it out a few years ago when she initially had the surgery.  He said it will take three or so years for it to fully come out so he'll go back in there later on and only put her through one more surgery but that won't be until she's 11 or 12 more than likely! 

It warmed up though, now back in the 80s which is more "summer-like" in temps!  Right now at 2 am it's down to 67 degrees which is delightful!!!

I slept in until 10:30 am yesterday which was pure heaven.   Since I'm still up, more than likely will be the same in the morning!

Guess I'd better get moving.  Time to get everything shut down and hit the hay!