The NIGH****CHMAN - Weekend edition, and requests for updates please

Good evening all.  Nice day today.  A little rain. 

Please, please, please.  Keep me updated on your prayer requests.  Also, if you have any, post them here so I can include them on the list.  We need to pray for our fellow TMBers and their family.

Early this morning on my way to work, I heard a thump thump sound.  Pulled over to check the tires, nothing.  Back in, same thing.  Found the steel sticking out of my front left tire.  Had less than 5 miles to work, so slowed down and continued.  Called my road service (2AM).  Gave me a timeframe for arrival of the guy and sure enough, he got there.  I pay for road service, so I don't change tires.

Honeydew weekend and squeeze in some work and a ball game.  Probably won't be on the board much.  But I will be sure to read when I can and will add/change prayer requests.  Thanks for your help.

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
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.

Dana - requests prayer for her sister, Renee.  She had tumor on her jaw removed.  Now needs jaw reconstruction on 7/24 - (10 hour surgery scheduled).

George - Oleta's mother is now in CCU, docs are optimistic.

Janet (1divaatheart) - her husband (Jim) will have a stint put into his "good kidney" to protect it on Tuesday, July 21.  His surgery will be on Friday, July 24, hopefully laproscopically. 

Just_Me has requested prayer for Gina A who lost her step mother suddenly.  In addition, her grandmother is in a nursing home and not doing well.

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.  He has completed chemo and is starting radiation treatment.

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.

Robin S. requests prayer for her son Tyler who is on his liquid diet, with WLS scheduled for 8/4.

Vanessa (ButterflyReborn) asks for prayers for her family.

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.


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

 WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UPDATE!!! Marvin is headed home tonight... Kidney's are improving, levels have dropped and theres a new smile on his face!  Just waiting on the final signature and the IV's to be removed =)
Got my new CRACKBERRY tonight... INFERNO ORANGE... ok back to playin! LOL
Have a blessed evening... Prayers to all those in need.

Hi George, stopping in to say hello and ask for prayers for my sister Renee next week.  Surgery will be on 7/24 instead of 7/23.  We are a little nervous, she'll be under for about 10 hours for the jaw bone removal and to take a bone out of her leg to reconstruct the jaw bone.  24-48 hours of ICU after.

Prayers to all in need, keeping baby Elizabeth in my thoughts along with her family. 

Dana,

I will be thinking and praying for Renee and all of you.

What did I miss?

Did she have an accident that is requiring this reconstruction?

My friend (my second son) has completed kemo and is starting radiation.  So please keep hin on the prayer list,  after a month or more of radiation they will do another pet scan and go from there for the next step of his treatment.

Thanks
Karen

Hi George....
Busy day today.  Got the hair cut, then V to tennis at 1 pm.  She was done at 2:30 which is the time Heather has to be there - until 4 pm so we were in town a good part of the day.  Had to go to the store and get stuff to make a couple dishes to share on Saturday night at my uncle's house.  The city he lives in does their fireworks display a few weeks AFTER the 4th so they get a lot of them and they are huuuge, so we go out there to his house for an afternoon/evening get together, then watch the fireworks when they start at around 9 pm.  I really wish I could share some of this cooler weather.  It should be unseasonably cool in the morning...52!  Birrr!!!  As it is, I'm sitting here in my lounge pants as they are of course longer with socks on my feet as it is chilly!  Just ridiculous that three states away there is a 40 degree temperature difference.  I made cupcakes (as well as the frosting) from scratch (yep, NO box mix...I know, dumb, but they really look good!!!) and we'll also be making a big pot of chili as that will yummy in the tummy when we're sitting outside in the cool north wind!  Thankfully I can make the cupcakes without being tempted to eat them.  That kind of stuff makes me horribly sick so I leave them alone!   

My sister is taking the two older girls to see Harry Potter tomorrow morning.  She got some discounted tickets at work - only catch was they had to go to the 9 am show.  They are so excited to go so don't care AT ALL about what time they have to get up to go watch it!  I just think it's too much for Sarah so she didn't go over there as she has been on Friday nights.  I didn't think it was fair for her to go over there only to have to be woken up early just to be brought back over here since I didn't want her going.  She fussed about it initially but got over it.  I just think it would be harder for her to watch the older girls stay in the car and drive off knowing they were going to the movies.

Ok, guess I'd better get going.  My parents go to bed rather early so when I'm up still at 2-3 am, dad just about has a fit and tells me to go to bed!!!  Hope everyone has a terrific weekend!  If ya'll are outdoors, be sure to keep up with your liquids to avoid dehydration! 

Good morning.  I was already in bed when you posted.  Fridays are different for me, having to be at work at 8AM.  It gets rough sometimes.

I was going to comment about your kids going to the 9AM movie.  I was going to say how can they eat popcorn that early.  But, guess what.  I just finished some popcorn myself and it is just 10AM.

Some people don't have the willpower even if they do react badly.  Good for you.

Maybe you can take Sarah to see Ice Age or something.  Just a thought.

Later.

Yeah, my sister is probably going to take her to see either "Up!" or wait until "G-Force" comes out and take her to see that one. 

The girls liked the Potter movie.  I'm just not into it so glad my sister wanted to go with them!

We went out to my Uncle's house to watch the fireworks their town puts on (yes, two weeks after the 4th).  We brought the chili and the cupcakes.  It was so cold that the six quart roaster full we brought was completely gone!  We have a bunch of cupcakes left only because there were so many desserts, as usual, so I told my sister to take them to her office on Monday.  They will be gone in no time!  They had stuff like brownies, pie, cheesecake, etc. but I didn't touch any of that stuff.  One of my cousins said to me, "how can you not eat any"?  I said, "well, first of all, I don't miss it so really have no desire for it, but secondly, I would get horribly sick after eating it so just know better and don't eat it!!!   They provided hot dogs but I didn't eat any of those either.  Processed foods like that really don't sit well with me so I just ate the chili instead!  It was rainy though so kinda dreary and blah weather wise, but the company of people was all that mattered.

Guess I need to get moving.  That alarm for church is going to go off early!!!