Abundance Journal 20090709

I am thankful for or that

1. Advice from my manager, BD, on Veritas Cluster Server & Solaris networking.
2. Ben Rockwood’s Solaris-centric blog.
3. Turbulence Training.
4. I can’t say it enough, thanks for the public library.
5. A cool, summer day.
6. Food to take to work for breakfast and lunch.
7. LEB picking me up from work.
8. Money to get GAB’s hair braided.
9. LEB taking GAB to and picking her up from the hair salon.
10. Online bill pay.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Doing laundry.
2. Cooking dinner.
3. Working diligently on the Veritas Cluster project on the job.
4. Working out.
5. Taking walking breaks during the day.
6. Going to bed at a decent hour.
7. Helping MJB mop up a spill.
8. Making the bed.
9. Doing a Swish-n-Swipe.
10. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!

Gratitude Journal 20090708

I am thankful for or that

1. LEB cooking dinner.
2. The Veritas-HA mailing list.
3. The public library without which we would not be able to keep enough new books for CIB to read.
4. Money to buy breakfast.
5. All the resources available on the Internet and easy search of those resources via Google.
6. LEB recognizing and telling me that she could see that I’m slimming down.
7. Being able to walk.
8. Help from my colleague AL to pack 110 pound servers back into boxes for shipping to a remote site.
9. LEB taking the boys to get hair cuts.
10. Money for gas for all the driving around we do.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Diligently searching for answers to my Veritas-HA configuration problems.
2. Going to sleep early.
3. Reading 10+ pages of a personal development book, How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear, Anxiety or Losing Your Friends!
4. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!
5. Taking a couple of walking breaks durig the day.
6. Doing laundry.
7. Making our bed.
8. Giving the master bathroom a Swish-n-Swipe.
9. Eating dinner with the family.
10. Keeping this journal.

Gratitude Journal 20090707

I am thankful for or that

1. GAB cooking dinner.
2. Help from my colleague AL.
3. A planning session w/ BD, AL, RS and myself.
4. Books from the public library.
5. Having food to take to work for breakfast and lunch.
6. A relatively cool day for summer in SC.
7. Turbulence Training.
8. WordPress.
9. Pandora Radio.
10. Our stationary bike.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Taking a couple of walking breaks durig the day.
2. Working out.
3. Reading 10+ pages of a personal development book, How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear, Anxiety or Losing Your Friends!
4. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!
5. Doing laundry.
6. Making our bed.
7. Keeping this journal.
8. Taking a shower after working out.
9. Icing my elbow.
10. Working diligently on server builds and documentation for the job.

Gratitude Journal 20090706

I am thankful for or that

1. Waking up.
2. That GAB, CIB and MJB are all able to participate either as counselors or campers at Scopes.
3. That the kids’ friend JM was able to go to Scopes, too.
4. LEB cooking chicken and sausage gumbo & cornbread for dinner.
5. No Reservations.
6. Being able to walk up and down stairs.
7. The quietude of Springwood Cemetary.
8. My cell phone.
9. Gas to drive GAB to youth group at church.
10. Fresh fruit.

I acknowledge myself for

1. I acknowledge myself for taking walking breaks throughout the day.
2. Taking my lunch to work.
3. Driving GAB to youth group.
4. Paying bills.
5. Working diligently on numerous tasks on the job.
6. Doing laundry.
7. Making the bed.
8. Reading 10+ pages of a personal development book, How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear, Anxiety or Losing Your Friends!
9. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!
10. Going to bed early.

Gratitude Journal 20090705

I am thankful for or that

1. I was able to workout despite low back pain.
2. GAB helping me cut my hair.
3. Getting to watch Breakfast at Wimbledon.
4. Getting to watch Tiger Woods win  the AT&T National.
5. Leftovers for lunch and dinner.
6. Food to cook for breakfast.
7. LEB taking the kids along with her on a shopping excursion.
8. Prescription anti-inflammatory medicine.
9. Icy-Hot.
10. My zero gravity chair.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Washing dishes.
2. Doing laundry.
3. Cooking breakfast/brunch for the family.
4. Working out.
5. Taking care of my back.
6. Brushing my teeth.
7. Making the bed.
8. Showering after working out.
9. Watching golf w/ MJB.
10. Watching a movie w/ GAB.

Gratitude Journal 20090702

I am thankful for or that

1. Support for Veritas Cluster Server from Consonus.
2. Money to buy lunch as we celebrated JN’s birthday at work.
3. JG giving me a Styrofoam cup after I dropped my NuVox mug in the sink in the break room and shattered it.
4. DR giving me another NuVox mug.
5. GAB and MJB finding Shadow after he got out of the yard.
6. LEB giving me a ride to and from work.
7. Getting off work early.
8. Turbulence Training.
9. LEB cooking dinner.
10. GAB and LEB making a Sam’s run.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Working diligently on configuring the new cluster at work.
2. Working out.
3. Keeping this journal.
4. Making the coffee.
5. Doing laundry.
6. Loading and running the dishwasher.
7. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!
8. Taking a shower after working out.
9. Getting MJB to bed at a decent hour.
10. Getting GAB to put away the leftovers from dinner.

Gratitude Journal 20090701

I am thankful for or that

1. LEB cooking dinner.
2. Having food to take to work for breakfast and lunch.
3. My GNC discount card.
4. GAB and MJB having a good day together.
5. CIB having a good time over at a friend’s house.
6. Getting our two new M5000s into a clustered environment.
7. Technical documents and discussions freely available on the Internet.
8. UPS.
9. Free software for the Solaris operating system.
10. Rain.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Going to sleep before 9PM.
2. Eating dinner with the family.
3. Doing laundry.
4. Taking my breakfast and lunch to work.
5. Working diligently with the Veritas cluster software.
6. Continuing the process of rebuilding a down server in Nashville.
7. Taking walking breaks during the day.
8. Reading 10+ pages of a personal development book, How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear, Anxiety or Losing Your Friends!
9. Keeping this journal.
10. Making our bed.

Gratitude Journal 20090630

I am thankful for or that

1. GAB cooking dinner.
2. Having food to bring for lunch.
3. Having money to buy a few ingredients for dinner that I missed during the big shopping on Saturday.
4. The technical resources available on the internet.
5. The Ubuntu Linux distribution.
6. Hampster time tracking software.
7. CIB got to spend some time the day and night over at a friend’s house.
8. Citrix.
9. Raritan KVMs.
10. Pelham Road Baptist CDC.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Taking walking breaks during the day.
2. Keeping this journal.
3. Getting a few things needed for dinner from the grocery store.
4. Eating dinner with the family.
5. Going to sleep early.
6. Turning off the TV and reading.
7. Doing laundry.
8. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!
9. Reading 10+ pages of a personal development book, Leaving America.
10. Working diligently on Veritas cluster software setup.

Gratitude Journal 20090629

I am thankful for or that

1. Turbulence Training.
2. Our stationary bike.
3. Air conditioning.
4. Some leftover metal tubing and our cyclone fence which combined allow me to do bodyweight rows.
5. Leftovers for dinner.
6. LEB packing my lunch.
7. A nice, sunny day.
8. Gas to drive GAB to youth group at church.
9. Eat Stop Eat!
10. Fresh fruit.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Working out even though I was tired and sore.
2. Doing laundry.
3. Making the bed.
4. Working diligently on numerous tasks while at work.
5. Going to sleep at a decent hour.
6. Showering before bed.
7. Closing the blinds throughout the house.
8. Turning on exterior lights so LEB and CIB wouldn’t come home to a dark drive way and car port.
9. Making sure MJB got showered.
10. Taking GAB to youth group.

Gratitude Journal 20090628

I am thankful for or that

1. The neighborhood swimming pool.
2. Sun screen.
3. The swimming lessons my mom got for me when I was in elementary school.
4. LEB cooking dinner.
5. Hot water for showers.
6. Air conditioning.
7. Spinx selling beer on Sunday.
8. All the kids can swim.
9. The look of joy on MJB’s face as he goes off the diving board at the pool.
10. My exercise/stability ball.

I acknowledge myself for

1. Taking the kids swimming.
2. Getting up when I realized that no matter what I was not going back to sleep.
3. Doing laundry.
4. Going to sleep at a decent hour.
5. Taking a shower after swimming.
6. Reading 10+ pages of a personal development book, How to Sell Network Marketing Without Fear, Anxiety or Losing Your Friends!
7. Listening to 30+ minutes of How To Build The Network Marketing Business YOU Really Want!
8. Stretching like I said I would.
9. Keeping this journal.
10. Running the dishwasher.