Elf yourself

Below is a really funny holiday link. I did my family in some not so good pictures. Enjoy

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9558731858



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Lightworker videos

Found these two videos on the Lightworker web site. They pretty cool. so I figured I'd share them. Blessings

A lesson learned

Learned a lesson a little while ago. I've always been a very independent thinker. Always on my own and argued my point very aggressively when I thought necessary (which in my youth was often) Thinking it was a battle I never conceded defeat. My current place of employment has challenged that aspect of me greatly. There have been times when I've taken things into my own hands and have been labeled a "Cowboy". From my perspective, even though I informed everyone of what I was doing I was still a non-team player because I did it on my own. This really bothered me because we are short staffed and I did fix the solution and shared my knowledge so one would think things would be good. This has been the cause of a great deal of frustration and reflection for me. The situation kept repeating and each time I did what I felt strongly was the right thing and each time I would fix the issue and alienate the same people. I was very tempted to say "screw them, if they're too insecure to recognize help then they can kiss my Butt!"

We just went live with a new application in our operating room. I'm and IT guy and my main responsibility is to get this new OR Application running properly. I was in at 5 AM because that is when patients start to arrive and the staff starts to prepare for the days operations. First thing we discover is that printing isn't working. Apparently the patients information is printing at another location and the other locations print jobs are printing in OR. This is not good and has a negative impact on patient care. It's early morning and there are no other IT folks around to help. So I switched printers. Now in a standard It environment this would have worked. In this case it did not and I made the situation worse. Noe there are nurses upset, some patients upset and no print jobs. I was able to get a work around but it required some extra effort on the nurses. Fortunately they were able to work with me for until we could fix the issue.

My stomach was in knots and I was very upset. I did some research and knew how to fix the problem but couldn't because I did not have the rights. I had to go to the people who thought of me as a "cowboy" and inform them of my mistake and ask for help. This went against every grain of my body. I fought with this (and I mean fought) for a good while. There was a way I could patch it and know one would know the better but it wasn't the right way. I felt the fear of being wrong and/or being discovered. It felt terrible and lonely. I was soooo tempted to not let anyone know and go on my merry way. I finally decided to let them know and ask for help. As one would guess they were not too happy and on top of that it took them some time to fix it which made the situation a little worse. After 3 hours it was fixed.

I was glad that I was able to overcome my ego and fear. I was greatly relieved and realized this was a lesson for me on many levels. Looking back I feel that all of those other incidents were preparation for me for this incident.

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Trotting on Turkey Day

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. Silly me decided to do a 10 mile race the morning of Thanksgiving. Partially because I'm not too bright and partially because I got the chance to meet another runner through someone I worked with. I'm glad I went because I made a new friend. The race was nice but I paid for not being prepared. It was a nice run that went along a path that passed a bunch of horse stables. The race ended in a baseball field that is used for the pre-season games for the Seattle Mariners. That was really neat.


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Free

I subscribe to an e-mail service called Daily Word. It's a daily e-mail sent from Unity offering a saying for the day. Every so often one comes along that has become an answer to something happening with me at the moment. This next one really hit home and inspired me so much I sent it to my family. I've been wanting change and slowly been gaining the courage to move forward.

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Free I am free to live a happy and healthy life. Discovery and growth are essential in life. Each day, I learn something new about myself and the world around me. At one time, I may have believed I was unable to change my habits or behaviors. Spiritually awakened, I know that there are no chains that bind me to an old, familiar way of being. Through the power and presence of God within me, I am free to realize my highest potential. I am free to enjoy and experience life in a whole new way. Through God’s spirit within, I am divine in nature, and true freedom is my inheritance. God has given me all that I need to live freely, fully, and creatively. Allowing the light of God to shine through me in all that I do, I am free to live a happy and healthy life.

CHanges part 2

As I said in my mustache post I've really been feeling the urge to make some changes. Beyond making changes to my appearance I've started working on making professional changes. I'm going to start realty school to get my license so I can start in the arena of buying, fixing and flipping houses. I've posted before about wanting to flip houses, I've just been procrastinating. I'm also going to get together with an old friend with whom I worked with for the last 10 years. He's a consultant and that's another area I want to go into (becoming a consultant). I feel I want to effect positive change and for me I feel this is the best way to do it.

I have to admit, I am pretty scared. But at the same time I'm really excited about the possbilities


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Changes?!?

OK, lately I've been getting an urge to make a change in my life. I don't know why but that's what I've been feeling. Sooooo I went and got myself a new haircut and I shaved my mustache of 15 years. I am balding at my age so I was concerned more about the short haircut but it was my clean face that attracted the most attention and comments. So far the preference from friends and family has been to grow the caterpillar back. I appreciate their honesty and I'm trying to get used to the new look but right now I'm 50/50. take a look and let me know your thoughts.

I am an Individual

Nicole took the picture above. I really like it and I told her so. She blushed and asked me "Do you really like it?" I said yes and she said "It says, I am and individual". I thought that was pretty cool. I have to say I'm really proud of my babe.

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Back from NYC & PA

Well we're back!! Even though I didn't do the marathon the weekend was excellent. It started off rough, I got into a heated argument with my wife. There was an issue that came up that could have potentially ruined the whole trip. Fortunately we worked through it and the weekend went really well.

The whole family went back and I think it was good to do to have some closure. When we moved it was quick and rough and I don't think we had a chance to reflect. Especially for my kids, I noticed allot of mixed feelings from them as the weekend went on. I too experienced mixed emotions but I really do not regret our decision. Life is about change sometimes it's easier to adjust than other times. I think I will always miss PA but home is in AZ now. Maybe sometime in the future we might go back but I really don't think about that.

Anyway my oldest and youngest spent most of the weekend with their friends. My middle Nicole and Pam and myself spent a day in NYC and it was great! We drove to one of my old neighborhoods in Brooklyn where I grew up. Allot of strong feelings their and I was happy to share it with them. We ran around central park and checked out the preparations for the marathon. And we topped the evening off with fun in time square and the play "RENT". It was the first time any of us have seen a broadway play and it was awesome!

I think it was love shared and experienced.


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