2007 Year of Gratitude. Thank you. =)

2007 was another great year for me and my wife. I appreciate all the things I have experienced in both the real and the internet virtual world. I just wanted to make a list of all the things I was thankful for.

I am thankful for my wife of +20 years. I am thankful for the 2 puppies we adopted from the local shelter who have sinced passed away but are always in my heart.

I am thankful for our good health.

I am thankful for my mother, brother, sisters and all their families and happy they have their health. I am thankful for all my friends and happy they have their health, too.

I am thankful for being able to appreciate all things in my life.

I am thankful for being able to visit Seattle for a week. It was a great trip I shared with my wife via the Amtrak train. I was able to see the entire beautiful and wonderful west coast from California to Oregon to Washington and back.

I am thankful for being able to experience another wonderful musical called Wicked. My wife and I will be watching more in the future. They often inspire me and always leave me feeling good inside.

I am thankful for the hundreds of movies I am able to watch. Some great ones, some good ones, many bad ones, but all made enjoyable with my wife’s company.

I am thankful for all the sunrises and sunsets I am able to watch. They are my favorite times of the day. That is why you see pictures of them all over my StumbleUpon blog.

I am thankful for being able to buy a subcompact car getting over 40 miles per gallon problem free and getting rid of my VW beetle full of problems.

I am thankful that my TV broke for a while and was still under warranty, which enabled me to start my blog or personal journal. I am thankful that I never run out of ideas and experiences to blog about. I am thankful to see my personal growth. I am grateful to be able to see my interests change over time.

I am thankful for all the great people I met online through MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog, WeBetUr, StumbleUpon, Digg, + Technorati.

I thank each and every one of you who come back to support me by visiting my blog. I do appreciate it.

I am thankful for being inspired to stay positive in all aspects of my life. I am thankful for the roof over my head, the food in the fridge, and all the luxuries I have in my life. I am thankful for being able to provide for me and my wife.

I am thankful that I was able to go to college and graduate with 2 bachelor degrees from Woodbury University. I hope I have the motivation in the future to go back and earn a masters degree.

I am thankful for having all my faculties. I am thankful for every gift I have been blessed with and never want to take any of them for granted. The gift of sight, hearing, smelling, feeling, and tasting.

I am happy and thankful just to be alive.

Thank you for everyone who included me in their viral links and gave me some link love. Here is the latest one for those who are working on getting their technorati authority up.

Thanks Cotojo for including me!

Well Cotojo has really outdone himself with this Award: Happy New Year Bloggers Around The World - How cool is this?

0-Cotojo 1-Lisa 2-Deborah 3-Pearl 4-Sandy 5-Jesse 6-Chris 7-Zubli 8-Santa 9-BlogElf 10-Jackie 11-Marzie 12-Adrian 13- 15-NAFASG 14-PolliwogFrog 15-Sue 16-Kathy 17-Maartje 18-Morgan 19-Greg 20-MaryAnn 21-Eric 22-Hawk 23-Carol 24-Diane 25-EvNucci 26-Surjit 27-Kuanyin 28-ChristyZ 29-Sandee 30-Robin 31-Hanna 32-Maunie 33-Kim 34-Bobby 35-Billy 36-David 37-Jennifer 38-Aryst 39-Winston 40-Christy 41-LilyRuth 42-Jess 43-Rudy 44-Lynda 45-Lili 46-SandyG 47-Ange 48-BlackWyrm 49-Vincent 50-Colin&Anne 51-BlandlyUrbane 52-Marco 53-Mihaela 54-John 55-Aziz 56-Ugyen 57-Lansy 58-Alex 59-Victors 60-Nostalgia 61-Franco 62-Herby 63-Rubie 64-Santaram&BVK 65-Jean-David 66-Namgay 67-Catherine 68-Yunita 69-PJLighthouse 70-Lorimer 71-DreamCatcher 72-Fred 73-Anja 74-MariaLourdes 75-JonB 76-Aayush 77-Denise 78-Dharmendra 79-BrentD 80-Jerry&Daryl 81-BrianB 82-Calvin 83-Pieter 84-Jessica 85-Taflas 86-Alex 87-Norie 88-Justin 89-Ashish 90-David 91-Thanate 92-Kevin 93-Etienne 94-Gerbera 95-Christina 96-AbhishekD 97-Uprai 98-TexasJam 99-Azmiel 100-Daniel 101-Kristin 102-Luwis 103-Adavait 104-NowSourcing 105-BuenAmigo 106-Kiran 107-Peterson 108-Lynn 109-Chessnoid 110-LuisHipolito 111-Joliveira 112-Jennifer&Pete 113-TeamDog 114-Megan 115-Mark 116-Raivyn 117-Mel 118-Andrea 119-Jen 120-Mimi 121-Bobo 122-Lynda 123-DreadBob 124-Julie 125-RennyBA 126-Bobbarama 127-Becky 128-Magdalena 129-Michelle 130-Stacie 131-ClimateTeam 132-CashMarble 133-OilOffShore 134-Piper 135-Barbara 136-Ann 137-Deb 138-Headbanger 139-Danny 140-Morina 141-Aira 142-Jericho 143-Jeane Michelle 144-Breigh 145-SecretMind 146-Awannabe 147-Gerri 148-Colin 149-eRocker 150-Kitty 151-Mariuca 152-Donna 153-Babyshern 154-Sanni 155-SatoNa 156-Cyn 157-Nessa 158-Steve 159-Francisco 160-Em 161-Christo 162-Riccardo 163-Naren 164-Denise 165-KingTang 166-El 167-Francesco 168-Bella 169-Chris 170-Fe 171-Jim&Emma 172-Incinq 173-Cristian 174-Matson 175-Kiwipulse 176-Sean 177-Anne 178-Xerendipity 179-Omega 180-Debra 181-SJ 182-Joseph 183-Nikki 184-Pocholo 185-BloggerNoob 186-Filot 187-Aseem 188-Mark 189-Antonio 190-Henry 191-Jamiz 192-Tamsyn 193-EverydayWeekender 194-JustMe 195-Brent 196-Ink 197-Alan 198-Debbie 199- BlueRibbonBloggers 200- Me 201- Beth 202- Rod 203- Michael 204-Ted 205-Vice 206-Dave
207-Jeff 208-Jon 209-Michael

alt**

141-madang.com,

142-RamblingMoo.com, 143-blogginginmypyjamas, 144-StylewithPassion,

145-Chinneeq, 146-Dora-zooropazoo, 147-Babyshern,

148-HiPnCooLMoMMa 149-Rachel’s Soulful Thoughts 150-When Silence Speaks,

151-Dancing in Midlife Tune, 152-Underneath it All, 153- I am Dzoi,

154-Hobbies and Such, 155-moms…..check nyo, 156-Choc Mint Girl,

157-Amel’s Realm, 158- My Thoughts, 159-Rusin Roundup,

160-Juliana’s Site, 161-Max, 162-Rooms of My Heart,

163-A Great Pleasure, 164-LadyJava’s Lounge, 165-Jesie,

166-Steven, 167-Trinity, 168-Leena,

169-Nick, 170-Nessa, 171-Debbie Dolphin,

172- Anna t, 173-krrey_boo, 174-Logic,

175-Steve Ho, 176-Virtual Entrepreneur, 177-WalksFarWoman,

178-Anna, Beth & Cory’s Mom, 179-Toon, 180-Belinda

181-EPSpeaks, 182-Teacher Julie 183-jafajfer,

184-pmonchet, 185-Aslan, 186-arouetvoltaire ,

187-Tanny, 188-Il vaso di Pandora, 189-Non Lineare,

190-Omniamundamundis, 191-LineaNeuronica, 192-Semplicemente Lisa

193-la penna che graffia 194-Angelbaby, 195-Divya,

196-Cyn, 197-Donna, 198-Liudmila,

199-djeblog, 200-Gracie Belle, 201-Reverend Ray,

202-Walter Winstuff, 203-Denny, 204-Terry (mee mOe),

205-awannabe, 206-Z.S., 207-Il Gnagnera,

208-Kevin Grieves, 209-DatCurious, 210-DatMoney,

211-Sanni, 212-Rolando’s Quiet Space, 213-SatoNa ,

214-Levian , 215-21Knots, 216-PuTLie,

217-Riciard’s, 218-Darlene, 219-Rantings of a Woman,

220-La Place de Cherie , 221-Enjoying The Ride, 222-A Window To Our World,

223-Juliana, 224-Retchel’s Pure Life, 225-We Are Family,

226-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 227-Echoes of Life, 228-My 3 Boys and I,

229-Mammagatta, 230-Juliana’s Lair, 231-Bless Sanctuary,

232-Confessions of An Army Wife , 233-Jean’s my So-called Life, 234-So cute tiny pixels,

235-Denz Techtronics Blog, 236-Wanna Be On Top!, 237-Carpe Diem,

238-My so-called Life, 239-TEEBOB, 240-Kikay,

241-Alaverde33, 242-CC’s Lifestyles and Reviews, 243-Pinay’s Lifestyles,

244-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 245-The Creativity Of Me, 246-OzLife

247-Scattered Thoughts of Mine, 248-Another Journal of Mine, 249-My Drama,

250-By The Way, 251-Paul, Toni and Lance - Bridging the Distance, 252-Live Love Pink,

253-In The Lance’s Mind, 254-My Life, 255-Rants and Ramblings,

256-WorldBlog, 257-Our Journey to Life, 258-Simply the best,

259-Paul and Toni, 260-Alpha’s Blog, 261-because life is fun,

262-The Simple Life of a Baghag, 263-Rose DesRochers, 264-Sweet Lullaby,

265-AnitoKid, 266- Lisa WAHM, 267-Ben Spark

268-Kesa, 269-Mauro, 270-Sindi

271-Alianorah, 272-Jennie, 273-CTN,

274-Jeremy, 275-Polliwog’s Pond, 276-Yvette,

277-Ali (DorisDay), 278-Rodney, 279-Alice,

280- WBAustin, 281-Max, 282-Rodney

283-Karen, 284-Michelle, 285-Stacy

286-SvenMarin, 287-CoolingStar9, 288-Billy Jack,

289-bbrian, 290-Cris Zimermann, 291-Franx,

292-Ramil, 293-JaniceNW, 294-Cathrina Jones

295-Bels, 296-Raman, 297-Jeques,

298-NPSG, 299-Anndi, 300-Georganna,

301-Jeane Michelle Culp, 302-Sam Chan, 303-Kumowai

and my personal blogroll regulars:

Please take this award with my heartfelt Best Wishes for a Peaceful and Happy New Year. Now spread the love and pass it on to other Global Bloggers.

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Missylicious, December 31, 2007:

happy new year chessnoid!

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Colin, January 1, 2008:

Hi Chessnoid,
Happy New year my friend
Great to see some additions to the list.
Have a super day buddy, and an even greater year!

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hanna, January 1, 2008:

Hey Chessnoid!
Txs for roll-love-links..
Happy 2008!

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YC, January 1, 2008:

Happy New Year my friend! Thanks for the support, advice and encouragement all this while!

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RennyBA, January 1, 2008:

Thanks for the link love! I’ve already collected it on my Awards.

Happy New Year, all the way from Norway!

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Shana Albert, January 1, 2008:

Happy New Year, Chessnoid!! May 2008 be a wonderful year for you and yours.
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Shelia, January 2, 2008:

Happy New Year Chessnoid!

Thanks for including me on the new link, I always appreciate it.

What a pleasure to see gratitude displayed as such. I hope that peace and blessings carries you and your family throughout the year.

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Monika@The Writers Manifesto, January 3, 2008:

Hi Chessnoid,

That was a great post because you get inspired by the small things in life. It means so much more being happy about the little things because only then can we appreciate the bigger things.

I wish you much success for 2008 and thank you for keeping me in your blogroll.
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CHESSNOID, January 6, 2008:

Thank you Missylicious, Colin, hanna, YC, RennyBA, Shana Albert, Shelia, and Monika@The Writers Manifesto. Happy New Years to all of you too!
Sabrina's Money Matters, January 21, 2008:

I missed this before, so a belated thanks!

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