Welcome 2011!

I can't believe it is already moments away from 2011, where did this year go? Christmas was wonderful, the girls are having a blast playing with all their new goodies! 2010 has been an incredible year, I feel like we just breezed through it. I know that 2011 is going to be more difficult and filled with a lot of changes. I knew once the holidays came to an end and a new year began it would be time to face the music, the deployment music. I know it's creeping up and I don't feel quite ready yet. The good news is I have a ton planned for those 7 months so hopefully we will be busy and time will fly!

I usually don't make New Year's resolutions, but this year I have thought long and hard about it and came to the decision that I would like to get better at taking pictures. Not to be a photographer, but just for my own personal knowledge. I love my camera so much and I feel like it's such a waste to not use it to it's full potential. I know it's not the "typical" resolution but it's one that I really would like to accomplish. Of course just like everyone else I would also like to shed a few in a few places and get back into shape! Hey, I can do both right? I will have plenty of time on my hands lol.

P.S I have not forgot about my 30 day project! Between holidays and leave and vacation I just don't have enough time to actually focus, so I will post day 7 on the 9th after we return from vacation :)

I hope you all have a wonderful new year filled with many, many blessings!!

Brynna

Day 6

Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day



Well, this one was easy! I not only have one but TWO lovely people that I would love to trade places with for a day! It would be SO nice to be a little kid again, playing around without a care in the world. I would love for the biggest of my problems to be my sister taking a toy away from me or falling and skinning my knee. I always try to do my best to make their lives as fun as possible because we all know, childhood just isn't long enough :)

Day 5

Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory

Well I won't lie, this was really hard to chose (harder than I thought) because I have SOOOO many memories that I love. This was almost impossible to decide and you guys almost got a slide show lol. So I chose this picture as a favorite memory, and allow me to explain why..



I chose this picture because it was the first time we officially became a "family", The three of us. It was the beginning of our journey and many things have changed, better and worse from this day but it is most definitely a favorite memory of mine. There is no better feeling than grabbing your husband for the first time after almost 9 months and handing him your new, sweet baby girl :)

Day 4

Day 04 - A picture of your night



I took this picture of my little bitty while we were wrapping the last of the presents that needed to be wrapped(she got a little sneak peek since she keeps secrets still ;) ). I just love her little face :) She is such a personality!!

Day 3

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show

Hmm, wow. Until this moment it didn't occur to me how much reality TV I watch lol. I really don't have a "favorite" show necessarily, but I do really like The Bad Girls Club (shameful, I know!).



This was my favorite cast so far :) *Hangs head in shame*

Day 2

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

Today, I chose this picture. This picture was taken in October 2006.




Ladies and gentlemen, this is Tisha and Raycine. I have known both of them since kindergarten and they are both irreplaceable to me, I have memories from playing with dolls, to high school dances, to meeting their children with both of these ladies. It's not often that people keep in touch through this many years but I couldn't imagine my life without either of these girls. Ray & Tish, if you're reading this.. I loveee youuu!!! "This house smells like a cold fart!"

Day 1

Well I noticed my friend Christina doing a 30 day blog challenge and every day I found myself clicking her blog and reading to see what she was up too and I LOVE the idea, so I borrowed it from her (with her A-Okay of course). I'm so excited at the thought of you guys being able to learn a little bit more about me and how I work, in a nice light :) Anyways, let's roll baby..

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with 15 facts



It actually was pretty easy to pick a picture, this is one of my favorite pictures of myself. I remember the day really well, it was taken by my friend Chuck. We felt like such rebels for sneaking past the fence to snap a few pics :)

1. I am a pretty serious person. Some people tell me I am hilarious but I really don't see myself as having very much sense of humor, sad I know lol.

2. I am a private person, I am really not comfortable divulging my entire life details with just anyone. It takes me a while to trust people and even longer to trust them with my personal business. I think more people should be like that, too many people blast their business into the ears of anyone who will listen and the truth is, not everyone cares.

3. I have a really soft heart, i'm not really an emotional person anymore but it isn't hard to tug on my heart strings.

4. I am so proud of and support my husband/our troops. I think anyone willing to risk their life for this country deserves all the respect in the world. A 50/50 chance of never seeing your family again is one hell of a commitment to awesomeness.

5. I hate being rushed. I-HATE-BEING-RUSHED, I hate when I feel like people are being pushy. I have to do things on my own time, it's nothing personal. Nothing will get you cussed out faster than being rushy and pushy. *shivers*

6. I love seafood!

7. I'm a beach girl, I love being on, around, or near the beach.

8. Shopping is one of my favorite things in the world to do.

9. I am terrified for my husband's upcoming deployment. I don't even think terrified can even ding exactly how scared I am for this deployment. I know people injured in Afghanistan, I know someone that was killed in Afghanistan, it's too close to home to be in denial. Daniel is replacing a unit that is being hit very hard right now and I am petrified.

10. Gosh I am loud lol, if I have something to say you will hear it. I am small but have a fear of no one. I got knocked in my head one time in my life, and it will never happen again.

11. I shave my arm pits everyday, you will never see me with under arm stubble. It completely grosses me out.

12. I currently am in need of a pedicure.

13. I spend entirely too much time making lists and trying to keep organized. I have to straighten my house up every night before I go to bed because I can't wake up to "mess". My kids are SO messy that I feel like making a to do list is the only way I can control the mayhem lol.

14. I enjoy vintage things, I WISH I could have hair doing skills so I could have pin up hair everyday haha.

15. This seriously took me an hour to write :)


I'm looking forward to the next 30 days!! Thank you Christina for sharing!

Thankful

Well another Thanksgiving is upon us, gosh these holidays sure do sneak up huh? I guess I really can't complain, I LOVE the holidays! With the smell of fresh baked pumpkin pie filling our house I can't help but think about the things I am thankful for. This year most importantly I am thankful we are all together, being a military family you have a 50/50 chance that you will be spending the holidays together and this year we got the good 50%, which we are so blessed for (shout out to our deployed friends!! Come home safe!).

I am also thankful for my two happy, healthy little gals. They sure do know how to keep me busy and they have taught me so much about life that it's unreal. I couldn't imagine life without them and I am so blessed to have them as mine :)

My family and friends back in Florida, I am SO thankful for you guys and the fact that when my head is in the clouds, you're there to bring me back to reality and no matter what choice I make in life, you're all still by my side. It speaks volumes for me to be this far from all of you, yet you keep me so close and when i'm home it's like I have never left. It really means the world to me.

I am of COURSE thankful for my Cali friends, you ladies keep my life wonderful and are never too far when I need you. You ladies have become a family for me and you make our house a home. If it weren't for you I don't know how the hell I would get through my days.

I am honestly so thankful for SOO many things that this blog would be the blog that never ended if I sat here and listed each and every little thing. I feel like such an amazingly blessed person, even on my worst day. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and take a moment to remember what you're thankful for :)

xoxo

Maybe it's not just me, it's you.

Since moving to California I have learned a lot about myself. I was completely tossed out of my element and away from friends and family into a place where I was the odd man out. I felt like I talked different, acted different, thought different, drove different, and just in general WAS different. I recently had my character questioned which lead me to do a lot of soul searching and questioning.

After much thought and consideration I have decided that maybe it's not me, the big horrible person it's those that I surround myself with. I am incapable of making one feel one way or another, you can only allow yourself to feel that way. Maybe I can be mean, I just don't take crap from anyone. I hardly see that a flaw. Where I come from we tell each other how we are feeling and it's rarely sugar coated. Maybe I am wrong for being small minded enough to think everyone is that way, and that's my fault but i'm never going to allow someone to walk all over me or run their mouth to me and push me. It's never going to happen. I consider myself a classy person most days but I am by nature a fighter and you will not walk all over me.

I know on this base people thrive on the drama and for a moment I was infatuated too. At the end of the day, i'm still Brynna. I'm not two faced, never have been. Why would I need two faced friends? I'm not a slut, why would I need slutty friends? I don't have patience for people like that so why do I need to waste my time on a friendship headed to nowhere? The friends that I have made in my lifetime are all people that I find amazing and irreplaceable, why all of a sudden because I live on Camp Pendleton should I settle for anything less than that? So I hit a road block and maybe you will stand with me or maybe you will stand against me, but i'm not going to play the drama games anymore. I have a life, kids, a husband, and a family and in the grand scheme of things none of this bullshit even dings my important O meter. I have also come to the grave conclusion that other people's opinions of me are simply irrelevant, I know no other way to be than to be myself. If you can't handle that then maybe we shouldn't be friends. I'd rather have ZERO friends than a friend that smiles in my face and talks shit behind my back, because always remember-point one finger and you have 3 more pointing back at you. Unless your life is better or even comparable to mine, you really have no wiggle room to talk. Also to address the "Brynna acts better than everyone" issue, I act like myself, if you feel like that's better than you then that's your own damn fault. I don't control minds and feelings of those around me, I'm me if you feel inferior in my presence then we don't belong as friends. It's no biggie, I am most compatible with strong minded and confident people. Sorry for your luck.

I am 23 years old and I have always been proud of the fact that I am wise beyond my years, I have no desire to waste my life concerning myself with other people's irrelevant problems and opinions. So with that said we can be friends or you can be non existent to me but if your middle name starts with a D and ends with a Rama this is your que to exit stage left, your 15 minutes of fame are over.

For those that I have met and learned to love, you know who you are! I can't thank you enough for being true friends!

Brynna :)

Officially a blogger, again!

I figured it was about that time of my life where I should start blogging again. I loved blogging when it was cool on Myspace (ancient, I know!) and it was always a fun way to vent and just chat with myself lol.

Well things in the Ramos house are typical, Daniel is busy, i'm trying to stay busy, and the girls are growing like weeds. The sassy one is excelling in preschool and even starting to pick up on reading, the little one is following right behind her and repeating every little motion she sees. It's crazy to see the similarities and the differences between the two little runts :) Daniel is training up a storm for the upcoming deployment, i'm nervous and even sick about it sometimes but it is life. We're looking forward to the holidays coming up and lots of family time!

More to come : ) I'm just getting started!! (and you're not even ready.)