Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you
Well I could have put a picture of my family here or my friends or anything like that (I do have a Snuggles the bear that is pretty meaningful to me) but those would all be a big obvious. Of course my family and friends mean the world to me, in fact I am sure you have probably noticed that my Scentsy business means a lot to me too.
I became a consultant in May of 2009 and I have been working at it ever since. I have had great months, discouraging months, and months where I am just so proud of the people on my team I wish I had a million dollars to give each of them(Okay, Okay, that's EVERY month!). It's something that I enjoy being a part of and something that I feel like I have accomplished that actually makes Daniel proud of me. I know to some people it's just a little at home business but to me it really is much more than that, I can stay home everyday with my children and bring home an income to match Daniel's. Scentsy is my little business and it means a lot to me to succeed :)
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change
I know it seems completely pitiful to wish I could change the impossible, but if I was given the ability to change one thing in life it would be this.
Everyday our freedom is taken for granted and not only freedom but life it's self. I try to remember that in the back of my head when I am bitching about something irrelevant or upset over something stupid.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at
I wish I were better at photography. Daniel bought me a really nice camera with a ton of accessories and I haven't the slightest idea how to use any of it lol. It is my goal this year to learn and practice makes perfect :)
A couple nights ago I was doing the usual evening Facebooking before bed and I came across an article about the brave marines of 3/5, the article basically brought into perspective what shoes Daniel will be walking in sooner than I am ready to admit. One paragraph stood out to me in particular,
"We don't know who we're fighting over there, who's friendly and who isn't," he said. "They're always watching us. We're basically fighting blind."
It sent a really cold shiver down my spine and I haven't been able to get it off my mind since then. I know that it is their job to do this type of stuff and handle that but from the outside looking in I am so terrified. I feel like for every positive thought I feel I have a scared feeling in the back of my mind that I can't shake. I have never felt so uneasy about a deployment before and I am beginning to think I have lost my mind (lol). I mean this is number 3, aren't these supposed to get easier? I have always dealt with deployments pretty well in my opinion but since the last one which was 4 years ago we have had children, lost a friend, moved across the country, and now he is deploying with a bunch of strangers that I really don't feel like he trusts. Daniel has never disliked people at work before, or atleast expressed it to me and he does now which concerns me, a deployment with 1/6 God forbid something would have happened people would have tried to help/help not because they felt obligated but because they actually gave a shit about each other.. This is not the case now. Blah, I need to take a Positive Patty pill and just get over it but I can't lie, I am really stressed out and worried.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget
September 11th, 2001. I don't really so much wish I could "forget" per say but I do really wish it didn't happen or that I had no memory of it. I was home that morning (playing sick from school so I could sleep in) so I saw the second plane hit. I remember it being a really strange surreal feeling, we were still at that point confused as to what was going on but it at that moment became a little more clear that this was no accident. I remember the fear that we all felt and the shock, the people jumping from the burning buildings, people crying for their missing loved ones, it was a really difficult time and I wish I didn't have a memory of it. I will never forget.
Well, as you may have noticed I skipped Day 19 ( A picture and a letter) I hadn't the slightest idea what to put for that so I just ignored it lol. Anyways..
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
Right now that would be Las Vegas! This is a picture from our trip there for the Marine Corps Ball in November and I have been itchy to go back ever since! It's by far one of the most amazing places I have ever been, we had so much fun! I am looking forward to Daniel and I having a weekend alone there in February, this time we will spend it in a spa, seeing shows, and gambling a little :) Vegas Baby!!
I have a fear of being a heavy person. I know it's completely asinine but I can not help it, I know beautiful heavier women and they rock it but I just don't think I could, so that makes me fearful to be heavy. I don't judge heavier people at all, I just don't see Brynna Ramos as one, if that makes sense?
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
It would definitely have to be getting ready for this deployment! UGH after almost 4 years of having Daniel home, I am SO not ready for a deployment but I think we are adjusting well while he is in Mojave Viper so hopefully the time will fly and Daddy will be home ASAP! :)
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
Before I die, I would like to go to Puerto Rico :) Well, travel in general if I could get brave enough to leave American soil, but Puerto Rico is definitely on my "to do" list.
You see, here's the thing. I am the type of person that when we part ways as friends you're dead to me. I have no desire to keep talking about you and bringing you up at random gatherings. You are as good as dead to me. I don't need to try to prove my point to a room full of people as to why I was right and you were wrong, because honestly you are as irrelevant to me as Tynee's poop in my yard. However, I do find it very flattering that you think I am amazing enough to think about, unfortunately I can not say the same for you.
For the record, maybe you should become more of a "loser" too and use that free time towards something useful, like time with your children or *gasp* time with your husband. I will never get offended by someone calling me a loser for sitting in my own damn house being a parent to my two children and a wife to my husband. Maybe that's why my life is going one way and yours was going a different way. I'm not going to bring up hurtful things, because honestly you are incapable of making me that mad, but I know that *you* know when I say your family should be your priority, you know exactly what I mean. So yes, if me sitting at home sober on a Sunday night makes me a loser, please give me the crown and I will rock it. I don't need to be a drunk bitch to have a good time and I don't need to get drunk with my friends 3 times a week to know that I have friends, maybe my friends are grown ups with lives? Strange concept I know.
Also, I am just going to put this out there, if you are my friend, great. Don't smile in my face and talk shit behind my back. I don't have time for your two faced ways, I don't care who you are friends but I will not tolerate a two faced bitch. If you don't think I am a "real" friend then x marks the spot hunnie bunch, remove yourself. I don't have time or the desire to deal with anyone who is weak minded and that includes you. I don't have a damn thing to say about you that I wouldn't say to your face so please respect me the same way. Remember someone who talks shit about their "friends" is probably talking shit about you too.
So with all that said, please get off the Brynna Ramos nuts and get a life, get some sunshine, bang your husband, exercise, call a family member and tell them you love them, SOMETHING because trust me all you are capable of rattling with me is my giant ego, I love haters :) smooches!
Get yourself together don't hate (never do it), jealousy is the ugliest trait (don't ever do it)
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
I could not imagine life with out these 3 crazy people. Somedays I am exhausted and tired of being tugged, pulled at, sat on, followed, stepped on, and just being awake in general but I know I wouldn't want life any other way.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
This may shock a few of you, and some of you (Shame on you!) probably have no idea who this is, but this my friends is Janis Joplin. Unfortunately a member of the 27 club right along with Kurt Kobain, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. I would probably give the right side of my face to go back in time and attend one of her concerts. She is by far my favorite artist of all times :)
Of course you know how much I love my family, my scentsy job, and my friends :) So I chose something not AS obvious (Okay, it's pretty obvious lol). I love Christmas!!!! I love everything about the holiday, the meaning, the man made meaning, the lights, the SHOPPING, when I say everything, I mean I love it all! By the way isn't this little gingerbread house cute? :)
UGHH I really hate to even have this filth on my blog but I would be lying to say I hated anything more than the Westboro Baptist "Church". They are the trashiest of the trashiest scum on this earth. Any people that pray for more IEDs shouldn't be allowed to call themselves Americans. Freedom of speech or not. Eff you Westboro Baptist Church.
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most ****** up things with
Shockingly easy haha, Adri and Melissa are definitely my two partners in crime. We have heard, said, done, and talked about some of thee most random and insane crap I have ever seen in my life, and for that ladies~Day 10 is all yours haha.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
This one was super easy to me. Daniel has by far gotten me through the most, from the smallest thing to the greatest thing he is always right there with me (even when he doesn't really want to be lol). We got married so young and we pretty much grew up together, I know if I need a shoulder to cry on no matter what the situation I have him and I always will. This isn't to say he hasn't done his fair share of putting me through the most, but at the end of the day I think it's pretty obvious to us both that we are on the same team.
Well this was hard because I have a ton of hilarious pictures (many that will go to my grave lol) BUT this one always makes me giggle, even though it probably shouldn't lol.
Ok, FINALLY! The holidays are over, vacation is over, and life is going back to "normal" (well as normal as it will be for the next few months). Now, I can present you with, *my* day 7. :)
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item
Now, I had a ton of days to think really hard about this. I have SO many things I treasure and since this said "item" I went with an actual "item". I am sure you guys are all aware that I love and treasure my family lol. I chose this picture (even though I look like a blind cow) because I am wearing my Granny's wedding rings. Daniel and I were married with my Grandparent's wedding rings, and they truly mean the world to me. Of course Daniel and I now have our very own set of beautiful rings that I also hold dear because they are "ours", my Granny's set will always rock my world.
