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" The little surprises you do for someone is what warms up their heart."
-Brandon Zornado

Show the Love

Today is Father's Day! Let your Dad know how much he means to you. Do something special for him and remind him of your love. Just because today is Father's Day though doesn't mean that you shouldn't show the love on other days as well.
" The thought is what counts, so think of something special." -Brandon Zornado

All you need is love!

It's not about all of the material things in life, it's about connection and love with someone else. You could be very poor and have someone in your life that you love and you can be happy. Just remember that you don't always need the fancy things, so live within your means and cherish what you have.
" Always show love, no matter what comes your way." - Brandon Zornado

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" You get out of life what you put into it, so don't get cheated." -Brandon Zornado

Always remember the good times!

It is very hard when you loose someone close to you, but try not to focus on the loss. Think of all the good times you had and whenever you think of them, have a smile on your face.
" Don't let a great moment get away." -Brandon Zornado

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" Don't just celebrate Mother's Day today, let your Mother know how much she means to you every time you see her." -Brandon Zornado

Pray for Nashville!

On May 2nd 2010 Nashville TN experienced something horrible. They got more rainfall in two days than they usually get in 3 months! Parts of the toen have flooded and buildings and homes are under water. Some people have died and some have been injured. Everything will hopefully be ok , but right now Nashville is hurting and they need our prayers.
" A prayer can go a long way, even the small prayers can be answered."
-Brandon Zornado

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" If you want to make a girl smile, give her flowers." -Brandon Zornado

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" If you have a dream, go for it and don't look back." -Brandon Zornado

Compatibility!

When you find someone that you are compatible with, you have probably found the one for you. Not everyone can get along with each other and in order to be with someone for the long hall it is a must that you guys can see eye to eye.
" Sometimes the best things in life come, when you are not searching for them."
-Brandon Zornado

Dealing with loss!

Sometimes is our lives we will lose someone close to us. When this sort of thing happens, it can be very devastating and you may feel that you will never move on. In remembrance of anyone you have lost, think of the happy times you had with them and celebrate their life. They will always be with you, but now they are in a higher place watching from above. There is no real time frame to when you will be able to move on from what happened. You will remember it forever, but allow yourself to see the beauty in the person that you lost and always hold them dear to your heart.
" Something lost , shall never be forgotten." -Brandon Zornado

Life will pass you by....

Life is too short , and if you are not careful it will pass you by. Make sure that you do the things that you want to and spend time with the ones that you love. One day when you look back on everything, you are going to ask yourself,"Where did the time go?" Don't hold yourself back on anything. Usually you only get one chance on things, so don't regret anything and live your life to the fullest.
" Life will pass you by in the blink of an eye." -Brandon Zornado

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" Listen to what the heart wants, and go for it." -Brandon Zornado

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Today is a special day that is meant to be spent with your significant other. Last night at around midnight Shelley and I did presents which was a lot of fun. Today we woke up and went out to breakfast at Millers Homestead Country Restaurant in Tualatin. It was delicious, she has a blueberry Belgian waffle and orange juice and I had a Mexican breakfast burrito. After that we came home and hung out for a bit then our friends Ryan and Michelle picked us up and we headed down I5. We went to the Willamette Valley Vineyards in Turner Oregon right near Salem. The vineyards and property are so beautiful and you can see them all from the deck which is right off the tastings rooms. We sampled many different great wines and we also got to go down in the cellar and do some barrel tasting. It is now my favorite place to go wine tasting in Oregon. After that we came home and then freshened up for a minute and headed to the east side of town where we went to Saylors Country Kitchen Steak House. It is the home of the 72oz steak and the food is amazing. Shelley got a 12 oz steak and I got a 15oz New York Cut. We each has some vegetables, a salad, bread and potatoes to go with it. The dinner was very good and we are both full. We just got back and are going to watch a movie in a bit. Today was a wonderful Valentine's Day and I got to spend it with my beautiful fiance who I love very much. I hope that everyone had a wonderful day!
" Find something special out of each day." -Brandon Zornado

Understanding your loved one!

Life is not always perfect, and there will be times when you are stressed. It is important to try and minimize the stress in your life. I am recently engaged and there is a lot involved in the wedding planning process. At times it can be stressful, if it weren't then it wouldn't be normal. I am so excited for our wedding day and I know it will be a beautiful ceremony and reception. I will be such a lucky groom that day taking my beautiful brides hand in marriage. I want to have a wonderful life with her and one day create a family together. I know marriage is not always easy, but we will work through any problems that we have and always communicate with each other. I will always be by her side and love her. It is so important to have an understanding of one another, and sometimes there will be something on your mind that is bothering you. Don't ever hide anything and always be open with your feelings. A marriage is a partnership and you have to work as a team to make it work. Our team will come to the field each day ready to give it our all.
" You have to work on the things in life that are important to you."
-Brandon Zornado

Love what you do!

A tip to be happy is, love what you do. There are many jobs out there that are high paying, but money can't buy happiness. It is important to love what you do because you will have a positive attitude about it. I have a Business Management Degree and a minor in Marketing and Sports Management. I am not the type of person to sit behind a desk and do the same thing each day. I love meeting new people and getting to know them. I am the type of person to do sales, marketing, promotions, events etc. My love is in music and I hope one day that will be my source of income but I am realistic about it and I know that I need to put in a lot of hard work and deal with rejection along the way until hopefully one day I get my big break in the music business. If you do something just to do it then there will be no satisfaction for you.
" If you do something you love, then it won't seem like work." -Brandon Zornado

Paradise!

Tonight we went to dinner at Chevy's Mexican Grill with the reps for Sandals Resorts. We are going to be going to Grand Ocho Rios Jamaica for our honeymoon in October. We will be staying for probably 12 nights, possibly a couple more. Everything there is all inclusive and it looks absolutely beautiful. The resort is surrounded with luscious pools, swim up bars, fitness centers, gazebos, waterfalls, gardens, villas, tennis courts, golf course, basketball court, spas and much more. We are going to go on a variety of off shore excursions as well. The ones we have narrowed down are: River Tubing, Water Rafting, Blue Mountain Bicycle Tour, Mystic Mountain Rain Forest, Hooves Beach Horseback Ride, Zip line Canopy, Dolphin Cove (Swim with Dolphins), and Catamaran Falls Party Boat Adventure. We are so excited and it with be the perfect honeymoon paradise. Everyone should get to experience some sort of paradise in their lives. Destinations will not all be the same, but it is your own experience that makes it special and what you get out of it.

" Enjoy each precious moment, they won't last forever." -Brandon Zornado

Hope for Haiti!

The Haitian people are hurting right now. Many families have been heartbroken by the tragedy of the earthquake that just took place in Haiti. At first people who live here in the United States and have families in Haiti didn't know if their family member's were alive or dead. The economy is bad Nation Wide, but we still have our families and our city. Buildings in Haiti are crumbled and what took seconds to destroy will takes years to rebuild. The Haitian Nation needs are help and tonight there was a "Hope for Haiti" special which was live on tv and it will be replayed at 8:00pm on Fox. Over 100 actor's/actresses are running the phone lines for donations. It is a very touching show and I suggest that everyone watch it if they are able to. It will take a lot of work and patience to rebuild what was broken but with our help a little at a time it can happen. I hope on going to Haiti within the next couple months to help out with the kids and the community. It truly breaks my heart to see what they have had to go through and it would be an honor to say that I helped out and it would be an experience that I will never forget. With our support we can give them hope. Find it in your heart to help in anyway.

" A little piece at a time will make the puzzle complete." -Brandon Zornado

Life is a Journey!

Growing up I always thought that I was going to be a professional Baseball player. I played baseball ever since I was 5 years old, and it was my favorite thing to do. I went to college and played baseball at Clackamas Community College and then transferred my junior year to Western Oregon University. I started the year off great and then I injured my right arm which ended my baseball career. Life throws you curve balls and it is your turn to hit the ball in another direction when that happens. After I was injured I started playing my guitar and really fell in love with country music. There are a lot of things that have inspired me throughout my life and I know that I am meant to be a writer. I love to write so much and I have taken a lot of my time this last year to really learn how writing is developed and how it is structured in songs. I am recently engaged and I am the luckiest guy ever. My fiance is beautiful inside and out and she is without a doubt in my mind, the perfect girl for me. We have dated for over 4 and a half years and it has been such an amazing journey. We will be getting married Oct 1 2010. We just recently went on vacation to Nashville TN where I hope to move later this fall to pursue my music career as a songwriter. I was amazed when I went to Nashville TN and I fell in love with the people, the buildings, the houses, the little towns, and the atmosphere. It is a perfect place to live and start the journey of marriage. I have a lot of inspiring things to write about in my songs, such as friends, my parents, sports, and everything in life but one of the main things is my fiance. I love her so much and I am so excited to get married and share the rest of my life with her. Moving to Nashville would be a huge step for us and it would be an amazing experience that we would share together. Something new is always something exciting and she will be finishing up at the Art Institute of Portland this summer. She is a very talented girl and I support her in everything that she does.I know that it will be different for her at first if we move, but I want her to know that I will always be by her side and love her forever. My dream is not only to make it as a country songwriter, but is to be the best husband that I can be and give my future wife and kids a wonderful life. I will work hard to provide for them and I will always put them first. We are so close to our families and it would be hard to move away because we love them so much, but we would be in contact with them every single day and we would make sure that we came home to visit a lot.
"Life is a journey, so make sure that you experience things when you can and don't hold back." -Brandon Zornado

2010!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful night last night! It is now 2010, which means that it is a new year. If there was anything that happened bad during 2009, leave it in the past and move on. Be positive and tell yourself that it will be a better year. I hope everyone made their New Year's Resolutions and please try to stick to them. Yesterday was the best day of my life. My girlfriend and I had breakfast together then did a little workout. Then we drove to Multnomah Fall's and we took the back roads through the hills and it was beautiful. It was raining out but we brought umbrella's. Once we got there we looked around in the gift shop and she got a post card for the scrap book. The rain did not let up but we made it to the half way bridge. There was snow everywhere and it was amazing. It was too icy to go to the top so we stayed by the bridge for a bit and took pictures. I wrote out this story about " Love Stones" which I made up. I read her the story and each stone represented us. Alone they are still significant, but together they are magical. The guy goes first and closes his eyes and the girl counts for 15 seconds. After that the guy makes a wish and throws his stone into the waterfall off of the bridge then it is the girls turn to go. Once both stones have been thrown into the waterfall it signifies the deep love that they have for each other and it will live on forever. Shelley closed her eyes and made her wish and then she threw her stone into the water. When she turned around and opened her eyes, I was on one knee in the snow with the ring in my hand. She said , "Yes!" I am so happy to be getting married to the girl of my dreams. After we left Multnomah Falls, I surprised Shelley and took her to dinner at Skamania Lodge. That place is absolutely breath taking and the food is amazing. The lodge was covered with snow and the views were gorgeous. After that we met my parents at a party and hung out with them for a bit. Then we met some friends for a drink and went to a re-gift exchange party at our other friends house downtown which overlooked all of Portland. It was amazing and the perfect day to end 2009 and say hello to 2010.

" Life is amazing, especially when you share it with the ones you love."
-Brandon Zornado