Falling behind on this again. I've been so busy and still nervous about the pregnancy. We had an appointment on July 22nd and it was great. Heartbeat strong and was moving around a bit. Growing just in time. I have an appointment in 2 weeks and we'll see how big the baby has gotten. :)  I doubt we'll find out the sex of the baby then. I want to know so bad. I haven't bought anything since finding out because I want to know what colors to get. I should start getting bottles. And pacifiers. And um, I don't know what else to get. I think after this next appointment I'll start really wanting to get things. :)

So I was suppose to keep with blog up and somethings come up to talk about.

And so it begins.

On Friday, June 24th, I found out that I am pregnant.

Today, I'm about 6-7 weeks along.

And it's the scariest time. I spotted today. And it has scared me to death. I was so shocked and hysterical at first. Our plans for traveling, for marriage, for everything.

But then A did an incredible job. He told me of all the wonderful things we would be doing as a family, including having our child at our wedding and how wonderful it would all be.

And that's what I look forward to. I've been praying every night that everything goes well. And will continue.

After being away for a year and half, I'm attempting to start again.

It's been a rough year and I'm glad that in the end, it was all amicably solved. Though I didn't have the ending exactly how I would have liked, I am free.

It's been a busy 5 months since I left Omaha. I've been trying to get back into shape and enjoying the wonders of Colorado, specifically the town I ended up in, Steamboat Springs. It's a resort town that's located about 3 hours Northwest of Denver. Gorgeous in the Winter and Spring, starting to enjoy the Summer and can't wait to see what Fall is like. I miss my cats and the place I made my home for all those years. I miss my friends and I miss Target. Haha, it's ok. Though it's more expensive to live here, it's a healthier lifestyle and I am enjoying walks around town, riding my bike next to the river and the hot springs.

Though he's most likely doing well and not giving a crap about me, I hope my ex is doing well.

My new relationship has been incredible and I look forward to having it grow and see what happens in our future. Til next time.

This past week was wonderful. We went to Texas for Thanksgiving. It was the first time that Rick had taken time off since Christmas last year. And it was our first trip with our new kittens, Callia and Walther. Callia LOVED hanging out in the front of the truck, Walther HATED it.

Oh yeah, we got a new car! My car, the VW we called Hans, was just not working out anymore. TOO EXPENSIVE to fix and so we got a Chevy Tahoe. Yay! Something Rick can work on! It will be great driving it during the winter and it will be GREAT if/when we have kids. Everyone, including the kitties will fit perfectly in it.

Anyways, Rick's mom surprised us by coming in from Florida. So we stayed a couple more days and we hung out, got nice and fat with 2 Thanksgiving dinners.

Nothing much else has been going on. This is the longest Rick's been home and it's been the GREATEST time. We've just hung out with our friends and enjoying the great weather. Fall has been wonderful. I'm excited for the snow to come this winter!

Yesterday was my godson's 1st birthday. I had so much fun taking pictures of him throughout the afternoon. The shirt he wore was the same one his daddy wore on his first birthday so I had to get a good one for his grandmother to have. It was a lot of fun and can't believe that the year went by so quickly.

Nothing much else going on. I need to work on the house a little more, I need to paint the living room and dining room. And I've been keeping up on laundry. That's pretty awesome. Haha, it's nice to have everything clean and picked up around during the week. But hopefully I'll find a job sometime soon. Anyways, nothing much else going on. :)

MAMA AND ME!!

Ok, so I didn't stick with my resolution. Bad Angela! Well, it's been a busy year so far. Let's see... we've been working on the house. We finally got to do the floors. We sanded, stained, sealed and now our floors are gorgeous!! I'm so happy!! We had a HORRIBLE carpet that covered the hardwood floors. And now it's all gone and beautiful. So we did them because my mom was coming into town and I didn't want her to see that we hadn't done anything with the house. She loved them and we decided on her vacation to visit me, we would go shopping!!!! I took a whole week off from work. It was great! We got new blinds, new cookware, new shoes... ok, so not everything we got was for the house.... :) The weather was beautiful and we got to play outside a lot. She also enjoyed hanging out with my babies. Bella and Leo are doing GREAT since the other cats finally got out of the house. Pickles is with a new family and Monique and Tequila were left in TX. Unfortunatly, we found out Tequila died a couple weeks back. I was sad, since she was the sweeter of the 2.

ONE OF MY GORGEOUS TULIPS

We also got to play with our godson for a whole week... by ourselves. His mama was deployed and his dad had to go on a trip. So... we got to take care of them... Major props to the moms out there because I can't figure out how the hell you guys do it! It was hard and exhausting and we've decided to not have any for at LEAST 5 more years!!!! It's crazy. Yes, I know it's different when you have your own... but yeah, not us. It's totally not in the pic for us and we're happy with that decision. Mom took it somewhat well hearing that. :)

MY FLOORS

Anyways, that's about it. Just working and having fun working on the house. I will hopefully have pics up soon of the new changes and hopefully we will have lots of them.

AND OF COURSE ME AND HUBBY

Okay... so I got a haircut again... I did the every 6 weeks thing and this time I went a little shorter than the last time. I love having hair this short. I can't believe that I didn't do it sooner. Well, I did do it in college and it wasn't that great then. It was chin length and there was no motion or volume to it. So I'm happy I finally found a look that I love and I think I might just stick with it for a while...

This is after the hairstylist workered her magic and made it super cute with hairspray, blow drying in some way, and stuff.

And this is tonight... after some wine and not washing my hair for a day and a half. I'll hopefully have better pics later.

I hope that everyone got a lot of rest and a nice day for New Year's. I wanted to get the house cleaned up and I did start that project. But as I was doing laundry, my dumb washer finally did its last spin. It hasn't been working in a long time, sometimes wanting to spin and sometimes just letting everything sit in water. So Rick looked up prices at our wonderful Nebraska Furniture Mart. It's only available in the area and it's an AWESOME place. All of our furniture is from there and it's the place with the best deals. So we went and found a washer AND dryer. For an awesome deal. So here they are... Fred and Wilma!

They are living in our basement, which I'm looking forward to finally getting cleaned up and making it better looking. We want to paint the basement a brighter color and the cement with something that I can't remember right now. So yeah, I can't wait til it's gorgeous down there. :)

It's the silliest thing to get excited about but I've never had brand new washer and dryer. It's incredible to think that I am getting all these awesome appliances in MY house. They are all mine and I am looking foward to using them often...

Happy New Year everyone!!
Last night, Rick and I ended up just staying home and eating Chinese, watching Bond movies and having drinks. That was perfectly all right with me. Last year was way too crazy for me. So I was happy to stay home. Happy New Year from Rick, Angela, Bella, Leo and Pickles (not pictured or else Bella would kick her bum.)

I am in my car on our way to Dallas. I wanted to see how well this works out. Merry Christmas everyone!

I'm so excited!! We'll be in Texas for Christmas again this year. I really like going down there for Christmas. Rick's dad's family is awesome and they are so fun to hang out with on Christmas Eve. We'll be returning the cats I don't like and I'm very excited about that too. So I can finally get the room ready for when my mom comes into town.

The weather is cold and windy here in Omaha. It's beautiful with all the snow that's fallen and I know during the summers (which I hate) I can't wait for winter to come but this winter is just too cold for me. I don't want to go out and do anything, which is bad because I want to go work out but the weather doesn't help my asthma. It's good because I'm finally getting to stuff around the house... like the millions of pounds of laundry. BLAH. Anyways, I hope everyone has a great Christmas and New Year's. New Year's Resolution: Get better at blogging again and work on my pics and get better at taking them. What's yours???

Okay, I know, it's been forever. Not much going on in the last couple of months. Rick deployed and then came back... and all I've been doing is playing with my godson, exercising, playing with my cats and hanging out with my friends.

I love my Leopold.

My friend Phil's wedding.

I got a new phone, a new laptop, a new haircut and hubby just got home. I spent Thanksgiving with friends and will be spending Christmas with my family, Rick. Mama just bought her ticket to come visit me in April. Cats are good... we are planning to finally get the ones that I loath to my mother in law next month. Very excited about that.

I will try to keep up with this blog more starting now. I have a new laptop so that I can watch my Gossip Girl and blog at the same time. :)

Whew! The weekend went by so fast. My old co-worker Ann get married this weekend. It was great to see everyone again from CF and actually see people in more than just their work attire. The next wedding that I know of at this point will be Rachel and Matt's in November. SUPER excited about that one too. It was a lotof fun and it was great to use our awesome camera and take TONS of pics. Just putting a couple of them up. After the wedding, we went to go see a band that my friend Ashley's friend is in. That was fun too, but I was SO ready to go home by 12. I took today to recup from everything and I am still tired. Didn't make my goal time for bed but that's okay.

Ann and Tony getting blessed

Me and Molly

Molly, Ashley, Ann and me

Rachel and Matt practicing for their First Dance

I love the dress that I wore to this wedding. It's the second time that I've wore it. It's so comfy, and cute and no one else had it. I hate when I wear something that someone else has gone. So yay for a good wedding party dress.

Okay, I'm just going to put 3 pics up. Nothing really going on. Maybe I'll have more chances this weekend to take pictures and get some on here.

It's so funny because she was finishing up her yawn when I caught this pic. My cute Bella

Leo being chill in our yard

Rick with Baby Chris.... awww....

It's been a long while.... sorry! It's been a crazy 2 weeks. On July 18th, it was my last day at Camp Fire. I found a job and very quickly had to get out of CF. So I started my new job on July 21st. I work now at Midwest Maintenance in South Omaha. It's only about 5 more minutes on my commute, so that's not too bad. And it's been really good so far. I've been using all of my skills that include FINALLY using my Spanish!! :-D I hadn't done that in forever so I am very excited!!

Nothing else really going on. Rick and I didn't do anything last weekend. Last night though, I am still recovering. I am NOT 21 anymore. It's crazy that by 12am, I am ready to go to bed and need naps the next day. We're at our friend Chris and Michelle's place right now. Their baby is the cutest thing EVER! Christopher Patric Yinger Jr. is the chillest baby. We can't wait to watch him grow up.

I just thought this site was so funny: http://www.100factsabout.com/

Put your name in and see all of your "100 Facts about you." Have fun reading!

My "100 facts":

Top 100 Facts About Angela Meadows

When Angela Meadows goes to donate blood, she declines the syringe, and instead requests a hand gun and a bucket.
Angela Meadows can speak braille.
Angela Meadows can slam revolving doors.
Angela Meadows and Superman once fought each other on a bet. The loser had to start wearing their underwear on the outside of their pants.
Whenever Angela Meadows plays Chutes and Ladders, she treats the chutes as ladders, because she's not some sissy who can't climb up a plastic slide.
Angela Meadows was originally cast as the main character in 24, but was replaced by the producers when she managed to kill every terrorist and save the day in 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
Angela Meadows can delete the Recycling Bin.
Angela Meadows died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can't get up the courage to tell her.
Angela Meadows does not hunt because the word hunting implies the possibility of failure. Angela Meadows goes killing.
When Angela Meadows deletes files from her computer, she doesn't send them to the Recycle Bin. She sends them to hell.
Giraffes were created when Angela Meadows uppercutted a horse.
Angela Meadows's calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Angela Meadows.
When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Angela Meadows.
The word "gay" derives from an old Latin phrase that roughly translates as "He who has not yet been introduced to Angela Meadows."
Superman owns a pair of Angela Meadows pajamas.
Angela Meadows beat a wall at tennis. Yes. A WALL.
Angela Meadows doesn't read books. She stares them down until she gets the information she wants.
On her birthday, Angela Meadows randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
Angela Meadows has the heart of a child. She keeps it in a small box.
Angela Meadows destroyed the periodic table, saying Angela Meadows only recognizes the element of surprise.
Angela Meadows is the only one who can "try this at home."
Angela Meadows's dog is trained to pick up her own poop because Angela Meadows will not take crap from anyone.
Angela Meadows once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.
Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Angela Meadows can kill 100 percent of whatever the heck she wants.
When Angela Meadows gives you the finger, she's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
Angela Meadows counted to infinity - twice.
Angela Meadows can kill two stones with one bird.
If Angela Meadows wants some shade, she stares the sun down until it eclipses.
The movie Ray is loosely based on the life of Angela Meadows, only they substituted piano playing for eating toddlers, and blindness for the ability to fly.
Angela Meadows was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.
World champion eater Takeru Kobayashi once ate 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Allotted the same time, Angela Meadows ate Kobayashi.
The United States Federal Reserve Bank decided that Angela Meadows's basement was a much safer place for their gold than Fort Knox.
Angela Meadows is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
On a high school math test, Angela Meadows put down "Violence" as every one of the answers. She got an A+ on the test because Angela Meadows solves all her problems with Violence.
Angela Meadows had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow, and anywhere Angela Meadows went the lamb was sure to go. So she killed it.
Angela Meadows can do a wheelie on a unicycle.
Angela Meadows puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".
Angela Meadows owns the greatest Poker Face of all-time. It helped her win the 1983 World Series of Poker despite her holding just a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.
The eternal conundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when Angela Meadows punched herself in the face.
Angela Meadows was fired from the Psychic Friends Network for always predicting pain.
Angela Meadows can predict the shuffle on her iPod.
Circles exist because Angela Meadows beat the crap out of some squares.
Getting murdered by Angela Meadows counts as a natural cause of death.
What scientists thought was natural selection is actually only the continued survival of animals Angela Meadows has found too chewy to eat.
The popular videogame "Doom" is based loosely around the time Satan borrowed two bucks from Angela Meadows and forgot to pay her back.
The end result of the game "Clue" is always the same: Angela Meadows was the murderer, it was in the orphanage, and the weapon was a hamster.
Santa Claus actually *did* exist until he accidentally skipped Angela Meadows's house one Christmas.
The last man who made eye contact with Angela Meadows was Ray Charles.
Angela Meadows's family wraps her holiday presents in lead, so she can't see what's in them.
Angela Meadows wears a cup not to protect herself, but to protect the players on the other team.
When Angela Meadows gets pulled over she lets the cop off with a warning.
Once a cobra bit Angela Meadows's leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
Angela Meadows was born with the right to party. Unlike the rest of us, who have to fight for it.
There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Angela Meadows allows to live.
Crop circles are Angela Meadows's way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the hell down.
Angela Meadows once won a game of Connect Four in 3 moves.
Angela Meadows is the only person in the world who can actually give 110%.
There are only four horsemen of the apocalypse, because Angela Meadows is going to walk.
Angela Meadows used to beat the crap out of her shadow because it was following to close. It now stands a safe 30 feet behind her.
Angela Meadows doesn't play "hide-and-seek." She plays "hide-and-pray-I-don't-find-you."
Weeping Willows are a result of Angela Meadows yelling at trees for not being tough enough.
Angela Meadows is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for her left and right legs.
Angela Meadows irons her shirts while she's wearing them.
If at first you don't succeed, you must not be Angela Meadows.
If you haven't seen Alien vs. Predator yet, don't bother, Angela Meadows wins.
Angela Meadows invented black. In fact, she invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
Angela Meadows does not sleep. She waits.
Angela Meadows is allergic to doorknobs. Thats why she can only kick through doors.
If it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, and feels like chicken but Angela Meadows says its beef, then it's beef.
Angela Meadows does not believe that there are 50 states, only 2, because where ever she goes becomes a State of Emergency and whenever she leaves, she leaves a State of Destruction
Angela Meadows sleeps once every 2 weeks, for half an hour, standing up, with her eyes open, and she looks pissed off.
In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Angela Meadows could use to kill you, including the room itself.
The only time Angela Meadows was wrong was when she thought she had made a mistake.
Angela Meadows once stated that she "doesn't wail on sissy boys." This led to the pink polo shirts with popped collars craze. Little do those pitiful fools know that Angela Meadows was just making it easier to find sissy boys to wail on.
If you play Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" backwards, you will hear Angela Meadows laughing at you.
Angela Meadows has beat the crap out of so many people over her brilliant life that most medical journals now classify her as a laxative.
Angela Meadows sleeps with a night light. Not because Angela Meadows is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Angela Meadows
Angela Meadows became a vegetarian not because she loves animals, but because she hates plants.
Angela Meadows played Russian Roulete with a fully loaded gun and won.
Angela Meadows can eat a rubix cube and crap it out solved.
Onions do not make Angela Meadows cry. Angela Meadows makes onions crap themselves.
Angela Meadows doesn't have a computer. Just a basement full of Asian kids that memorize numbers.
Angela Meadows knows the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow (African *AND* European).
You are what you eat. That is why Angela Meadows's diet consists entirely of bricks, steel, and the tears of small children.
When Angela Meadows enters a room, she doesn't turn the lights on, she turns the dark off.
Angela Meadows can watch a season of "24" in just three hours.
Angela Meadows invented the hammer when she was tired of using her forehead to slam nails into wood.
Angela Meadows always asks for the same Christmas gift: A box of Smurfs and a sledgehammer.
Angela Meadows once got caught doing 100 in a 50 zone. The cop did give her a speeding ticket, however Angela Meadows still pleads her innocence to this day, stating that she was simply out for a morning jog.
Angela Meadows's blood type is WD-40.
Only once has Angela Meadows ever cried. The only survivors were a bunch of animals and some dude named Noah.
A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Angela Meadows and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
Angela Meadows can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
Angela Meadows does not know where you live, but she knows where you will die.
Angela Meadows is able to rip a phone book in half with just one hand.
Angela Meadows can make a paraplegic run for her life.
Angela Meadows can tie her shoes with her feet.
When Angela Meadows plays any video game, God mode automatically turns on.
Angela Meadows doesn't have to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Tall buildings duck under Angela Meadows.
The grass is always greener on the other side, unless Angela Meadows has been there. In that case the grass is most likely soaked in blood and tears.

BIG NEW!!! And NO, it's not a baby. ;)

This has been like the best week ever! Last week, I sent in a resume to a company here in Omaha for a position. They called me and interviewed me and gave me the job!! So this Monday, I quit the receptionist position I am at right now. I have never quit a job that I had been wanting to leave forever and felt so great about it. So this whole week has gone by fast and I'm so looking forward to starting my new job!!! It made my Fourth of July weekend great.

The 4th was fun. We went to our friend Heather and Jay's house. I have to say, because I grew up in a state that doesn't allow fireworks to go off or sold around, I'm just not used to it. I love the big fat fireworks that the city puts on, but here in NE, it's a different story. Omaha has laws about it, but the towns around are allowed to let fireworks off and sold. So EVERYONE has them and the cul de sacs around here get together and let out shows for the neighborhoods. I HATE IT. I can't STAND THEM. I was ready to go after an hour of them going off. The noise, the smell, I know I sound like a 100 year old but it's so annoying. The 4th was once a fave of mine. Back home in Redwood City, they would have the parade and my family would go and watch and then BBQ and then go to the port of RWC and watch the show at night. That's the wonderful memories I have and love. And now I feel like I can't have that and my future kids won't have that. :( Maybe I'll have to plan my trips to CA around that holiday now. I left my pics at home, sorry.

Blah, I hate being at work right before a holiday. Nobody is here to answer questions people have and it's too quiet. Oh well. This last weekend was fun. It was Field Day weekend and we got to talk to a lot of people on the radios. I learned some new things and I hope that by next year, I will be better and faster so that I won't get the evil eye from Rick when I can't say things fast or loud enough.

Me, Norm and Rick

Pics by Richard Swig

This week has been a short one. But I will try to put up pictures from this weekend coming up next time I blog. Pics that will be taken by my new camera.

Meet Nikki the Nikon! Rick surprised me today at work with this present! For the last year, we had been talking about getting a nicer camera and finally he took it upon himself and bought it for us. I reminded him today that it was also our 2 year and 10 month anniversary. So it was perfect timing to get this for ourselves. Yay!

It's been a week since I got home from CA. We came in late Wednesday night and I had to be at work the next day. Not fun. But I gave myself the weekend to rest and relax. On Saturday, I unpacked and did laundry and cleaned up a bit around the house. I also started getting back into my workout routine. On Sunday, I went from my bed to the couch, watched movies and at the end of the day, went right back to bed. It felt so good. It was gorgeous outside but I was fine inside all day. Sometimes you just need a day like the one I had. I'm ready to play this weekend.

We have a busy weekend ahead of us. We have Omaha's Summer Arts Festival. I'll be going with my friend Molly on Fridday night to the Old Market area. On Saturday, we have FIELD DAY! It's 24 hours of Ham radio operators working all the bands and making as many contacts as they can. I can't remember if I ever wrote about that, but last month I took the test and got my technical license, my goal being that I didn't have to use Rick's call sign this year. So I passed and I can get on certain bands and talk to people. My call sign is KD0EFD. Yes, very geeky. But I did it to make Hubby and happy and while in CA, he bought me my own handitalk radio. So yay for me. :) Hopefully I will have some more interesting things and pics to put up next time.

Francisco and me being silly at the beach

SOOOOO.... while in CA, Rick and I rented a car. We knew that we were going to have a busy week and I wanted to a lot of stuff. We went to Andrew's wedding on Saturday. On Sunday, we went to the beach and took the long way, through the mountains and rivers and trees. I waved at Felicity's house from the main road since it's on the way to the beach. We had an awesome breakfast and then went to the beach. It was COLD! Yes, I know, it's usually cold in the middle of June at Half Moon Bay, but I was hoping there would be a little sun. Nope, no sun. Well, we had to get going by midday. We had another wedding to attend. This time it was an old family friend. We hadn't seen Jaime in YEARS but he had found us through myspace and let us know that while I was in town, he would be getting married. It was a lot of fun and I was so happy to see him and his new wife and twin daughters.

Do you recognize Felicity? Near home!!

Trees!

Mama, Francisco, me, Rick at Jaime's wedding

My handsome brother

It was non stop because on Monday, Rick and I drove down to Monterey. Unfortuntly, I forgot my camera's SD card so I didn't get a chance to take pics on my camera. But we met up with my friend Matthew and he had his so I got a couple from him. We went to the aquarium. It had been a while so it was great to go. While there, I texted my friend Nikki to let her know that I was at her old workplace and missed her lots and lots. She called me back and told me she was moving back to Monterey this weekend. WHAT THE HECK!?!?! I missed her by a couple of days. I was quite upset about that since it's been almost 3 years since I last saw her. Oh well. Afterwards, we went to Carmel Beach (will get pics of that soon hopefully) and then we went back to Matthew's place. We stayed the night at his place (yes, it was okay with him and Rick, no problems there) and the next morning we left and took off for home.

Monterey, oh how I miss your froggy days... sometimes.

Matthew and me

Fishy fishy!!!

CHEESE!!! At the aquarium