Three things about me….

I thought I would post this.  It is from a facebook ‘meme’ or chain.  Whatever, you want to call it.  Since I have blog block, I thought I would do this.

Three Names I go by
Momma  (my kids and husband call me this)
Sopapia  (My father in laws nickname for me, Eric calls me this as well)
Suprina (what everyone calls me but if you don’t know me they usually mispronounce it.)

Three Jobs I have had in my life
3M-I made 5″ floppy discs (While going to college)
Opryland (Worked here before I started having complications with my pregnancy with Daniel)
Cashier at Foodlion

Three Places I have lived
Oklahoma (Born and raised moved away when I was 20.)
Germany(I would live in Germany anytime.  David was also born in Germany)
Florida (I lived in Miami, I would live in Florida again but more Northern.  Living in Miami is like living in a different country.)

Three TV Shows that I watch
Golden Girls ( I just love watching the Golden Girls.)
Dancing With The Stars (This is one of my favorites)
Burn Notice (You just got to watch this.  It is on Thursday Nights, forget what channel, have to check on that)

Three places I have been
Colorado
Missouri
Orlando, Florida

People that e-mail me regularly
Eric
Mom
My sister

Three of my favorite foods
Anything BBQ (Anyone that knows me should know that I love ANY type of BBQ!)
Mexican
Italian

Three of my favorite songs

“Sailing” By Christopher Cross
“Love Will Keep Us Together”,Captain & Tennille
“Kokomo”, Beach Boys

Three of my favorite places to shop

Kohls
Old Navy
Target
(I also love shopping at Sears for clothing. I also shop at walmart a lot but if I didn’t HAVE to, I wouldn’t.)

Three of my Favorite Movies

Sweet Home Alabama
Iron Man
Transformers

Three of my Favorite colors

Pink (all different shades)
Brown ( all different shades)
Blues (all different shades)
( I also like all different shades of purple and some green)

Three of my favorite restaurants

Outback
Ryans
Golden Rule smokehouse

Three of my favorite fast food joints

Sonic Drive In (this one is probably my all time favorite)
Arby’s
KFC

Aimee would include “Subway”, and my boys would include “McDonalds”.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Take care!

Another Year Older….

That’s right Today is my birthday! I am another year older. 40 is SLOWLY creeping up on me. Although, I still have a few years before I hit 40! YIKES!

Since it is my birthday. I wanted to share a few reason…why, I absolutely LOVE my birthday being on May 30th.

• I absolutley LOVE the month of May.  So I am so glad that my mom didn’t go over into June.  Thanks, Mom!
• My sister, grandmother, step-dad, grandpa, a few cousins, My Mother In Law’s and my best friends  birthday is also in the month of May.
• Mother’s Day is in May!  How neat that I get two days in one month that is all about ‘ME’.  Kind of greedy on my part, huh?
• I Love that I was born on my Parental Grandparents anniversary.  Although, no one but my sister, mom and dad acknowledged it.  To tell the truth, I don’t even know if my grandparents or extended family really even realized that it was also my birthday.  They NEVER made mention of it.  Oh well!  I love that I have that ‘connection’ with them.  Even if I am the only person (excluding the above mentioned) that knows it.
• This one is my favorite!  May 30th is Traditional Memorial Day.  I absolutely LOVE having my birthday on what should be one of the top Patriotic days of the year!  Maybe even ‘THE’ top.  I kind of wish that they would just set Memorial day to be on May 30th every year.  I love having the honor of being born on a day we should be remembering those who fought and still fight for our freedoms.  I could not have been born on a better day!
• I love the fact that on this day thirty —— years ago that I was given a name that is so rare it isn’t even in the baby books.  And I was named by the Best person on Earth.  My grandpa Coats!  He named me, Suprina.  I miss him dearly!

I love the month of May so much that I really tried to have David ON my birthday.  It almost worked out.  However, the sitter we had for our other 3 kids didn’t work out on that day.

We are not doing much today.  I think we are all going out to eat at Ryans.  I am unsure of anything else.

So far, I have been pretty pampered for my birthday.  I got 5 new shirts, a pair of new shorts and a pair of new capris.  My mom (sent money) but with that money I purchased a outside hanging plant.  And some smaller little plants for Aimee to grow.  I will get pictures of them soon.

I will leave you a picture of me when I was a little baby thirty some odd years ago…..

Have a Wonderful Day.

Take Care!

10-9-8-7-6 Countdown Meme

Hey Guys!

  One of my favorite bloggers Lois posted this meme on her blog.  She didn’t tag anyone….However she did say that ‘Anyone could play along’….and it looks like fun…and maybe even thought provoking…So I am going to take a shot at it. 

Ten Things you which you could say to ten different People right now…

1. I love you.
2. I miss you.
3. Don’t be so hard on yourself, it always works out for the greater good in the end.
4. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You-from the bottom of my heart.
5. You did such a good job, I am SO proud of you!
6. Why do you have to act that way?
7. Is it worth it?
8. I need cream cheese, bacon and Jalapeño’s.
9. I don’t want to press ’1′ for English.
10. Make sure to put your hood on.

Nine Things about yourself.

1.  I love doing Crafts.
2. I only knew my husband for 45 days before we married (I don’t recommend this for everyone but it has worked for us).
3. Besides spending time with my husband and kids…I love cooking, baking and Decorating.
4. My mother is the only girl of 8 kids. My daughter is the only girl of 4 kids.
5. I was born and raised in Oklahoma.
6. I have some indian blood running through my veins.
7. My favorite flower is a Yellow Tulip.
8. My Favorite Color at the moment is Peach.
9. My third child, second son weighed in at 10 pounds at birth. (didn’t know he was going to be that big either.)

Eight Ways to win your heart

1. Be Honest–even if you have bad news or don’t want me to know something. Just be Honest.
2. Be Silly—The world is to serious as it is. You just have to be weird and Silly.
3. Laugh at yourself.
4. Smile
5. A Cherry Dr. Pepper and #1 from Sonic (always good for brown nosing me)
6. Perfection is NOT nessacerry. I know I am not perfect and I don’t expect my friends to be either.
7. Shopping—Anyone?
8. Must be able to say “I’m Sorry.”

Seven Things that Cross your mind a lot.

1. I wonder if my kids are behaving at school.
2. Who really invented the internet????
3. Are my kids safe at school?
4. Christmas Music
5. Are Zachary’s teachers including him or excluding him or just plan out ignoring him?
6. Eric’s health (he has not been feeling right for the last 2 weeks or so, I think it is stress), class load, and work, he takes on so much.
7. Whats for Dinner/Breakfast (I think a night ahead here).

Six Things you do before you fall asleep.

1. Make sure all the doors are locked and the secruity system is on.
2. Feed Roxie, Doxie and Moxie (our three pretty little goldfish) We are coming up on having them 7 months.
3. Feed Baloo-Our Black Cat
4. Tell Eric Good-night ( he usually stays up late and rights his papers, or studies. He has 3 or 4 papers that are due in a short 7 days. One that has to be betwee 10 and 20 pages long.)
5. Go and retuck all the kids into bed. Make sure that they have blankets on them…
6. And I have to use the restroom before going to bed…it is a must.

**I really enjoyed doing this. And it did get me thinking on a few things. Thanks Lois! I am not going to tag anyone….but if you want to join in and play along…please do and let me know if you do play so I can come and visit your blog.

On a side note. My Daughter Just reminded me that it is 20 days until Christmas. Are you ready?

Have a Wonderful Friday!
Take Care!

Suprina’s Silly little questions.

Hey Guys,

  I thought I would do something a little different today.  No this is not a tag.  But if you want to play along please let me a comment so I can go and check it out.  Or just leave a comment answering the questions.

I will answer them as well…

1. What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?

2. If you could live in any home on a T.V. series, what would it be? Why?

3. What is the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?

4. Who’s your favorite Muppet?

5. What is the habit that you are proudest of breaking?

6. Who’s your favorite DAYTIME television show? ( can be a talk show, just whatever)

7. What is your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?

8. When you order out for dinner, what do you order?

Here are my answers….

1. What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book? Well, Green Eggs and Ham of course.

2. If you could live in any home on a T.V. series, what would it be? Why? Reba house on Reba—I just love the look of that kitchen!

3. What is the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? 36 hours—And I was exhausted!

4. Who’s your favorite Muppet? Kermit~~~I love hearing Kermit sing!

5. What is the habit that you are proudest of breaking? Drinking enourmous amounts of Diet Coke.  I used to drink a LOT sometimes more than 6 cans a day.  Now, I don’t drink ANY—Haven’t had a diet coke in over a month!

6. 6. Who’s your favorite DAYTIME television show? ( can be a talk show, just whatever)  I am so addicted to Guiding Light it isn’t even funny.  That is the only thing I really watch during the day.

7. What is your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?  That would be 3 years ago when we moved here.  From Nashville.  Gosh, it has been a lot time since we went to Nashville.

8. When you order out for dinner, what do you order? usually we order pizza. 

I’m It, Who’s next?? 5 Things

Judy from Apron Strings and Other Ties That Bind tagged me today.

What are five things on your to-do list for today?

1. Clean my living Room it is full of David’s Toys.

2.  Make 4 3 headbands for customers.

3. Do Laundry

4.  Make dinner (have NO idea what I am making)

5. Feed Cat and Goldfish.

What are five snacks you enjoy?

1.  Bananas

2.  fruit salad

3. Sliced Apples  & Carmel

4. Nutty Bars

5. Strawberries and Watermelon

What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?

1. Pay off all my debts and my house, build our dream home.

2.  Put money away for each child for college.

3.  Pay off my mom and step-dads debt also my sister and her husband and my grandmother.

4.  Take my mom, sister, my niece and my daughter and grandmother all on a ALL girls vacation.

5.  I would also get my father in law and step-mother  in law out of debt.  I would also move them closer to us(If that is what they wanted)….My kids miss them SO much!

What are five of your bad habits?

1.  I am stubborn!!!  I get that from my mom…although she would never admit that..

2.  I procrastinate…but only sometimes.

3.  I’m pretty shy….(for those of you know ‘really; know me I know you have got to be laughing.) It is true I am very shy, just ask my mom.

4.  I put myself down…thinking I can’t do something.

5.  Did I mention that I am Stubborn?

What are five places you have lived?

1.  Oklahoma (Born and raised!)

2.  Miami, Florida (Would NOT want to live there again…for a vacation ‘maybe’ but not to live)

3.  Kentucky

4.  Tennessee

5.  Stuttgart, Germany (LOVED IT!)

What are five jobs you’ve had?

1.  babysitter (this was my teen/highschool job)

2.  Worked for 3M

3.  cashier in a grocery store

4.  Waitress

5.  Opryland (I wouldn’t mind working here again)

What five people do you want to tag?

1. Jennifer from “A “Sample of Jennifer’s thoughts”

2. Eric from Secondhand Thoughts—This is my own husband and the second time I have tagged him….lets see if he does this one.

3. DeeJay from Simply Sassy

4. Amy from “Amy’s Random Thoughts”

5. You—-Please leave me a comment letting me know that you have participated.   Mom, I think you should start a blog and do this.

Slice of Life Sunday~~~Sisters

The word sister….To me that is one word in a handful of words that is so sweet sounding to my ears.  I do have one.  A little sister who just celebrated her 27th birthday this past Saturday.

At one time, I would tell you that my sister and were totally different from each other.  And we are different in a lot of areas for example.  She has my aunts beautiful feet with wonderful high arches.  I have my grandmothers awful feet.  She has COLE black eyes.  I have cat green eyes.  She has Cole black hair. Me I have dirty brown with grey hair.   She is darker complected (must be our Indian heritage creeping in) and I very porcelain in complexion.  However, we both share the same mother and father.

My sister is 8 years younger than me.  When she was a newborn ( I really do mean a newborn 1-2 weeks old) I used to push her around in my baby doll buggy.  Then as she started to walk and talk and run around the house…I played school with her.  And she was my BEST student.

Then I hit around 15 years old.  She was 7.  She always found a way to bother me.  Get into my make up or interupt a kiss from a boyfriend.  It never Failed.  She was VERY good at it.  She would always remind me that she was just doing her job being a little sister….trying to keep me out of trouble.  Even though it annoyied me to absolutely NO end at the time.  Looking back, I am so glad she did those obnoxious things.

My sister Shawna and I are very close.  And we live over 600 hundred miles away from each other.  She is always on my mind.  We rarely get to see each other.  The last time I actually saw her was when Zachary was a baby and now he is 7.  However we do talk to each other on the phone.

I have missed so much in her life and I deeply regret it.  I missed her wedding shower, her wedding, her baby shower and my neice coming into the world.  But through it all I have been there for her.  I helped her design her wedding invitations.  Even though I lived in Germany at the time.  I bought stuff for her wedding and baby shower and made sure my mom took them.

Shawna is VERY intelligent.  She is now getting her Master’s in Speech Pathology.  She is beautiful.  Both inside and out.  She can sing like there is NO tomorrow.  She has even performed several times on the Oklahoma Opry.  She is a upbeat positive person that people gather around.  Shes funny even though I don’t think she thinks so. She is a Awesome Daughter, sister, wife, mother and Aunt. She is extremely honest and trustworthy.

I feel so blessed that God gave her to me as my sister.  I wish everyone could have the  experience of having a wonderful Sister bond as I do with my baby sister.

Below is a picture of my sister with husband Jason. 

It is not the best picture of her (ooooh she is going to hurt me for saying that) but at least you can see just how beautiful she is.

Thanks so much for reading about my sister and this was so fitting since she just celebrated her birthday.

Thursday Thirteen # 16 “S” Words About me

My 13 words have to deal with things about me or my personality.  And they all have to begin with the letter “S”.   The letter “S” not only starts my name but is also my favorite letter.

1.   Shy~I am extremely shy.  In “Real Life” it takes me while to be comfortable with people.  Usually a good 6 or so months before I come out of my proverbial shell.

2.  Sister~I am a sister.  I have one little sister.  I have always called her my baby sister and always will.  She is one person that will always have my love and support no matter what.  She is also a whopping 8 years younger than me.

3.  Seven~My favorite number.

4. Son~I have three of these.  Daniel-Jacob, Zachary and David.  I never dreamed that I would be the mother of 3 son’s.   Each one of them brings something totally different to our family.  People say you can tell they are brother.  People think they all look just a like.  However, me being there mother see the differences in appearence in them.  Daniel Looks like his grandfather.  Zachary looks exactly like Eric.  And David looks exactly like my mother in law. It’s a shame she has never meet him (David).

5.  Sing~This is something that the women in my family enjoy doing.  I enjoyed singing since I was a little girl.  Music is/was a HUGE deal in my family.  My sister sings.  My mother sings.  My dad can sing when and if he wants to.  All my uncles have WONDERFUL voices.  And I have a Aunt that sings beautifully as well.  Aimee also sings and I am bias but she is getting pretty good.

6.  Silly~I love watching my kids acting silly.  I like acting silly around me kids and seeing there faces of dread…

7. Spring~Spring is my favorite season.  And I just realized it about a week ago.  I used to say Winter and Spring…but now Spring has it hands down. 

8.  Sentimental~Oh my gosh, how this word descibes me to a T.  I am a very sentimental person.  When I even touch or look at a recipe book….I think of my grandma.  Sometimes Aimee will say something just right and I can imagine her saying that as a 3 year old.  Same goes for the boys.

9. Sorry~IMO this word doesn’t get said often enough.  And it is such a simple word with a powerful meaning.  I admit, I have to work on this myself.  Some people (including myself) act like if they even say ‘Sorry’ that it is going to come out and bit them.

10.  Soft~ I love the feeling of touching soft little baby cheeks. Soft Fabric’s….

11. Stuttgart~It is actually Stuttgart, Germany.  David was born there.  I loved having him in Germany.  Absolutely Adored my doctor.  Whom actually practiced in Dallas, TX for 13 years.  It was great fun chatting with him and he had the best bedside manner.  And a Awesome doctor to boot.

12.  Schedule~My kids thrive on schedules.  If something is ‘off’ on there schedule then you can sure tell it by there groochy mood.  My older two have actually put themselves on there own schedules and have developed there own “habits”  Of course some of them are good and some are bad.

13.  Soapapia~Last but certainly not least because it is one of my top 5 favorite “S” words.  My father in law gave me this as my ‘nick-name’ because for the life of him he couldn’t remember Suprina.  So he just said he was going to call me ‘Soapapia’.  I didn’t mind and thought it was very sweet.   I don’t know too many father in laws that give there daughts nick names.  I love my father in law so much.  I couldn’t have asked for a better father in law or mother in law.

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A Book Meme…I’ve been tagged

I’m It….I have been tagged!

I’ve been tagged for a book meme, Jennifer tagged me!Here are the rules:
Pick up the nearest book.
Turn to page 123.
Post the 5th sentence.
Tag 5 other people.

I am going to cheat a little bit.  I am not a big reader.  However, I do read a LOT of cookbooks.

So mine will be a meme on my cookbook….

This is sentence is from Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes 2.
Stir in chunks of beef and vegetables and it becomes a hearty supper.  (this page actually has no recipes on it)

Now to tag 5 people.

1. Eric @ SecondHand Thoughts -(this is my husbands blog)
2. Amy @ Amy’s Random Thoughts–although I do think she is on a trip right now.
3. Deejay @ Simply Sassy

I can’t seem to pick two more…so if you want to participate leave me a comment and I will visit your blog as well.

That was a lot of fun Jennifer.  Thanks for thinking of me.

I hope you all play along!!

Thursday Thirteen # 15~13 Places I lived at or Vacationed AT…

This week’s Thirteen has to do with places I have either lived at or vacationed at….

1. Eakly, Oklahoma ~I was born and raised here.  All of my family still live in Oklahoma with the exception of a few cousins that married and did the wise thing and moved away from Eakly…..it is a GHOST town now.

2. Weatherford, Oklahoma~I lived here for 3 years while working at 3M and going to college.  I made floppy computer disk at 3M. 

3. Clarksville, TN~This is the town were I married My husband.  We eloped and were married by a woman justice of the peace. 

4.  Woodlawn Tn-If ya drive by you will miss it.  I am not kidding.  The same goes for Eakly.

5.  Fort Campbell, KY~My first duty station of a Army Wife.  I love Fort Campbell.

6.  Orlando Florida~We vacationed there on our way to our next ‘assignment’.  We spend 10 days in Orlando.  Going to Universal Studios, Gator World, Sea World and the like.  We didn’t go to Disney though.

7.  Miami, Florida~Living in Miami is like living in another country.  I am serious.  It did have a decent Zoo.  Better than Nashville Tn, Zoo.

8. Stuttgart, Germany~I really LOVED Germany.  Didn’t like the base we were assigned to….but LOVED Germany.  We had our last child in Germany….and the hospital experience I would take a thousand times over the hospital experiece I had with in the states.  I absolutely loved the way they cared for there patients and there litttlest of patients.

9.  Dallas TX-I vacationed with my parents there when I was a child and teenager.  I never dreamed my future father in law was living there as I was vacationing there as a teenager.

10. Alexandria, LA~ Spent a week there for Thanksgiving the first year Eric and I were married.  Eric’s mother’s family is all down in LA!

11. Colorado~Vacationed there as a child.  I can’t remember what town we stayed in…it might have been a few.  I do remember going to Pikes Peak…and seeing Santa Pole, North Pole or something like that.

12. Houston TX~some of my husbands family live there.  We spent a Christmas with them when my daughter was only 4 months old.

13.  Nashville TN~I used to work at Opryland.  We have taken the kids to the Zoo.  I don’t recommend the Nashville Zoo.  The Hermitage is AWESOME!

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Thursday Thirteen #14-Things I HOPE to accomplish

Thirteen Things that I hope to accomplish BEFORE my kids go back to school in the fall.

With School very close to ending…here is a list of 13 things I want to accomplish before school starts back in the fall.

1. Paint!  I want to paint ALL of the downstairs! All of it.  The hall way my living room, formal dining room, breakfast nook and my daughters room.

2. I want to replace my ole’(and it isn’t that old…not even 3 years old) dingy carpet that the contractors put in.  They used VERY cheap carpet and it shows everything.  Not good with 4 little kids running around.

3. I want to purchase a deep freeze and fill it with up with Bread, meats, summer foods….etc…

4. And to do #3  I We are going to have to clean out our garage before the middle of May.

5. I want to purchase the nice 2″ wood blinds for my breakfast nook to match my kitchen window blinds.

6.  I would also like to start changing out the rest of the blinds in our house little by little.

7.  New Window treatments….I have one window in my formal dining room and I would love to have a curtain flowing to the bottom of the floor.

8.  Get my cat declawed.

9. Landscape and change out my front plant/tree/flower beds—-again the contractors did a horrible job at landscaping our property.

Have any ideas???  Here is a picture of the front of our house….

The two little ‘trees’ on the ends one is dead and one is on the way out…

 

10.  Change my front door….I HATE our front Door.  I want a black door to match our shutters. With an oval glass in the middle.

11.  Get Screen doors for all three of the doors leading outside.

12. Stain our Deck.

13. Get a grill and some deck furniture…

 

Now, I will really be suprised if we even get a 4th of this accomplished….Guess we will see..

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