opposite of fun

this morning i went to see the dentist. that's right. i got my weekend off to a great start(note the sarcasm here). i tried a new dr. why, you ask? because my last dentist, well...let's put it this way. mason & i nicknamed her "the butcher". enough said. this new dentist is much nicer,friendlier,gentler, and better than the former. however, upon checking out of his office the receptionist handed me a copy of my "treatment case". boy, do i need a lot of treatments! i need one tooth pulled, 2 fillings, a root canal, and i need to glue the crown on a tooth that came out months ago, but i was too scared to go back to "the butcher". all in all, we'll be starting our savings plan for my pearly whites real soon...like yesterday. have a good weekend everyone!

for now...what do you think?

while i'm still working on my summer 2010 post(it's taking a while), i thought i'd pose a question. i'm currently reading 4 different books and i'd like to know if any of you have read them and what do you think about them. your opinions would be greatly appreciated!
here they are in no particular order:
*eat, nap, play: how to get even more out of your child's day for less
*french women don't get fat:the secret of eating for pleasure
*marry him: the case for settling for mr. good enough
*raising happiness: 10 simple steps for more joyful kids and happier parents
thanks in advance:)

still kicking

hello hello! just wanted to let you know(in case you were wondering) we're still alive and well...just enjoying life, summer, and vacation:) but i've got lots of photos to share and i'll be posting them soon(meaning some time in the next week:) i'm hopeful! hope you're all enjoying a cramazing(my new favorite word right now= crazy + amazing) summer!!!

my first born

mese turned 8 on july 13. 8 is an especially important birthday because mese's being baptized. he's so excited and he's looking forward to seeing all our family and friends come out to support him on his special day. i can hardly control my tears as i'm typing this. i feel in someways mese was our guinea pig-heck, we didn't know exactly how to raise a child and we're still learning. thankfully, children are quite forgiving and we're so blessed beyond measure with the children we have. we're also thankful for friends and family who have constantly supported our growing family through the years. one instance in particular that really helped me when i was a new mother was a phone call i received from grace. mason and i had been married just over a year when mese was born. mason took only 1 day off from work which left me alone with a brand new baby. i remember sitting on the couch, holding mese in my arms and watching mason walk out the door, on his way to work on 3 hrs. of sleep. the door closed. i cried like a baby. i looked down at mese and thought, "what am i going to do? i can't take care of you all by myself. is everything going to be ok?" i kept crying. then later that day, i got a phone call from grace, mason's cousin. i don't know what it was about her phone call that made all the difference for me, but it did. she reassured me that mese's ok and he'll stay that way. baby's are easy, he'll let me know when he wants something...just don't worry. it's going to be o.k. since then, i've never looked back. sure i have my doubts about my own weaknesses of being a mother but, i know as long as i keep trying the do the best i can in raising good children, like grace said, it's going to be o.k. ...and i believe it. happy birthday mese!!! we love you and we're so happy that you work hard to do what's right and be a good example for our family and you're a super big brother to your sisters-they love you too. so, thanks grace. thanks family and friends. and thanks mese for being our sweet guinea pig:) we love you tons!

82

that's how hot it's been in my house this summer. yes, thanks to last year's electric bill of $350, we'll definately be sweating it out a bit this summer. don't worry, we have 2 tower fans in use and there are ceiling fans in all the bedrooms-they're our saving grace. of course, we had to make some exceptions...sundays we keep air on when we get back from church and when we have guests over. so, please don't hesitate to stop by this summer, we will turn the air on for you... we're not that cruel:) happy summer everyone!

it's over

yes, me & bejeweled, family feud(via facebook) are through! they did me wrong, in the way of infecting my poor computer with a nasty(and i mean nasty) virus. so, it's good bye forever to those two. we can no longer be friends. it's harsh, but i need my computer for a lot more important matters than that. it's so nice to be on-line again and thanks to our friend andrew for cleaning our girl up! it's good to be back.

summer...oh how we love thee

or try to anyway. everyone who knows me, knows that i DO NOT like the sun-don't want it on me at any time. i know-i AM samoan and my people are from the sun,right? whatever, i don't like it. i'd much prefer the winter, spring, anything but hot,blazing, make me sweat sun. so, tomorrow starts our first of many beach trips and i have to say...i'm excited! not because i like the sun...oh no, because i like listening to the ocean waves as i sit in my chair under the umbrella sipping a diet coke and snacking on my mango. oh yes...it's summertime at the patterson house and we're loving it.