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Ok...I decided to dye my hair. I got sick of the "growing out red/showing brown" so I went back to black...with blue tint....really blue tint. Just in time for Halloween I suppose.

Went to Coopers last night for drinks in celebration of Anne "moving on" from "hell". It was a good time.

After my iPod not "feeling well" (yes there is an icon that means it is sad!) for 3 weeks, we brought it to Best Buy and now it has to besent out for repair. Another 2 weeks without it! Jakob is bummed because I have songs loaded on it for him. He yelled at everyone in the store "Momma's iPod is broked!".

I saw an article in the paper the other day of a bank robbery that took place in Norwich about a block or two from where my bro works. There was an actual picture of the dude- looked just like my brother!! I called to ask my Mom where he was!! The picture in todays paper didn't really look like him though. Imagine that?!

Cornea Transplant Update

October 21, 2005 will mark my one year anniversary! I had a follow up appointment today and Dr. Shah says everything still looks great. Of the transplants he has done in the last year, my eye has healed the best and has the best vision. Before my surgery, my vision was 20/-400 with it now being between 20/30 & 20/40. He will begin to take out my sutures in 6 weeks, starting with 3 on the right side of my cornea as they are kind of tight.

I do experience eye head aches (if you have allergies or have had one, you know what I am talking about) when I am really tired....

Potty Update

Today marks 1 week in the "potty teaching phase". It is working out well. Jakob is up to trying to go every hour...he gets all excited and can't wait to put a sticker on his chart! We had a bad day Saturday....and going poo is posing a challenge (he has only gone on the potty 2 times). He picked out Buzz Lightyear pull ups and was all proud.

Thomas the Train at Essex

Jakob will be so excited that we are going to Essex to ride Thomas the Train 11/12/05. He is so fascinated with trains. The train ride is approx. 30 minutes long and he will get to meet Sir Topham Hat. It is going to be hard not telling him now...but if we did, he would ask everyday and all day "Are you ready to go?!" . We have invited along Missy, Joe, Lucas, my parents, Nana, brother and his family.

Kennebunkport- Columbus Day Weekend

We're going on vacation!!!!

I would prefer VT for the fall, but.......Maine and the ocean will do just fine.

After searching many a places to stay....I was looking for a room on the ocean- all were not to my liking!....I found a place on a cove. We are taking along my Mom so she can "tend" to Jakob at night. My Dad decided that he will not take the weekend off of work, so we will go alone and have a great time. The only scheduled activity is a trolley ride (Jake LOVES trains!).

No More Diapers?

Since yesterday Jakob has gone to the bathroom on his "Royal Potty"a minimun of 4 times a day. He was doing this dance and my Mom asked if he wanted to use the potty and he said "Sure!". Now he is obsessed!

I never thought it would happen! Everytime we would ask he would yell "no potty!" and he would scream if we tried to put him on it.

Got tickets to go see Def Leppard 10/17/05 at Foxwoods! My 10 year old Godson is into 80's rock now, so a bunch of us are going to see them (Bryan Adams opens). I went to see them in 1993 at the Sub Base and they put on an awesome show (I was 3 "people rows" from the stage).

All Around the Kitchen

Jakob: "Momma, you see all the trappic wights? They all have pretty colors. Do you smell yellow? I smell green. You green Momma? Ok, you green

For you parents fortunate to listen to Laurie Berkner and Dan Zanes play on Noggin:
Jakob: "Mommy, I want a cocktadoo"

Joe and Lucas Baptism

Jakob's Favorite Color

Aaawww cheese, my favorite color!

-Sir Jakob Lyndan

I'm Fired

Jakob fired me tonight while I was changing his diaper

House Warming

Had a blast....
After about 20 rounds of beer pong, Todd was trying to make an attempt to show his "chi chi de hombres"....; started Brians tractor in the garage and mumbled something about the movie "Can't Buy Me Love"; AND was feeling quite ill exactly 5 times from Thompson to Griswold.

Redneck Gala

Invited Jorge and Nacho to the picnic. People think the rednecks are in the south, but I am here to tell you that they are in Brooklyn!

Jakob finally got to meet them; he looked at me kind of funny when I introduced him to Nacho, like "Momma, don't we eat nacho's for snack?"

Mexican Embassy

The party was hard last night..pint of tequila was not enough and stupid me moved on to vodka tonics...worse hang over of my life.

Yes, He's 32

I know, it is hard to believe that Todd is 32 today. Poor guy has more gray hair than both of my parents combined

Where Jakob thinks you live

Jakob is starting to learn where different family members live and work.

When asked where our different family members live, he at first said "blueberries". I then told him the city and he tried to repeat the word:

Nana lives in Putam (Putnam)
Grammy & Grampy live in Cornfield (Plainfield)
Uncle Scotty lives in Washville (Nashville)
Uncle Kev lives in Moofup (Moosup)
Uncle Kevin lives in Denber (Denver)
Jakob said he lives "here" in Jewett Siwy Siwy
Great Gram lives in Woostop (Woodstock)
Pop-pi (Bob) lives in Montana
Aunt Elly lives in Cawforne (California)
Aunt Robin lives in Rafi (Killingly)
Aunt Nancy lives in New Wondin (New London)
Grama Poppie lives in Newpork (Newport)
Catherine goes to school in Bostin
Scotty J lives in Foltown (Voluntown)
James and Tanda live in Eeeyhoooo (Idaho)

I asked him where Matchu Pitchu was and he remembered that it was "Faaaar awaaay in the clouds."

He knows that Mommy works at Spirol and Daddy drives a BIG TRUCK. Grampy works at EB aka "Chocwat Boat" in Jewett Siwy Siwy; both Nana and Grammy work in Putam; Aunt Robin and Nancy work at the Casano

I asked him to say a few more things and he said" Ok, ok, no more!"

Jakob Stories

I came down stairs Saturday morning after getting dressed to be met by Jakob in the livingroom saying "I made a corn field in the kitchen Mommy!". All I could think of was what now?! I walked in the kitchen to find mexi-corn all over the floor. He had opened a container from the frig and dumped it on the floor.

Today Jakob was laying with Todd on the couch when Todd passed some smelly gas. Jakob yells "We need to get out of here...get a rope!".

He says his yellow chips (Lays baked; orange ones are Doritos) are scrumptious.

Cornea Transplant Update

My eye is almost completey healed!

My vision is 20/60 (it had stayed 20/150 since the day after surgery; with the "pin hole" it is 20/50!

The doctor has reduced my Pred Forte (anti-rejection/steriod antibiotic) drops from 4 times per day to 3. He has also moved my monthly appointments to every 6 weeks.