When I switched with Leslie and took Mondays, I thought she was crazy for not being able to get a blog done on the weekend or to remember that she needed to get one posted by Sunday night! :doh: It’s harder than I thought!
Anyway, a little late, but here I am. Bailey is 11 months old today! 
We’ve had her for 9 months. Just when I thought we’d never train her … yesterday she went to the door three times and asked to be let out!!! I know there’s a lot of work to be done. And I’m not celebrating her being completely housebroken just yet. And with this 40 MPH wind and freezing almost zero degree temps, I don’t kid myself that today will be as good as yesterday. But we’ve made a huge start!
Here’s the most recent picture of the birthday girl!
Who’d have thought at almost a year we’re STILL working on housebreaking? But she’s worth every bit of aggravation. Remind me of that today, in the wind and freezing temps!
Tomorrow night I have tickets to the Westminster Dog Show!
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They’ve invited me back and said I’m one of their most popular guest bloggers!
Who knew?
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Carly Phillips would like to take 100% credit for all her stories but the truth is, Carly’s strength is writing family, emotion, funky elderly people and animals. She couldn’t plot her way out of a paper bag, which is why she smartly found her plotmonkey pals early on in her writing career. Thanks to their support, Carly is now a NYT Bestselling author of 23 plus novels. Because writing doesn’t keep her busy enough, Carly is also a wife, a mother of one preteen and one teenage daughter, the primary care giver of her soft coated Wheaten terrier and an expert carpool mom.
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It was beautiful here in the Albany area- the sun was out, I had the dogs outside and no coat on (me or the weiner dog) and literally, 5 minutes after we came in the wind was howling and there was a white out!! I swear the temp dropped 20 degrees. I was talking to out dil in Manhattan and the weather was still nice when it happened. It was the strangest thing. And living at the top of a hill on a road that dead ends in trees less than half a mile from the Hudson River, you wonder where it comes from sometimes. I was amazed at how hard the wind was blowing!
We had taken a old 6ft tall cabinet outside to be picked up (garbage or whoever) and I was shocked that it was still standing this morning. Guess it was better built that I thought (except that part that broke when it hit the bottom stair- oops.)
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Happy 11 month Birthday Bailey
Oh, I really envy your mommie getting to go to the dog show. I am going to watch it on the USA channel.
Bailey, tell your mommie that until you are a year old you are still a baby. (well really a teenager) and you will get it one day soon.
You look real pretty with the bows in your hair. I never could get Bridgette(my pooch) to keep bows in her hair.
I bet you sill get a BIG party on your first Birthday.
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Don’t worry, Carly. I won’t even tell you about the ‘housebreaking’ of my boys. They are slower than Bailey!
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Over the weekend we had really nice weather up into the 50′s. But that is about to change.
Have a terrific day everyone,
Cher :banana:
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Happy 11th month birthday Bailey!
You look so pretty with your bows in your hair…I can’t even get my 4 year old niece to keep bows in her hair.
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Happy Birthday Bailey!
You are too adorable for words. :)
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that is cool enjoy the show, i prob will watch on tv. such a cutie pie
:elf: 
:banana: 
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Happy Birthday Bailey! You are sooooo adorable. Bailey says give it time, the housebreaking will come!
It is so cold here too. It was 13 at 8:30 this morning. They say it’s minus 10 with the wind chill. Brrrrrr!
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Happy B Day Bailey.
What a cutie. I love the picture.
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Happy birthday to Bailey! Puppies are so cute, but their personalities only get better as they grow out of that puppy stage, don’t they?
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Happy 11 months Bailey!
I like your picture, you are a very pretty puppy.
Carly, enjoy the dog show.
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Too cute your little Bailey. We are blessed to have nice weather today.
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It’s so quiet here today! I’ve started writing LUCKY STREAK so expect some progress …
Oh and the compliments. She especially likes those! 
Bailey says thanks for the birthday wishes!
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Bailey is getting so big! And cuter than ever. I’m so jealous about the dog show, I really enjoy watching it on tv and I think that it would be so much fun to attend. Enjoy!
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Bailey is still a cutie!
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Your dog is WAY cute :) Happy b’day, Bailey!
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What a cutie Pie!! Happy Birthday to you, Bailey!
Pat Cochran
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such cute dogs yesterday hope u had fun a t the show.
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I did a bad bad thing and need to share… I gave my younger sister’s boyfriend The Bachelor for “research purposes”. We agreed that if we could ever find a man like a Carly Phillip’s man it would be FABULOUS. We will have to see where it goes :) Have a great day!