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<p>It’s official!  I am adopting fur baby Bella tonight! </p>

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<p>I joked the other day in<strong> “Baby Makes Two?”</strong> that this is an unplanned pregnancy.  In December, it will be a year that Woofie passed, and he was truly the perfect doggy match for me.  It has been challenging to imagine another pooch filling Woofie’s paws. </p>

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<p>I have been a dog lover all of my life, so I knew that I eventually would bring a Girl’s Best Friend into my world again when the timing was right.  And with this blog taking off (and the time vacuum created with the blog), the timing is...interesting. </p>

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<p><strong><span style="color: #800080;">I specifically told friends and fam that I wouldn’t consider a dog until after the 365 project.  </span></strong></p>

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<p>Bella obviously had other plans when she picked me.  It looks as though this year is getting curiouser and curiouser indeed. </p>

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<p>On Day 46, I devoted myself to nesting.  I needed to prepare my house for the new addition.  This meant unpacking Woofie’s bed, toys, bowls (including the one that I made for him at a pottery place), crate, blankets, and leash.  I am not going to pretend that this wasn’t painful.  I cried. </p>

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<p>But the tears dried with laughter when I noted that the 2<sup>nd</sup> child always gets the shaft with the hand-me-downs.  :-)</p>

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<p>Out of the mountain of toys that I saved, I did choose the ones that the WoofMonster snubbed for whatever reason.  (Italian Greyhounds can be sooooo fickle!)  Bella has quite a few almost-new toys, as well as a barely used cushy bed and heated doggie blanket! </p>

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<p>Considering that she was a street urchin in Yuma, AZ, she’s going to think she’s died and gone to Beverly Hills. </p>

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<p>It has been 15 years since I raised a puppy.  Bella is 10-months old.  HELP!!!!!!  Please, for the love of God, comment with any and all tips, advice, and pearls of wisdom.  :-) <a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PB100187.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1855" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PB100187-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>