Abbey's Life Lesson #10

The 2nd* best thing about living in New York City.....

My very own DOORMAN!

This is Joseph - he always took care of me!

This is Mike - he LOVED my Jeter Halloween getup!

* Of course we all know that the #1 Best Thing About NYC is....

CENTRAL PARK!!!!

LIfe Lesson #9

Couch Surfing

is a birth right.

Just sayin!

Actually this is a lesson for Mom. I KNOW you have a thing about "dogs" on the furniture. But it's going to happen - so you should just relax and cuddle up with me!

Life Lesson #8

Some days - it's not the conversation - it's the company.

Best Friends are priceless.

Abbey & Due - Summer of 2010

Life Lesson #7

SNOW - and lots of it...

It's a Good Thing!

Life Lesson #6

EMPTY THE TOY BASKET

AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE

Due helped!

And I do mean the ENTIRE Toy Basket!

Life Lesson # 5

HAVE A FIRE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE

Even better - make sure there's a dog bed in front of it!

Life Lesson #4

FAMILIES come in many forms.

Mom, Tutu (Mom's Mom) Deborah & Dana

with me & Due in Central Park. Fall 2009

If you're very lucky - you have several families.

The one you were born into.

The ones that you create.

Mom and I are very lucky!

We love our "real" family -

but we don't know what we'd do without our "created" family.

So here's to Due, and his peeps, Tom & Deborah, and of course to Aunt Dana.

You ARE my family - and that makes me one lucky pup!

(Mom feels the same I can assure you).

Life Lesson #3

Make Time to Sit On a Bench - In the Sun!

Sometimes - you just need to take a moment - and sit.

Enjoy what's around you.

The people. The flowers. The DOGS!

ABBEY'S LIFE LESSONS
1. Everything is Better with BACON
2. Leaf Dive Whenever Possible

3. Make Time to Sit on a Bench - In the Sun

Life Lesson #2

It's Monday - and I promised Abbey I would continue with her Life Lesson posts. Here is Lesson #2:

Leaf Dive Whenever Possible

You know you did it as a child. Why not now?

There's no better way to celebrate the fall than diving in a big wet pile of leaves!

Go out - find your nearest pile of leaves - AND DIVE RIGHT IN!

It will make you smile!

ABBEY'S LIFE LESSONS

1. Everything is Better with BACON

2. Leaf Dive Whenever Possible

Life Lesson #1

As promised, this is the beginning of my series of posts on Abbey's Life Lessons. I got the idea from my TV crush, LeRoy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) of NCIS. Gibbs has many rules - I like to think of them as lessons. Here we go...

EVERYTHING IS BETTER WITH

BACON

NO - Not this BACON

THIS BACON....

Just in case you might doubt my wisdom on this, try adding a little crumble of crispy BACON to a frozen Weight Watchers Mac 'n Cheese "Smart Ones".

Trust me....it's better with BACON*.

And that, Is Abbey's Life Lesson #1.

Please note: By BACON, I mean the real thing. This does NOT include turkey bacon, or so called "Bac-O's" . I have never tried "Beggin' Stripes" but again - it's all imitation of the real thing.

One thing Mom and I agree on REAL FOOD. We might have to eat less of it - but it's 100x better (and better for you) than fake food. At least that's our story and we're stickin' to it!

Note from Abbey's Mom: Abbs isn't very hungry these days and I thought we found the answer in boiled chicken breasts. That wasn't working this morning - so on Ben's suggestion....I took a piece of chicken - topped it with a bite of BACON - viola. She didn't eat a lot - but she ate some. Ah - the beauty of bacon!