Barb's Blog

It’s unbelievable what the wind is doing in Valdez! I ended up flying into Valdez Monday morning after quite a wait. It was a pretty hairy flight in. We hit many air pockets which were bad enough, but when the plane started going sideways, that was unnerving!! Bill was able to see our plane go over as we landed in town. It was going in at an odd angle to compensate for the winds. Quite the landing, but we made it! I was so exhaused from the 5 days away from home that I had Bill call in sick for me and I went to bed.

So Tuesday morning I’m eating my breakfast and I notice Allie, the chocolate lab from down the street, looking in at me through the french doors. I don’t know what I was thinking. Maybe I took pitty on her because of the screaming wind, but, I let her in.

Now Allie has a bad habit. She’s a clepto dog. She steals other dog’s toys. She’s been known to run into our house on a summer afternoon when the front door has been ajar, make a bee line to Rudy’s toy basket and abscond with one of his toys!

Well, as soon as I opened the door, Allie went directly, once again, to Rudy’s toys and grabbed one. When I tried to take it away, she clenched her teeth and would not give in.

What a silly dog! I ended up getting Bill out of bed to take the toy away.