Days like today are why I love living in Florida. It is February 24th, it is 81 degrees out, there are a few light clouds in the sky, a wonderful breeze is blowing through the trees and the girls just rode their bikes down the street to play at a friend's house. It is absolutely glorious! And yes, remind me I have said all of this come July when the temps reach 100+ degrees!
It seems like it's been forever since I last posted (and no, I didn't look). It has been a busy couple of weeks in the Anderson home. We seem to be getting into the swing of the new semester at the girls' school, both doing extremely well I might add...PROUDLY! Now if we could only improve their organizational skills! LOL! I laugh because I know they get what they have now from me!! I had a setback last week with some oral surgery that is taking me longer to recover from than I had expected, but slow progress is better than no progress as all.
Randy is staying beyond busy with work. He's still a temporary, part-time employee but his hours have really increased. He's traveling here and there - several days up in the panhandle of Florida in our old stomping ground last month as well as an overnight up to Fort Bragg. Last month he spent the good part of a day here one-on-one with a former United States Special Operations Command 4-star general. (Gen Holland is also a former commander of Air Force Special Operations Command - AFSOC - where Randy and I both worked.) Shortly after that visit, Randy was contacted by the vice president of the Air Commando Association (ACA), a retired colonel from AFSOC, who asked him if he will write the nomination package for Gen Holland into the ACA Hall of Fame. What an honor!
Speaking of his writing...apparently TTB is a HIT!!! For anyone who does not know, TTB is Trailer Trash Barbie. A couple of years ago, Randy started posting as his facebook status about the girls' Barbies. He'd find them laying around in various positions and 'scenarios,' find the humor in them and post to his wall. He began to develop a following. But think about the irony in it...here you have an almost-27-year veteran of the USAF, served more than 22 years serving as a combat operator...a warrior to the core. And now he's dealing with Barbie dolls and a 3-1/2-foot Barbie house 5 feet from his desk. LOL! Then came TTB. Randy's creative juices started flowing and he began writing The Barbie Chronicles, a name dubbed by his following. The first storyline surrounds Ken after perching himself on Randy's desk one night for a chat...Randy directed Sgt Joe to 're-school' Ken and the story begins with Ken being picked up at the airport by TTB after his training has ended.
Some of the stuff that comes out of Randy's mind absolutely amazes me. He truly is creative and gifted in being able to take that mental creativity and commit it to paper. I hope one day he actually does take everyone up on their suggestions and urgings to have The Chronicles published. This past week we took the storyline off his facebook personal wall to a facebook public page. House of the Pink Bows (again, think the irony) is up and running with new LIKES every day. As friends are liking the page, we are adding them to a private group where you can read the entire saga of TTB from start to present, as well as read installments as they are added. If interested, send me a message so you'll be added.
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