Walk for a cause

April 13, 2013 at Stinson Park in Aksarben Village at 9am, will be the annual MS Walk.

Jeff and I will be walking for this great cause.  Please consider donating to this great cause. Link

Thank you!

Jeff Schipman

February 27 via National MS Society

As some of you know, my wife Dawn has MS. Its something which affects our lives every day weather we want it to or not. MS affects each person differently so its possible no 2 people would have the exact same symptoms. Thats why its important for organizations like the MS Society. I'm fund raising for the Omaha MS Walk coming up in April. If you can spare a few bucks, please visit the link below. Thank You!

Droid on ice

My husband went out to help the Omaha Lancers celebrate their Star Wars night on February 23, 2013.  He was super excited because the Lancer's asked him if R2-TD would be willing to race a kid on the ice during half time.  I believe TD won!! 

Well, with our new vehicle we have figured out that TD does not fit as well in the SUV as it did in the van.   So we improvised and TD needed to be disassembled.  Jeff said that if I had went with him, we would have been really cramped in the car.  It may be time for a trailer hitch and a small trailer.

Oh, go jump in a lake!

My husband is big on charities.  For the second year in a row, he has willingly volunteered to jump into a frozen lake in the middle of February for a good cause. 

This year, the 501st, which he is a member of, joined him in raising money for Nebraska Special Olympics.

Jeff and his team were able to raised $1025.00 for this great cause.

 

What have you done with my husband?

First I can tell its almost time for the Contagion Convention because I have seen very little of my husband since he started his vacation on Friday, but that is alright...that tells me stuff is getting taken care of and I know this is going to be successful.  So, since I am missing him, I thought I would post some pics of my sweety.  But while I was searching I started noticing something.....  This is the man I married (see below)

But this is what I have been living with for 7 years.... :)

 Need I go on...oh wait I almost forgot the very best....enjoy!!!

Where's the Action Figures?

I know its been a while since I posted, but its been pretty hectic around here lately.  We are trying to get the house in order and the guest room put back together for some of our dear friends who are coming to visit in June.  Plus with all the Contagion Outbreak stuff going on...we never know which way is up.  (check them out if you haven't yet.) http://www.contagionoutbreak.com/

So with all the craziness going on, image my surprise when Jeff tells me he is selling his Star Wars stuff.  I was like "WHAT!!!!, are you sure?"  He said he isn't really doing anything with it and its just sitting in our basement collecting dust.  He figured he might as well sell it and let someone else enjoy it.  That lucky dog had a hit within a day.  He found someone who was specifically looking to buy Star Wars items, the guy is an E-Bay seller and is just going to turn around and resell the figures, but oh well.  (Wish I knew is screen name, I would go stalk his postings. :)  )

My mission this year was to clear out some stuff from the house and I guess Jeff is on board with that.  I really hope he will not regret it later, but I am happy to be able to finally get some stuff out of the house.  Now what's next???

Nothing surprises me

Okay I have heard it all now.  I was talking to my husband one afternoon at work and he asks if we are doing anything on a certain weekend.  No,  I cannot think of anything and I do not have anything on our calendar.  Why did my dear, sweet, adorable hubby say that he wanted to go on a Zombie Preparedness camping weekend?

Have I missed something?  Are we getting ready to be invaded by the zombie, body snatching aliens?  I mean seriously, seriously!!!!  LOL :)   This sounds like a weekend were people get together to shoot guns, arrows and drink around the campfire.  But, hey whatever floats his boat, so be it.  I totally need to come up with something off the wall and just call him and be like; yeah, are we doing anything tonight, the girls and I are going to the vampire, werewolf taming classes at the Metaphysical store, so don't wait up.

Can I get a Geektionary?

The picture above is a bar scene from the movie Star Wars.  Do you think you could name the characters standing around the bar? Better yet, could you name the actors who played these characters?  This is an example of the dedication and knowledge my dear sweet husband  and most of his friend have.  I am lucky to be able to follow what is going on in the scene.

There are times when talking with my husband and his friends, I feel like I am in a foreign country.  All I ask is that you speak English to me and geek to others. :)  I am not content with sitting in a corner nodding my head in understanding and then asking my husband later what the heck was everyone talking about.  LOL! 

I have noticed that I am picking up on some of the "lingo" and I can state certain facts about Star Wars (which is my husband's love) and I LOVE those little Ewoks.  But I still cannot and probably will never be able to quote anything from a movie.  Even some of my favorite movies I cannot pull a line out unless you count "ET phone home" or any song from Grease or Grease II?  

So here's some advise from a geeks wife, if you get a lot of head nodding and not alot of contribution to your conversation about Alderaan, TARDIS or a Tribble, it does not mean we are in awe of your knowledge but are most likely confused and have no idea what you are talking about. While writing this I could not recall something, so you should never assume all boys are geeks.  I walked over to one of my male coworkers and asked if he remembered the name of those little furry things on Star Trek.  He informed me that he has never and will never watch Star Trek. :(  As I walked away from his desk I yelled "TRIBBLES" and know my other coworkers think I have lost it.  ((shrug)) Oh well. :)

They say knowledge is power and everyday I try to learn something new, so that I can be more of a contributor to conversations instead of an observer.

My weekend geek

So, Jeff and I go out last weekend to get some errand done, but we have a couple of side trips planned (which I was unaware of LOL!)  We were on our way to Trader Joes and end up on 84th and Center street driving around randomly.  WHY?? You might ask.  Because we were looking for bus benches.  What??  Yes, bus benches.  Jeff and some of his friends are in the process of organizing a convention ( Contagion Convention ) you should check it out if you already haven't.  Okay, got side tracked.  His group have a couple of bus benches around town to advertise the convention. Once he located this one, got out of the van in 13 degree weather to take a picture, we preceded to the next at Oakview Mall (2nd pic).  You would have thought he won the lottery.  :)  We did finally make it to Trader Joes and Whole Foods, which we will definatly be going back to TJ's.

So this weekend as I sit here typing he is at a creature feature at the new Aksarben Cinema.  I hope he is eating some popcorn for me.  Why didn't I go, well not a big fan of the older monster movies and would probably be asleep or annoyed by now.  So it is best for him to go and enjoy himself.  :)

Now we did get to go see The Omaha Rollergirls last weekend, which was AMAZING!!!  Those girls are tough and I would not mess with them.  That was so much fun.  We will definately be doing that again.  (thank you Q98.5 for the tickets.)

Oh and I can't forget to mention our boy robot got a new shoe.  Yes, a shoe!  Jeff is so excited about this new addition.  Just two more to go and that piece is done.  Now he is trying to figure out if he should paint them or leave them white.  HMMM??

Robot Child

So, I was just sitting here wondering what I should write about, and it came to me R2TD!  For those who don't know who this is.  He is our Robot Child.  My dear husband built him literally from the ground up.  I am so proud of him.  I am happy the main project is done with, because I saw little of him when this was happening.  One of my friends and fellow "geek wife" says we should get shirts that say "R2 ruined my married".  As much as it bothered me with the amount of time he was gone.  I am happy he was able to complete such a project.  But know he (the robot) sits in our livingroom and does nothing.  I keep telling him he needs to figure out a way to attached a vacuum so he is at least pulling his weight around here. :)

One of the main reasons I did not see Jeff for almost a year (insert exaggeration) was due to the fact, he was trying to finish R2-TD for a Star Wars Convention in Florida and to be able to meet the man!

The Man "George Lucas"

R2-TD among is brothers and sisters

Florida was an amazing experience and we were happy to be able to be apart of the convention.

Living the Geek Life

Funny, when I was growing up and dreaming of my future husband.  I never thought he would be a "GEEK."

We actually met online through some random dating service.  I was dared by my roommate to fill out the membership and see what happens.  So, I was honest about what I wanted:  Good person, funny, no concern with height/weight...blah, blah, blah...  Well, when I was finished and pushed enter, there he sat, just one match.  So, what do I do.  My roommate and her infinite wisdom "dared" me to contact him. Quick little note to him and the rest is history.

But funny story from this online meeting.  After about a week or so of chatting online, I asked if I could see a picture of him.  So he initial sent me a picture of him and one of his friends being arrested by Stormtroopers (I am currently trying to get my hands on this picture). (see stormtrooper reference below. (picture from: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper ))

Search Amazon.com for Star Wars

Obviously picture attached for reference purposes only and if you don't know what one looks like. Okay?? Pretty cool.  Then he sent me a picture of Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker (and yes I admit, I had to google search their names; also trying to locate this picture :) ).  My roommate blurts out "Oh Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels"  so I said something to him about it and later he told me, he was extremely excited that he may have just met the girl of his dreams, another Star Wars fan.  But he was in for a big surprise and so was I.