A Year in a Review

Hello fellow Geeks, and Geekettes,

I hope everyone had wonderful Christmas/Wednesday.    I spent the day with my parents, sister and aunt, after they left I waited for Doctor Who special Please. Stay tune to the end as CaptShinyPants and I have some announcements.

As you read this, I will be surrounded with bunch of family members that I haven’t seen since I was a baby.(Joys) The year has come to an end and my how time has flown by!  I wanted to  do some highlights of things that happen to me and with  this blog.

                I started working for Trek Radio on and around Jan 7^th 2013. I would never even come to find out about  Trek Radio, it wasn't because some Random Klingon * cough* Deyvid* cough* started following my on twitter, would I never know about Trek Radio. So blessed I have found them. I also went to   many different cons and ended up doing an Interview with Adam Bladwin at Dallas Comic Con.  Captshinypants also got to do an Interview with Manu Intraymi for our blog. We have met many new people and became friends with  those people.
In this past year, ya’ll have learned how to make many geeky items, read some interesting stories of our daily lives, and learn more about us a geeky girls.  

I know this a short post, with Shinypants and I working retail  during the holiday, we been so busy or too tired to write out an awesome post, But we have some awesome news! We will be posting a contest to celebrate our 1 year  mark of the blog. The Contest will a scavenger hunt , all the rules and detail will be post Sunday morning. 

In other news, Jan 3-5 I will be at Space city Con, yes I will be live tweeting of course. So make sure to follow me on Twitter.

Stay Geeky

DalekChick 

Merry Geekmas!

With Christmas only four days away now, I thought it might be fun to see how other geeks have decorated their trees this year (we have two in my house: a plain-jane "normal" one in the living room, and a black one in the Geek Lair with Trek ornaments).

Poor Sean Bean . . .

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Soda can Flowers

Hello Fellow geeks!

The Holiday season is coming up fast, and let me guess you don't have a lot of money and your not sure what to get for  a female?  If that's the case, you are in luck! Today I will be showing you an quick , easy, and cheap way to recycle   a soda can. We are going to be making flowers.



 What you will need.

• 2 Soda cans
• Glue gun
• buttons, beads ( middle of the flower)
• scissors 
• Tape 
• optional Straw, pipe cleaner, or stick ( stem of the flower) 
• Flower Pattern ( I suggest one with long pedals )  Big one and a small one 

                                      1. Cut the off the end of the soda can carefully and then cut down the side.

2.Lay the can down and tape it down. 

3. Trace the the flower patternd you have pick out. 

Note: you will need two different sizes. 

4. Carefully cut out the flower that you just traced. 

5. Take a maker and curl the tips up. Note: Make u you decide what side u want to use before curling.

6..Hot glue the two pieces together. 

7. Add  to the flower use a bead or a button to the middle of the flower. 

Voila! You now have a soda can flower. These are great to have floating water, or attacking  s straw to them and putting in a vase to looks like flowers, Whatever you decide am sure the person you are giving to will enjoy it too.

 Please send us photos of any of the projects you decide to do. Either on our Facebook, or Twitter 

Stay Geeky,

DalekChick 

Snow Day Activities

Just outside my window as of 9:40 am CST on 12/6.

 
I'm a bit of a frozen Shiny-sicle this weekend! So, since a lot of people are also likely snowed-in this weekend, here's a few ideas to fight boredom while you keep toasty:

Coloring/Drawing When was the last time you picked up some crayons or markers or colored pencils and just doodled? If you said "when I was in elementary/primary school", then that's been far too long, my friend. You can also open your computer's paint program (if you have one) or even find sites online to color and/or download coloring pages, like this one: On Coloring - free coloring pages. And it doesn't matter if you're not great at drawing because you're doing it for YOUR amusement.

Make a Song Parody One of my favorite pastimes: making a completely ridiculous Weird Al-style song out of your favorites. All you need is to think of a topic, change a few words and BAM! If you need help rhyming lines together, check out Rhyme Zone. Also, using the thesaurus will help in finding just the right word(s).

Snowball Fight Don't let it go to waste! Get out there and lob some snowballs around with your friends and family. You could even make a snowman or some snow angels. Bonus: find a big hill (away from major roads and highways) and go sledding.

Write a Story It doesn't have to be a masterpiece, but write a short story. The thesaurus mentioned previously can help with that a lot. This can be especially fun if you have children: let them help you come up with the characters and the settings and their adventures.

Read a Book You're a big reader like me, then you probably have a stack of books (either physically or digitally) that you haven't gotten through yet. If you can't get out, try making a dent in that stack. Personally, my current read is Christine by Stephen King, and I have a stack of classics (Frankenstein, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc.) I have yet to read.

Make a Short Film All you need is a simple story and either a camcorder or a phone capable of recording video (and also a YouTube account only if you want to share your creation). Again, it doesn't have to be a masterpiece because this is for you, and you don't need to feel obligated to put anything on YouTube if you don't want to.

Play a Game You don't have to play video games to be a gamer - board games and card games (tabletop gaming) count, too! So bust out the Monopoly/Checkers/Uno/dominoes and have at it. There are even free games available online: try Addicting Games or Kongregate to start.


What activities are you doing to stave off boredom this weekend? Did you do something I may have forgotten to mention? Let me know in the comments section below!

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Reminder: House fires tend to happen more frequently in the winter, so use caution when keeping warm:

• Make sure space heaters are not against flammable objects (ditto for fireplaces - move flammable objects away).
• Don't leave your stoves/ovens on for extended periods of time for warmth - unless your oven has a self-clean feature, they aren't made to warm houses anymore and can't take being on for so long.
• Always check electric blankets for faulty cords or exposed heating coils.

Stay warm and safe, guys!