The other night I made the mistake of commenting to the wife that she hadn't updated her personal blog in awhile. With all of the excitement of the Mamavation campaign moving into high gear things have been busier than usual in the Bookieboo household, which is saying a lot. You see we have three rambunctious, opinionated, and very stubborn redheads in our family: a seven month old, a three-and-a-half year old, and of course Mrs. Bookieboo. There is never a dull moment in the “organized chaos” that is our daily life. My intent was to gently remind Mrs. Bookieboo that she had been neglecting her blog. Leah, being the true opportunist that she is, quickly turned the tables on me and before I knew what happened I became a “special guest contributor” on Serenity Now . . .
My initial reaction was “Huh??” as my Kirin Ichiban shot out of my nose. This was quickly followed by a “noooo-way” as I scrambled to find a towel to soak up the suds of my precious beer. By the time I looked back at Mrs. Bookieboo I knew that I was a goner – she had her “game face” on with those big blue eyes and bright smile (think “Magnum” from Zoolander and you’ll get the idea). I had one of those surreal life-in-review flashbacks (you know, the kind that you have when you are dying) where I kept seeing her game face. Resigned to my fate, I made a hasty retreat like Napoleon at Waterloo and exiled myself to my computer.
Perhaps a little bit of background about me would be prudent at this juncture. I’ve worked in information technology for over twelve years and I like to think that I am tech savvy. During my time as a techno-geek I’ve been involved in many different areas of technology. I could rattle off acronyms and buzzwords that nobody really understands with the best of them. I’ve always had a natural affinity for electronics – I’m the guy that everyone calls when their electronic doo-dad doesn’t work. Oddly enough, Mrs. Bookieboo is the exact opposite – I have never seen someone break so many electronic devices in my life. It is almost as if she emits a negative aura that causes electronics to malfunction. Let me give you just one example of the shenanigans that go on in our house:
Just the other day I arrived home after a long day at work and was greeted with “Hi honey, I need to tell you something . . .” Now my immediate thought was “she can’t be pregnant” followed by “the house appears to be structurally sound”. After a brief question and answer I come to find out that the remote control “stopped working”. Now you have to understand that my remote control just isn’t any old remote. What self-respecting techno-geek would use the basic remote control that comes with the cable box? I like to think that if God himself had a remote control he would have the same one that I have. I even made the operation of said remote control simple – there is one (count it one!!!) button to watch TV, one (one!!!) button to watch a DVD and one (one!!!) button to turn everything off. Piece of cake, right? Not for Leah, the destroyer of electronics. It turned out that somehow after pressing the one (one!!!) button to turn on the TV the remote magically got out of sync and was stuck in VCR mode (mind you that we don’t even have a VCR or a button on the remote to operate a VCR). Needless to say, we have separate computers (mine runs just fine and hers is always “slow”) and she is never, ever allowed into my server room at work. But, I digress.
When Leah first started-up Bookieboo.com I was excited. Here was my wife, an avowed non-techno-geek, taking the plunge into “my” world of zeros and ones. Of course, I was also a little worried that she might crash the internet with her negative aura but as they say, C’est la vie. I watched and offered advice as she set out into the brave new world of “social media” (Just what the hell is “social media” anyway? Isn’t media by its very nature social?)). At the time I had no idea just how far down the rabbit hole “social media” went. Sure, I knew about blogs and Facebook but Leah quickly surpassed my techno-babble with her own vlogs, tweets, twhirls, and stickams. It seemed that the apprentice had surpassed the master and my tech-fu was sorely lacking.
It has been amazing to see just how far Bookieboo and Mamavation have come in such a short period of time. If you could see the time and effort that Leah and her contributors pour into these sites behind the scenes you would be amazed too. I am so proud of Leah (even when she breaks my remote control) and I can’t wait to see what the future brings.
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