Emuzines

Melissa wrote me a letter (thank you!).  In it, she noted that I handle stress and change serenely, and that if she was doing what I am doing right now, she’d have written lots of “oh my gosh I’m so stressed out” blogs.  I thought, huh, maybe I’m not honest enough in my blogs.  I do, as explained earlier, try to actively ignore the negativities of my move.  But I have had moments of sheer terror (ok, fear…intense fear), I walked into Nik’s room last week,... more

…is a big one!  We’re moving on Thursday.  I have been slowly getting ready (physically and emotionally, I guess) for awhile, so I’m pretty prepared.  Although…I have to admit I’m still half in denial, and half excited.  I think I listed random things that I’m excited about in another post…it’s the little things that get me happy.  I am also pretty hopeful about fall being a pretty season up there, and Nik said that he’d instruct JoJo to... more

Katie suggested we take JoJo on a walk today and for whatever unknown reason, I’m usually against the idea and resist with all my efforts.  Today I lost the battle and gave in knowing that I will have to get into the habit anyway with our new move to Davis, CA.  As usual, JoJo’s excitement is overwhelming at just the sight of her harness and leash.  It takes some effort and we finally get her ready to go.  She tugs quite a bit at first but after some restraint and about half... more

I’ve got to admit, I’m surprised that Nik’s got me beat 3:1 in amount of posts, as I usually grab onto new fun things a tad obsessively.  I am really excited about this new space, and will love it even moreso after we move and are updating everyone about our new home, how JoJo does without a backyard, working through a Ph.D. program, living near cows, etc., etc.  Hopefully we’ll also be able to post a lot of pictures of our new place and the area, which is really a very... more

My Nikon 50mm AF f1.4D lens should be arriving via UPS anytime now.  I’ve gotten into more serious hobby photography ever since I purchased my Nikon D80 DSLR.  Its my hope to be able to take pictures in low light situations without the need of a flash.  Lots of places prohibit flashes and even when they dont it can be a nuisance to others.  My need for this type of lens cam about at a friends recent birthday party.  It was at night with everyone gathered around a fire pit in the backyard. ... more

Im pretty picky about having certain things exactly as I want.  In this case its the look and feel of our new blog.  As it stands right now it is as default as they come and well…boring.  Over the next few weeks, possibly longer I’ll be poring over everything I can to find plugins, themes, and tweaks to make this site everything i’ve imagined it to be. But more importantly im hoping Katie and I can keep all our friends and family interested enough to visit here regularly... more

Nik taught me tonight that “blog” is short for “web log.”  I’m excited because this “web logging” seems like a fun way to keep track of what is going on in this point of our lives, to share it with our friends and family, and to look back upon these times later.  We’re in a transition period right now, getting ready to move up to Davis in about a week.  We’ll have a lot to report in the next few months!  Glad to share it with you.  Read More →

I was never happy with the domain names I had tried to come up with myself until Katie started me on the musings idea.  After some serious brainstorming we came up with www.Emuzines.com.  We felt the double pun was perfect for our Web Blog.  I made the purchase and got to work setting the site up using Joomla.  I hit a design snag along with an overall laziness that left it in an unused state.  Then the other day I noticed the Word Press Application for the Iphone and tonight here it is. ... more