It seems to me that maybe Arrested Development is over, but at least it got a great ending.
Back to Big Stone

Check out all the pictures on my special Big Stone photo set.
Well, I was kinda expecting this to be long, but I feel absolutely awful today, so I’ll keep it short. Basically, Holli got to live with my family for a weekend. All that was missing was Bryce, and hopefully we’ll make that up this weekend. David accompanied us back (and forth), which was nice. I think sitting in the back made it hard for him to be in the conversation, so he played Diablo II the whole way. He’s done saving the world, and now he’s saving Hell.
Not much exciting happened, but it was a nice weekend. What made it extra nice was that Tony made the journey back to hang with us. That was cool. We watched Chicago, the movie, which my mom owned. It’s a bit racier than I had anticipated, which caused some mad-crazy sexual tension between me and Tony. Holli pretended not to notice.
Tony taught Holli cribbage, and then he beat us both handily (what happened to my skillz??). David came over with Tyler and two chicks, and we watched ghost specials on TV. We also had Sunday morning mass, where I played guitar with Mom. I got my laundry done in the new, space-age washer and dryer set. Everytime I come back they have something new…
Note: if you see Hogan, his new nickname is Doofus, and he totally lived up to it. Holli decided that Patches was her favorite of the dogs (go Patch!) but, also, he’s probably dying. At least, that’s how it looks to me. I had a really good time this weekend. Holli seemed to fit in really well with my family and Tony. She said that everyone made it really easy for her to “just be Holli”. So, I appreciate that, family and Tony and David and Tyler and chicks.
Other things: the blogs are back up and running. You’re going to see a lot of changes to MilesRausch.com in the coming weeks as I hack and slash this theme into what I want from it. Who knows what craziness I’ll add!
lol greeting cards are going well. We’ve sold at least 10 so far, and we’ve even had orders from as far away as Omaha. I think it’ll be a big hit.
I took some pictures the other day when I really had nothing else to do. Toodles.
Vault Soda
Vault soda is not worth the money. It’s just Mello Yello.
Faces
You know, some people have the kind of face that appears different in every photograph. You look at the person, but you can’t really recognize them in any pictures – they look different everytime.
Happy Birthday Brenna!

Brenna turns ten years younger than me today. I mean 13. Did you get her anything as cool as this?
Also, for the downtime, I am working on bringing the blogs back up. Right now I have Holli back up, and David should be up soon, as well. I’ll keep you guys posted as I get the others back up and going. Themes may be a little while in getting set up, yet, but I’ll try to get you a nice selection to choose from.
Downtime
Sorry about the downtime. I didn’t discover the problem until this morning, thanks to an email from Holli. I’m not sure what happened, but it appears to be sorta fixed now. If you noticed, thank you for being patient. If you didn’t notice, then … there’s absolutely nothing wrong.
The MilesRausch.com blogs will return shortly. It’s going to take some work, I think. Please be patient with things. :)
Aslan’s Return?
I just read this new Narnia news.
Scouts are checking out locations in Ireland for Prince Caspian, the proposed sequel to Disney’s hit fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Irish Independent newspaper reported.
Irish film industry chiefs are keeping their fingers crossed that Disney will choose Ireland, the newspaper reported. The first film was shot in New Zealand.
The newspaper reported secret talks with Irish filmmakers who, if the venture goes ahead, would be involved as co-producers of Prince Caspian. An anonymous industry source told the newspaper: “The location scouts have been here for two weeks. They have also been looking at sites in Britain.”
The movie is eyeing a fall production start under returning director Andrew Adamson.
At to that, the cast and director are returning. I have hopes (high) for the next movie. Maybe this one won’t make me leave disappointed.