I went through every photo album my parents had in AZ and when I was quite young (and apparently going to school at the monastery), I made my own as well. Here is page one. Cracks me up.
Author: GOING NINETY MILES
Hola and welcome to GOING NINETY MILES. Enjoy learning about amazing places to visit, good restaurants, seeing cool photos and more awesomeness.
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i apologize profusely. i am trying to find the perfect-and-forever-and-ever theme to go with my blog. but wordpress keeps changing things on me and i must continuously keep updating. hang with me for a few days for me to find my new favorite theme (til wp changes again).
let me know what you think about this one. please be honest! i would like a pic in the header but having a difficult time trying to find a theme + picture to correlate.
yours truly.
mallekk oxo.
** okay! i think i like this one. hope you do too.
what’s in store for 2011
Just getting back from all my travels and I wanted to share this saying I saw. I think this is my direction for 2011.
cultivate contentment and let your heart bask in the sunshine – which is ALWAYS enough
Thanks for the memories
Thought I would do my end of year “Stars We Lost” list again. It was such a hit last year! Um, with all three of you. Thank you my fabulous three! Thank you for reading this girl’s blog. Still not stoppin, not letting the elevator break.me.down.
So while I felt this year was quite lame compared to the amount of shocking deaths in 2009, it was a year that the TV stars decided to croak. And it is amazing the amount of wives or husbands they had! And not in the polygamous way.
Here we go. In a complete order of randomness, which is my middle name. Oh, no wait, that is Veronica.
1. Dixie Carter (1939 – 2010) A southern woman after my own heart. To be honest, she was mainly Julia Sugarbaker to me from the TV hit Designing Women. Number of husbands: 3
2. Rue McClanahan (1934 – 2010) Another southern gal! Ahh, how we loved Blanche from The Golden Girls! The second hit TV show about four women, actually I would have loved to see Blanche and Julia go head to head. Rue was born in Oklahoma AND majored in German and Theatre. She was also on her sixth husband when she died. What an inspiration! Number of husbands: 6
3. Alexander McQueen (1969 – 2010) He was British! He created gorgeous designs! What is not to love? His clients included Sarah Jessica Parker, Penelope Cruz, Mikhail Gorbachev and Prince Charles. Sadly, on the morning of Feb. 11, he took his own life, found hanged in his wardrobe. Your beauty and inspiration to fashion will be missed Mr. McQueen. Number of husbands: 1
4. Dennis Hopper (1936 – 2010) Whenever I think of Dennis Hopper I think of cool. Right? I mean how could you not with him starring in Easy Rider (which he also directed). Add to the fact that he made his debut in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, you just know he’s gonna be a star. He dabbled in a little bit of everything; movies, TV (Bonanza, The Twilight Zone) but he was also a prolific painter, photographer and sculptor. With a camera bought for him from his first wife he created the cover art for the Ike & Tina Turner single River Deep – Mountain High. Ride on Mr. Hopper. Number of wives: 5
5. Gary Coleman ( 1968 – 2010) Four words – “What’choo talkin’ ’bout Willis.” RIP Gary Coleman. Number of wives: 1
6. Tony Curtis (1925 – 2010) When I think of Tony Curtis, I think of his marriage to Janet Leigh (actress from Psycho) and their famous daughter Jamie Lee Curtis. But the movie Some Like It Hot was a brilliant and hilarious performance with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. Have you seen it? You should. Number of wives: 5
7. Leslie Nielsen (1926 – 2010) Maybe it is the fact that his film debut was for Ransom! (NOT with Mel G.) in 1956 or it could be his deadpan comedy in Airplane, but I liked him. “Nice beaver”, “Thanks I just had it stuffed last week” – and “Surely, you can’t be serious”, “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley” are on my list of favorite movie quotes that if you are a close friend of mine, you must have heard me say. Number of wives: 4
8. Corey Haim (1971 – 2010) Ahhh, Corey Haim!! The Lost Boys! No wonder I am a freak for Edward… Hello, Twilight. Yes, keep up. I tore pics of him (we are back to Corey now) from Tiger Beat and pasted them inside my closet door. Oh, that was a GREAT door. LOVED the movie Lucas. He never married but did date many famous ladies; Alyssa Milano, Drew Barrymore, Nicole Eggert, even Victoria Beckham. Sadly, he accidentally overdosed on a concoction of Valium, Vicodin, Soma and Haloperidol. RIP Lost Boy. Number of wives: 0
9. Tom Bosley (1927 – 2010) The loveable dad of Richie and Joanie. Please tell me you know I am talking about Howard Cunningham from Happy Days. My parents liked him on Murder, She Wrote as Sheriff Amos Tupper. Number of wives: 2
10. J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010) I know I mentioned in no certain order but I guess I saved the best for last. J.D. Salinger touched so many lives with his writing. The Catcher in the Rye is a fantastically superb novel featuring Holden Caulfield which Salinger later admitted “the novel was sort of autobiographical”. I have also read Nine Stories which is a collection of short stories, sometimes I don’t get short stories, I mean, they are so short. Number of wives: 3
The final count of husbands and wives from the Top 10 list of celebs that died in 2010: 30
And to bid adieu, with the perfect quote from The Catcher in the Rye:
Boy, when you’re dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddamn cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody. ~ Holden Caulfield
Crochet anyone?
Sometimes I love people.
Street artist Agata Olek created a custom crocheted outfit for Arturo Di Modica’s “Charging Bull” sculpture on Wall Street. It lasted two hours before being removed by the authorities.
In Times of Sorrow
When a tragedy happens you always want to do the things that you may always do, but must reiterate.
1. Tell the ones you love that you love them. They probably already know it, but it is always nice to hear.
2. Give hugs and kisses whenever you get the chance – whether they want them or not.
3. Live life to the fullest, every day.
4. Use that china that you are saving for a special day. Wear that pretty underwear whenever you want!
5. Spend as much time with close friends and family. Work will always be waiting for you when you get back.
6. And when a friend needs your support when a tragedy has struck. Be there.
Shoulda Woulda Coulda
I went to Vegas and look what I hit!!
Too bad I had only played .01 at the time. Dude, I was running out of money. Off .01 I won $12!! Damn, WHY didn’t I play $1 that time.
The Secret is Out
I cannot seem to get enough of In-N-Out burgers. Have you had one? If you are anywhere near one, I hope you are heading there immediately. But, do you know the secret words for special orders? I didn’t until this weekend in Vegas, went with Jeannie and after doing the casino rounds we got hungry.
I mentioned In-N-Out, Jeannie had never been and that was all that was needed for the decision. Jeannie heard from a Cali friend that you were supposed to order your burger “animal style”. I believed her 98%, 2% thought she was just wanting me to look like an idiot ordering. I told the drive-in speaker box,
“Two cheeseburgers, and I heard to order them animal style, is there such a thing?”
“What? I have no idea what you’re talking about.” (silence with me looking at J like she is gonna die) “Just kidding, so two burgers, animal style.”
Dude, that was one of the best burgers I have ever had. Animal style means mustard-cooked beef patty with grilled onions, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes and special sauce they call Spread (you can get it in packets like ketchup too). It is pure awesomeness on a bun. Here is our order:
Sorry for the blurriness of the pic, my mom’s camera sucks ass.
So, first secret is animal style. You can do this with fries too:
Oh holy crap. How freakin’ delish does that look? Thank the Lord I didn’t know you could do that to fries as well. Would have gained an additional 5 pounds to what I already did.
And a few more secrets I found out for your taste bud pleasure.
1. 2 x 4 is a burger with two beef patties and four slices of cheese. You can also do a 3 x 3, a 4 x 2, whatever meat/cheese combo your lil heart desires. Apparently you could go as big as 100 x 100, but they’ve changed the rules and a 4 x 4 is as big as they will go now.
2. Flying Dutchman is two beef patties and cheese, that’s it. No bun, no pickles, nada.
3. Grilled cheese is a cheeseburger without the burger. You can also order this animal style. Sounds good, but I still like my meat.
4. Protein Style is a burger wrapped in lettuce instead of the bun for you Adkins freaks out there.
5. Neapolitan shake is a combination of all three flavors (chocolate, strawberry and vanilla) into one shake. They’re so thick the flavors stay separated. Triple Yum!
6. This last one is not about the food but about the paper utensils. There are bible verses written in small print on an inconspicuous part of the item. It is not the actual text but the book, chapter and number of the verse. See if you can find it.
And there you have it my fellow readers! Go get your special order. You can thank me for it later.
GOING NINETY MILES 