Oregon

Well, we are back from our vacation to Oregon. Wow, What a trip! The Lapsley family is a hoot!
Itinerary:
Dave was in LA, so Sat we both flew to Vegas. Hopped on a plane and headed for Portland. From there we picked up our rental car (I won't go into that story..ugh) and headed on our 4 hour trip to Redmond!
This is what the road looked like on the way to Redmond...



Once safely in Redmond... we hung out for a few days. We were snowed in on Monday, so we spend the day playing games and catching up.



On Tuesday, we went skiing at Hoodoo. It was a great day. Snowed the entire day which kept fresh powder on the ground.
You can go to www.youtube.com/thelapsleys to check out some video footage!



The rest of the week, we just hung out with family and played Wii!

More, More, More... Books!

Well as most of you may know, I finished the Twilight Series and went to see the movies with Ashley & Danielle. The movie was.. pretty bad. But it was still great! I love this story so much, I would have went to see it if the movie budget was $100. I hear they will be making the Sequels. Yay!

So once I finished Twilight, I was finding that I had a lot of free time...and wanted to fill that void with a new book.
I have read a few books since Twilight.. most were purchased because of a suggestion *See What we Are Reading section<--). There hasn't been anything that has hooked me like Twilight..
So I started looking for Vampire books thinking, "Maybe I really just like vampires". So I found a new Vampire book called House of Night...AND it's a series.
I think its not the vampires.. (Although I do like reading about vampires because they don't scare me anymore!). Its the fact that once I rush through the book (cuz if its good, I WILL rush), there is more to the story in the next book. I think a series allows the author and reader to get more details about the story, plot, and characters.

So the House of Night series has published 4 out of the 9 books that will be in the series. I've read 2 so far (and 2 more or in the mail heading from Barnes & Nobles). I have heard they may be making this one into a movie as well?!?!
The next series that I will be reading is another Vampire series which the HBO/Showtime show True Blood was taken from. I've heard the show is great, so I'll have to buy the Season later.

And if you haven't signed up for a Barnes & Nobles membership, you should. Members get GREAT online discounts and free shipping. (There was my pitch for the day)

PS. I baked some Turkey Day cupcakes, so pictures coming soon!

ALL ABOUT MY HUBBY....

This is a quiz about your hubby! Let's see how much you know, and then pass it on to learn more about your friend's Hubbys!!!!

Here we go...

1. He's sitting in front of the TV; what is on the screen? THE HISTORY CHANNEL OR FOOTBALL

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? RANCH

3. What's one food he doesn't like? HMMM... CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS

4. You go to a bar. What does he order? WHISKEY & COKE

5. Where did he go to high school? REDMOND HS

6. What size shoe does he wear? 11-11.5

7. If he was to collect anything what would it be? GUITARS

8. What is his favorite kind of sandwich? PORTOBELLO & SWISS

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? SUSHI

10. What is his favorite cereal? HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS

11. What would he never wear? HE WOULD TRY ANYTHING..MAYBE NOT A HALLOWEEN COSTUME

12. What is his favorite sports team? A NUMBER OF PRO TEAMS & LSU BY MARRIAGE

13. Who is his best friend? LYNN, RYAN, JIM, TOM

14. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? GET HEADACHES

15. How many states has he lived in? OREGON, NEW YORK, LAS VEGAS, NASHVILLE

16. What is his heritage? LAPLANDER

17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? ANYTHING BECAUSE HE WONT EACH MUCH OF IT

18. Did he play sports in high school? RODEO

19. What could he spend hours doing? PLAYING MUSIC, YOU TUBING

20. What's his worst habit? CAN ONLY FOCUS ON ONE THING AT A TIME



Now it's your turn...

ASHLEE @ CHATTING WITH THE BANKS

Relief Stricken

Yay for Obama!
Change starts now!
That is all!!

DeerHoof

Ok, So I am not usually a huge fan of Indi Rock. Especially the really loud kind. Well we went to Mercy Lounge last night because some friends from L.A. were in town. We paid $12 to see a band I have never heard of.
Needless to say, I wasn't very happy about that. On top of the fact that I felt like I stepped into a time machine. WHAT has happened to fashion...I am sooo out of the loop I guess! Maybe I'm just getting old.

ANYWAY... after sitting through some very;...how can I put this nicely... very interesting openers.. was that nice enough?; DeerHoof came on stage. From that moment on, I was in utter euphoria. Now of course being the wuss that I am, I did have to cover my ears a few times.
But they were so entertaining. I couldn't exactly tell what they were singing about, but I couldn't take my eyes off of them. They were laughing, and climbing on gear and dancing.
The drummer, OMG..thats all I can say! He is AMAZING!
So in conclusion, great band to watch. Here a video of them so you can get a small dose of how silly they are.



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