Looking Forward to the Night

So, I love staying up after Rodd goes to bed when I can help it. He is a consistent sleep-talker and when I catch something it is definitely worth it.

On Saturday night, Rodd fell asleep while I was catching up on some 'Office' that I had missed. I was just playing some games online to try to wind down and hopefully fall asleep when he started up. Now, Rodd mumbles a lot in his sleep so he is hard to make out, but this is what I got out of him.

Rodd:"The bulldogs are outside the house. WOOHOO!" (Throwing his hands into the air)
Me: "What is outside the house??"
Rodd: "The bulldogs?"
Me: "What's that?"
Rodd: "Um... Mini-sized candy bars? Right?"
Me: "Yep." (laughing, I couldn't help myself!)
After a moments pause, he rolled over toward me and said, " I don't like where this conversation is going."
I looked at him for a second in COMPLETE shock. Then asked, "Honey, are you awake?"
He didn't respond. I totally busted up laughing and could not contain myself for 20 minutes! I told him first thing this morning when we woke up and we both had a good laugh.

Also when we were in Mesa visiting his sister for Thanksgiving he had some good ones there too.
Randomly, in the middle of the night, (I may have been reading?) he says(in an English, Piratey accent) , "Tis I! The Russian Sucka Guy!"

More to come... definitely. Rodd was the one that even suggested this go on the blog, so I know that I am safe. :)

Indiana Pacers @ Utah Jazz

We stumbled on a great deal and were able to go to the Jazz game Monday night with Josh and Dee Knell and his brother and a date. We got $92 seats + Hot Dogs for $28 (6 seats + 6 FREE hotdogs = $162)!! The last game we went to was around Rodd's birthday last year. We got to see the Jazz play in the playoffs. It was a really great game. The Jazz put up a good fight and came out on top! 120-113. It was definitely a close one.

I'll have to post some pictures later, my computer and blogger are apparently having trouble with images today.

Theater Hopping: The New Thing

Okay, so last night I got a text from my lovely cousin Ally inviting me to a movie with the Estrogen Club today: Bride Wars at Provo Towne Centre at 12:45. I wasn't really planning on going but my mother talked me into it and we met up at the theater. By the time we got there, it was just after 12:30 and we got in line to get some treats. We are walking to our theater talking and mom says, Oh, here it is, and points to the title above the entrace showing Bride Wars. We walk in at 12:49 and the movie has already started. Not the credits, it's actually showing the movie. We are looking in the audience for the girls and don't see them. I text Ally ' Where are you?'. She texts back, come in on the left side. We had entered on the right side. So after 5 minutes of looking on the right side, we walk out and around of the little theater to the left side.
After atleast 5 more minutes of looking while the movie is playing, we decide to just sit down because we just can't see them. 10-15 minutes later, my mom turns to me and says, "It feels like this movie is ending, do you think we're in the right theater??" I had kind of been asking myself the same question, but knew for sure that it was the right movie. So I grab the tickets and walk outside to check the theater number. So we were totally in the wrong theater. We had gone to the 11:30 am instead of the 12:45. I was laughing so hard when I walked back in that I was crying and I could hardly breathe. We eventually found the right theater, where the girls were sitting and got to enjoy the rest of the movie, a good portion toward the end that we had already seen. :) Needless to say, we came up with a quite logical explanation for this new method of 'theater hopping'. It's just like reading the last page of a book. We just wanted to make sure that we liked the ending of the show before we paid to watch the whole thing. :)

Ashley needs...

I keep looking at this on one of my friends blogs (my lovely friend and roommate Ta'Mera Masson). You go to Google search and type in your name + needs (ie Ashley needs) then type in the top 10 things that come up. I had to do Rodd as well, I just couldn't help myself. :)

Ashley needs...
1. Ashley needs to keep wearing stuff like this. (...The more skin she shows, the better she looks.) I just HAD to put the next sentence... HAHA!! :S
2. Ashley needs to splash the cash to win Newcastle fans back.
3. Ashley needs prayer.
4. Ashley needs to learn the rules.
5. Ashley needs a home that is well-structured and able to provide the special assistance she needs.
6. ASHLEY NEEDS A NAP
7. Ashley needs formula ASAP
8. Ashley needs more support.
9. ashley needs this.
10. Ashley Needs phone numbers again her phone got stolen.

Rodd needs...
1. RODD needs a new wardrobe.
2. Rodd needs just 11 more treys.
3. Rodd needs money
4. rodd needs adjustment
5. RODD needs to launch few rockets and we out!
6. Rodd needs not to always be afraid, sooner or later, there will be a triumph over difficulties!
7. Rodd needs to sit his horse Bohemian Dancer back last and tag Consular or Smart and Mighty into the race from the 600, then get it to the outside in the straight.
8. Rodd needs to get going on that song.
9. Rodd needs any icing on the cake this spring.
10. Rodd needs people like you to defend him.

Well, I admit this was very entertaining. It will be interesting to see what Rodd has to say when he sees it??? :)

Boomerang Bookstore: GREAT FOR STUDENTS!!!

So, lately we've been trying to get rid of stuff that we don't need, never have or will use, etc. I am constantly reminded that we still have SO MANY of our textbooks. Some from our 2 years at SUU, and even some from when Rodd attended UVSC (02-04???) So I've been listing them on Ebay and have not had much luck... So, of course, I've turned to the textbook buyback stores, which I HATE.

I did my research to make sure I didn't get ripped off too badly, and found this little store right by BYU campus and J-DAWG's (for those of you who are familiar). They buy, sell, rent, trade all different kinds of books, not just textbooks. Plus on their website, it says that they are even buying certain video games too... I sold a good stack of books to them and got a very good buyback rate. I actually ended up getting more than I even expected for some of them. :) You can see their website here. You can even email them your schedule and they will get the books that you need and let you know when they have them. Awesome? I think so.

Also, while I was there trying to get rid of my many books, there was a girl in front of me buying a book. One of the 2 guys that own the place said," You're not getting that book for [such and such] class are you?" She looked at him funny and said that she was. "Then that's not the book that you're looking for, you're going to need [such and such], but we actually don't have it in right now." I was impressed. They actually know what they're talking about.

I'm all for locals starting up their little businesses to make a buck or two, and when I see quality work I definitely spread the word. This little shop is definitely worth a peek!

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW???

Well, as all of you living in Utah have probably noticed, it has been snowing for a long time. It started on Monday 5th around noon in Provo, and it hasn't really let up since. Apparently it isn't supposed to let up until tomorrow Morning (Wednesday 7th)! I'm not sure that song is quite appropriate for us right now. Although we are AND should be grateful for the moisture we are receiving... Many of us are not excited and would probably not LET it snow, given we had the chance to stop it... :) Wow. I shoveled this morning and realized just how much now we HAVE gotten...
I took this picture this morning around 10am, so it is pretty current. It has been snowing for over 24 hours and is still going strong. This next picture was from last night, around 7pm... so after 7 hours of snow.


Rodd got home from work and spent some time outside with me while I shoveled. He looks kind of excited in this picture, but don't let him fool you... He HATES the snow.

I took this picture last night around 10pm because I was afraid that it would be gone by the morning. It was actually still their until our mailman came sometime around noon.

Needless to say, I am on the fence about it all. I like it for a short time. I hate driving around with everyone else in it, and I hate that Rodd has to work in it... But, I guess, "Since we've no place to go... Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!"

Christmas With The Jefferies

Growing up, my family always slept in as long as they could on Christmas Day. When you smelt Breakfast Burritos, around 11am, it was time to get up. We would take our time eating, help clean up, etc... then finally decide, around 1-2pm that it was time to sit down and open presents. We would each take a turn and open one present at a time (There were 7 of us, so you can imagine how long this could take... ). Opening presents was usually followed by a Christmas Day movie at the theaters. This was the Hermansen tradition. The past 2 years that Rodd and I have opened our presents together at our house, Rodd has been so excited that we've opened presents EARLY! (at 8am) We are used to waking up at 6am, so we had been laying in bed trying to sleep in for some time. Given the opportunity to sleep in, we have to take advantage of it. Plus, we do not have children, so 8am on Christmas morning seems SO early to me. But I guess this is the Rodd and Ashley Jefferies tradition. :)

Santa filled our stockings! Rodd was afraid that he would know how to get in the house or know were we lived, so I had to remind him of the movie 'The Santa Claus' so that we could go to bed.

We each got a Threadless T-shirt from Santa... Wow, how does he always know what we want. It's still a mystery to me.. Rodd REALLY loved his. :)

We both look tired... you can tell. We had a late night at the Jefferies' house celebrating Christmas Eve. I don't have pictures of that right now, facebook is having a meltdown. But more soon to come!