Role Reversal

   Most people who know me, know that for the most part, I am not very sentimental... at all. And I don't remember those important dates that girls do. Like when Jake and I went on our first date, he remembers. I don't. Most girls would have this information tattooed to their brains. I, unfortunately, do not have this gene. Maybe it will develop as I grow older. Not only that, but I hate surprises. I don't like being told that something is going to happen but I can't know what it is. I blame it on my being a Taurus that I am impatient and curious. However, Jake does remember these things. Not only that, but he loves to surprise me. That should be me, isn't that how girls are?

   Three days ago, Tuesday, I was on my way home from working at Surfin' Tacos making gourmet burritos, quesadillas, and scooping sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole for sun burnt tourists. I was telling Jake on the phone about the Polynesian girls that I work with who are mostly rude to the haole mainland girl as I pulled up to a dark house. hmm. Through all my fantasizing of snide remarks I could have said back to my delightful co-workers, I had completely forgotten that Tuesday was our one month anniversary of being married. I know, I know! How could I, right? Well, my romantically inclined husband had driven to Kahuku, a nearby town/village/ghetto, and picked up dinner as well as a ridiculously delicious chocolate-coconut pie, lit a candle on the table and put a rose by our meal.

Ready now... on the count of three

one, two, three

Aawwhh!!

   Now what can we learn from this ladies and gentleman? I should really start writing these things in my planner.

Married Life

I frequently get the question "So how is married life?!" Well... to give you an idea, here are some of my favorite highlights from the last few days:

1.   Looking like a domestic violence victim after my husband rubs his prickly, unshaven face on mine.

2.   Watching my husband flex in front of the mirror and then listening to him brag about his 37 pull ups... ahem excuse me. Chin ups.

3.   Watching a few episodes of The Office every night in bed and singing the them song as loud as we can.

4.   Coming home from work and Jake showing me his "crustacean trap" he spent an hour making. And which he now checks rather frequently (no luck so far).

5.   Becoming a chef at Surfin' Tacos. Okay, more like a line cook that puts the most beautiful dollops of sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole on the side of Mexican food.

6.   Watching Jake cook dinner, biscuits and gravy, in a flowered apron.

7.    Having my oh-so-loving-husband lick my face while pinning me down, then threatening to push me off the couch.

8.    Discussing with Jake about Nissan X-terras, Pathfinders, and other various SUV's and trucks.

9.    Being paranoid about getting pregnant; hence telling Jake every time I get hot or tired that I'm pretty sure I am (and in honor of my mother-in-law Alexis, our first daughter will be named Jessica).

10.    Having to listen to Jake sing or play "Afternoon Delight" every 28 seconds.

11.   Watching Jake rock out on his acoustic guitar to Pachelbel's Cannon in D... in his underwear.(note from Jake: Erica originally spelled Pachelbel ...Paco Bell.....luckily I corrected her)

12.    Insisting that we go to town to see a movie, but then not wanting to go after eating a "quick bowl of cereal before we leave".

13.   Listening to the door move because of the wind. SO much creepier in real life. In the middle of the night.

14.   Almost being asleep and then feeling Jake twitch his whole body jolting the entire bed.

15.   Moving to the couch because my husband doesn't know how to sleep still.

16.   "Convincing" Jake into running strange intervals of speeds to help me get lab results for my Exercise Physiology class.

17.   Rolling over in the morning to have a piece of gum put in my mouth... not by choice either!

18.   Turning on my camera and realizing that it is full due to all the videos of Jake and friends surfing... because of course no two look the same.

19.   Forgetting to brush my teeth and put on a bra before I rushed out the door for a doctor appointment this morning.

And probably my favorite

20.   Using Jake's deodorant and toothbrush... I ran out of deodorant that morning and the batteries in my toothbrush are dead! Whatever... we're married.

So much more has happened as well but we'll keep the list down to 20.

Jake Cooking.

 Jake and his crustacean trap!

Something to share

I need a minute to vent(ish)...

A few days ago I made a decision. Jake and I will adopt all of our children and tomorrow I will make an appointment to get my tubes tied (Okay fine, not really). Why? Because I have finally figured out that birth/pregnancy is not the beautiful magical bringing into the world a new life that people have lied to me about for the past twenty years of my life. I have been to baby showers where mothers tell their horrifying stories of pregnancy and child birth they have experienced. I don't understand why moms do this. I understand that it's not always the most comfortable experience in my life I will experience, but swaying my opinion beforehand is not going to make it any easier. Do you really truly think that telling another female that is probably already scared and nervous is going to feel any better when you tell her these graphic, disgusting painful details? Yeah... that's what I thought. Shame on you! Shame shame... TLC is good at reaffirming my "Adoption Only" theory as well. Have you ever seen the show I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant? The words "The pain was so bad I wanted to die" frequents the script. I also like it when people tell me "Enjoy your body now, because it will never be the same after you have your first kid!" or "Yeah, I was sick for 9 months straight!" Then, it's about  my marriage. "Yeah, you and your husband will not be the way you are now once you have a baby!" Again, thanks for the encouragement.

However...

On that note, Jake and I have a little big announcement that we would like to make to all of our family and friends!

We have only been married for three weeks (today)...

So please. Stop asking when we're having a baby. As described above, it doesn't look too appealing to me at the moment. 

Don't get the wrong idea, I think babies are great and all and it will happen, but not yet.

Definitely. Not. Yet.

Payback

Last night after my husband so lovelingly gave me a back massage that put my so close to sleep, he went to do the dishes. I am so lucky that he does dishes because I cook dinner! Anyways... he wakes me up from my light sleep to let me know that the sink was not working. We've been having some minor electrical and plumbing problems so I thought "Great... We'll call HRI (the company we rent from) in the morning and just leave the rest of the dishes in the sink." On the other hand, I thought this might be a trick. But gave him the benefit of the doubt and got up to see if I could figure out the problem. As I turned on the water, I was given a shower by the nozzle attached. Thanks babe. How sweet of you. Well, I am not opposed to revenge. The video is a little shaky because I was laughing so hard! without any further ado here is Jacob Lloyd...

Our first place

Jake and I have officially moved into our first new place. After two stuffed carts at Target and one at Bed, Bath and Beyond, everything is finally put away. Keep in mind when looking at these pictures, the Aloha couches and outdated paintings on the walls came with the place.



I discovered it is so much easier to create a menu for the week. It also helps when I go grocery shopping to know exactly what we need.

Jake was given the privilege of choosing the shower curtain. He said he didn't care which one but after I insisted that he really did care, he chose this one. Good choice.


Here is the "ceremonious" candle lighting. Jake wanted to light it so bad but I made him wait until everything was done. I told him that we were in our own little TLC show and they always do things like that last. So it was only natural that we wait, too... Right?

Week and a half down...

Jake and I have been married for about a week and a half now. The honeymoon was awesome and I am so sad that we couldn't bring the villa from Scottsdale with us... *sigh* I would have to say the one of my favorite conversations that we had during the wedding, reception, honeymoon, and openhouse was actually on the plane ride home to Hawaii.

We have this game... which probably isn't very typical. If we had the chance to date a celebrity who would it be?

After a long and very entertaining or annoying conversation for the people around us, we finally decided that we could have Rachel Mcadams and Christian Bale. He didn't approve if Paul Walker or Ryan Reynolds and his answers were just ridiculous (none were Megan Fox thank goodness). I think we were both rather happy with our final decisions.

Blogging

For all of you out there that know how to blog properly... I applaud you. I have just spent the last hour and a half trying to crop a picture into a banner. Not as easy as I thought. I even downloaded a photo editing program and could not for the life of me figure out how to use all those weird angles and lines and circles and stuff. So in conclusion. I need to watch an online tutorial or something on how to do this thing if I'm going to become a cute little wife that blogs. Maybe I'll just ask Jake to do it...