Never a dull moment...

Inoke and I have been married over six years already and it never ceases to amaze me how much I learn from Inoke. No this isn't going to be a sappy love post to my darling hubby, it is about how crazy it is to listen to Inoke's take on things verses mine. He always makes me laugh at his honest and at times totally off the wall opinions. Like for example this weekend we were blessed to be given some fresh fish. Inoke LOVES fish and I tolerate fish. Don't get me wrong I am an Alaskan girl after all, and if you have some nice salmon fillets or herb crusted halibut I will be the first to dive in. Inoke just loves FISH... the whole fish. His preferred preparation involves frying the entire fish skin and head and tail and all then adding coconut milk with sliced up onions and tomatoes. Then he is ready to fight for his favorite part of the fish... the head. Ugh. But anyways, I digress. So we got some fresh fish and Inoke tells me that we need to leave the fish out on the counter for a little bit before wrapping it and putting it in the fridge. I look at him with a quizzical look on my face and say "Why?" after all I was raised to put everything in the fridge immediately so bacteria and semolina and all those other horrible gross things don't begin to grow on food. He proceeds to explain to me that we should leave it out to see if flys are interested in the fish. Yes you read that right. Because after all if the fish is a good fish then flys will swarm around it and want to get in on the action. If the fish isn't good than the flys will leave it alone. My response was something along the lines of, um if a bunch of flys land on it I won't eat it anyways. Needless to say I washed dried and put the fish away without testing it, so we will just have to take our chances.

Which brings me to the second half of my story. This weekend was absolutely beautiful. The sun was shining, the water was blue, and the trades finally came back. We took advantage of the weather and went swimming. I have to admit I love the beach, but I really love the pool. I mean the sand just gets EVERYWHERE and I hate that sticky dried salt on my skin feeling. Of course Inoke loves the ocean. It was a minor miracle to get him to agree to go swimming with me during the sunny daylight hours, he usually will only go in the evening or when it is raining. I go to the beach to add some color to this fairy white princess look that I seem to be sporting lately; he on the other hand avoids the sunlight at all costs, he might get darker... heaven forbid. So we made it to the beach and Inoke and Rio immediately begin smoothing sand all over their bodies... ick! I asked what they were doing, and how in the world they could stand to have sand EVERYWHERE? Inoke again has another outlook, he told me that it was a Fijian Spa Treatment, I mean after all I do use a loofa and I love my puff. I guess in theory it makes sense. So they really enjoyed scrubbing down in with the sand, and I have to admit Inoke's skin was very soft after. It just makes me laugh, I spend plenty money going to get my pedicures and buying fancy bath scrubs; while my sweet Inoke uses some sand and accomplishes the same if not better results.

Here are Inoke and Rio. They opted for the "Botanical Skin Resurfacing" a natural approach to microdermabrasion... a treatment that will leave the skin with visable improvement and radiance.

Here they are again. Step two of the process wash all that sand off. Doesn't the water look so BLUE!

I even gave it a try... well not the whole body exfoliation (baby steps here) I went for the all natural sand pediucure. Let me say my feet are pretty soft after walking on the beach for a while.

So that is why I never have a dull moment with Inoke. He always makes me laugh and teaches me that there are other opinions or ways to do things besides my own.

Oh and here is our "home" yes this is about all we can afford on the Island of Oahu right now with the median home prices currently set at $635.000.00. But hey Location, Location, Location, right?