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1. Jarrod is 24-years old.
2. He is a Taurus, the sign known for practicality and consistency. That’s Jarrod, alright!
3. Jarrod will tell you he is 5’8”, but according to this webmaster, if Jarrod is 5’8” then she is
Pamela Anderson.
4. Jarrod is a natural in the field of healthcare.
5. He is compassionate, caring, and intuitive to the needs of others.
6. He has a tremendous ear for all things musical.
7. On our second date, he “wowed” me by playing a Boyz II Men song on the piano. Needless to say he was invited
back for a third date. I did not consider until later that perhaps he had learned a Boyz II Men song as a method of “getting
chicks.” Jarrod will vehemently deny this. After all, it worked didn’t it?
8. Jarrod is part Indo-Dutch. Jarrod’s mom was born in the Dutch colony in Indonesia.
9. Jarrod is also part Polish, as you can tell from the last name.
10. Jarrod is a natural athlete and excels at most sports, recently racquetball and golf.
11. He is not the greatest cribbage player, as evidenced by his recent string of brutal losses to yours truly.
12. Jarrod is a self-directed individual who knows what he wants. And as soon as he knows he wants something, he takes the
necessary steps to get it.
13. After only three months of dating, Jarrod secretly purchased my engagement ring and held onto it a few more months until
Christmas, my favorite time of year.
14. When asked how he could have afforded such a ring, he replied, “I don’t really own my car anymore.”
15. Jarrod will eat anything, including food that has passed its expiration date, and some unusual/disgusting food combinations.
Cheese and jam sandwiches leap to mind.
16. Jarrod’s favorite movies may be the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
17. He also likes most comedies, including the vile “Super Troopers.”
18. Jarrod’s favorite bands are Van Halen and Sevendust.
19. He doesn’t like sweaters.
20. Jarrod is a morning person. He has been known to rise at 7 am on days when he doesn’t even have to be up at a certain
time.
21. He is somewhat lactose intolerant.
22. Jarrod’s favorite foods would probably be his mom’s Indonesian cooking, my mom’s coconut cream pie,
and my peanut-butter fudge.
23. He also likes “confetti” cake.
24. There are very few foods that he doesn’t like, but one of the most hated is cucumbers.
25. He has a real soft spot for kittens.
26. One of Jarrod’s biggest pet peeves is the sound of me filing my nails.
27. Jarrod is a cover hog.
28. He is the most thoughtful person I know, and doesn’t ever make a move without considering how it will affect others.
29. He also has many talents.
30. He can remember long strings of numbers after only seeing or hearing them once.
31. He is good at hanging stuff up. A “square and level” sort of guy.
32. He does not like it when I touch his tools.
33. He is very methodical and logical.
34. Despite this, he can be very forgetful…. “have you seen my phone?”… “where’s my wallet?”…
“I can’t find my checkbook.”
35. His favorite soda is Mountain Dew Baja Blast, found only at Taco Bell.
36. Oh yeah. He loves Taco Bell.
37. He loves anything that is lime flavored.
38. He is a very neat and orderly person.
39. He is very meticulous about maintaining automobiles.
40. He will put anything and everything down the garbage disposal, despite my cautioning that the garbage disposal is not
a trash compactor.
41. He is incredibly ticklish, and will laugh like a young girl when tickled.
42. He is the best “studier” I have ever met. Very focused.
43. Like most men, he has what I like to call “selective” hearing.
44. He prefers living in Washington to living in Oregon.
45. When he graduates he would like to purchase a BMW 740.
46. And I would like to move to London and blow all my money on fancy hats, but as they say, “wish in one hand…”
47. His cell phone’s ring tone is “I Love It When You Call Me Big Papa.”
48. Jarrod always has a camera, and is good about taking pictures.
49. Jarrod loves his nephews, and enjoys teaching athletic things to Jordan.
50. Jarrod has a deviated septum and needs to have his nose reset.
51. He has known he wanted to be a physical therapist since he sustained an injury playing football in high school and underwent
months of rehabilitation.
52. He plays the bass guitar, but can also play baritone sax and piano.
53. He can be very charming.
54. He has good, strong, old-fashioned values and morals.
55. He will be a good father when we have children.
56. A palm-reader once predicted that a person with the initials JK would ask me to marry him on Christmas. Among other scary
coincidences, she also “saw” that he would be involved in healthcare and that he played in a band, but the band
wouldn’t work out. Sorry guys.
57. Jarrod likes to drive. His dream vacation would be to go to one of those camps for rich men having midlife crises where
they learn to drive racecars.
58. He taught our two-year old nephew to say “bullsh#%.”
59. Jarrod is a fan of the UW Huskies.
60. He is also a fan of the Dodgers, but now mostly roots for the Mariners.
61. Jarrod carved our initials in a wooden beach shelter on our first date.
62. He then carved my “new” initials next to our other set of initials the day he proposed to me.
63. Jarrod loves crime and lawyer TV shows. CSI, Law & Order, you name it.
64. He does not like scary movies.
65. His middle name is Paul.
66. He trims his hair quite often as it starts to get curly when it gets past two inches.
67. Jarrod is Catholic (thank you, God!).
68. He had my engagement ring blessed by a priest before he gave it to me.
69. Jarrod is a “rock” in crisis situations. Since we’ve been together, he’s been there for me through
my dad’s cancer treatment and last two heart attacks, and I can always depend on him to be level-headed and strong.
70. Jarrod is very wise in business and money.
71. Jarrod likes to sometimes make up words and use them in a sentence, then chastise me for “not knowing” what
they mean. This ruse lasts only until I look the word up in the dictionary (or ask him to spell it). Very comical when playing
“Scrabble.”
72. Jarrod likes to plan surprises. Throughout our courtship when we were doing the long distance thing, he would periodically
drive to Corvallis just to surprise me with a visit.
73. My parents claim they knew Jarrod was “the one” for me the first time they met him. My dad’s exact
words were, “let’s lock him in and throw away the key.”
74. When sitting on the coach with his feet on the floor, he curls up the toes of his left foot. I also noticed one day when
Jarrod and his brother Aaron were sitting next to one another that they both do it. Weird.
75. Jarrod has a hard time smiling naturally for the camera.
76. Jarrod had his appendix removed.
77. If Jarrod could be any superhero, he would choose to be Spider Man.
78. Jarrod regularly does the dishes, a chore that I detest.
79. He does not discriminate between colors when doing the laundry. This has caused some white socks to turn other colors.
80. Jarrod is excellent at negotiating car deals.
81. Jarrod is the oldest of his siblings.
82. His favorite color is blue.
83. If he could find it, I think he would re-purchase his first car, a Ford Bronco (AKA the “wheels of steel”).
84. Jarrod cannot roll his R’s. Ask him to say “burrito.” It’s really funny.
85. In fact, ask him to say anything out of the strange Spanglish dialect he picked up in high school.
86. He likes Thomas Kinkade paintings. No comment.
87. Jarrod likes girly mixed drinks like piņa coladas.
88. Jarrod is not very flexible. He can barely touch his toes.
89. Jarrod looks great in a suit. In fact, he was wearing a tux the day that I met him.
90. Jarrod owns about 30 baseball caps.
91. To date, Jarrod only has 161 days until he is a doctor. Yes, that’s right, a DOCTOR!
92. Jarrod has an intuitive sense about all things technological. He can program anything on our VCR, knows how to set
up computers, and can install stereo systems.
93. Boxer-briefs.
94. Jarrod is a very curious person.
95. Neither one of us has ever been to Hawaii.
96. He is getting a very nice gift from his wife for Christmas.
97. Jarrod will always volunteer to be the designated driver.
98. Jarrod’s favorite board game is “Risk.”
99. His least favorite board game is “Battle of the Sexes,” namely because when we play in teams us chicks always
win.
100. He loves me very much, and for that I am eternally grateful.
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