Advice

Hola', I'm not going to spend three paragraphs summarizing how our Christmas was. I don't have the energy to go through every gift nor do ya'll care. Please don't give me the "yea we care what you got" speech either! I really appreciated my gifts and am looking forward to hanging, wearing and using them.
I did get the chance to read the Tony Dungy book Quiet Strength. I loved it - he has a great ability to combine his story with different lessons he learned through God. He also applies scripture throughout the book. I'm sure it has been read by many non Christians and I pray the impact is awesome. It really has changed my attitude in coaching and helped with different situations I run into during my season.
I'm on my end of the year quest to get as many books read as possible to add to my yearly total. I'm usually good about this but I'm going to go ahead and throw out a suggestion that works for me - just in case it may work for you. I try to read 15 books a year - not the advice yet. I advise ya'll to keep track of movies or books that you see/read. You would be amazed at when you saw a movie or what you thought of a book you read three years ago. I have tracked these things since 2000 and its fun to go back and see what I thought or when I saw something. This may have more to do with my personality than anything but its fun for me to do. On that subject Kel and I saw I Am Legend I liked it - its not an all time favorite but worth seeing once.

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Fan Day

I have decided , since its that time of year, to grant a few lucky fans answers to their questions.

What do you think about the Mitchell report concerning Roger Clemens?
The first thing I thought was not to jump into conclusions. We have heard about the Duke rape case involving the Lacrosse team and everyone thought those boys were guilty. The more I have thought about it though, the guiltier I think Roger is. Hey I really like the guy. He was a Red Sox before a Yankee so I used to love him. I just think there is too much evidence. He is in his mid forties and until last year was a dominate pitcher in the big leagues. Something has to have helped him sometime in his career to recover faster. I do not think he was Barry Bond'sn it and trying build muscle to pitch faster. I simple think he was using HGH and maybe a steroid to recover faster - still cheating. I still fault baseball, the fact that this wasn't illegal until recently is why this looks as ugly as it does. I have a few more thoughts but Alyssa, Jennifer and my wife just fell asleep reading this.... Next Question

Your wife has a new job, whatcha think?
First of all my wife would die with the usage of words in that question. No one said my fans were bright. This is something Kel has talked about for years. She didn't wait for it to fall in her lap. She went out and pursued a way to get into this profession. The fact that she did that was impressive. The fact that she is so good at what she does and loves going to work everyday really makes me smile. Its fun to see people call her and ask for help on certain photos. I love the fact that she tells me she still has a lot to learn. It really shows me how serious she is about this job. Next Question

Rumors are flying that your sister is dating a new guy?
I have constantly stated that I will answer no questions about my family and their private lives. I am very happy for her though. C'mon fans abide by the rules! Next Question

Is Jessica Simpson responsible for Romo's last game?
This is ridiculous. She in no way should have acted that goofy for the cameras every time Fox threw one on her. That being said, Romo hurt his thumb and has played awesome almost every week. If he hits T.O. with his second pass of the game no one whines. It was a beautiful throw and only a yard off, deep down the field. He had a bad game and with a bad thumb. He will be fine and by the way, she has been to a few games this year where he flat out played awesome. Thanksgiving Day ring a bell. Next Question

Prefer High School Musical One or Two?
Answering this question would allow the man card police to come to my house beat me with a pink bat and take the card.

Hey, one was the best - better songs and always go with the original. Keep it quiet though.

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Strengths Quest

Howdy all you peeps out there. We are now in finals week here in Wichita Falls @ Midwestern State University. There is not a more exhilarating time of year for my job. The excitement of coming to work to check emails (20 minutes), the joy of talking to co-workers (I'm nonsocial- 20 minutes) and the lunch hour (hour an half). You can't buy consistency in this job. 3 months of non stop practices, games, team issues and travel. Then two months on nothinggg. Followed by three months of Spring soccer which is basically low maintenance. Then throw in four months of club games, recruiting, camps, and tournaments. I guess the point I'm making is ...its very hot and cold. I love it, am used to it but still its unique.
I took a strengths Quest test. My Boss in the Student Center gives these out to most of the University. Basically its a personality test that is tied into how we will do our jobs. There are 34 different categories and they give you the top five. Here they are for all to see. Jeff Trimble opening his soul for the world to examine. (the world being the four people that still read this - thanks family).

Context
I understand the present by examining the past. The present to me is unstable so I base decisions on the past events in my life.
Deliberative
I am careful. I am a private person and feel that the world is an unpredictable place. Life is viewed as a minefield. If others choose to run through it recklessly that's their decision. I choose to walk with care.
Individualization
I try to find the unique qualities in others. I ask a lot of questions of others to identify why they do and who they are. This way I can have a unique opinion of others.
Consistency
Good grief this is easily me - hello - I eat the same thing at the same restaurants without fail. I will pass out if Kel makes a new meal some nights. I have broken down like a 8 year old school girl if a night differs from the expectation of that morning. I need to know at 9am how the rest of my day will go - No changes!
Restorative
I love to solve problems. I get energized by finding what is wrong and setting about on the solution. I do like to play Scatagories because I have never won at it and want to solve that stupid game!

Respect

The last few days I have wanted to blog but have not been sure what to say. I'm going to get back to just saying what I experience. Tonight I saw a commercial for the Army. It brought me back to high school when I wasn't sure what I wanted to do after I graduated. My Dad said "join the Army", I about died. I thought I needed to play soccer and go to some college to do what my friends were going to do. Everyone I knew was going to college. I'm not big on change and doing something that my friend weren't doing was well, just crazy. That was before this war and the friends that I made here in Wichita Falls. I have been thinking a lot this week and it really hit home about the sacrifice that our troops make even today. My wife, Kelly, attended the one year memorial for Troy Gilbert who sacrificed his life for our country one year age last week. Our men and women are still defending America and sacrificing their lives each day. I will make sure to observe the people that work every day for our freedom. My point is simple - I appreciate everything the troops do and have done for our country.

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Soprano's

Let me just start off right now by saying that if you haven't seen the last episodes of this series stop reading now. There, I may have lost one of you and the rest just logged off because they don't want to hear me talk about this subject. Now that its just me typing to myself - I will move on. I watched an interview with some of the cast members of the show this summer. One of them described the character of Tony as a murderer. That struck me as odd at first but the more I have thought about it - how in the world do the producers and directors of this show get us to feel soryy for this man. He has killed just about one person every 6 episodes but yet I seem to always feel like I'm on his side. Well last night he killed Christopher (which he always treated like a son) and again I felt like it was his best option. Anyway it blows my mind that this show is produced in a way that we can watch a major criminal and root for him. Trust me I'm not giving a moral lesson here just simply stating that this intrigues me. Just some thoughts.

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Month long journey

Well its been a long and very strange month. I have been nationally ranked in soccer, lost a game we had no business losing, beat a team we have never beaten at their field, had a new athletic director hired, received the number two seed (and bye)for our conference tourney, lost the semi final game in the same tourney, had two other teams get upset in their tournaments and therfore blow our chance of making the national tournament. The program has never made the national tournament and we were ranked fifth the entire year in the region, well the top six get to go. You can see after two months of being in the top six how one day can ruin a season. This was by far my worst disappointment as a coach. I really was numb for a good three hours. I had no clue what to do or say I just spent Sunday afternoon in my room staring at the t.v. My wife was great by the way. She was stunned also but is actually in touch with her feelings and could process the news quicker than me. It took me a good three hours to realize the odds of this happening were very little and it did. Well I guess the Lord meant for this to happen. Its not one of those "Well it happened so its the Lord's will I guess" realizations for me. More of "Wow Lord you planned for this and now I must adjust and work to get through it and thank you". Thats so hard to actually thank Him and mean it. Now listen I know half of you are thinking "no one died or no one was hurt". I fully recognize that. I have a great job and wonderful, healthy family. Its just that it has been a process starting in Aug. and then to get the carpet pulled out in Nov. with all our expectations with it - thats hard.

Now the good news. I have started working at Grace with the youth group and really love it. I get the opportunity to teach the Soph. boys Sunday school class and am having a lot of fun. Its something I have wanted to do in the past so Kel and I talked and I have enjoyed the time with the youth. Its actually fun to hear teens call me Jeff and not Coach or Coach Jeff.

Well I just got season six part two of Sopranos from my wife for the old b-day so its time to re watch season six part one and begin part two later this week. Ahhh the life of an off season soccer coach has begun!

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Life

My great wife has already blogged about the exciting news - that my team got ranked nationally. I'm blowen away by this, we have had some great teams in the last couple of years but it takes the right wins at the right time to get in. We have a huge game on
friday and now I feel the pressure even more. Oh by the way we just hired a new Athletic Director this week so of course I can find every possible way I can screw this up. My team is the most talanted team I have had in a long while but the girls seem to think everything is no big deal. Now you ask yourself, as a head coach, should I do something about this or does it seem to be fine and leave them alone. I know from experience that we are not intense enough but what if this is the team that functions well with this behavior. My thought process kills me sometimes.
My boys are doing great...Alec is getting good grades and doing great with his Gymkata. Evan is bouncing everywhere and having fun in school and sports. Owen is glued to my hip which is veryyy fun. Really the boy is doing better with the hitting and temper tantrums. I love the fact he is a daddys boy - don't tell Kel. Don't you hate people that go on and on about their kids!
How about my Cowboys!!

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Road trips and backyards

Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train coming your way

from the song - No Leaf Clover
*Metallica

I love that song. It wasn't on any of the previous Metallica Albums until one of their live albums.

Well we won here at home on Sunday so we are back on track hopefully. We play Wednesday away then will get back at about ten p.m. only to leave for south Texas (Laredo) on Thursday at 6 a.m. Ughhh that trip will be a beat down. We will play in San Antonio on Sunday and get back around Midnight. The traveling with 20 girls for four days and all the meal money and hotel checks. Then we have the hotel stays themselves making sure my girls actually behave. Oh by the way we have two games in all of that.

Boys update: Alec got an A on his Spelling test so he's happy. He is a creature of habit and getting back into this school routine has been a challenge but hes getting there. He also brought a Cello home from music class to learn to play not really sure what I think about that. I finally had a chance to see Evan play baseball this Fall. He did a good job and watched me after everything he did. I have to work on my helping voice being less yell and more encouragement. Don't feel to bad for him - he has the attention span of a three month old and they are hitting real baseballs. He actually does pretty well. The baby actually made it til 7 a.m. today without waking up. He had a streak of four days with the 6a.m. wake up followed by a quick 6:15 breakfast and a 6:30 trip to the backyard. I have no clue why but he loves running around the backyard in the morning. Unfortunately he is still a big fan of "hitting" when he doesn't get his way. It only gets worse when you grab his hand and tell him "no". He then launches himself into a full out fit. Ahhh we should have a few more kids!

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The beginning is the best part of my day

I got back last night after getting my teams collective heads handed to me by UCO. I decided to not torture my family with my bright and cheery mood so I watched the game again (we taped it) with John(my assistant). My goalkeeper was taken to the emergency room (broken nose) so I viewed the beat down again and waited for our trainer to call with how bad the break was. Its just a week to ten day type of break (hair line fracture). I guess that could be the best news of the day.
I awake today to my little one crying/mumbling at 6:15 a.m. Then my big boys decide to go nuts over anything and anyone while trying to get ready for school. We get them off to school and the baby is still crying when I get back because that's what he does when I leave. It was flattering for the first two times he did this but was never fun for my wife. So I carried him around for awhile as I got ready. I decided to make myself some hot tea and set it on the bathroom counter. Mr. Owen decided he was going to get it down to see what was in the cup. Thank goodness it wasn't very hot but he pulled the cup down and broke it everywhere while scaring himself to death. So another session with me holding him for ten more minutes. The poor guy should have a blog to vent on - he is having a terrible day.
Its amazing as I sit here how many people in this building remember we had a game yesterday and stop by to "see how ya did". When we won last week I had to hand out pamphlet's to let people know. Maybe I'm being to sensitive - I'll go home and cry to Owen and he can hold me!

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Animals Attack!

Yesterday in a fit of boredom at work I decided to look on youtube under the heading animal attacks. Now I have never been accused of being a sharp person but that was dumb.
A guy was surfing and you see this dark shape in the wave then he wipes out. A minute later his friend is pulling him out of the water with half an arm. Hello Mr. Tiger shark.
Tiger hunters in India were trying to trap a Bengal tiger that got to close to a village. They were on elephants with their guns and out of this tall grass twenty yards away the worlds biggest cat comes charging. The tiger jumps into the air and onto the guy on the elephant. It falls to the ground but not after ripping skin from the guys arm and side. You watched the whole thing unfold because the guy on the right of the victim was filming.
Some were funny yet scary. Some bear on a Polish talk show bapped the bajeebers out of some female host on the show. Again scary and a tad funny.
I couldn't even come close to clicking on any of the snake ones - sorry.
Ahh the life of a college soccer coach.
We have no games this weekend for MSU but I still get the opportunity to go to Dallas and coach two games on Saturday. So I leave at around 10am and get back at 8pm. Then back down on Sunday for one game. It gets old but only lasts til the end of October so I can live.
Just so you know I really love to mow the lawn. I'm not sure why but there something cool about making the yard look better and getting to think without to much interruption for half an hour straight. Last night I got the chance to use my new lawn mower! I love it! I'm not a big fan of the self propelled mowers. I really feel for me to mow it might as well be exercise and not let the stupid mower pull me along. Those things are beasts anyways and hard to maneuver. My mower does have bigger wheels on the back which enable the thing to move that much easier. I do not consider that cheating though. Kel hates to mow but loves to weed eat so we make a good team. Anyway the yard looks better, I'm busy this weekend and watch out for tigers in tall grass when riding your pet elephant!

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Birthday girl

Well today is my wife's 35th birthday. Yesterday I went to the Harvest drug store place to get Kel her Vera Bradley wallet and the ladies know exactley which one she wants. She has a wish list at the store so the whole thing was a little too easy! I looked at the price tag and commented about how expensive the lil thing was and they both looked at me like I had slapped them. They then proceeded to "wrap" it for me - which is basically a bow that the younger lady takes twenty minutes to wrap around a Harvest Drug store box - good grief.
Later on Kelly asked me when I was getting home from my practice tonight. I smile and reply that I would get home as soon as possible to shower so we could go eat. She smiles and says "no I've invited some of my friends to go out to eat with me." Wow thats rough! Its her bday so what can I say. Actually thats great because this time of year she barely gets anytime with her friends (three boys and no hubby around). She really does such a great job. I don't even notice it at times because of my schedule. The boys can be a challenge but she doesn't seem to be overwhelmed which is amazing with the age differences. We are all lucky boys in the Trimble house!! Happy Birthday babe - I love you!

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Dexter

So I finally have the time and the schedule to start my quest of watching T.V. series that have come out in the complete season mode on dvd. So I decide to start with Dexter season 1. This is a show on Showtime. The premise of this show is startling and brilliant. Dexter is a boy that is adopted by a cop and his wife in Miami. He starts to show a lot of tendencies of serial killers. Fascination with blood and the overwhelming urge to kill animals. He himself can't understand why he has these urges. He confides in his dad who helps keep the secret yet knows this will be no bueno in the years to come. So his dad starts to project the urges into hunting for animals (deer, game birds) all the time realizing they will escalate as he gets older. He then decides its time to mold this boy into what he knows he already has become but do it in kind of a Batman type way. A vigilante type of person. Dexter becomes a blood splatter expert for the Miami police force - so he gets to use his expertise in that way. He fulfills his other urges (killing) by targeting people that have found a way around the law. First rule his dad taught him though was to make sure that the person is guilty never go on a hunch before killing. Anyway all the way through each episode you get to hear whats in his head as he's thinking it. I Love the show because its very original. Surprisingly it is not as violent as you would think.
Today is the first day of the 2007/2008 NFL football season. Its like Christmas without our Savior being born and no presents. So maybe not Christmas but you understand. We also have one race remaining before the time to decide who gets to contend for the NASCAR championship. Dale Jr. is in 13th and the top 12 get in the race for the championship. So Saturday night's race is a big deal. Oh yeah and I have a game tomorrow and Saturday with MSU. So kind of a big weekend.
I read a great article in the back of the Sports Illustrated football preview issue last week. I'll try to supply the link. The article is called "getting a second wind". If I can't find the link I'll type it out next blog. Its an article everyone should read no matter if you like sports or not.

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Update

Well we have survived our preseason, played two games and now school has started here at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. So far so good for the team. We are 2-0 and we play again on Friday night. The girls seem pretty talented and it should be a fun year. Wouldn't that have been funny if I would have just said "The girls seem pretty". Funny in an unemployed sort of way.
I have had club games the last two Monday nights both in Dallas at 8:30pm. BEAT DOWN! I got home both Tuesdays at 12:30 a.m. I'm getting wayyy to old for this stuff.
I'm also here to tell you that I did enjoy the premiere of a lil show we like to call High School Musical 2! The boys have wanted me to see one and it was fabulous!!! So we all anticipated the premiere of two (a few weeks ago) and I loved it. Bet on it! All the crazy kids and the trouble they get into! Ahhh young love, I did like it though! Makes me wish I could sing. I mean I already have the killer looks, dance moves and fame - all I need is the voice!

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Thank goodness its time

Preseason is almost here. Starting this Monday I leave the apron and dish washing to become a man again. Trust me I will miss the time with Owen and the relaxation of being in the house without many hectic situations. I will not miss the endless viewings of Elmo, the boys fighting over anything, the making of the beds and meals. The poor guys have the same thing for breakfast and lunch with me in command. I always thought that I could survive being a Mr. Mom but no freaking way. I need to get outside. I need to have a few problems to solve and challenges to engage. I need to get headaches from hearing repetitive and/ or dumb questions. I need to watch the same drill being done over and over again the wrong way til I either get another headache or pass out from frustration. There is nothing like 100 degree heat. The simple joys of sunblock and mosquito repellent on the skin. Actually watching the drill get done and it be done well. I really need to be in charge and accomplish things. I need to COACH.

Mr. Mom

Heres my daily schedule for the last couple of weeks. I really have no problem with it because I know that come Aug. 6th its two to three practices a day just for my MSU team. Its fun spending time with my boys (other than the fact that Owen loves to hangout with me all the time). Still Kelly keeps telling me to enjoy it. At some point He will be our only one at home, breaking curfew and bringing home scary girls.

8:00 am - wake up
8:30 am - realize that I'm awake
8:45 am - feed Owen and the boys
9:00am - get myself soccer ready for practice and play with the boys
9:45 am - go to practice (under 14 girls) the boys stay with our neighbors
11:45 am - back from practice to put Owen down for a nap
Noon - feed the boys and the families glorious leader (me - I know you were thinking Kelly)
1:10 pm - My hard working wife gets home and Ive made it another day
1:15 pm - Head to the office for three hours
4:30 pm home to watch PTI
5:15 pm - head to my next practice (under 19 girls)
7:15 pm home for the night

I'm practicing my club teams a lot because we have a couple of weekends of tournaments coming up. So now I'm back to 24/7 soccer til November. I do have to tell you that my vacation at home was awesome and I really feel ready for soccer.
Do you hear there was a shark attack in Hawaii on the same beach the our loving friends (the Turners) took us to body surf!!!! the guy got attacked further from shore than I would have been but still!! We have shark week on the Discovery Channel this week so Alec and I will be in full watch!

Last points
Vick is guilty and going to get what he deserves
I'm not excited at all to see Bonds even close to the record
NBA referees betting scandal is very scary
Tour de France is a shame and I'm sick of the word doping
Once again NASCAR is the only pure sport

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Camp

So last week at our soccer camp I take a older All day group. You see normally I direct the camp and not work with teams or groups. Well I thought it a good idea to save us money to take a group myself. It really wasn't that bad to be honest. The problem was my club team decided they wanted to go to a tournament this last weekend. So I get done with soccer camp at three on Friday and leave at 7am on Saturday for two rain filled days in Dallas. Get back Sunday afternoon early because the tourney got cancelled because of rain. I then have the second week of soccer camp starting Monday morning. I decide this week to take a half a day group. Here's my point - The Lord Almighty knew not to give me a girl. We all know he is the big shot but I truly understand His foresight by not giving myself a lil girl. Forget the old "daddy's girl/their so cute" thing. These lil things ask a ton of questions and I discovered another awesome thing today... at the age of 7 they are already gossiping! This lil Elizabeth girl is whispering to Michelle about Megan! I hear her, tell her to cut it out and she looks up at me and says "cut what out". Hey give me a guy punching or pushing another guy and I can handle it but a lil girl who says things behind another girls back then lies drives me up a wall. "Coach Jeff I didn't say anything". ughhhh girls.... I do have a couple highlights.
Holly asked me "Coach when are we going to play the natural game of soccer (scrimmaging). I told her in a little bit - 30 seconds later "I know Coach Jeff we can play the natural game of soccer now"
Holly saying "Coach Jeff guess what... Holly (2) and my name both rhyme" - forget the fact there the same.
Me - "What game do you girls want to play" - Michelle - "how about the game called kill the Coach".
"Coach I don't to play anymore I'll just cheer for you" followed by ten minutes of "Go coach Jeff" - Holly.
It has been fun but its amazing the difference between these lil girls and my 7 year old boy. I'm going to go throw the ball with Evan.

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Honestly

I'm not lying here peeps. I truly forgot my sign in name and password. The last three times I've tried to post it was a beat down and I quit trying. For some reason it worked tonight.



Ready...

The yankees 7 game win streak is ridiculous... why can't they just lose every game and go away!!



Praise the Lord for our camp attendance... after a bad year last year He really blessed us!



Finally watched Blood Diamond and loved it... Leo did a great job.



Very proud of both the older boys for their grades and achievements in their respective sports.



Very proud of the little one for finally walking.



Why can't the Yankees just go play ball in Japan.



Loved the Soprano's series finale... Period. (fade to black)



I truly can't tell you what I think about Junior joining Hendrick motor sports (I haven't wrapped my tiny mind around it)

Oh wait now I have.... $%^&*#@$%%^&*$#@%

I really have had fun this week working with a camp group - I usually just manage the camp and not take a group.

I promise to always hate the yankees and never take this long off of blogging again.

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High School Mafia

O.K. well last night was Kelly and I's first night with the youth group. We went to the G.Y.M. and mingled with the teens and stayed for the praise and testimony time. It struck me as very similar to an F.B.I. undercover agent infiltrating the Mafia. Please don't be an idiot and think that I truly believe Grace Church's youth are at all like the actual Mafia. Although my lil friends the social infiltration is close. When entering this world you have a few options on gaining the trust of the group.

Option 1: The quick option - You get bold and go right to the head of the line. You find the social leader and try to relate. You look for sports, shows, sense of humor or basically anything you can find to get a niche'.This is difficult because typically the social leader has their set of friends and they rely on them for all the humor or niche's. So this is a precarious option to say the least. The last thing you can do is try and fail. The rules that all your lil pep talker people have told you in the past is not applicable here. Try and failing when infiltrating is the kiss of death. You look very desperate and these teens will label you and well my friends labeling in this setting is like "going away" in the mafia setting.

Option 2 - The slow an steady wins the race option - explains itself. You work at getting a teen that you can relate to and build from there. There are no bold moves just find one that may think your funny or cool. This can be challenging also because there are not many gray haired cool 36 yr. old guys around. "Whys the old looking guy think hes so funny over there - and why is he volunteering here?" That could be a problem. I can see me standing next to my 25 yr. old looking wife and them saying. "Is that his wife or daughter." I would just have to find the one teen to get my option rolling. The mafia equivalent would be a good solider, that puts in their time and gets promoted steadily.

Derek had the best advice when we originally met about us helping out. Just be there and be there consistently and that will work best. I would imagine he knows what hes talking about. I do highly doubt he has compared his youth group to a mafia organization.
Heres an option - I pray that God will use me in any way to minister to the teens. Trusting that His Will will be done. Its more effective than my options and makes more sense. I guess I enjoy talking about the mafia a little to much!

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Weekend chat

This weekend was a blur! I took the team to San Angelo, Texas for two games on Saturday. We left at 6:30 a.m. and returned at 11pm. We won both games (exhibitions) and thats exciting but the trip wore me out. So what do I do on Sunday? Bring two teams in to town to play against my team and squeeze in two campus tours for the high school girls that have come up. Another 9am - 6pm day of soccer. Its not really that its hard work (coaching) its simply that I'm out in the sun the entire time. This is not Hawaii so the ocean breeze is not really the air that we're breathing during this brillant Spring weather. Its more like hot wind blowing a lot of red dirt. Good times had by all. So I'm burnt, back hurts from standing the entire game and if I never talk again I would be very happy. Talking to all those people put my personality into over drive. I watched Lost the other day and Desmond's vow of silence was a very attractive thing. How long do all of you think you could go without talking? Wouldn't it be fun to try? I have discussed my philosophy about this before but lets review. Just think how many problems that we have created by talking. Plus you would have the most mysterious vibe about you? I had a girl on my team that was very quiet and got great grades. I thought this girl is like a wise old Monk (if monks were women). My friends I know now why she never talked- she couldn't buy the common sense enough to start a car. Bless her heart. Wouldn't it be fun to go to a social gathering and not say a word. Just simply listen and nod. You would have to find a way to avoid questions which would be a game in and of itself. Grab your hamstring(thats on the back of your leg - Alyssa) when someone asks you something and hold a finger up as you walk away. Act like you have something hot in your mouth and swiftly jog for water. Act like you can't hear the question then look to the other end of the room like someone else called you. I need to actually try this stuff. It sounds like it could really work.

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About time!

Finally we have reached a point to which someone in T.V. land met with someone else and decided to make Jeff Trimble's show more interesting. I am so thankful this person told Lost to get the story back to the entire cast and not just Jack/Sawyer/Kate/and the "others". I'm also happy they had the foresight to put Alyssa and Ben Turner in the cast as extras. Haven't seen them in a scene yet but I know their adding to the show. Lets also give a big shout out to nursing 24 back to life. I think we all have seen the clever story lines and twists and are expecting them every episode from this show. So I recognize the challenge. Its fun that they now are bring it a little more and I am genuinly intrigued for the first time this season. Lets please keep anyone from talking with Amazing Race. They have it figured out - once again - so none of you clowns bother them over there. Apprentice and Survivor we're getting what we expect so well done. Hopefully they will pick it up a little but they have me right now.

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How's Life?

Things have been going well here. We are finishing up with our spring season at MSU. The girls are doing well and we have only a few more practice games before the end of the season. The Spring record doesn't count for anything - just a training time.
My boys are doing pretty well. Alec is doing better in school (listening and with school work) so we are proud of him. The boy is a reading machine and still loves the gymkata class he does. Hopefully he will never apply what he has learned for the benefit of evil. I love comic book talk! Evan is doing well at school and is playing baseball and soccer right now. His schedule is crazy and we have to watch that he doesnt get to spread out and can enjoy laying around sometimes. He does well at both which keeps me sane - I have a tendency to get a little wrapped up in competition. I'm not sure of any of you knew that or not. Owen is Owen. I'm not an expert on the ins and outs of the one year old child but he looks pretty happy to me. I get to spend a long lunch with him everyday (off-season benefit) and I really enjoy that time with him. Its good just to spend time with any of the boys. At the conference Kel and I went to they talked a lot about spending one on one time with your kids. I need to start doing that a little more consistently.
Kelly and I have decided to start getting involved with a secret cult. Just checking to make sure your paying attention. We actually are going to work with our Church's youth group. We are going to start off just mingling and socializing with the group then work ourselves into more of an active role if Derek (youth pastor) needs. I really am excited about doing this. I like working with that age group and certainly have the maturity and intellect to function on a level with them if not below them.
Hey kids thats all I have for you right now. Oh, Surviror MSU (year two) is about to start again. They have renewed my contract as the host once again. I will let you know how it goes - it starts Friday.

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Update

Sorry about not updating the diet! I survived with the help of the day 5 and 6 "beef" menu. We were allowed 10-20 oz. of beef on day 5, then day 6 gave us all the beef we needed. This sounds great but... when you eat the soup (which you have to at least eat one bowl both days) it fills you up so much that not much beef was enjoyed. Well anyway I survived and am happy I accomplished the task for the week. I officially lost 9 pounds but our scale is wacky it would tell me 12 pounds lost then only 5 pounds lost. I have concluded it was 9 based on most of the readings. I feel good also, we have ate out a few times and I have turned down the need for potatoes and other weight adding food with no or little temptation.
What a great weekend with my wife. I loved the Weekend to Remember conference for marriage that we went to. I have to say I learned alot, its really great to take a step back and evaluate (without kids) where our marriage is and what we can do to make it stronger. The best had to be the time with Kel. I think halfway through I realized when we sat, slept, ate, and attended the conference it was just us. That is wild when you think about it. No other couple to socialize with, no kids to be around, and no phone ringing. It was simply just us and I really had fun with that. I think I kinda forget the Kelly that I can sit and talk about God or our life with and have no other interruptions! Shes a pretty cool girl. Love ya hun!

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Day 4 recap - The day Jeff hit the wall

Ohh it wasn't a actual fist into the wall it was mentally, physically and emotional. I was doing fine just going along and singing my song. I started getting a lil grumpy at lunch - the prospect of just eating bananas with my lunch was no bueno. Then I had soccer practice - now I love Tuesdays because I have nothing after MSU practice so I usually go home, relax and eat my snacks while watching Pardon the Interruption. Not this Tuesday, the boys recorded some stupid Japanese cartoon over it. So no snacks and no T.V. Which brings me to a whole new problem for me - my routine is messed up. Everyone knows I'm not good at functioning outside my box and this diet already has me all over the place, so the T.V. show just pushed me into the abyss. Kelly had her night out so I had a night with the boys. I took a shower then got out to the smell of Pizza that she made for the boys. She left, leaving half the pizza on the counter, so I calmly put the rest in the fridge having to actually touch the pieces while I bagged them. The insanity! I then made sure the baby was o.k. (which means staying with him constantly for an hour) then got him off to bed. I made sure my precious princes had their baths and SNACKS then ushered them to bed. Oh I forgot I did have the blessed soup for dinner at some point. The saving factor for the night was I got to view the last two episodes of the Sopranos from the fall. So I'm now caught up. As I sat watching I noticed I felt terrible. I felt so drained and just out of it. I think it had to be the worst day. I think the getting up in the morning and working out without a lot of protein is catching up with me. Ohh but I have made it to the beef day and life will be good!

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Day three

Well hello there faithful reader(s). I have just completed day three of this diet. I have to tell you I'm getting tired of people telling me "why you doing that, you look fine" or "this is probably a better diet for you the one your doing is crazy". Here's the background and scoop as to why I chose to do this. I weighed the most I have ever weighed after the holidays. It has nothing to do with the holiday meals or sweets. During soccer season I killed myself with fast food and no exercise. So I decide to get up every morning and workout (6am) to lose weight. Well guess what, it worked. I started watching what I eat and working out and lost a good number of pounds. Then I heard about this diet and thought what a great way to lose some extra weight but more than that, to challenge myself. I want to be disciplined enough to do this - a wise man once said - "its not the destination as much as its the journey." I have no clue who said that, I may have just made that up. It makes sense though. When is the time in my life that I could say I gave up eggs, sweet tea, potatoes, alcohol, chicken, diet coke, pork, pasta and sweets for a whole week. I did it because of the challenge not because I feel like Fatty Mcfatty (I made that name up also). Am I happy that I will clean my system out and lose some good weight, sure. Will I gain some of it back even though I'll watch what I eat, sure. My challenge to myself will be accomplished and I will love the fact that I achieved it. So thanks everyone for telling me I look like I don't need to lose any weight and now you can go jump off a cliff.
Yesterday was not too bad. Kelly whipped up a new batch of soup and I think it tastes better. I steamed a lot of broccoli for lunch and ate it with the soup. Nothing really special - that's for sure. The big challenge was the trip to Rob's last night. The drink count went as follows: Rob drank beer, Jeff drank 3 liters of water. I had to pee every 5 minutes, he did make some killer veggies for us on the grill. He was a great best friend and didn't tempt me by eating meat, just ate the veggies with me! I have to tell you I feel good today. Its cheesy but I feel like I have some more energy and am able to focus better. I'm really not kidding about that. Its kinda perplexing to me but for some reason the last two days I can concentrate better on what I'm doing. Well I guess we'll see how my banana and skim milk day goes. So far three bananas and two glasses of skim milk - good times had by all!!

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Day 2

Its actually the morning of the 3rd day and I'm still alive. Yesterday was veggie day and it was a little harder than anticipated. I guess eating the soup with veggies in it everyday kinda kills your lust for the vegs. We went to the Burney's last night and they made roast and rice - aghhh. It was sooo bad - I was going to just taste the roast but I stuck to my guns and had none. I did get to have a baked potato though!! I have seen a place close to Heaven and it was that potato. I actually got filled up on it which I loved! I worked out this morning and couldn't really feel a difference as far as getting too tired. I have to remember to drink water because I can easily see myself getting dehydrated. I get to go to Rob's for my Monday night steak and Kool Aid night without Kool Aid or steak. Water and veggies anyone?

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Day One

If you have not read my wife's blog then you don't know that we are both starting the Sacred Heart Diet. This is one of those diets that we can eat all the cabbage, carrot, onion, jalapeno', red pepper, tomato combination soup. I can eat all I want allll day. This doesn't sound too bad but this will be my staple for the next week. Each day I'm allowed something else - today was fruit day. Tomorrow is Veggie day with one potato allowed. Then Monday is combo - veggie and fruit (no potato). Tuesday will be Bananas and skim milk day (awful)! Wednesday is beef day and Thursday is beef and veggie day. We will then finish it all up with brown rice day on Friday! Now this is one week without: eggs, bacon, mashed potatoes, fried food, any alcohol, sweet tea! We are supposed to lose between 10-17 pounds. Now I know as well as anyone that we may lose this weight but we will get some/all of it back. I still want the chance to keep most of it off (I really only want to lose 5 more pounds anyway) and I want to challenge myself and see if I can do this!
Today was an adventure. It really shakes up my routine. I'm not big into fruit so this a challenging day. I had only three (big) bowls of soup and it was filling for a little bit. The problem was seeing the kids eat pizza, or knowing I couldn't walk in a simply grab some chips. This will be a very challenging week - more for my mind and less for the body! I will sit here drinking my black coffee and dream of the one baked potato that I will be allowed tomorrow night and cry a lil tear of anticipation.

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Spring Breakinnnn

Well how we doing out there in blog land. We here in the house of the Trimble Clan are enjoying Spring Break. This would be a rather challenging week for the best looking one in the house (me) if not for Karen (my mom-in-law). She is here for the week and with Kel working it allows me to actually get out of the house. Today I get to play golf for the first time in 6 months. All that golf truly provides for me is a glorified stress test but some have actually told me it can be relaxing. They obviously don't play in the usual 100 degree heat here with my golf swing!
March maddness has started and I'm ready to roll. I have over analyzed my bracket to the point of having no clue whom to pick. I'm really not into the office betting pools, I have a little to much competitivness in me without throwing money into the equation! I am however in a number of pools for the pride of being the all knowing basketball game picker! Which with my ego is good enough.
Owen threw out the word DA DA last night. I will choose to think that he was directing it toward me and those will be his first words. I may get a disagreement from the second best looking person in the house (Kelly). I guess time will tell if he can actually realize that he said the words and repeat them!
We rented the movie Facing the Giants last night and really loved it. The boys watched it with us and they really got into the story and the action. It wasnt an Academy award winning acting job but it had a great storyline and the football action was terrific. I really got caught up in it and loved the message. The book for this movie was written by Jerry Jenkins (left behind) and it was well done. The movie was about a football coach who has a number of roadblocks but trusts God to get through them. Anyway - get the movie its well worth seeing.

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Show time!

How is all the people in blog land? It was pointed out that my last blog was on the boring and unoriginal side. I will not give the name of my critic but she also pointed out a number of grammatical and spelling errors. They do say that when life (wife) gives you lemons... make lemonade! I therefore will put my best foot forward and try to be better at my blogging in the future.
I have to admit I am really getting into this rent or buy a season of a show and watch it at my own leisure. Leisure would be a terrible word to represent my addiction to any show that I have the whole season. I tend to try to watch all (whatever number) shows in one or two nights. I'm getting up early everyday to workout or I'm quite sure I would stay up most the night to accomplish this goal. My new addiction is Rescue Me a firefighting show starring Denis Leary (Kelly, his name is really spelled with just one n). Its a great show and starts out about 6months after 9/11 with their crew that has lost three of their own to tower two. One of the firefighters lost was Leary's cousin and best friend. The first season deals with his marriage (falling apart), his state of mind (falling apart), his battle with alcohol (falling apart) and basically his life (falling apart). The show is really original and very well written. I know it sounds depressing but it has a good comedic and lighter side to it also. So I'm now half way through season two. I have decided to take this time to list my favs on the seasonal watching of shows of the past few years. I will not however rank the shows seasons - just the shows and how they stack up against one another.

1. Sopranos - just can't beat the acting, writing and idea for the story - I could go on all day but will stop.
2. Deadwood - Combine a western theme and the best written show on television (David Milch)
3. Lost (Season 1 is the only one I saw on DVD - the rest on t.v. and its killing me to wait each week.) Never could wrap my mind around what the next stop in the storyline would be. I loved the premise also.
4. Rescue Me - See above!
5. 24 - (the first five seasons on DVD) the best to watch 24 is on DVD . This waiting between episodes kills the drama for me.
6. Nip/Tuck - Great acting and great idea for a show! Learn to love the characters!
7. X-Files - only bad thing was really only two characters to get invested in but still a great, creative show.
8. The Shield - NYPD with more action and gotta love Michael Chiklis.
9. Alias - Great first three seasons then it died like my dreams of playing in the NHL.
10. Weeds - They get the most out of a creative yet odd premise.

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Alive

I just got back from Nashville, Tennessee! As one of the students I took there proclaimed - "Nashville's known for music". My smartalec self had to point out the name of Nashville is "Music City". Ahhh the youth of America. We went for a conference to select entertainment events for the next year here at school.. Had the opportunity to hear Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, Angels in the outfield, Color Purple) give his ultra Liberal, fight the government speech. You would think he would talk about movies or something the least bit interesting but no he talked about politics. I often enjoy an actor telling me how to think about how I should vote. Of course it was a college crowd so everything he said there was a loud applause for. We also got the chance to see Pat Green - I love Texas country music so naturally - he was awesome. The conference was at the Gaylord Opryland hotel. It has to be one of the biggest hotels in the world. It has a river running through it for goodness sake! I honestly have been in it three times in my life and still get lost. Overall it was a great trip.
My sis is here with us this week. Its great - I think Owen likes it the most because she keeps taking him on walks in his stroller and he loves those.
My wife is trying to get a new vehicle, get our carport fixed, look at possibilities for landscaping, and get a concrete slab to the side of our house. I'm not kidding about any of those. The most famous thing said by my wife is ..." I got the estimate back" Then we start the twenty minute conversation about which shes talking about and how I should have known thats what she meant from the beginning. I'm kidding a little about that. Kinda

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Entry for my Blog

I have the worst time trying to figure out what to title these entries. Anyway, what a great Super Bowl!!! I'm so happy for the Colts. Tony Dungy (their coach) is such a class act. I love the way he wasts no time giving the praise to God. Their owner Jim Irsay even gave God a bunch of shout outs. It was great to see Peyton get the monkey off his back with this win. I, of course, went over to Rob's to watch the game. I'm not a real big fan of the Super Bowl party. I don't need a bunch of people having a great time and talking/laughing when I'm trying to watch the game. It cheapens the experience. Sounds a tad psycho but thats how my lil brain works.
I really wasn't big on the commercials this year - a little disappointed. I liked the Oprah and Dave one and the snickers commercial was clever also. My fav was probably the "slapping as a form of saying hello" one.
Alec just told Kelly and me that he was worried because sometime he wonders if our religion is the right one. He reads a lot and I think he has read about other people believing other things and wonders if he has the right one. We told him its o.k. to wonder about that and it doesnt make him bad for doing so. We talked about faith and the historical accuracies of the Bible. Hes big into history. I have to admit though it really caught me off guard. I'm going to have to brush up on my night time logic and not turn my brain off so early because it took me forever to think through it. We plan on revisiting the issue tomorrow.
We did have a good weekend and now I have to get through another 200 days without football! Thats o.k. though because we have a little thing I like to call NASCAR starting on the 18th.
I'm starting to feel the pressure of Valentines Day coming up. I hate this holiday. I'm quite possibly one of the worst gift buyers. Kelly doesn't really want much so it stresses me out a lot. I have an idea of what I'm going to get her its just a matter of purchasing it. I truly don't like the dumb day!

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No Football? No Problem!

Holy Cow was Sunday fun. Thats how you take on a Sunday afternoon without football. The fire was definately a scary, adrenaline rush that I didn't see coming. If you missed my wife's blog out car port and roof of our house caught on fire. I was in the back with the dog and noticed a lot of smoke on the side of the house. Kelly was gone with Evan so I got our baby out and Alec then went back to get the dog. It was a very numb feeling as the fire was burning. The important thing was no one was hurt. I lost four flat screen T.V.'s that I had in the storage area - thats what I'm telling the insurance company! I'm kidding - I did lose two sets of cheap golf clubs and a lot of lawn tools. The insurance adjusters have already been out and things are starting to get rolling as far as recovering what we lost. Kelly can't wait, of course, to redesign our new car port or garage or who knows what she will come up with. Heres how that will go! We will get the check and then have some contractors come out. Kel will give them her plans and they will give the bid. She will then drop three things from her plans to get the price back to where we can afford it and we will then will get it built.
I'm addicted to the T.V. show The Shield. You have to remember my lil reader that I love to pick a show that interests me and buy the first season on DVD. If I like it then I sell Kelly's kitchenware to buy the second and third and so on seasons. I'm on the fourth season of this show and love it. I think the word to use is gritty! Its a lil hardcore as far as the violence but I enjoy it. I think the characters are very intriguing and I love the story lines. Don't you love my reviews! The next show I plan to get would have to be Rome on HBO. Anyone watch it? Well kids, keep your heads up, you all seem to be doing a good job - I'll blog more often!

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Sin Theory

I have always liked the characters or personalities that are thinkers. The "Mr. Spocks" if you will. I have taken many personalitiy tests and have found that I am much more of a thinker and less of a feeler as the years have gone by. I had no problem with this until now. The last couple of years I am getting tired of thinking through every little thing. Its not even decisions just random things jump up and it takes me twenty minutes to make a conclusion. I'm not kidding, I stop shows (I have DVR -like Tvio) and think about what a character has said before moving on. This is no joke my lil friends! Heres my latest adventure!

My Sin Theory
We have a small lil dot inside of us that is sinlessness. Layered around this dot unfortunately is our sin nature. Its born with us and there is nothing we can do about it. This sin nature will not allow us to be perfect. Thats just the way the cookie crumbles. Outside this sin nature are our layers of sin that have become habits. These layers push us further from our inner dot. It could be lust, gluttony, anger, lying, etc. These things are challenges that strike us each differently but are greater for some than others. You name it we will all have a habit that will keep us challenged. How do we handle such challenges? Our obedience and worship to the Lord allows us to continue to strive to get closer to the dot. Its the opposite of something swollen, the harder you push the closer you get. The more you allow the habit of sin to go untouched the more swollen and further you get from the dot of perfection. So our goal is to keep probing the areas that are affected by sin and work down toward the point of perfection. We will never get there but the less we try the further we will get (from the Lord). I'll take the trying over the allowing the sin to keep me from My Lord. Feeler's feel free to read this a couple times!

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Weekends are for fun!

Well things have been going good around here at times. I'm sure if you read my wife's blog you know my middle son has accepted Jesus in his heart which just makes my year. Its so clear too, I have asked him many times about what Jesus did on the cross and why. He always seemed to know but not really understand. He really would give me the pat Sunday School answers so it was really fun to hear him explain it to me!
Alec had a project due today so we worked on it this weekend. Its kinda fun working with him on those things because he seems to enjoy it. The biggest challenge is getting him to concentrate and work on the paper. I think we have it completed but I'm sure my nerves and his feelings are wore out from trying to get it accomplished. Mr. Clever never seemed to have a tough time getting Beaver to listen once "the Beav" messed up.
Evan had another indoor soccer game on Saturday. Its a blast watching him play. He really does well, he loves to play in goal and it about drives me insane. I have to sit down near the goal and "help" him through the whole thing. So far I have done well not being negative and its so fun to see him smile or react when he does something well.
We hungout with Josh and Julie last night and after I got home things went down hill!! I think my lil Owen decided to give me his flu from the other day. I haven't been flu sick in a lot of years so it was an extra treat to spend between 9pm and midnight on the bathroom floor. You can't buy those memories, my lil friend. So here I am today void of all food and water in my body typing away at home. I'm watching the Bill Parcells special on his retirement which just adds to the joy of the last 16 hours! Ohh but it will get better, I can't eat and can't go over to Rob's tonight (he has a child so I don't want to pass it on). I can sit and wait for my wife and two other boys to get sick. This is going to be a fabulous couple of days!

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My Logic!

Your wife telling you not to go...
The weather channel telling you not to go....
The school district cancelling all travel to Dallas...
What does Jeff do? He leaves to go watch games on Friday in Dallas knowing that getting back could be dicey! Getting there was perfectly fine and the games I watched were good but something wild happened Friday night.. the storm made it to the Metroplex. So Saturday I left Denton (100 miles from WF) at 8:00a.m. and arrived home at 1:30pm with no nerves left. Has anyone ever gone 20 miles an hour for approximately 60 miles? All the while sliding every 20 feet. Good night it was horrendous.
The NFL games were good this weekend and I had a fire going for three days straight so it was fun. The boys actually did great being inside this whole time. Taking my dog out in the cold was less than fun but hey I survived.
I also had one of my players that wants to walk on this spring get to school this weekend and go toa party, pass out, have two guys drive her back to the dorm, R.A. s get her in the building and she throws up in the foyer. So we're off to a great start this semester. I hope no one associated with my Athletic Director reads this blog!
I have been doing this lil Quiz things(Kirk, Jennifer, Kelly) and everyone quit asking the favorite color question - no one knows people's fav. color and no one cares if you do know. In fact its a tad weird if you know.

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Daily life

I'm not even going to go into the whole Ohio State thing. Good night did we not make any adjustments after the Michigan game?? Ohh I still can't believe it. I will not be a fair weather fan though I believe that we will be back!
It wasn't a good weekend to be a Cowboys and Buckeyes fan!
So heres how my day goes - well first let me tell you my responsibilities at work - that word has a lot of i's. Club soccer - out of season, MSU soccer - no students on campus, Student Center - see MSU soccer. I get up and take the kids to school and then head to the office. I stay there until about 11:30 or Noon depending on when the baby wakes from his nap at Kelly's work. Go get the baby from Kel and head home. Kelly usually gets home around two so I head back up to work to check mail and workout. Around four I'm home for the day. This sounds like I have nothing but I guess I'll make up for it when the semester starts, my Spring season starts and I go on a couple trips with students for the student center. For now though its not to bad a job.
I'll be honest my young one is wearing me out! He has to be held almost all the time. The kids whines more than life itself. To be fair hes teething but good night nurse!! I type this as hes at my feet screaming to be held and LaLaLaLa I can't hear himmmmm. Crap that doesn't work -

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Results of the last post!

Well my good friends the results are in. Kelly missed three!!
Missed:
2. - West Milton! I went to school in Sugar Grove!
7. 14-5 I would have accepted lost in the conference finals at home!
9. July 9th - you dated Dave after Darrin and before we were serious! very discouraging on the last answer!!!!

missed 3 - maybe not as smart about jeffy as you think!

Great call on the hockey answer and Dances with wolves!!!!

Game time!

O.k. one of the games that I watched was the Newlywed Game. Not for the stupid questions but actually I think the premise is awesome. Our office lunch this year they had all the department heads and their secretery's up there and it was hilarious. One Vice President had no clue about any of his secretery's hobbies or history. So in front of the blogging world I, Jeff Trimble, will challenge my wife, Kelly K. Trimble to see if she knows me as well as she thinks. I will dispense the questions and she shall (on my comment page) give her answers (guesses) and then in the next blog we will give the results.
Grading Scale:
Ten questions -
0 misses - You are right and I am an open book
1 miss - Everyone may miss one and feel no shame
2 misses - No biggie but lets focas and maybe listen to Jeff talk sometimes
3 misses - Maybe not as smart about Jeffy as you think
4 misses - "This is a dumb game and I'm barely trying"
5 misses - "I'm really supposed to want to listen to you?"
6 misses - ADHD
7 misses- "Hey I missed a few but did you watch Top Chef last night?"
8 misses- "Owen get out of the stuff, Scout stop biting me - why am I filling this thing out?"
9 misses - "Oh you want to know the real answers"
10 misses- "Jeff who?"

Questions-
1. What television show was Jeff not allowed to watch in elementary because he cried too much?
2. Town he lived in til he was 7?
3. What sport did he play in high school besides soccer?
4. Who was Jeff's first roomate/roomates at Grace?
5. Which movie did he leave the theatre because he teared up (in college - you were with him)? 6. What sport would he give anything to be able to play?
7. How did Jeff's second season as a head coach end up?
8. Which teammate did he punch in College?
9. After the breakups in college what month did you and Jeff get back together for good? (Jeff actually remembers the date!)
10. Where were you and Jeff's for the first kiss?

Well Kelly Kathryn Southerly Trimble lets here the answers - and no cheating!

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