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!

Later

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!

Later

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!

Later

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.

Later
Later

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 -

Later

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!

Later