15

I really don't know what to say. Today I have the opportunity to celebrate 15 years of marriage with Kel. My first instinct was to go on and on about my beautiful wife - which I will do. First let me say that without the Lord of my life this wouldn't be possible. Every marriage has challenges and ours is no different. We honestly had a point in our marriage that it could have gone either way as far as us still being together. I don't say this to be negative on such a great day but to be realistic and humble. Our marriage is successful because of our love and belief in God. I knew when I was going to blog about this day that credit to God should be the first thing I give.
My wife is exciting to say the least. I can really get into these patterns of habits. I love to do the same thing and be consistent with my life. Different days, I do the same things. Mondays - go to Rob's, Tuesd. Kel goes out, Wed. youth group night, you all see where this is going. I'm convinced thats why I have Kel. She respects the fact that I'm lost without predictability - I can't function when plans change. She still makes things exciting, in my very Dr. Spock (the star trek dude not the other dude who writes books about kids) like way of thinking. Her sense of humor is the best for me. No one gets my sarcasm like her. People think this guy is weird - and she gets the exact things I'm poking fun at. It also takes a special woman that can tell you how good you look then a half an hour later say "what wrong with your hair?" She challenges me daily and is patient in the same 24 hour period. Trust me I'm a moody, selfish, immature handful - just ask her friends - but she loves me and is patient. I think the thing to say is we all are flawed but finding someone to love us and make us feel special is rare - and I have that!

Love you Kel

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300

I have officially started the 300 workout. I'm still running four days a week but I wanted to try lifting a little (key word). I was invited to workout twice a week by Derek McDreamy Hughes and Paul McSteamy Walker. Derek had been doing this most of the summer and Paul just started before me so he wanted a new victim to join. We have a host of other characters involved: Jim Chandler, Charlie Eipper, Brian Wetherbee.

Coach Garfield (the def. coor. for Rider high) is the man that allows us to feel like small school children during this workout. Its simply the hardest 25 minute workout I will and have ever done. We do 300 reps of different weight all while trying to get our set done and move quickly to the next. This is not my normal - bench then sit on the weight bench and look around and then start benching again five minutes later - type of workout. We go from one station to another (usually about 6 or 7 total) and each station touches aka crushes on some different muscle group. We usually do 25 reps at each station til we get to the 300. We go through the thing twice which makes the second time around just a joy!
Its the best feeling in the world when you are done because I am totally exhausted. I really love that feeling, at least I know I still have some athletic traits. We usually go out to eat after and all sit and complain. Well Charlie usually just eats and listens to us complain. I'm being serious when I say its a great, exhausting work out thats a lot of fun. I just wish I had a Mcsomething nickname!

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SCC

Just got done watching Steven Curtis Chapman on Larry King tonight. I'm not sure I can explain how much I respect the Chapman family for how well the represented God tonight. Please if you didn't see it, catch up on Larry king online (through the CNN website) to watch a great interview, of a very difficult situation, for a Godlike family.

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The Lake

Sports Illustrated Action Shot

Fishing for badmintons

Hey all you party people. I forgot to inform everyone of my new title, World champion of badmiton. My friend Rob has a cabin down at Lake Graham and we have always ventured down there for fishing, relaxing, fishing and the World championship of Badmiton. The first five years were a disaster for Team Trimble. The fishing was good, food was great but not so successful on the court. We would always stay for two or three days and eat just great meals of fish, steak, chicken, and big breakfasts. Plus the time on the lake was great. Although the real purpose of the trip was to see who could win the World Championship! If you need to know, for the first five years of competition, I won once. I have to say though that this was big time. We would have our own uniforms and sponserships. We even had a year where we played through two days of rain (Rob's mom was not very happy with the yard being torn to pieces). There seemed to always be one big ugly theme - Rob won and I lost. I won the first time we played then suffered five consecutive loses and humiliation commenced. Kelly would refuse my calls, fish stopped biting on my hook, and Alec in my last year of defeat, changed his name. Times were tough kids. So about ten years have passed and we found some time to get back down to the Lake a week ago. We fished for three hours the first day then decided it was time. Badmiton net went up, rope for the lines went down and the press came a callin'. I have to say the first match was a match to remember. Rob up one game to none, Trimble wins game two, Rob cruises in game three, Jeffy battles and forces the final game five. Jeffy promptly gets routed in the fifth game and loses again. That's not all young readers, the best thing Jeff does all weekend commences next, he gets another match. The next day the press came back with anticipation of what the old 37 year old could do. I'm technically two hours older than Rob - weird I know, but we were born on the same day - same year with me getting the two hour head start. Well it payed off, I captured the next match three games to one!! We started a third and deciding match with him winning the first two games but were unable to finish because of light. I mysteriously didn't ask to play our last day. So I hold the trophy and the pride of knowing out of eight matches I have won two but right now I, Jeffrey Scott Trimble, am the defending champ. Here's hoping we never get the chance to play again - like Brett Favre I'm retiring, crap never mind.

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