Oh how things change...and how they stay the same...

I am sitting here thinking about how this is my last Summer weekend and how my first day as a real TEACHER starts Monday.  Yes, it is just Professional Development/In-Service, but it will officially be the end of my Summer.  This got me thinking about what a friend said to me last night about how different your life can become in just one year...

She said she thought this would be a weekend where all of us were together celebrating.  We have a friend that is getting married this weekend, and unforeseen circumstances have altered our life paths and we won't all be together celebrating her nuptials. 

It makes you wonder....are your life choices always correct?  Are they always the best?  When I was a little girl I always wanted to be a teacher.  I always played teacher, and turned my bedroom into a classroom.  I had notebooks and posters and drawers full of "Teacher Stuff."  Then when I got older and in high school I changed from wanting to be a teacher to a  Crime Scene Investigator (Thank you television for that fad,) and then I wanted to be an event planner.  Troy didn't offer Event Planning per say as a degree so I settled on Broadcast Journalism.  I always loved being a part of the yearbook staff and the newsletter staff in high school; I guess I should have went with Print Journalism, but that's neither here nor there. 

For three years I worked at getting a job in Broadcasting, but I had no luck.  I didn't even get one bite.  So eventually, I became an Administrative Assistant at vonGAL where I made many memories and met my wonderful husband.  One night we were laying in bed and I was telling him how as a child I had always wanted to be a teacher, and that came to surface in my thoughts almost every day.  He said well you will never know unless you try, so lets try.  So we did.  And here I am 2 years and 8 months later with my Master's in Education, getting ready to explore the wild world of teaching.  Who knows?  In five years I may have had enough and want to become an astronaut or whatever you dream about doing after teaching, but for right now I couldn't be happier.  I couldn't be happier that a little over 2.5 years ago my husband gave me the nudge I needed to follow my dreams. 

So yes, things do change.  Like life plans, life goals, life friends, and even life partners.  But, there is one thing that will stay the same, and that is the need to follow your heart.  Yes, there will be people that tell you your life altering decisions are crazy, and sporadic, and stupid, these are the people you don't need.  Follow your heart, trust your gut and go with what feels right.  If I hadn't of done all of these things, I wouldn't be married to my wonderful husband, and I wouldn't be well on my way to my wonderful and exciting new career path.

Thanks for stopping by, and remember FOLLOW YOUR HEART!!!

2 years down!!!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!

Today is my 2 year anniversary!!!  2 years of ups and downs, ins and outs, laughs and tears, and so much fun I can barely stand it!!!  I never knew marriage could be so amazing!!!  I am so lucky to be with the most perfect man on the planet for me!!!

 

Yesterday, the husband and I were on the phone, because as most of you know, he is out of state and has been for far too long, and won't be back for far too long!!!! Sheesh!!!  Anyway, we were on the phone and my husband asked me, "Do you remember when we first started this, and things were so hard, and there was so much drama, and you were so upset all the time?  I looked at you and told you, one day the drama will all be gone, and it will all be easy?  Well baby, we have made it to easy."

 

I sat on the couch in my pajamas and pondered this statement.  Yes, he did tell me this over 2 years ago, and yes at the time I didn't believe him.  There were so many people that didn't understand us, and there were so many people that pre-judged our relationship, and there were so many people that had something to say about what we were doing wrong. 

 

I look back on it and laugh.  None of those people that had such a hard time understanding us are even in our lives anymore.  They made a choice.  They chose not to try and understand us, and they chose to go their own way.  The people that are in our lives now are also there by choice.  Our choice to love them, and their choice to love us.  I love that they love us no matter how much older one of us is than the other, and I love that they love us no matter how many kids we have or don't have, and I love that they love us no matter what kind of people we are.  As I sit here typing this on my lunch break at DPES, I am reminded that without these people that love us, our lives would be empty.  Yes we would have each other and our kids, but without our loving, trusting, there through it all friends, well.....our lives just wouldn't be the same.  THANK YOU FRIENDS!!!!  Thank you for loving us just as we are.  The fun loving, over dramatic, sometimes obnoxious, Alabama wearing, puzzle pieces that fit just right, COSBY'S!!! 

 

 I am also reminded, that without a wonderful, amazing, believing, compassionate, best friend, life partner, beautiful, sensitive, humorous, awesome, athletic, handy, gorgeous, smart, talented, god fearing man that I call my husband, well.....I wouldn't be the same.  My husband as been there for me through everything for the last 3 years, and without him I wouldn't be on my path to becoming something I have always wanted to be, a teacher.  I never would know the love that a step-mother has for her step-children, and I would never know what it feels like to be loved wholly and completely by one person.  THANK YOU HUSBAND for loving me with all of my flaws, all of my crazy, and loving me for who I am.  You make my life better.  I love you!!!!  THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING TWO YEAR MARRIAGE!!!  I can't wait to see what happens next!!!! 

Almost there...

Well this semester is coming to an end...YES...I have finally made it....I have reached the semester in which I will intern!!! Woo Hoo!!! That means if I make it through my internship, I will graduate with my MASTER'S DEGREE in May!!!!

Yes, I will be a Master of something other than the delirious world in which I live in HA HA HA!!!

Oh, you have no idea how excited I am!!! Excited to find a school I can call home, excited to decorate a classroom of my very own, but most of all I am EXCITED to have little babies that will come see me every day, and tell me about their night, and tell me about their troubles, and tell me ALL ABOUT stuff I hear about every day, but most importantly they will tell me about stuff that will help me learn how to TEACH them, and learn how to MOLD them, and learn how to HELP them. 

I saw this today on Facebook and it fits my mood about teaching perfectly....

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Oh how it will feel to see the light bulb go on, and see those precious little ones FIGURE something out...I just can't wait!!!  Have I told you I am excited about it yet????????

Excited Like....

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No it's excitement more like....

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Better yet....IT'S EXCITEMENT LIKE THIS.......

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If you are a Facebook friend of mine, beware....the next four months are going to be NOTHING but updates about my Grown Man Baby, my Step-Babies, my Intern Babies, or my Fur Babies....Go ahead and unsubscribe....it will keep you from hating me in the near future....

Love you all!!!!

As always, THANKS for stopping by!!! 

Elf on the Shelf Debacle Relived...Well Sorta :)

Christmas is on the way, and for those of you who were readers last year, you know I love Christmas!!! I especially love Christmas this year because I am able to decorate the Cape!!! I have to say my tree this year is my all time favorite, but you can be your own judge of it! 

Of  course I am biased, but take a peek at our Christmas Card picture....LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

OK, now who remembers the Elf on the Shelf Debacle of last year???? Yeah, the one that had you all rolling in your chairs because you could all imagine me just FREAKING out and Philly sleeping like a baby!!!

Well we had another ALMOST disaster this year...YEP....Santa loves to watch me squirm when it comes to moving that elf...

It was 2 am Monday morning, and I was going to move Hailey's elf.  I sneak past Lucy, our 65 pound boxer who was SOUND ASLEEP on the couch, or so I thought...

I sneak into Hailey's room, and I am trying to figure out where to move Bama to.  I then hear it....it's like a freight train coming my way....no, more like a HUGE HERD OF HIPPOS.....and then I see her....she is full speed ahead...headed straight for....OH NO.....HAILEY'S BED!!!

Have you ever tried to stop 65 pounds of furry, slobbery, fury????? It is NOT as easy as you would think....in mid flight, I tackle Lucy to the floor....Yep....we were in a heap on the floor....thankfully Hailey sleeps like a log....as I am in total relief that I have smashed Lucy onto the floor, she decides to roll over on her back, put all four of her paws into the air and stare at me like WHAT?  What did I do????

These fur babies, step babies, and grown man babies are gonna be the death of me!!! 

As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Biloxi Trip 2012

This past weekend, Phil and I went to Biloxi.  We had tickets to the Gary Allan concert, which was amazing by the way.  We had an awesome time, and really enjoyed our mini vacay away from all of the stress of our daily lives.  I uploaded several pictures of our trip.  Hope you enjoy!!!

 Dinner the first night at Farradays

 Before the Gary Allan concert :) 

Opening of the Gary Allan concert 

 Smoke Rings in the Dark

Life Ain't Always Beautiful 

The Guitar pick I fished out of the sound booth :)

 

Super pumped about our show souvenir 

Consequently I have a huge bruise from the dive into the sound booth - well worth it though :) 

As you can see, we had an awesome time!!! 

Thanks for stopping by!!! See ya next time, and hopefully I will be super excited because we will FINALLY be in the Cape!!!

No matter what...

I had a friend tell me once that the only thing he wanted in a mate was someone that stood behind them no matter what...I know you say well that's what anyone wants in a mate...well actually I asked him to go into more detail when he told me this, because I didn't entirely understand exactly what he meant.  He said that what he meant was that he wanted a woman that would stand behind him no matter what he was saying, and it didn't matter to whom he was saying it to.  He said he wanted her to back him up even if she knew he was wrong, because in a marriage and a partnership you will need that strength and commitment to get you through the tough things in life.  I kind of just brushed it off, because in the back of my mind all I could think about was, I don't want to back anyone up if they are wrong.  I have always been right about everything, I am not going to be on the wrong side of things (INSERT SARCASTIC LAUGH HERE.)

Last night an event occurred that allowed me to totally understand what he meant by what he was saying.  Philly and I had two softball games last night.  The first game was against a team who has a guy pitcher that has a personal vendetta against Way Off Base (Our Team) for one reason or another.  Let me set the mood for you so you can fully understand what happened.  I had walked and was on first base, and Philly was batting behind me.  He hit the ball to left field, kinda deep, but not too deep (which is why I was in this predicament in the first place.) I ran to second and thought I had enough time to get to third (mistake.) The ball beat me to the bag, but I decided to slide, and try to get under the tag.  From where I was I thought I was safe, everyone on my team thought I was safe, and all of our fans in the stands thought I was safe.  Well for whatever reason neither one of the umps were looking at the play.  For what seemed like 30 minutes they are staring back and forth at each other trying to decide if I was out or safe.  Since neither one of them actually saw the play, the ump behind the plate eventually decided I was out.


This is where the fun begins...I have never been one to keep my mouth shut if I disagree with something...I blame it on being a WAINWRIGHT, Philly says it's because I am CRAZY...either way I don't hush when I need to hush lol...(To set the record straight, I wasn't mad that they called me out, I was mad that they called me out when they didn't know if I was out or not...)  Since I was angry, I made a smart butt comment coming across the field that went something like this..."It's a shame that I get called out by two umpires that didn't even see the play."  Remember the vendetta holding pitcher I talked about earlier???? He decides he needs to get involved (BIG MISTAKE.)  After I made my comment about the umps not seeing the play he says "Yeah they did, they called you out."  (If I were a cartoon character, my head would have turned bright red, and smoke would have come out of my ears right here.)  Kinda like this....

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Since I immediately got angry, I spun around and told him "I wasn't talking to you, so why don't you stay out of it, and keep your mouth shut?"  He retaliated with something about accepting the play and me keeping my mouth shut.  I forgot to mention that my husband is standing on second base right behind the pitcher who is in a shouting match with his wife....the next thing I know I am back in the dug out and right as I turn around, I hear everyone yelling at Philly to get back on second base...Philly and the pitcher are about 5 feet from each other....there was about to be a throw down....or as Trish on our team said "Philly is about to go redneck trailer park on that guy!"  Ha!!!

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When Philly got back into the dugout (no calmer than before) I asked him why he got involved in the conversation with me and the pitcher, because I had it handled and he just looked at me said, "It doesn't matter if you had it handled, you are my wife and nobody is going to talk to you that way."  Plain and simple. That's all that was on his mind, I am his wife, it didn't matter if my original comment provoked the altercation, and he didn't even care if what I said was right or wrong.  I am his wife and nobody is going to talk to me that way.  He also said, "No Trish, if I was gonna go redneck trailer park out there, he wouldn't have been able to finish playing the game."  Only my husband.  I guess my reason for this post is to say, I have found my someone who stands behind me no matter what...no matter if I am right or wrong.  :) 

Have a good weekend y'all!!! 

Cosby Clan Vacation 2012 :)

Hey there!!! As I promised in my last post I have a lot of photos from our first family vacation to Orange Beach, Alabama...WE HAD A BLAST!!!

The water was a little rough and there was a red flag every day, but we didn't let that stop us from having fun!!! 

We also went to the water park and had an awesome time too!!!

Then we stopped by the store and bought some awesome stuff!!! 

Then we had dinner at Tacky Jacks :) 

And then we rode Go Karts at The Track 

Then on the last day I made everyone take family pictures...EPIC FAIL....the wind was AWFUL and the sun was BRIGHT!!! But....they turned out "OK"

All in all we had an AWESOME time...I can't wait until next year!!! 

SO MUCH in so little time!!!!

Hey there!!! It has been awhile since my last post, and BOY has there been so much that has happened in that short period of time! I never noticed how much stuff can get jam packed into the time frame of about 4 weeks or so....add kids to the equation and the events DOUBLE...TRIPLE...HECK....even QUADRUPLE!!!!! It's mind boggling really :) I have no idea what event came first so if some of this stuff double's back I apologize....try to stay aware Ha Ha!!! 

Ok I will start with the fact that the boys are leaving the public school system of Prattville (PHS) and starting at Autauga Academy this next school year. Philly and I are hoping they will have a better academic experience as well as less distractions. I went to Autauga Academy all of my 13 years and I have to say I LOVED IT!!! Hopefully the boys will have the same wonderful experience that I did!!!

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Next, I will move on to the fact that FINALLY....YES FINALLY....Cape Cosby is no longer a dirt mound and there is plumbing and foundation!!!! Now if this torrential downpour that is going on outside right now would stop I would be a much happier woman....because frankly I know we need the rain.....but I am going to be selfish and say I WANT MY HOUSE!!! 

Most of you already know that my precious, little Lily Bell went missing the Thursday before Mother's Day....I miss her dearly....and I was absolutely devastated when it happened....but we have recently replaced Lily Bell with sweet, amazing, fiesty Lucy Girl. She is a full-blooded Boxer that is now 11 weeks old as of yesterday :) I will say that she is a lot more difficult to sleep with than little Lily Bell is since she thinks she is a HUMAN and must take up the ENTIRE BED!!! She has already grown so much in the short time we have had her.....LOOK for yourself below :)

Now, did everyone have a good Memorial Day weekend??? I know it was like three weeks ago, but I haven't blogged since then. We had a great weekend....we joked about it being Old Folks Spring Break lol...we spent just about every day on the water except for Sunday when we had a WONDERFUL BBQ with all of our closest FRIENDS and FAMILY!!! Friday, however was the bearer of bad news when I, Heather the klutz decided I was going to try and jump the wake on the wakeboard and definitely crashed and burned.....2.5 hours and 7 stitches later my gash was taken care of....the picture below is somewhat gruesome.....If you have a weak stomach I advise to scroll quickly :)

It is now all better thanks to the wonderful care of the physicians at PriMed and the careful yet crafty handiwork of my hubby removing the stitches this past Monday....All's well that end's well right????

I finished the Spring semester at AUM keeping the 4.0 intact and I am already half way through the Summer semester.  After this semester I will only be 3 classes and one internship left from having my MASTERS DEGREE IN TEACHING!!!! SO EXCITED!!!!! 

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We leave for the beach on Thursday...it will be our FIRST vacation with the WHOLE COSBY CLAN!!!! I am so pumped and I can't wait!!! We are going to Orange Beach, Alabama....I will be sure to take lots of photos so you can see just how much FUN we are going to have!!! 

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Don't forget this weekend is Father's Day...get that special Daddy in your life something WONDERFUL!!! 

I hope I have managed to catch you up on all of the wonderful BLESSINGS we are being SHOWERED with...

As always, thanks for stopping by....