Yay Got job

Well the printing press called me this morning with a job offer. I start next Monday or Tuesday depending on what crew i will be on. The HR person is going to talk to the press supervisor and call me back to tell me what day I will start. I will post more about it once I find out more but for now thought I would let everyone know I start work next week.

Horton Cellars Wine Tasting Trip

Leaha and I went to Horton Winery today to taste some wine. We couldn't get a tour today the tasting room was to busy for us to get a tour today. We plan on going back during the week for a tour. Leaha took some pictures of us there and us tasting some wine. It was a fun time. We learned a little bit about wine and tasting. I found out I like a sweeter wine and not so much a dry wine. To my surprise my favorite was a white wine called Niagra. I also liked the raspberry cabernet Fanc, and a apple dessert wine called Eden. For the pictures of us you can go to Leaha's blog to see them.

Later on tonite we are going to carve the two pumpkins we got at the pumpkin patch. And than I have to get ready for tomorrow the big Patriots vs Dallas game. Keith and Logan are Dallas fans so I'm going to be outnumbered in the cheering for the Patriots.

I'm supposed to hear back from the printing press by Wednesday with a job offer so hopefully this will be my last week of looking for work. I already took the pre-placement drug test on Thursday so the job hunt is looking up.

Kings dominion

Kings Dominion is the Amusement park We went to last year when we came down to VA.
The link shows the web site.

http://www3.paramountparks.com/kingsdominion/attractions/index.cfm

Time for a new post.

Well it has been a while since my last post. To be honest there has not been all that much going on I'm still looking for work. I have had a few interviews that have gone well. Still waiting to hear from them though. The walmart distribution center has called me back for a second interview and I will be going for a 3rd. Not sure when the 3rd interview will be yet I was told they would call me next week to set up the 3rd interview. The person that gave me the second interview said the 3rd interview is pretty much to offer you a job and to take a pre-placement drug test before they hire you. Hopefully that will happen next week.

I have been looking around on the internet and found a pumpkin patch Leaha and I are going to go to either this weekend or next week to pick our own pumpkins. They take you on a hayride to the pumpkin patch from the farm. They also have a corn maze that should be a fun time.

We are also supposed to go to kings dominion for there Halloween festival that they have there I can't wait.

All unPacked

Well we are all unpacked and the truck was taken away today. So far we have not found anything broken. We have not opened everything but looks good so far. Some stuff went straight from the truck to storage. Hopefully when we open those boxes all will be good. We have been pretty busy unpacking and moving things to the storage unit the last couple days.

I have also been applying at other places than the few places where my brother-in-law and his friend work at. I found two printing presses that do what I did when I worked at dingley press. So hopefully one of them will call me back. I sent them my resume today.

Today Leaha and I rested we didn't do to much. Though it was are first trip into Charlottesville by ourselves today. Horray we didn't get lost. Charlottesville is about 22 miles from the house. We just went into Target and PetSmart. We ate at pannera Bread company. It was good. Tonite Leaha is gone grocery shopping with her sister so I had some time to throw up this post. The post should get a little bit more frequent now that we are pretty much settled in.

There is a lot of jobs around here that are hiring for more than 12.00/hr. I'm going to concentrate on applying to all of them that I can tomorrow and Monday. I should see Eric this weekend too so he will let me know about a job where he works.

So far I like it down here . It is kinda weird seeing so many trees and none of them being pine trees though. All the red clay is a bit different too.

Well I guess that is good for today I will talk to you all later.

We Made It

Well we made it to Virginia. It was a very long drive but we are here. The first day we drove 9 hours to Middletown New York. We met up with our friend Lary and he took us out to dinner. That was great finally getting to meet him. Leaha has known Lary for as long if not a year or so longer than she has known me.

The drive was not to bad the only somewhat stressful part was driving through Hartford, CT.
and that was not to bad.

The second day of driving felt like we would never get finished driving through PA. I think it took us about 4 and a half hours to get through PA. After that It took us about 1 hour to get through Maralynd and West Virginia into Virginia. Once we got into Virginia it took us about 2 hours to get to Leaha's sisters house. We got here and started settling in around 3:30 on thursday.

Today we did a lot of errands like go to the grocery store and opened our checking and savings account. We also went to the career center for me and DHS for Leaha.

Our stuff is in Richmond right now and will be delivered to the house on Monday. I'm pretty excited about getting all our stuff so we can have some of the things we are already noticing we are wishing we had. :) But all has been good so far I will start in on the looking for work next week.

I guess that is about all I have right now I will post more in a few days.

Sat before we leave

Well I have a lot of stuff already sitting on the truck. It got here about 9am yesterday. At first glance it didn't look like the 8ft would cut it but now that so much stuff is on the truck it looks like the 8ft will be enough space. I hope so anyway but looks good right now.

Today we are going over to the Lynch's for a party. It is Rachel's b-day party and also a chance to see everyone before we leave. Everything is going pretty good right now. Not very much to post about because things have been just about the same since we finished packing the boxes. 

But just wanted to give a little update on how things are going. Leaha took some pictures the other day hopefully later today I can get some of those pictures to put up on here. 

Some pictures from at Acadia

Here is some pictures of Me, Logan and his friend Brandon near thunder hole.

We had a pretty fun day. HAHA the picture in the go carts is me just 

having passed my nephew Logan.

one week

Well only one week left until we head down to virginia. Next week at this time of day we will be on the road and should be in about new hampshire.  Today I have to go and apply for 3 jobs for my unemployment. Not much else is going on right now. Saturday we are going to a party to say bye to the Lynch's. 

9 days till move.

Well not  much going on today. I had to call and get my unemployment straightend out. Got that taken care of.  I also got told that I didn't have to do work searches if I started looking into going to school. So I called the person at the  carrer center who is working the Nautel case. To see what I need to do so when i get down to virginia I can hopefully start going to school. 

So that was a little bit of good news. It gives more hope that everything is going to go just fine once we get down there. 

Other than that I am going to pack up one box. With some of the misc. things  we have foudn laying around. 

I will let you know about the outcome from talking to the carrer center about the schooling.

Sunday with mom and dad

Well my parents came to visit today. We went out to the mall and had lunch at Applebees. It was good I had the Bruchetta burger. Yum I think we went to almost every store in the area. It was nice to visit with them. They said they would be back up next weekend to see us again before we head to virginia. I'm glad because I will miss them being so far away. 

Fun At Kasie's and Damon's

Well we had a good time at Kasie's and Damons place tonite. Kasie made some spaghetti and Meatballs YUM it was good. It was nice just to hang out with friends after a busy week of packing. We also watched the movie premenition with Sandra Bullock. Excellent movie by the way. It was a very twisted movie but  in a good sort of way. 

When the night came to an end. Saying see you later was pretty hard on Leaha and I. After all Kasie and Damon are our best friends. And we love Patience as much as we would our own child. 

We will definatly miss the three of you, along with everyone one else we are moving away from. Moving to Virginia is not the hard part it is moving away from our family and friends we love that is the rough part. But even though it is hard we are going to be there for eachother and keep ourselves strong. We are definatly going to keep in touch as much as  possible with everyone. I intend to keep updating my Twitter micro blog everyday, and this blog as often as time allows. 

Tomorrow my parents are coming over and we are going out. So till tomorrow. 

First resting day

Yeah we get to rest and have fun today. We are going out with Kasie and Damon around 2pm today. It is a nice hot day today good for the American Folk Festival. I'm glad you had nice weather for it mom and dad. 

The pool is green again so I have to try and get it back to blue waters and let Skip know how to keep it that way. The pool is a bit of work when you open it but it isn't that bad once it is all set. But the cold nights with all the rain we have had the last couple of weeks turned the water to alage ridden it should be back to normal before the weekend is over though. The cold nights has cooled the water down quite a bit. It makes it a little harder to get in and vacum it. 

Well I have to go and get ready not sure what we are doing tonite probably eating out and a movie.  

Almost done

We only have a little bit left to pack mostly our bed, tv, and tivo and our computers. Most of which will not get packed up until the truck is dropped off on the 31st to load up. I'm excited and a little scared about the move. On one hand I can't wait to experience living in another state and see the different opportunities that are presented to me. But on the other hand I'm moving away from my family. These feeling are not new at all, it has been a long battle for the last 4 months while we were thinking about what to do. 

There is not a whole lot else going on just trying to talk to and see everyone while pack and get ready for the move.

Friday and getting closer to being done packing

It is only about 10am and I have already been pretty busy. I had to run around looking for boxes this morning. I went to two different hannaford's this morning and neither one of them had any boxes for me. They crush them as soon as the store opens. Apparently on fridays they open before 8am. So after both of them shot me down I headed towards the mall area, and went to wal-mart thankfully they had quite a few boxes. Hopefully it will be enough to get us through the rest of the packing. 

I'm also trying to decide if I should take the roadside assistance for my cell phone it is only 2.99 a month and could be very handy on our long drive if something should go wrong. It is still in the air but I'm thinking I may take it.

Well that is all for this morning time to get busy packing I guess.

Another day of packing

We got a lot of packing done today. We filled up all our boxes so I have to get up early tomorrow morning to go to shop-n-save and pick up some more, hopefully they have some. We should have almost everything done tomorrow. (crosses fingers). Most of the bedroom will wait till the end of next week so we can still have our computers and tv until then.

Picture of us at Acadia

Leaha and I walking near thunder hole in acadia national park.

We had a lot of fun that day. I got to scale some rocks. Though

It wasn't a very sunny day.

More packing

Well we finished packing up our clothes, books, movies, and what ever else was in the back bedroom. I'm not even sure. So that leaves the bathroom and our bedroom. And what ever kitchen stuff Leaha is taking. We mostly have pictures and electronics left. 

I hope we are just about fully packed by the end of this weekend.  I'm not sure if that will happen or not but I can hope. That is pretty much all I have been up to today. 

Leaha had to see her doctors today to get her perscriptions filled before we go. We were not able to get the medicines in a 3 months supply like we hoped. 

Nancy had me make the lasanga today so I could remember the recipie better. She makes awesome home made sauce. Nice and spicey just the way I like it. I am also going to learn how to make the chilie and macaroni.

We decided to call it a night. I may still do some things after supper but for now we are both in resting mode. It has been a long few days. Well i guess I don't have much else to say today.

Keep on checking in I will update as often as I can. The little posts on the right side Should be updated daily anyway. So it is a little bit of info on what is going on and this blog will get updated as much as I can.

Our new address

Our new address is going to be 10 hound dog blvd. gordonsville, VA 22942 and my new cell phone number is 540-406-3018 It will be the number I have starting August 24th. 

Rollie wanted to help pack.

Rollie thought he would help by holding the mattress down. 

Leaha In her Black Dress

Doesn't she Look Good.

Started Packing Today

Leaha and I started packing today. There is a lot to do. We Are using some of those bags you pack stuff in than suck the air out of them. We are going to have to contiune packing tomorrow. 

We also have to go to Leaha's two doctor appointments tomorrow so we can get her medicines refilled before we go. 

A couple pictures from the party.

Our Duke

My Rollie

Day 1 of Blog

Well today was another busy day for Leaha and I. We picked up some space bags to store our sheets, sweaters and comforter in. Takes up a lot less space that way.

We also had to pick up a few things for Rollie to travel with. He needed a carrier, leash, and harness to travel. 

I also finalized our trip route we are taking, booked our hotel room, and got my new cell phone number. The number by the way is 540-406-0318. I don't have the phone yet but will have it before we leave on Sept. 5th.  

There is still a lot of stuff for us to do. Tomorrow we are going to start packing. That should be a lot of fun. Well I'm going to try and keep this updated everyday.

Leaha is also starting a blog that is going to have all kinds of pictures she takes on our drive down as soon as i have the link I will post it.