Hey everyone!! So I (Jess, the only one who ever types on here, ha ha) totally didn't realize that the last time I posted anything was in December!! I do apologize! However, our lives have not been that exciting for us to post anything.
What have the Padgett's been up to? A lot of nothing. :-) With Dave only coming home every other weekend, I've been able to make a long over due trip or two. I made it to Nashville to see my Big Sis Meghan. We had a great weekend together catching up and went to a winery!! Yum! We had our 'Mardi Gras' weekend much after Mardi Gras this year in Birmingham with Brooke, Sarah Beth, Chris, Laura, and Larry! That was a lot of fun! I went home for my mid-winter break (yes, I am SO going to miss having a week off every six weeks!! Savannah doesn't have the same schedule as I am on now! :-( ) I was spend some time with Mom, Dad, Casey, Madison, Mandy, and Garrett! Casey, Patrick, and Madison also came up one weekend when Casey's cousin Season was competing in a cheerleading (She is on the U of Maryland competitive cheer squad) competition in Atlanta. That was so crazy cool. Never in my life have I seen so much sparkle, make-up, and spandex!! It was totally fun though! Also since I last updated, I have lost my last living grandparent, my Grandmommie!! My Dad's mom. She hasn't been in the greatest health for the past year, but in March her health was going down fast. She went peacefully surrounded by most all of her children!! It was wonderful funeral. She had every one of her 8 children there, 17 grandchildren, and 18 of her 22 great grandchildren. I saw cousins that I had not seen in, really, it's been so long that I cannot remember how long it truly had been. It was just fantastic to see everyone, celebrate her life, and remember all the great times we had with her!
Dave is still working in Savannah and coming home roughly every other weekend. He is loving his job!! Right now he is a bit stressed with some trainings that he has to do on top of everything else that is still expected out of him and in his stores. He is keeping his head above water and making it through though. I'm just so excited and thankful that he found such a good job and a job that he is truly enjoying!! Wish we didn't have to live apart but even that is almost over now!! Wow, this year has gone by so fast!!
Me... I am working on finding a job!! Please keep my job in your prayers! I have sent my resume, cover letter, contacts, and letters of recommendation to every school (about 70 total) in 5 counties in the Savannah, GA area. Teaching in GA is not looking good, but there is hope for something to come along through my various connections. Right now we are gearing up for our state standardized test called CRCT!!! Yes, they give this crazy standardized test to FIRST graders!! Its crazy! This test is so frustrating. If someone walks by my door and sees me point at something... I can lose my job. If I say something that is not 'in the script'... I can lose my job. If for some reason my voice fluctuates or I look funny at something... I can lose my job. UGH really?!?!!... I went to college for 7 years, have two degrees, you allow me to be in a room with these kids for 10 mos out of the year, but I can't give a test on my own, help guide a lost child on the wrong number, or use expression in my voice? Wow!! Anyways... Welcome to GA! With that said... we only have 6 more weeks of school left. The kids are out May 28 and teachers are out on June 3rd. YAY!!! Dave and I have our apartment in Atlanta until early August so... as of now we'll be looking for an apartment in Savannah for the first few months and then once we're settled in (with me having a job, hopefully!!) we can start looking for a house in a nice area. We did not want to rush into anything and regret it later.
We hope you all have enjoyed catching up on our crazy boring lives. :-)
Hopefully I will update before too long again.
Peace out ... for now!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Happy Holidays
So it's the Holiday Season, and I (Jess) just have not been 'feeling' it. I wasn't sure if it was because Dave isn't here much because of work or because I'm not decorating for the holidays. Well today I bit the bullet talked to Dave about buying a small tree and just a few minimal decorations. So I did, and it's been nice to look at, except I forgot to get ornament hangers. LOL, oops! Why don't they sell ornaments with hangers? I don't get that!
So Dave has been at his new job for four weeks now, and is really enjoying it. It is a challenging job where he has a lot of paper work to do at home, and physical type work to do in each store. He is a Territory Manager for Valspar Paints (Lowe's paint brand). He has 7 stores he has under him and has to visit each week. He does all of the ordering, straightening up (if they Lowe's employee's aren't doing it), changes out signs (and light blubs) in their show cases, and pretty much anything with their name on it, if it needs to be done he has to do it. The Lowe's employee's aren't expected to do it, but sometimes they do see things that need to be done and do it, but ultimately it's his responsibility.
Thankfully he's able to live with his parents during the week and he comes home on most weekends depending on what is going on. It's been hard being away and alone, but I keep reminding myself he has a great job and I'll be joining him in June. The plan is for use to buy a house next summer in the Savannah area. I'll be searching for a job after the new year. So keep me in your prayers to finding a job. The education departments all over GA are all dealing with budget cuts, and so I'm afraid that finding a job might be rather difficult. Thankfully I do come with 5 years of experience, so we'll see.
I hope everyone is having a great Holiday Season, and We're sending you all our good Blessings!
We Love and Miss you all!!
Dave and Jess
(~Peace Out)
So Dave has been at his new job for four weeks now, and is really enjoying it. It is a challenging job where he has a lot of paper work to do at home, and physical type work to do in each store. He is a Territory Manager for Valspar Paints (Lowe's paint brand). He has 7 stores he has under him and has to visit each week. He does all of the ordering, straightening up (if they Lowe's employee's aren't doing it), changes out signs (and light blubs) in their show cases, and pretty much anything with their name on it, if it needs to be done he has to do it. The Lowe's employee's aren't expected to do it, but sometimes they do see things that need to be done and do it, but ultimately it's his responsibility.
Thankfully he's able to live with his parents during the week and he comes home on most weekends depending on what is going on. It's been hard being away and alone, but I keep reminding myself he has a great job and I'll be joining him in June. The plan is for use to buy a house next summer in the Savannah area. I'll be searching for a job after the new year. So keep me in your prayers to finding a job. The education departments all over GA are all dealing with budget cuts, and so I'm afraid that finding a job might be rather difficult. Thankfully I do come with 5 years of experience, so we'll see.
I hope everyone is having a great Holiday Season, and We're sending you all our good Blessings!
We Love and Miss you all!!
Dave and Jess
(~Peace Out)
Monday, November 2, 2009
It all just falls into place...
Hey everyone!!
So like I said in my last blog things just seemed to be going great if only Dave could find a job. Well... the time has come for Dave to get his job!! We got the news on Friday afternoon, that he was offered and accepted a position with Valspar Paints (Lowe's) as their Territory Manager in Savannah, GA. Yes, I know, FAR from home!! It's just something we had to take though giving the prospective jobs in Atlanta. We will be moving closer to his family. They are all in the Savannah area. This also helps out with him working now and me staying to finish out my contract in Atlanta. He is going to be moving down to Savannah and staying with his parents. Then after I finish my school year I will be moving down to join him. It only took a little time and faith that things would work out for the best. We're so grateful for all the thoughts, wishes, and prayers!! I'll be in Atlanta until June of next year (come and visit) and then after that we'll be in Savannah. You all know its a beautiful city that you want to come and see!! Now is (well next years) your chance!! Hope everyone is doing well and having a great week. I'm off to bed and ready to celebrate my 3rd furlough day of the year. It was going to be a paid teacher work day with no kids tomorrow, but they decided to make it a non paid furlough day, so at home I shall stay!! Well OK so I'm going to lunch with some good friends and getting a pedi too.
Take care and...
Peace Out... for now...
Dave and Jessica
So like I said in my last blog things just seemed to be going great if only Dave could find a job. Well... the time has come for Dave to get his job!! We got the news on Friday afternoon, that he was offered and accepted a position with Valspar Paints (Lowe's) as their Territory Manager in Savannah, GA. Yes, I know, FAR from home!! It's just something we had to take though giving the prospective jobs in Atlanta. We will be moving closer to his family. They are all in the Savannah area. This also helps out with him working now and me staying to finish out my contract in Atlanta. He is going to be moving down to Savannah and staying with his parents. Then after I finish my school year I will be moving down to join him. It only took a little time and faith that things would work out for the best. We're so grateful for all the thoughts, wishes, and prayers!! I'll be in Atlanta until June of next year (come and visit) and then after that we'll be in Savannah. You all know its a beautiful city that you want to come and see!! Now is (well next years) your chance!! Hope everyone is doing well and having a great week. I'm off to bed and ready to celebrate my 3rd furlough day of the year. It was going to be a paid teacher work day with no kids tomorrow, but they decided to make it a non paid furlough day, so at home I shall stay!! Well OK so I'm going to lunch with some good friends and getting a pedi too.
Take care and...
Peace Out... for now...
Dave and Jessica
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Finally... all settled...
Why helloooo...
So the last post was a bit of a stress/vent relief for myself! LOL! Yes the appraisal went through and we sold the house!!! We were out house hunting b/c we were hoping to get the tax credit for first time home buyers since I would be a first time home buyer. Well no... they look at the entire household and with Dave having bought a house, we weren't considered first time no matter how we 'signed' the paper work and all. So that did put a kink in our thoughts... With Dave not having a job, if we bought a house that would put him as HAVING to get a job in the Atlanta area. We went apartment hunting and found it to be cheaper, large enough, and some had garages for us to store our things in that wouldn't fit into the apartment. We found that renting an apartment would be the better way for us to go and it would also leave Dave open to find a job anywhere. He's been looking anywhere in the South-East area. (MS, AL, FL, TN, GA, SC) We also found a great one bedroom apartment with an attached garage. We went ahead with just a one bedroom (it was cheaper and it had the attached garage) because we said if for some reason Dave did get a job else where we would need to possibly be able to afford two apartments and doing a one bedroom is the cheapest way to go. Honestly now that we're moved in we aren't cramped at all (except for our closet!!). It's been great, our living room furniture is all up here and spacious. The only thing we wouldn't mind having is two bathrooms (LOL), but that's it!! It's been nice. We do not have anyone living above us, and we live above our garage and our neighbors garage, so we do not have anyone living below us either. It's a very nice apartment complex too. We were even able to bring up the futon for any guests that we might have. We might only have a one bedroom but we do still have room for guests!! AND I'm about 30 minutes CLOSER to work!! Ahhhh that's been nice!! We were living 45 minutes away from my work. So with that said... works been going... and we're finally all settled in. Now on to getting Dave a job!!! It's all finally falling into place!! Thank God!! Hope everyone is going great. Come and visit anytime!!
Peace Out!! For now...
Dave & Jess
So the last post was a bit of a stress/vent relief for myself! LOL! Yes the appraisal went through and we sold the house!!! We were out house hunting b/c we were hoping to get the tax credit for first time home buyers since I would be a first time home buyer. Well no... they look at the entire household and with Dave having bought a house, we weren't considered first time no matter how we 'signed' the paper work and all. So that did put a kink in our thoughts... With Dave not having a job, if we bought a house that would put him as HAVING to get a job in the Atlanta area. We went apartment hunting and found it to be cheaper, large enough, and some had garages for us to store our things in that wouldn't fit into the apartment. We found that renting an apartment would be the better way for us to go and it would also leave Dave open to find a job anywhere. He's been looking anywhere in the South-East area. (MS, AL, FL, TN, GA, SC) We also found a great one bedroom apartment with an attached garage. We went ahead with just a one bedroom (it was cheaper and it had the attached garage) because we said if for some reason Dave did get a job else where we would need to possibly be able to afford two apartments and doing a one bedroom is the cheapest way to go. Honestly now that we're moved in we aren't cramped at all (except for our closet!!). It's been great, our living room furniture is all up here and spacious. The only thing we wouldn't mind having is two bathrooms (LOL), but that's it!! It's been nice. We do not have anyone living above us, and we live above our garage and our neighbors garage, so we do not have anyone living below us either. It's a very nice apartment complex too. We were even able to bring up the futon for any guests that we might have. We might only have a one bedroom but we do still have room for guests!! AND I'm about 30 minutes CLOSER to work!! Ahhhh that's been nice!! We were living 45 minutes away from my work. So with that said... works been going... and we're finally all settled in. Now on to getting Dave a job!!! It's all finally falling into place!! Thank God!! Hope everyone is going great. Come and visit anytime!!
Peace Out!! For now...
Dave & Jess
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Here's to the future...
Oh goodness what a school year and a week!!! Where to begin...
So we start out our new school year, my 5th year teaching in GA, with 3 furlough days. UGH, that means, we had 3 working/paid days taken away from us. The first two, were our preplanning days. No Gov. Sonny we don't have ANYTHING to do in our classrooms those two days, we'd gladly stay at home and not work. Needless to say I was at work b/c either way furlough days or not, my room was expected to be completed and ready by open house Thursdays night. Well here comes Thursday night, I'm all ready to go, I have 15 kids, I'm waiting at my door to greet my new students, and here I get my 'new' class list with 23 students. Yes, 23 is our maximum this year. So the night continues and we can't give anything out to the parents b/c we were basically told to tell them that they might be in my class but then again they might not. My parents were so kind to me, but not happy about the situation at all!! Well also by the end of the night I had one more special ed. students so now I have 24 students in my room 5 of whom are special ed.
We are now in week 4 and we were told since the beginning of school, yes we see you need another teacher.... ok... so you see we need one school board, now what are you going to do about it? And we hear nothing.... then we hear, yes you should get one... then we hear no you might not get one... then we hear no you will not be getting one. I am freaking out. My class is FULL FULL of talkers and distractors for my special ed students. I have too many students!!! So we move four students out. I am now down to 20... ahhhh nice!! Then the VERY next day we were told move a teacher out of 2nd to first grade. OMG why couldn't they have done this 3 or 4 weeks ago??!?!!! Oh well... so I did get to move 4 more students out as well as other teachers that were maxed out. I am now down to 16 and it has been great!!
Then this past week... we were called up and said hey we want to show your house. Dave and I are like ok... whatever, this has happened about 3 or 4 other times, but we don't think our house has ever been showed. So we straighten up, and clean a bit but we don't go out of our way for anything. Go figure when we clean up like this we get an offer. Wow!! totally wasn't expecting that! What do we do? Man I have prayed so much this past week!! We didn't really care of the buyers offer, so we counter offer. His offer was a fair offer to begin with, but it's not what we wanted. He then counter offered again. We then sat down and really hashed out the pro's and con's or moving/selling and where would we go. Dave doesn't have a job. What do we do. We decide to reject the offer and possibly pull the house off of the market. We're good to go right? WRONG!! 10 minutes later the realtor calls back with the original counter offer!! We feel that this is a sign from God saying hey this is your last time, take it. I have given you 2 options to take it already, this is your 3rd and final chance. So we take it. Dave signed the papers and if the appraisal goes well it's a done deal. Closing will be on September 25, and we'd have to be out by the 29th of September.
OMG I'm freaking out!! We went out house hunting with Jon and his realtor yesterday around Newnan. Dave and I drove around to some area's that we thought might have some possibilities that we'd like. Who knows where we'll actually end up. We're looking at foreclosures mainly but there are houses out there in our price range too surprisingly. Please pray for us that we are heading in the right direction and find the house that is right for us!! We know we won't be able to find a house and sign on one before we close on our house, but we're hoping to possibly have something in mind by the end of the month!! We'd really appreciate the prayers right now!!
Peace Out!! That's about all for now... hopefully I'll be able to update again sooner with more information.
~Dave and Jess
So we start out our new school year, my 5th year teaching in GA, with 3 furlough days. UGH, that means, we had 3 working/paid days taken away from us. The first two, were our preplanning days. No Gov. Sonny we don't have ANYTHING to do in our classrooms those two days, we'd gladly stay at home and not work. Needless to say I was at work b/c either way furlough days or not, my room was expected to be completed and ready by open house Thursdays night. Well here comes Thursday night, I'm all ready to go, I have 15 kids, I'm waiting at my door to greet my new students, and here I get my 'new' class list with 23 students. Yes, 23 is our maximum this year. So the night continues and we can't give anything out to the parents b/c we were basically told to tell them that they might be in my class but then again they might not. My parents were so kind to me, but not happy about the situation at all!! Well also by the end of the night I had one more special ed. students so now I have 24 students in my room 5 of whom are special ed.
We are now in week 4 and we were told since the beginning of school, yes we see you need another teacher.... ok... so you see we need one school board, now what are you going to do about it? And we hear nothing.... then we hear, yes you should get one... then we hear no you might not get one... then we hear no you will not be getting one. I am freaking out. My class is FULL FULL of talkers and distractors for my special ed students. I have too many students!!! So we move four students out. I am now down to 20... ahhhh nice!! Then the VERY next day we were told move a teacher out of 2nd to first grade. OMG why couldn't they have done this 3 or 4 weeks ago??!?!!! Oh well... so I did get to move 4 more students out as well as other teachers that were maxed out. I am now down to 16 and it has been great!!
Then this past week... we were called up and said hey we want to show your house. Dave and I are like ok... whatever, this has happened about 3 or 4 other times, but we don't think our house has ever been showed. So we straighten up, and clean a bit but we don't go out of our way for anything. Go figure when we clean up like this we get an offer. Wow!! totally wasn't expecting that! What do we do? Man I have prayed so much this past week!! We didn't really care of the buyers offer, so we counter offer. His offer was a fair offer to begin with, but it's not what we wanted. He then counter offered again. We then sat down and really hashed out the pro's and con's or moving/selling and where would we go. Dave doesn't have a job. What do we do. We decide to reject the offer and possibly pull the house off of the market. We're good to go right? WRONG!! 10 minutes later the realtor calls back with the original counter offer!! We feel that this is a sign from God saying hey this is your last time, take it. I have given you 2 options to take it already, this is your 3rd and final chance. So we take it. Dave signed the papers and if the appraisal goes well it's a done deal. Closing will be on September 25, and we'd have to be out by the 29th of September.
OMG I'm freaking out!! We went out house hunting with Jon and his realtor yesterday around Newnan. Dave and I drove around to some area's that we thought might have some possibilities that we'd like. Who knows where we'll actually end up. We're looking at foreclosures mainly but there are houses out there in our price range too surprisingly. Please pray for us that we are heading in the right direction and find the house that is right for us!! We know we won't be able to find a house and sign on one before we close on our house, but we're hoping to possibly have something in mind by the end of the month!! We'd really appreciate the prayers right now!!
Peace Out!! That's about all for now... hopefully I'll be able to update again sooner with more information.
~Dave and Jess
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Summer is almost over...
So nothing much has happened, changed, or occurred since my last post. I (Jess as usual) am just really bored at the moment and procrastinating from doing school work. School work you say? Yep, I'm trying to get as much done ahead of time as possible. They (the evil Government/School Board) took two of our pre-planning days (of course the first two days, Monday and Tuesday) which means I have two less days to get everything ready for open house Thursday night. My room is pretty much ready to go, but now I'm just trying to get everything ready for the parents and the first day/week of school. Oh well... life goes on.
Mom is still improving and doing great. She's driving now and has her last week of therapy ahead of her. Her sister and niece from Baltimore are coming down Wednesday for about two week. I'm super excited for her to see them. They're going to all come up to Auburn one weekend and we're going to meet them there as well. Her sister has lost a lot of weight (80lbs at least) and has been my motivation since I put a lot of my weight back on.
Speaking of weight, Dave and I have been going to the gym strong and faithful now. We're getting back into the routine of going and eating right. I asked him to make me go every day even if I say that I do not want to go. LOL, He has made me stick to it, and I thank him for that!! I might not thank him on the way there, or while I'm there, but usually on the way home he gets a thank you! :-)
Nothing is new in the job world for Dave at the moment. Keep us in your prayers that something comes up soon. I am so ready for some sort of 'vacation/travel'. Well I'm off to maybe stop procrastinating.. ha ha ha
Peace Out! Until next time...
Mom is still improving and doing great. She's driving now and has her last week of therapy ahead of her. Her sister and niece from Baltimore are coming down Wednesday for about two week. I'm super excited for her to see them. They're going to all come up to Auburn one weekend and we're going to meet them there as well. Her sister has lost a lot of weight (80lbs at least) and has been my motivation since I put a lot of my weight back on.
Speaking of weight, Dave and I have been going to the gym strong and faithful now. We're getting back into the routine of going and eating right. I asked him to make me go every day even if I say that I do not want to go. LOL, He has made me stick to it, and I thank him for that!! I might not thank him on the way there, or while I'm there, but usually on the way home he gets a thank you! :-)
Nothing is new in the job world for Dave at the moment. Keep us in your prayers that something comes up soon. I am so ready for some sort of 'vacation/travel'. Well I'm off to maybe stop procrastinating.. ha ha ha
Peace Out! Until next time...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Back together in Georgia!!
So I (Jessica) am back home in Milner, GA. I have to say I did miss my bed (more than I really thought I did) and my husband!! I have a meeting with work this week, so I needed to get back home, and get ready for that. Mom is doing great, and is really independent now, so it was a good time for me to leave her too. She is officially walking with no assistance (no walker/cane), except every now and then when she feels she needs something, she can use her cane. She has been doing great from what I can tell, especially from where she was before the surgery. I'm really proud of her for finally going through with the surgery and am so happy to have been able to be there to help her get back to 'normal' afterwards!!
We had a great 4th of July weekend! We started that Friday, the 3rd, going to Ocean Springs, MS, to visit family. My cousin has a beach house there and they were in town with their 3 girls as well as my Aunt and Uncle. Her brother, wife, and one month old baby were coming into town too. Of course I wanted to see the new baby, and play with my cousins 3 young girls!! They were so much fun, and of course the baby was absolutely adorable!!
Saturday the 4th, we got up and loaded the car, and headed to Auburn, AL to meet up with Dave. We just hung out at the trailer for the day. I cooked dinner and we had our good family friends over from Opelika. They are so fun!! We just enjoyed the evening eating, talking, and eating some more. We were so busy talking that we totally forgot about maybe going to see fireworks. We heard them though, LOL!!
Sunday the 5th, we loaded up and headed home. Mom and Dad headed to Mobile, and we headed home. It was good to be home, however, now 'the real world' hits. Bills, laundry, cooking... it's all good though!!
Peace Out!! Until next time...
We had a great 4th of July weekend! We started that Friday, the 3rd, going to Ocean Springs, MS, to visit family. My cousin has a beach house there and they were in town with their 3 girls as well as my Aunt and Uncle. Her brother, wife, and one month old baby were coming into town too. Of course I wanted to see the new baby, and play with my cousins 3 young girls!! They were so much fun, and of course the baby was absolutely adorable!!
Saturday the 4th, we got up and loaded the car, and headed to Auburn, AL to meet up with Dave. We just hung out at the trailer for the day. I cooked dinner and we had our good family friends over from Opelika. They are so fun!! We just enjoyed the evening eating, talking, and eating some more. We were so busy talking that we totally forgot about maybe going to see fireworks. We heard them though, LOL!!
Sunday the 5th, we loaded up and headed home. Mom and Dad headed to Mobile, and we headed home. It was good to be home, however, now 'the real world' hits. Bills, laundry, cooking... it's all good though!!
Peace Out!! Until next time...
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