Tuesday, July 19 was bittersweet: we said goodbye to our old home and hello to our new one. The movers weren't scheduled to arrive with our things until Thursday, so we were left homeless for two nights. Luckily, the Schneider family was kind enough to take all three of us in!
Patrick, Krissy, Charlie, Winston, Jake and baby girl (due this December!) made us feel so welcome. Patrick is Jonny's older brother, and the whole Schneider clan are close family friends of the Truebloods. We are lucky to have them so close by -- only about a 7 minute drive. Charlie, who is only 2, uses an iPad better than I do, and Winston and Jake are Riley's new canine friends.
After catching up for awhile, we went to our room that evening to find this wonderful welcome bag. Inside were maps of parks and trails, city of St. Louis Park resources, airport parking information (they knew we'd need it!), a couple of local Minneapolis magazines, coffee and travel mugs from their favorite place, and a book Minnesota secrets and legends.
Patrick, Krissy, Charlie, Winston, Jake and baby girl (due this December!) made us feel so welcome. Patrick is Jonny's older brother, and the whole Schneider clan are close family friends of the Truebloods. We are lucky to have them so close by -- only about a 7 minute drive. Charlie, who is only 2, uses an iPad better than I do, and Winston and Jake are Riley's new canine friends.
After catching up for awhile, we went to our room that evening to find this wonderful welcome bag. Inside were maps of parks and trails, city of St. Louis Park resources, airport parking information (they knew we'd need it!), a couple of local Minneapolis magazines, coffee and travel mugs from their favorite place, and a book Minnesota secrets and legends.
When you move to a new place, you can count on asking lots of questions that start with "Do you know of a good ... (insert name of service here)...?" The Schneiders anticipated every possible ending to this question, and gave a list of recommendations and contact information for doctors, dentist, hair stylist (his and hers of course), spas/ skin care, home cleaning, tailor, florist, lanscaping, animal control and non-emergency police. And for Riley: the pet hospital, emergency vet, grooming and boarding. Wow. I think the only thing missing was an attorney, and I hope we don't need one soon! This list is very valuable -- and we have used it many times already!
We are so fortunate to have good friends!
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