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Graphic of new neighborhood Put on the email doc
How about some chocolate chip cookies? Have in Pixie Dust Put in the headline
Why don’t the current homeowners Gordon Viggiano welcome new homeowners when they move into their neighborhood??? PAUSE The new homeowners have to be a little stressed …so we should enjoy making them feel welcomed with chocolate chip cookies. PAUSE
We Moved Into A New Neighborhood
When we moved into this neighborhood, 2 neighbors came to greet us and welcome us. PAUSE Don’t get me wrong: I am delighted that those 2 put in the effort. PAUSE
And those people still say HI to us after all our 4 years in this development. But I still feel like more neighbors should have done something, maybe by offering some chocolate chip cookies.. PAUSE PAUSE
A few people just moved in and I was very excited. PAUSE But when I walked past them, …they would retreat into their garage! And this happened MANY times. PAUSE I wondered…Why???? PAUSE
Back In The Day
When this happened in the way distant past, I would walk over to them and introduce myself. PAUSE
I would say: Where are you from? PAUSE
Different Angle Do you have kids?
How old are they?
Where do you work?
Where did you meet?
How long did you date before you got married?
How did you know that this WAS the one for you? Etc… PAUSE
Back When I Was Young
Fast forward to a couple years ago…. I would go over to meet the new neighbors, and then I would freeze when they asked Me questions. PAUSE
Different Angle I don’t know if you noticed, but I am a bit awkward since my stroke 12 years ago. Different Angle
So me going on my own wasn’t going to work. I could ask Jill to join me, but we needed to bring ….something.
I thought: why can’t we make chocolate chip cookies for them? I asked my wife Jill PAUSE and she loved the idea! PAUSE
Jill Was Up For The Idea
PAUSE Of course, I didn’t want her to do all the work, …so here is what we agreed upon:
Gordon Type On computer screen
– Buy the chocolate chip cookie dough
– Start the oven
– Layout the chocolate chip cookies on the pan
– Cook the chocolate chip cookies
New Screen
But I needed some help. So Jill would:
Jill
– Put the chocolate chip cookies in a bag
– Label the chocolate chip cookies: from the Viggiano’s
– Help me deliver the chocolate chip cookies
When we got ready to deliver the chocolate chip cookies for the first time last week, she wanted to make sure we wouldn’t take the whole afternoon some graphic showing me babble asking questions. . PAUSE I assured her that we would not. PAUSE
Chocolate Chip Cookies
PAUSE Here is a little something we put together so could know our new neighbors. Our Neighborhood It’s kind of crude PAUSE but it does work. PAUSE You think a redesign would be something that PAUSE Jill should do? PAUSE Snicker