Oops
Here's NOT how to start in a new house in a new town:
a) Don't forget your keys on Christmas day after driving an hour from Sydney to Mittagong with three young children well past their bedtime - requiring the wonderful grace of a nearby neighbour to bring his new Christmas grinder to grind the hinges off your back door at nearly 10pm (many thanks to my neighbour for that!)
b) Don't forget that you haven't fixed that gap under the side gate of your house, allowing your dog to escape and be found by a different neighbour who, with wonderful kindness, thoughtfully walks your dog to the nearest park to see if any Mittagong day tourist has lost their dog, before knocking on your door (and by the way, update your dog's tag and microchip)
Many thanks to my neighbours for their grace to us!
3 comments:
Great pic - and even better stories! You sure know how to break the local ice...
Being in need is actually an excellent way of making friends with neighbours. We're now good friends with our next-door neighbours after we locked ourselves out one night.
Aah Andrew,
Would have thought those issues were common sense but I well remember that moving brings on new levels of stress.
I would put it down to God wanting you to have great impacts on the lives of your neighbours and needing a way to meet them early.
Hope you are settling in well
Thank you Byron and Simon for your thoughts! Byron - how true your comments are...Simon, you are right - it's basic stuff but oh well. We live and learn and yes - we now know our neighbours and can share a good story together!
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