Jamie Thingelstad

It seems that Lucky enjoys reading the classics. 😂

Apple update day.

We have a new dog! Lucky joined our family today! She’s our new Bernedoodle.

Getting takeout from Tap Society! Delicious cheeseburgers and we need to support our local businesses! 🍔🍔🍔

I’ve “rebooted” my gratitude journal. 🙏 This may seem like the worst time possible to do that, but I suspect that makes it the best time possible.

Doing family voting process for potential dog names! Scout and Milo are at the top. Lucky, Cosmo, Sandy, and Ziggy are the next tranche.

I was able to spend some time this morning with my good friend Michael Rock on FaceTime over coffee. Mike is an emergency physician on the front-line of the pandemic and also oversees clinical physician operations at a number of hospitals. I was very curious to see how his world was being impacted by Covid-19. Amongst all the very real challenges that you read about, he shared some snippets of caring with me that touched me greatly.

• Construction companies have shown up at the hospital with N95 masks that they use for sanding, giving them to the doctors/nurses knowing they need them more.
• Restaurants that have seen business evaporate have cooked meals and brought them to the hospital so that healthcare professionals can easily access a meal.
• Companies that set up tents for events and are now idle have volunteered to come and set up tents outside so they can get more space to operate.

These are the kinds of stories we need to hear in times like this. People focused on helping those around them.

As we were talking he shared some areas where technology experts may be able to help by using digital tools instead of protective equipment to provide service. We all should seek out areas that we can help those around us in the coming weeks and months.

This sales data is remarkable. From our municipal liquor store…

Edina Liquor
The three Edina Liquor stores were closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. We moved all sales to our online portal and home delivery service. On Wednesday, we generated $8,300 in revenue. For perspective, that is $403.00 more than an average Wednesday operating with three retail locations during the same time frame. We ended the day on Wednesday with close to 200 online orders and over $20,000 in revenue – again, in line with an average Wednesday with three open stores. Based on our sales data over the past 10 days, if we maintain the current delivery volume through the month of March, Edina Liquor will exceed our growth target of 3.5 percent year over year and essentially be unharmed by this closure.

Local transformations are going to happen at a blinding pace as we go through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yeah, about time. 🍺

After three days of working from home my daughter (14) asks “Dad, when do you do your work? All you do is talk to people all day?" 🤩

I’ve been using my Peloton gear more and would like to have more connections there. If you are on Peloton, give a follow to “JThingelstad”. 🙌🚴🏼‍♂️💦

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

Donated to Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery. Organizations like this are going to need to help a lot of people soon. Think about where you might be able to help in your community.

Celebrating π Day! Chicken pot pie, followed with Chocolate Peanut Butter pie. All homemade! 🥧🤤

See Pi Day Collection.

In this time of Covid-19 it would be a good gesture for Xfinity, AT&T, and other broadband and wireless carriers to remove data transmission caps on customers.