799th Friday Blog Roundup

Remember how I told you I fixed the freezer? I may have spoken too soon. On Monday, the freezer started making an awful rattling sound whenever we opened the door. We Googled online, but we could only find sites talking about this sound happening when people closed the door.

So we took the panel off again (we’re now pros at this) and discovered that we never dealt with the chunks of ice that were on the panel itself. The fan could spin, but it rattled as it clunked against the ice. So we spent the evening directing a stream of hot air from a hair dryer at the back panel as it hovered over a bathtub to catch the dripping water.

It made us feel like adults.

I mean, in the sense that no one was coming to save us and we had to deal with the wonky freezer. We put everything back together and plugged it back in, and so far so good.

By the way—if you don’t have one—refrigerator thermometers will tell you before you lose everything in your refrigerator that you have problem. We only discovered this tool after we lost everything in the refrigerator. But at least we’re good to go from this point forward if the freezer ceases to work again.

Second time is a charm?

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

The Road Less Travelled covers Father’s Day amongst other topics. “Dh admitted last night that he sometimes gets jealous of BIL and his obvious pleasure in being a grandfather. BIL has a huge heart, and he’s always been very generous about including us in things and assuring us that we are an important part of the family.” But, of course, even the biggest hearted people sometimes don’t notice what they’re doing. The post captures the quietness of the weekend this year. (P.S. I’m a little jealous of the future haircut. We don’t have one on the horizon yet.)

Slaying, Blogging, Whatever is remembering her grandmother on what would have been her 100th birthday. She writes, “I know I am projecting. I know it is mere fantasy. But, that is what we do when we miss people’s presence in our lives.” So true.

Lastly, My Foxy Family is navigating a difficult relationship. She explains: “He asked me to tell him my thoughts, to be honest even if it’s hard for him to hear. But I don’t want to hurt him. And I’m still not sure if it is safe to be vulnerable when I’ve been burned too many times.” Parenting after infertility is not always the happily ever after. She writes on her sidebar: “Infertility turned my world upside down and led my sober husband back to drinking.” Sending peace of heart.

The roundup to the Roundup: Freezer fixed for real. (I think.) Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 19 – 26) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.