874th Friday Blog Roundup

We are crawling towards winter break. Josh was able to schedule booster appointments for the twins because it’s the hap-happiest season of all. Part of me didn’t want to wait — we can do walk-in appointments at the pharmacy — but they were worried about feeling crappy afterward and not wanting to miss school before break. So we’ll kickoff break with a protection celebration.

We are not going anywhere, and we do not have anything we need to do. So we’re going to take break to watch television, go through old photos, read books, and laze about eating candy. I cannot wait.

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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 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:

• “Ufmünterli” (Elaine ohne Kind)
• “Review: Reclaiming the Childless Holidays” (Infertile Phoenix)

Okay, now my choices this week.

No Kidding in NZ has some seasonal thoughts of the reclaiming-the-holiday variety. She talks about her upcoming holiday and states: “I like to honour those little sparks of life who never made it here, but who helped make me who I am today. The best way I can do that is to embrace the life I have now, and live a good life.” I love that.

Grumpy Rumblings has some seasonal thoughts of the pandemic variety. She is forced to do COVID-math over and over again as plans change due to both new, external risks — omicron — and different choices by family members. It’s such stressful math because you’re balancing safety and feelings. I’m just glad people are writing about it and talking it out. Especially smart: “We’ve been going through potential scenarios so we don’t have to make decisions in the moment. What if SIL’s kids have obvious colds? What do we do? What if one of us gets sick, what do we do?”

Lastly, FinallyMyLinesNow returns with an update, a new baby, and a missing uterus. She tells the story over a few parts. It’s just a relief that they’re home and everyone is well.

The roundup to the Roundup: Winter break is coming. 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 December 10 – December 17) 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.