954th Friday Blog Roundup
The ChickieNob asked a great question at dinner this week: Which favourite food would you never eat again if you were told you had to give it up? You couldn’t cheat and name something you didn’t really love. You had to take one of your favourites and say goodbye forever.
The Wolvog had a hundred questions (“Would I have to watch other people eat it?”) and tried to choose something that definitely wasn’t a beloved food. I said goodbye to mashed potatoes. I love them, but I love pasta more.
What would you give up?
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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. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:
- “The Grass Is Not Always Greener” (No Kidding in NZ)
Okay, now my choices this week.
AndMom returns! She tells us what has been happening for the last 1,237 days, voicing her frustration with a world that has moved on from the pandemic when her family cannot.”No one will be careful for us – or themselves. I have spent the past 3 years reading the studies, looking for any evidence that we’re overreacting. Looking for a reason to loosen up. After all, everyone else has. But all I see is more and more evidence that I don’t want this virus.” Me too. Which is why we still mask.
Lastly, FinallyMyLinesNow is also back with an update about her childcare nightmare. Like this gem: “She arrived. On day 4 she informed us she’d lied about all of her experience and she left, stealing our towels, picture frames, and toiletries on her way out. We were once again sans childcare.” Illness also rocked the family, and you can see how tiny moments add up to huge issues that impact every facet of the day. It’s a good reminder that we never know what someone else is dealing with beyond what we see.
The roundup to the Roundup: Foods on the imaginary chopping block. 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 July 28 – August 4) 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.
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Oh, that food question is really tough. My list of things I couldn’t give up is long – my first thought was fresh tomatoes. I adore them, but I managed not to eat them for three years (just because they weren’t nice there) in Thailand years ago, and so I think I could survive without them, as long as I can still have the canned variety. But no more tomato sandwiches ever? It’s one of the great joys of summer! So maybe cake? Cake seems too easy to give up, simply because I don’t have it at home except on a special occasion, But I love it – maybe even more than ice-cream (which I could not give up) or any other dessert. Cake it is then!
For second helpings, there were so many good posts this week!
I loved Klara’s post about showing resilience and gratitude when sad reminders hit (https://thenext15000days.blogspot.com/2023/08/you-wont-get-today-back.html), particularly given that her follow up is about dangerous floods. Also Loribeth’s post about something new (https://theroadlesstravelledlb.blogspot.com/2023/08/well-this-is-new.html). And Infertile Phoenix’s post about difficult conversations – I loved her comment on eye-rolling! (https://infertilephoenix.blogspot.com/2023/07/conversations-with-adults.html).
And last but certainly not least, Elaine’s post (in German, but Google Chrome does a great job at translating it) about guardrails or “crash barriers” in conversations is fantastic advice for family and friends of those who couldn’t have children. https://www.elaineok.com/leitplanken/
My answer to Chickie Nob’s question would be “Why would I do that? There’d have to be something pretty great on the other side of the deal for me to give up a food I love.”