979th Friday Blog Roundup

The twins were home for spring break. We went to the aquarium to get our fish on (everyone in the house hates it when I say that, and they refuse to respond when I shout, “Let’s get our fish on!”) and ate double ice cream by the river. Lest you think that means we ate a double scoop, I want to clarify that we ate a double scoop and then decided that we needed more ice cream. So we got it again.

The ChickieNob asked me to save the Netflix show One Day until she was home so we could watch it together. We love David Nicholls’s books, and while we usually quote from Us, we do like to say to each other, “You didn’t even ask if she was there Moriarty!”

So, we climbed into my bed each night and watched a few episodes. It was perfect. It helps if you’ve read the book because they have to gloss over some big parts to fit it all in, but the two actors capture the characters perfectly. The episodes felt like a countdown to when the kids would leave: 12 episodes left, 9 episodes left, 5 episodes left, 2 episodes left… always knowing that we would probably watch the final episode or two on the last night.

Knowing the plotline made it already difficult to watch, but feeling like it was a creative countdown clock made it a little bit harder.

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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:

• “Finally Resting” (Infertile Phoenix)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Hopelessly Infertile and Surrounded by Fertiles has a post about being in the right place at the right time with the right people. I laughed with the therapist’s response, and her comment: “These are our people.” It’s funny but it’s also true that finding those connections makes all the difference in the world.

Lastly, No Kidding in NZ has two great quotes. Fully agree with her: “I love finding that someone has perfectly, succinctly, eloquently expressed an emotion I have not previously been able to articulate. Or when I read a quote that has expressed a feeling or belief I have had, and I see it validated in print.” They are such good thoughts, too.

The roundup to the Roundup: Spring break. 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 March 15 – 22) 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.