988th Friday Blog Roundup

I won a Goodreads giveaway for the 4th time! While I won the first three (1, 2, and 3) pretty close together, it has been years since I won a giveaway. This time, it’s for the new Peter Swanson.

Seeing that “Congrats — You are a Giveaways Winner!” subject line makes me feel like a life winner. Like the book universe dropped a crown on my head and declared me the luckiest lady on the planet. It is such a high that I keep the email in my inbox and peek at it whenever I need a pick-me-up during the day.

I get that hundreds (thousands?) of people win Goodreads giveaways daily, and many have won them more than four times over the years, but this week, I feel book lucky, which is one of my favourite luckies to be.

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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:

• “18 Years” (Born Still But Still Born)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Finding a Different Path made a list after her divorce of what she’d want in an ideal partner. The story has a happy ending, and she found someone who hit 18 of the 20 traits. But what made this story even sweeter is what happens when you give someone time (and a lot of hints), and they end up fulfilling #19, just because they love you.

Lastly, By Lisa With Love writes about her child entering the double digits. But growing up also brings up other thoughts and she writes: “It feels very much like my grief after my two pregnancy losses. It’s almost like the grief for the loss of what might-have-been is heavier than the loss of what-cannot-be-any more.” It’s a moving post, and I’m glad she’s back with an update.

The roundup to the Roundup: Goodreads winner x 4. 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 May 17 – May 24) 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.