974th Friday Blog Roundup
On the heels of replacing the computer came major car repairs. Why does the universe group large purchases/repairs together? Josh and I were trying to figure out why windshield wiper fluid wasn’t spraying out despite a full well (broken pump), and in doing so, we watched the check engine light come on (failed oxygen sensors).
So off we went to the mechanic to give up another astronomical sum in exchange for a functioning car.
I rarely drive my car, which is why I also felt guilty about fixing it. Why were we dumping money into something I use somewhere between 1 – 3 times per month? Because the cost of a new car (or even a new-to-us used car) is so much right now, fixing the one we have seems to be the smarter move. But yuck to spending money to fix existing stuff.
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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:
- “This Anonymous Blog” (Infertile Phoenix)
Okay, now my choices this week.
I remember wearing grey for Missy, so this post from Bio Girl made me want to reach out with a hug over all the time that has passed. This made me weepy: “These days we live a lot of our lives because of you. Everyday I go to work and do the things I love, they are because of you – you pushing me out the door to start my graduate program. You telling me it was okay to take that time to learn to do something I might love.” What an amazing person to have had in your life.
Lastly, Bereaved and Blessed has a post about a mistake made on her mother’s headstone. I love the beginning: “One of many idioms that I grew up hearing was how things aren’t permanent until they are ‘set in stone.’ I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about what it meant or how literal I took the expression until today.” As well as the end — that we can change things, even the things set in stone.
The roundup to the Roundup: More money spent. 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 February 9 – 16) 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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Sorry about your car – repairs always seem like they are not worth the money. Are you a two car household? My husband always said he couldn’t wait for me to retire so we could get rid of one of the cars. I had an absolutely visceral objection to that – I remember sharing a car when I was a teen and I hated it. Now I, a single person, still own 2 cars and hate the day when I will be able to get rid of one because I won’t have a back-up if something breaks. But when the kid goes to college…she can either buy one that we have or buy her own (after her first year). And I will…add towing service to the insurance and be at a reasonable number of cars.
The VA put the wrong rank on my husband’s headstone. I assume they just tossed it into the scrap pile and started over when they fixed it. They’re all the same white marble, so there must be a stockpile.
“Why does the universe group large purchases/repairs together?” That is so true and an evergreen rhetorical question. It seems to especially apply after moving into a new home. We are on our third house in 21 years and each one has greeted us with a plethora of unexpected and expensive boring repairs that we had to get through, before we could afford to move forward with more interesting/exciting remodeling and updates.
Thank you so much for sharing my post, adulting can be so surreal and challenging for so many reasons and this week has emphasized that for me in so many ways.
Thank you also for being you and continuing to write and share here. I miss you and anytime I find my way back here I find comfort in reading your words/hearing your voice in my head. xoxo