1050th Friday Blog Roundup

Last winter, we checked into a hotel and realized that it was attached to a football pitch. As we were getting our key, we asked the woman at the front desk whether we’d be able to see a game from our room, and she looked at our reservation. “Oh, yes, you’ll be able to see half the pitch, and there is a game tomorrow.” This was the best news ever.

Except we were there to do other things, and weren’t going to be near our room during game time. We missed the game, but when we got home, we signed up for Peacock so we could watch the Premier League games.

I told Josh that from now on, all we’re doing is watching games every weekend. I’m sure this will stop by the end of September — I know myself — but right now, it’s footie. all. the. time. Quentin loves it.

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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.

And now the blogs…

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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:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

Infertile Phoenix has a new job. (Congratulations!) She recounts a conversation with a new coworker about kids, and she writes: “I used to feel so embarrassed by my infertility and ashamed of being childless not-by-choice. Not anymore. Not at all. I’m just living my life. And currently my life involves being excited for my new job working with kids!” Happy news all around.

Lastly, Scientist on the Roof has a super interesting post about going back to the town where she grew up in Latvia after 30 years away. She writes: “Walking around the streets, seeing my old apartment building, the school, the railway station – it was meaningful in ways I did not expect and that I am still trying to process.” Her kids got to see her old apartment building. It sounds like a very moving trip.

The roundup to the Roundup: Football all the time. 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 August 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.