1071st Friday Blog Roundup
Josh shoveled last weekend while it was still sleeting, but after three hours, he gave up and came back inside. Everything was still completely covered outside.
On Monday morning, he opened the front door to tackle the walk, and the snow was gone. Someone had cleared our snow (and everyone else’s snow) and salted the sidewalk between midnight and morning.
The Wolvog heard the person at 2 am and thought about waking us. He said he was just a guy in a high-vis vest, walking the sidewalks with his snowblower and then salting them afterward. He couldn’t see the person well in the dark, but he said it was definitely a neighbour on foot, quietly taking care of all of us while we slept. It made me cry to think about someone doing something so thoughtful for everyone and slipping away without recognition. We have zero clue who did this, though we’re trying to figure it out so we can thank them.
There are some pretty terrible people in the world, but there are also a lot of good ones.
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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:
- “Toys!” (Stirrup Queens) — thank you, Phoenix!
- “So Many Kids But Not Me” (Infertile Phoenix)
Okay, now my choices this week.
No Kidding in NZ looks back on a year of blogging, especially the themes that bubble up in a year. I’ve appreciated all of the posts she has written about giving and receiving support. This made me a little teary, and it’s what I love about the blogging world: “Thanks to those who have stuck by me this year. And whether you comment or not, whether you’re a long time reader or have just stumbled across me for the first time, I want you to know how much I appreciate you.” Back at you.
Lastly, Infertile Phoenix writes about the children in her life. She writes, “It’s like I just realized that among my friends there are, like, a billion kids. And that’s what they’re all doing … I like my life. I like it a lot actually. It’s just weird to live a life that’s completely different from what I pictured and from what everyone else is doing.” It’s a thought-provoking post.
The roundup to the Roundup: Thank you to the person who took care of the sidewalk. 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 January 23 – 30) 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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One of our neighbors used a snow blower to do our entire block worth of sidewalk. We have gotten so much snow and it’s been impossible to keep up. It was such a kind thing to do and felt so hopeful. A reminder that there are more good people out there than I realize.
Thanks for including my post. And what a lovely story about the kind person who cleared all your snow. A reminder that people really do pull together.
My neighbor has a GIANT snowblower that he normally gets to use about once a season. This time, he’s had two major snows – he clears my driveway, the one at the house between us, and his own. He doesn’t do the house on his other side, which seems weird. I feel like there’s a subtext, since the boy that lives there is always trying to hire himself out for yardwork. (I actually think the kid would not do any yardwork that he had to do by hand and they do not have a snowblower.)