Good morning! We are back to spring weather, starting in the fifties and going to the low eighties today.
When you decide to get rid of things you don’t need, do you try first to find someone you know that might be able to use them or do you put them in a bag and take to the nearest donation center?
For myself, I try to find someone I know who might use an item. That is why downsizing takes so long for me. It is like OCD in trying to find someone to use something.
Good morning. I would always try to find someone who would want something first. After that I will donate wherever seems best. We have a whole lot of secondhand shops. One gives away things for whatever someone wants to donate. I specifically brought a bicycle to that place and gave it to the pastor who began the ministry. He knew a particular person who would be blessed by it. I had left it in our garage for a couple of decades, thinking grandchildren would want it. The pastor was amazed it was in such great shape. Bikes are a great blessing to those who cannot drive or do not have a vehicle.
Good morning, all. If somebody comes to mind, they get first dibs. Books and homeschool supplies go to third and fourth bio children as I know they enjoy them and have room. Everything else goes to donation. Too much stuff we are trying to downsize from so much life.
Morning. Coolish morning and we expect snow Thursday-Sunday. Just when you think it might be over with… nope!
I follow a decluterer blog and her advise… never save something you want to rid yourself of for someone else. I have done that in the past and it ended up being stored at my home until that someone could get here to pick it up. Of course there have been someone’s expecting me to deliver their free stuff! Now it goes to Goodwill and I tell the someone’s they can go there to see if they can buy it!😊nj
A week+ off from work. Today it’s errands, getting a new liner put onto the Jeep’s front left tire (which I’d ruined when I came too close to the curb on a tight squeeze getting into my driveway a couple years ago), getting my old iPad looked at by the Geek Squad (iPad is my primary reading device); getting back to some beginning (always has to go back to the start on this) car de-sensitizing training with Abby … (not hopeful about that last task, but gotta keep trying).
I need to get a lunch planned with the cousins, am visiting my friend in the Valley on Friday (whose husband is in bad shape).
Ordered a couple Tim Keller books.
Saw this and found it quite helpful for our tumultuous times:
Five years after publishing ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death,’ Neil Postman gave a speech to the German Informatics Society that elaborated on his concept of the “information-action ratio.” In the talk, titled “Informing Ourselves to Death,” Postman described how, for the average person in 1990, “information no longer has any relation to the solution of problems.” The way he described it could just as easily describe the average person in 2025:
The tie between information and action has been severed. Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one’s status. It comes indiscriminately, directed at no one in particular, disconnected from usefulness; we are glutted with information, drowning in information, have no control over it, don’t know what to do with it. . . . Our defenses against information glut have broken down; our information immune system is inoperable. We don’t know how to filter it out; we don’t know how to reduce it; we don’t know how to use it.
Remember, Postman observed this “information glut” problem in the pre-internet era. How much more are we glutted with information today? If we didn’t have good “information immunity” defenses back then, we’re even worse off now—especially in the age of ChatGPT, deepfakes, political misinformation campaigns, and the resulting epistemological crisis. The information crisis we face is at least threefold: too much information that moves too fast and is algorithmically tailored to be too focused on ourselves. … ~
God brought that home to me a few months ago, the info glut. He taught me that I was wasting valuable time. And so began my journey to read His Word throughout the day rather than “checking the news”. my news sources are quite limited but there is nothing I can do to fix most of it. So I pray, like for Josh Sullivan, pastor kidnapped in South Africa, and his family, his church, his kidnappers. I may never know the outcome but I don’t need to.
It’s time to put on the shorts as the house is really warming up this afternoon. I may turn on the fan.
I finished watching The Rule Breakers movie. I am glad I did not see it in the theater because it brought more tears than expected. What a lot those Afghan girls went through to become robotic tem champs (a true story). Well worth a watch.
I just discovered a charge went through for our recent towing which was supposed to be covered by our plan. Now to file a dispute.
We have had some flurries today. Fast flurries going sideways with the wind. It is a raw cold day.
I read Postman’s book. He had some good points. Nothing stays the same, however, and that is true for media. There is always good and bad, and one has to work to stay grounded in the truth. All the news reminds me of Revelations. Our hearts can fail us, if we are not grounded in the Lord. There’s always a balance to be maintained in media.
One of the cons: My friend heard about her sister’s death on Facebook. No one bothered to call her. I did ask for prayer here for this sister, who had cancer. My friend did get to talk to her when someone held the phone to the sister’s ear. She knew death was imminent, but it would have been nice to hear it from someone instead of seeing it posted on Facebook.
Enjoying a Jersey Mike’s sub, haven’t had one of those in a long time. It was a favorite of Carol’s.
Got the part put on my car, asked about windshield wiper blades, they checked their auto store/supplier and altogether it would cost almost $100. !! He chided the guy on the phone, asking if those Chinese tariffs were now in place … I decided to hold off on those.
Got a return dropped off, then to Jersey Mike’s.
Stay-cations are underrated in my book, how lovely just to be *free* to roam, do little errands here and there, listen to the music of my youth on the radio … I remember being young, I was noticing a 20-something postal carrier in line at Jersey Mikes as she swayed to the music, chatted with her friends on the phone. Youth is so cute, isn’t it? Not a care in the world, or so it would appear.
No aches, no pains, walking and dancing, all the body parts work lol
Mumsee, I always read your comments 🙂 Was praying for Mike earlier, hoping all is well.
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Good morning! We are back to spring weather, starting in the fifties and going to the low eighties today.
When you decide to get rid of things you don’t need, do you try first to find someone you know that might be able to use them or do you put them in a bag and take to the nearest donation center?
For myself, I try to find someone I know who might use an item. That is why downsizing takes so long for me. It is like OCD in trying to find someone to use something.
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Good morning. I would always try to find someone who would want something first. After that I will donate wherever seems best. We have a whole lot of secondhand shops. One gives away things for whatever someone wants to donate. I specifically brought a bicycle to that place and gave it to the pastor who began the ministry. He knew a particular person who would be blessed by it. I had left it in our garage for a couple of decades, thinking grandchildren would want it. The pastor was amazed it was in such great shape. Bikes are a great blessing to those who cannot drive or do not have a vehicle.
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Good morning, all. If somebody comes to mind, they get first dibs. Books and homeschool supplies go to third and fourth bio children as I know they enjoy them and have room. Everything else goes to donation. Too much stuff we are trying to downsize from so much life.
mumsee
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ok, Michelle, I bought a flash drive that one side fits the phone and the other side fits the computer
it works
for single photos I just email myself
jo
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Morning. Coolish morning and we expect snow Thursday-Sunday. Just when you think it might be over with… nope!
I follow a decluterer blog and her advise… never save something you want to rid yourself of for someone else. I have done that in the past and it ended up being stored at my home until that someone could get here to pick it up. Of course there have been someone’s expecting me to deliver their free stuff! Now it goes to Goodwill and I tell the someone’s they can go there to see if they can buy it!😊nj
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I need the name, Jo. My SanDisk flash drive doesn’t work anymore. 😦
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A week+ off from work. Today it’s errands, getting a new liner put onto the Jeep’s front left tire (which I’d ruined when I came too close to the curb on a tight squeeze getting into my driveway a couple years ago), getting my old iPad looked at by the Geek Squad (iPad is my primary reading device); getting back to some beginning (always has to go back to the start on this) car de-sensitizing training with Abby … (not hopeful about that last task, but gotta keep trying).
I need to get a lunch planned with the cousins, am visiting my friend in the Valley on Friday (whose husband is in bad shape).
Ordered a couple Tim Keller books.
Saw this and found it quite helpful for our tumultuous times:
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/spiritual-problem-overinformed/
~ The Spiritual Problem of Being Overinformed …
Five years after publishing ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death,’ Neil Postman gave a speech to the German Informatics Society that elaborated on his concept of the “information-action ratio.” In the talk, titled “Informing Ourselves to Death,” Postman described how, for the average person in 1990, “information no longer has any relation to the solution of problems.” The way he described it could just as easily describe the average person in 2025:
The tie between information and action has been severed. Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one’s status. It comes indiscriminately, directed at no one in particular, disconnected from usefulness; we are glutted with information, drowning in information, have no control over it, don’t know what to do with it. . . . Our defenses against information glut have broken down; our information immune system is inoperable. We don’t know how to filter it out; we don’t know how to reduce it; we don’t know how to use it.
Remember, Postman observed this “information glut” problem in the pre-internet era. How much more are we glutted with information today? If we didn’t have good “information immunity” defenses back then, we’re even worse off now—especially in the age of ChatGPT, deepfakes, political misinformation campaigns, and the resulting epistemological crisis. The information crisis we face is at least threefold: too much information that moves too fast and is algorithmically tailored to be too focused on ourselves. … ~
Sigh.
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God brought that home to me a few months ago, the info glut. He taught me that I was wasting valuable time. And so began my journey to read His Word throughout the day rather than “checking the news”. my news sources are quite limited but there is nothing I can do to fix most of it. So I pray, like for Josh Sullivan, pastor kidnapped in South Africa, and his family, his church, his kidnappers. I may never know the outcome but I don’t need to.
mumsee
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That, of course, was supposed to follow DJ on the news thread but here it is. She can read it when she gets back. Or skip it.
mumsee
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Wait, it is here. Never mind. Just face the fact that I am losing my mind.
mumsee
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It’s time to put on the shorts as the house is really warming up this afternoon. I may turn on the fan.
I finished watching The Rule Breakers movie. I am glad I did not see it in the theater because it brought more tears than expected. What a lot those Afghan girls went through to become robotic tem champs (a true story). Well worth a watch.
I just discovered a charge went through for our recent towing which was supposed to be covered by our plan. Now to file a dispute.
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I just heard there was an earthquake in San Diego. Are our CA peeps okay?
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Nothing in NorCal. It’s a beautiful day. I’m going outside to weed and listen to a teaching session.
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We have had some flurries today. Fast flurries going sideways with the wind. It is a raw cold day.
I read Postman’s book. He had some good points. Nothing stays the same, however, and that is true for media. There is always good and bad, and one has to work to stay grounded in the truth. All the news reminds me of Revelations. Our hearts can fail us, if we are not grounded in the Lord. There’s always a balance to be maintained in media.
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One of the cons: My friend heard about her sister’s death on Facebook. No one bothered to call her. I did ask for prayer here for this sister, who had cancer. My friend did get to talk to her when someone held the phone to the sister’s ear. She knew death was imminent, but it would have been nice to hear it from someone instead of seeing it posted on Facebook.
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I’m back.
Enjoying a Jersey Mike’s sub, haven’t had one of those in a long time. It was a favorite of Carol’s.
Got the part put on my car, asked about windshield wiper blades, they checked their auto store/supplier and altogether it would cost almost $100. !! He chided the guy on the phone, asking if those Chinese tariffs were now in place … I decided to hold off on those.
Got a return dropped off, then to Jersey Mike’s.
Stay-cations are underrated in my book, how lovely just to be *free* to roam, do little errands here and there, listen to the music of my youth on the radio … I remember being young, I was noticing a 20-something postal carrier in line at Jersey Mikes as she swayed to the music, chatted with her friends on the phone. Youth is so cute, isn’t it? Not a care in the world, or so it would appear.
No aches, no pains, walking and dancing, all the body parts work lol
Mumsee, I always read your comments 🙂 Was praying for Mike earlier, hoping all is well.
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Ok, I’m scrolling.
https://x.com/buitengebieden/status/1911339382675480836
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