Happy Monday, and Happy July!
Oh, and to all of my Canadian friends.
I hope you all had a good weekend. My allergies tried to take over but I had my self-imposed “to-do” list and I was sticking to it! Almost… I got 6 of the 10 things on my list done and I count that as a win.
Before my eyes got too itchy and watery from my allergies I went thru my bazillion emails and attempted to unsubscribe from at least half of them. I’m still on the fence about deleting the Nextdoor app. It can be helpful sometimes. Sometimes it’s just a time waster.
A quick breakdown of the Nextdoor app. –
It’s basically a nosey neighbor site specific to your neighborhood. People ask for recommendations, report “crime” in the neighborhood, ask for and give advice, blah, blah, blah.
For example, this “neighbor” is looking for a little help…
QUESTION – “I have a leak under my house in a 3-foot-high crawl space, but at 75 I am unwilling to go down there, Looking for someone (possibly a teen) to go down and see if it is a sprinkler line (which we believe it is) or something else, You don’t have to fix it, just take a picture. $20. for 10 minutes and getting a little dirty.”
My first thought was this guy.
And my answer would’ve been this –
*** Dear teens that may find that $20 bucks tempting. Don’t do it. Talk to your moms. They watch the crime docs. They’ll give you $20 bucks just to pick up the dog poop in the yard. Your own yard where it’s safe with no crawl spaces or creepy old men.
I’m curious about your thoughts. Do any of you have the Nextdoor app?
Have a great week ahead and to all of my sun-worshiping, heat-loving pals out there, enjoy. July is just one step closer to those “ber” months that I love so much.
MIMI’S THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –
xoxo mimi
Magical Mystical Mimi 
Thanks for the Canada Day good wishes! 🌹 Sorry you’re dealing with allergies! 😩
Call me naive, but I think your neighbour’s request is probably legit. Hubby and I are old too, and struggle with home maintenance dilemmas! 😜 I don’t have this app, nor would I want it. Sounds a bit privacy-invasive!
We’re having a cooler spell at the moment, but it will warm up again by the weekend.
Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸🎉
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Thank you and you’re welcome. Oh, and you’re not naive. I think if the guy was asking a teen in his neighborhood that he knows, who’s family knows the guy, that might be okay but to have some random guy just ask for a teen. It’s just creepy. Call me paranoid! Hahahaha! – I think the intention behind the app was good but as with most things online it just evolves into something ridiculous. – Well, I know you like the heat and I wish I could send you ours for the next two weeks. Triple digits. It’s just too much and it seems never ending.
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Happy July! The Nextdoor site is okay if you just read the notifications for your area and don’t bother with actually getting entangled in anything.
As for the person who wanted a teen to get in the crawl space, it would depend on which neighbor, in my neighborhood, we know a lot of people and if we know them, that’s fine. That’s the good thing about going to all the neighborhood civic association meetings, you know a lot of the people around you.
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You’re right. That’s a great way to put it, “getting entangled” and I’m totally applying that to many situations in my life. – That’s true. If it the neighborhood you raised your kids in and you know the people. That is different but anymore, who lives in neighborhoods like that for that long? I mean I did but now I guess going to those civic association meetings does help.
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NextDoor just seems to be the place where people gather to bitch and moan, but I keep the app for entertainment purposes🤣
What drives me nuts are the folks asking for ‘reasonable’ plumbers, electricians, etc. Cuz you know what that really means is that they are cheapskates!
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And now I feel that you’ve just described my blog in a nutshell. Hahahahaha. And yes, reasonable = cheapskates but then, you get what you pay for, right?
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We have it but mostly people want money. Sometimes there is useful information, but mostly used for panhandling.
Have a fabulous day and week, Karen. Love and hugs. ♥
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Oh, I haven’t seen that yet and if they’re panhandling why are they online, how are they online? Ugh. It doesn’t even matter does it? If somebody doesn’t want to work or attempt to work they’ll find another way. – Sandee, thank you for always taking the time to comment. Love you too.
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Love you more.
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July is birthday month (mine!), so I’m kinda happy it’s here. I do have the Nextdoor app, but I pretty much ignore it. It was useful when we had that fire in April (neighbors’ units burned, it woke us at 4 AM) about keeping track of the retrieval of the cats (2 cats got out but vanished–it took a couple days to find one, over a week to find the other–both alive). Otherwise, I don’t bother with it.
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Hey! Happy Birthday month! My oldest son turned 41 on the 6th. Yikes. That happened too quick for my liking. – The Next Door app is mostly entertaining to me. People will ask for the weirdest things or just post random photos of a flower or a bug. I don’t think it’s ever been useful out here.
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Step out of my shell? But I like my shell. It’s quiet and peaceful.
I wouldn’t know about any “next door’ type apps, the only app I need is the “next here” app that tells me how many minutes I have to wait for my bus to arrive at the bus stop.
I have allergies too and never wait for the symptoms to get me, I take my antihistamine at the first sign which is usually a stabbing right above my nose between the eybrows, if I don’t take the medication I’m in for a migraine and I’d rather not have one.
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We were just having a conversation about our “shells” and how much we like them. All my stuff is in my shell and I like it in there! Lol – My allergies just sink me because I never know what’s going to set them off. I get those headaches too. They’re the worst. – Thanks for stopping by!
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