u/Kamarmarli

I read through the posts and didn’t see anything that specifically addresses my questions, so here goes:

I am going to Mongolia in September 2026. We are staying in the capital for a conference and will remain for about a week and a half after the conference is over. I am interested in booking day tours.

I know it’s a big country and I know I won’t get to see all of it. We are seniors, pretty fit. I have read not to book tours in advance. Any suggestions? Recommended tour operators? I am not the kind of person who needs to plan every thing down to the minute, but I like to have a general idea.

Also, any tips if one or both of us needs to see a doctor? (I do not plan to get on a horse. 🙂). We have insurance. I had to see a doctor when we were in Korea a few months ago and it was a good experience, considering the fact that I had to see a doctor.

I do have a guide book and, for awhile at least, we will be with natives and people who have traveled in Mongolia. Just want some preliminary information.

Thanks.

I am in the process of doing a Swedish Death Clean and I have been at it for about a year now. I’ve been tackling things little by little and breaking things down into discrete tasks so it doesn’t get overwhelming.

First, clothes to the thrift shop, bartering musical instruments with our plumber for plumbing services, old cameras and equipment to a local art center, and tons of art supplies, glass, fabric, magazines, felting materials, yarn, beads, to people who will use the stuff and who might not have the money to buy the materials on their own.

I wanted to do a sweep of the house and get rid of old toys, collectables, pocketbooks, a bunch of inherited family stuff, and realized that one thing that was holding me back was getting boxes to pack the stuff in. Then I realized I could go to Ikea and get giant totes for $2 each. I bought 20 of them, gathered stuff together and had a big sidewalk sale today. I even sold my Mother’s Hummel figurine collection. I could not believe the things people were buying. I kept prices low.

I did give away some stuff. Baseballs to passing dogs and stuffed animals to passing kids.

The plan was to have the sale and take the remainders to Goodwill. I had so much stuff, I was afraid it would take 2 or 3 car trips. I sold so much that it only took one car trip. And I made more money than I’d expected. Many little sales add up.

I am not finished with the purging, but this was a significant dent.

I am using iPad air iPadOS 26.5. I have gmail and yahoo in my app. Every time I send an email the apple app crashes. I have rebooted iPad, iOS is current, plenty of space in iCloud and I deleted and reinstalled the app. Still crashes.

I called Apple and we couldn’t find a fix. They will look into it and call me back. I have a suspicion that there’s a bug in the app. It’s only been happening for a couple of days. And while the app crashes, the email does get sent. And I am receiving emails.

Any thoughts?