Today wasn’t very productive. My goal starting this morning was three articles. Unfortunately, life had other plans. My sister came to stay for me for the day and Lillady was especially needy. When Grump came home from work he wasn’t able to babysit and pretty soon my mother was here. I managed to get one article submitted. Oops.
I did manage to get one article written this evening. It was about shopping for cribs. I’d almost forgotten how intense it was to decide on Lillady’s crib. We chose the 3-in-one convertible crib so that we wouldn’t have to buy another bed when she outgrew the crib.
3-on-1 convertible crib’s are nice because when babies become toddlers all you have to do is drop the mattress to the lowest level and take off the rail. Voilà! You’ve got a toddler bed. And later on you can use the head and foot boards for a full sized bed. It’s very convenient, even if they are a little bit pricier coming out of the gate.
We actually ended up co-sleeping with Lillady, but the convertible came in handy anyway. We took the rail off and moved the crib right up against the bed. So, she still gets the comfort of being close to me and I get plenty of room to sleep. Of course, it took us a while to figure this out (I’m a little slow at times), so sleep was hard going for a while. Taking that rail off and shoving the crib up against the bed made a world of difference. If you decide to do something like this I advise you to make sure the mattresses are even and that there isn’t a noticeable gap between them. We managed this by putting the crib against the wall and the bed against the crib. Works wonderfully. Especially now that Lillady is getting big enough to fling her limbs all over when she’s having a wild dream.
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to get up earlier than the family and actually get some work done. I feel like all of today was just wasted. I didn’t even get out to re-tie the tomatoes. My poor garden is getting wild. A little scary even.
Hands off my stuff
Plagiarism.org says:
I sent a letter to Helium. We’ll see what happens. I doubt very seriously that anything will happen. Looks like the thief is going to get some free page hits from my reporting as well as take second place in that title. I’d link, but I don’t want to increase her revenue.
I was under the impression that these publishers preferred original content. I had no idea that I would publish something and then see sentences I’d created appearing on someone else’s page. I used examples such as “Your child could get stuck” (not an exact quote) and “make sure there is plastic covering to prevent splinters”. Sure enough. These “talented writers” (ha!) helped themselves to that too.
I have decided that if this particular site doesn’t take my complaint seriously I will only publish work there that won’t be published elsewhere. Since I’ve made a total of $1 for 5 articles, I’m going to assume I won’t be losing any revenue by not submitting my best work there. I certainly don’t want to click on an article that’s been published on the same site as mine and see my flippin’ work. It’s disgusting. Really.