Oh here we go again, with the beaded lunch-bucket mantra.

Per a comment on another blog, a young-ish widow was advised to continue keeping at home.  Btw, good thing her late husband thought enough of her, and their children, to have provided some life insurance - call it, shoe-leather on the lovey-dovey hallmark-phrases.  Anyway, life insurance only goes so far, and so the widowed housewife has to find a way to earn income.  

And guess what - like this 'el be a major shock - her church hopes they don't have to help her much...happens when the tithes are needed for that fancy building (wonder if they have an atm, one that takes credit cards ;/ ).  So, they're basically saying, gedda j.o.b. honey.

At the blog, she was advised to start a business from her home.  

But in the real world, a home-based business, that actually turns atleast some profit, is way easier said than done.  First off - and besides for upfront tax purposes - you need an entire room just for that business.  Finding, and maintaining, a customer-base is an ongoing hurtle - are people willing to pay ... oh my stars, she wants ten whole dollars???

Yeah!

Lady i worked with, who tried that route, had told me, that if your materials cost a dollar, then - in order to keep the business worth the time and hassle - you need to charge atleast four dollars.  

Well guess what!  You can find beaded lunch pails, over at wallyworld for just over half the price - or wait until late fall when they go on sale.

Another reality concerning crafted items is, alot of people are more or less transients - don't really know, from one month to the next, if they'll be living at the same address/sleeping with the same person.  So no point in acquiring craft items - they take up room, and aren't move-friendly.

Busstop ahead.