‘Ink Re-Cap 187: Random Sketches and Scribbles

‘Ink Re-Cap 187: Random Sketches and Scribbles
about the week of one thousand things to do,
shopping and dyeing a purse,
all while prepping for an important trip.

 

The Week of One Thousand Things

No one in the history of ever has one thousand things on their to-do list for one week.

But that’s what this week felt like.

Plus, I learned an earth shaking online business secret.

When you travel, you get more orders.

So if you want a week of one thousand things, take a 2000 mile trip across country and across borders.

It seemed as if new people caught our cyber waves and that sparked new interest.

We’re not complaining. It’s an awesome strategy.

First a vacation, then a successful work week!

And in the middle of all this work?

We are prepping for another trip.

Our Church is having a world-wide conference in Mississippi next week,

which only happens about every 10 to 15 years.

And we are going. Because, just between you and me, in another 15 years my husband and I will be too old to attend another one. So we have to take this chance. We’re excited, but it feels super busy to do this in an already super busy season.

But this is important to us, and will be a rewarding experience. I’ve only been to 2 of these in my lifetime.

 

 

 

 

‘Ink Re-Cap 187: 

This week’s posts:

Wedding Budget Planner Printable

Baby’s Coming Hospital Checklist: Handy Packing Printable

Organic Applesauce Brownies Recipe: Fall Dessert Favorite

Botanicals Frame Card DIY: Cricut-cut Framed Card-Front

Kim’s Story, Chapter 10: Our Autism Journey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Fall Freebies:

Fall Kitchen Shelf-Sitter Prints

Kitchen Fall Cleaning Checklist: The Master Printable

Retro Printable Recipe Cards For Your Fall Recipes

 

 

 

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Inklings of Real Life

Shopping In 2022

Do you like to shop these days?

Isn’t it an excruciating and disappointing endeavor, when the stores are all at half mast and try so hard to make it look as though they’re thriving? When you know they’re doing all they can to cover up the fact that half the inventory they used to keep is unavailable, late, or unsellable to people who are now too poor to spend money.

Case in point. Going to this Church Conference had me assessing my wardrobe. Do I have enough dress-up clothing for 3 days of meetings? No, I don’t. So I needed to shop.

Well, pre-Covid, or pre-financial crash, or pre-whatever, you expected to go to your favorite store and buy exactly what you were looking for.

I went to Kohl’s for a small black handbag. There were about 4 to pick from, and none as nice as the pink bag I was currently using. You know, pockets, nice size, pretty gold accents not over the top.

So no black handbag and no time to go all over town. If Amazon and Kohls don’t have it, who would?

Guess what? This lady, with her Artiqo Paint Markers, set about dyeing her perfect pink, perfectly fine, bag – black.

Yes, I really did. In 2022 I did what mamas in the Dirty Thirties of the last century would have done.

So don’t argue when someone says times are tough. They truly are!

 

Chuckle

I tried to get cash from the ATM and it said insufficient funds.

I don’t know if that means them, or me.

 

Books of the week:

A recommendation, from a bestie. Thanks, Kat. I do want to read this book sometime.

The title is the link to find it on Amazon. Of whom we are affiliates, so if you click over to Amazon, then buy something, we get a tiny stipend from their enormous stash. Won’t change your price, so no worries there.

 

Call the Midwife

by Jennifer Worth

This will be interesting to me, as one of my ancestors supported her family in Manitoba in the early 1900s as a midwife. So interesting reading her notes of where she went to help birth a baby, and how much she was paid. In money or chickens or produce, she was grateful for it all.

Amazon’s review:

…details Jennifer Worth’s very real experiences as a young midwife based in a convent amid the chaos of post-war London Docklands. Her true-life stories show how tough conditions were in the East End, especially for women, who often lived in slum accommodation – grateful if they had a cold-water tap – with ten or more children to look after.

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