Across the Pond Posted By Lorena I don't remember when I first wanted to go to the UK. Or maybe I should say, I don't ever remember NOT wanting to go...
Grief isn’t sadness, it’s exhaustion Posted By Lorena Google has P A G E S of hits when you search for grief and exhaustion. I know this because every couple of months I...
What did I do THIS time?! Posted By Lorena I'm posting about this because I'm pretty wise to phishing scams, and y'all, this one took me a minute. Last night at dinner with some...
Rituals Posted By Lorena What ordinary rituals did your family have? Perhaps you always got ice cream after baseball games, or went fishing on Sundays. Do you feel like...
My Random Life And so this is Christmas Posted By Lorena Christmas was very sweet this year, low-key and quiet, with nobody in the hospital. That was nice! Tim did get a migraine and had to... Read More
Happy Things OH HELLS YES – Advice for the Zombie Apocalypse/Holiday Season Posted By Lorena Read More
Home and Garden My Random Life Rants Well, here’s ONE stressful thing that’s over Posted By Lorena A few months ago, we got a notice that the company with which we have our homeowners insurance was randomly dropping about 50% of the... Read More
HaldeCraft Brambleberry Soap Swap Posted By Lorena Recently, I did a soap swap with one of my suppliers, Brambleberry. The rules were pretty simple; send in a dozen 5-oz bars, made with... Read More
music Song of the Week: Do They Know It’s Christmas? Posted By Lorena Oh, the Eighties. Everyone looks so young. So idealistic. So high on Aqua Net fumes. Read More
My Random Life This week, this week is so! long! Posted By Lorena Hello, hello, is this thing on? :tap: :tap: What are you crazy kids up to this week? I am workity work work working, in addition... Read More
music Song of the Week: Christmas in Prison Posted By Lorena One of the saddest and most beautiful songs Prine has written to date. Read More
My Random Life Randomosity Posted By Lorena As if you couldn't tell from my poll a couple days ago, you know what is really irritating me right now? People on Facebook who,... Read More
music Song of the Week: Chiron Beta Prime Posted By Lorena Merry Christmas! From Chiron Beta Prime! Where we're working in a mine, for our robot overlords. Did I say "overlords"? I meant protectors! I swear... Read More
Uncategorized This Week in HaldeCraft: Let’s talk about guest soaps Posted By Lorena So, a couple months ago, I thought "wouldn't it be awesome if I could make some sampler sets, like guest soaps, wherein people could maybe... Read More
HaldeCraft Well, let’s give this discount thing a try Posted By Lorena I'm choosing a self-selecting group, I know - but place an order from HaldeCraft between now and December 15th and use the coupon code "holiday2010"... Read More
HaldeCraft HaldeCraft: How to safely and uniquely wrap a package in seven steps Posted By Lorena As I said earlier this week, I try to be personal and unique in my packaging. But I also try to be safe. Here's a... Read More