HaldeCrate
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What it’s like to advertise as a small, one person, maker/artist/craft business
In short? A f’in nightmare. Print advertising seems like it’s hardly worth mentioning. I’d love to be able to afford to advertise in my favorite feminist magazine… I did, once, when I first started HaldeCraft, but it’s gone up from about $300/issue to $500/issue, and “they” (“experts,” whatever that means) says that you need a
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This Week in Vacation Planning (10/22/23)
At this point the dates for my vacation next year have changed so many times, I’ve started not even telling my friends with whom I want to stay — I’m just watching it all and hoping that this is the final edit. As of right now, this is what it looks like – 07/25/24 Fly
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House Painting vs Residing: Pros vs Cons
The minute Tim and I moved into this house, I started thinking that I wished it was a different color. I don’t HATE pale yellow, but it sure does show dirt. And I have always had a soft spot for houses that compliment the surroundings. Have you ever seen one of those houses that stick
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Welcome to The Dollhouse
Many, many, many (many) years ago, my mother built me a dollhouse, inspired by a house I used to live in. Probably not the most inspiring photo, but the lighting was bad and she’s seen some stuff in her 45 or so years. Yeah, that long! I couldn’t have been younger than 9, but
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The Wrapup (a mental health journey in seven parts)
Week #7 (09/19-09/25) FINALLY, A FULL DIAGNOSIS. I met with my doctor yesterday to get the results of the full Creyos test; she sent me PDFs of my results and I forwarded them to my therapist (whom I meet with later today) and together the three of us are going to come up with a
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Six Weeks on New Brain Meds (continued)
Week #3 (08/22-08/28) This week I helped June with her computer. It was a little complicated because David was buying the computer out in the PNW where he lives, and shipping it to me, but then we turned out to also need a new printer, which he also bought a couple of days later and
