My husband and I had to make a trip to the home improvement store last weekend for one item. Just one. We started out together, but after a cursory period found ourselves involuntarily separated. We were looking for lye. I make soap, and you can’t make soap without lye. Usually I order my lye online, but I was in a pinch and needed some ASAP. Sometimes you can find it at home improvement and hardware stores. I had my fingers crossed. When we were unable to find the lye after five minutes of searching, my husband set out to find someone to help ...