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Merry Christmas! I hope you’re reading this blog post with a steaming cup of hot chocolate or tea in one hand and a piece of Toblerone in the other! I wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas Day filled with laughter, love, and far too much chocolate. As for me, I’m probably standing over...
Because life became quite chaotic this week, and because the headache is making me sleep late (for some strange reason), please enjoy this post on what I consider to be the best Christmas card I’ve ever made and join me tomorrow for a post on grapeseed oil! I have a small obsession with chemistry –...
Want to start on your Christmas present for the chemistry geek in your life? Why not consider this – the periodic table of the elements sweater! She includes the pattern for your knitting enjoyment! I’m a crafty girl and I knit…and she does provide the instructions…so why don’t I make one myself? I don’t have...
If you read the Monday post, you’ll see life got away from me this week. The mineral make up post for this week won’t be up until Thursday as I haven’t had a second to do some serious writing and/or photography for it. Guess my resolution for getting organized isn’t going as well as I...
What’s better than a soap? A soap shaped like a Playstation controller! (Raymond says you have to watch out for the analogue joysticks when you’re bathing!) Check out Digitalsoap’s Etsy site for more awesome geek inspired soaps (and I use geeky as a compliment!) like calculators and cell phones! (And her fragrance choices fall into...