25
January

Valentine’s Day Slimes

I wanted to get some inspiration for this blog, so I decided to cruise around Google for information about the origin of Valentine’s Day. And. I. Am. Horrified. Hold on to your cherubs because you’re in for a wild ride. Apparently, according to NPR, while no one can directly pinpoint the exact origin of Valentine’s …

Read more
5
December

History of Glue

Glue is a primary ingredient in slime. I don’t think I need to speak at length about how wonderful glue is and its many uses. Glue is especially cool because it oozes and stretches, which makes it great for securing joints together or getting into odd places. Glue was discovered 200,000 years ago. Neanderthals made …

Read more
25
November

Anything Can Happen on Black Friday

I can’t tell if the day my brother was born was the worst day of my mother’s life or the best. Her water broke at Nordstrom’s semi-annual sale, and she didn’t even notice. Nothing could stop my mom from a good sale. She used to hide her shopping bags in the trunk of her car …

Read more
24
November

Thanksgiving Dinner

The last thing I think about eating for Thanksgiving dinner is a Lean Cuisine, but here we are. Legend has it that our beloved TV dinner came from, you betcha, Thanksgiving leftovers. Am I surprised? No. My grandma was a child of the Great Depression. You should’ve seen the things she could do with leftovers. …

Read more
13
June

Slime Travels

A long time ago in a galaxy far away, the slime industry standard for shipping was deli containers. Sounds fancy, right? When slime was starting to hit the scene, mom and pop slime makers were slinging slime out of their homes and storing and shipping slime with what was most convenient and easy. Slime shipping …

Read more
5
March

Going…Going…Going….Still Going

My grandma wore a shade of Mary Kay lipstick that could only be described as orange.  I’m sure she had been wearing it since Mary Kay’s inception in 1963. May that orange lipstick and Grammy rest in peace.  Some things we love to see get discontinued– like that lipstick. I wore a very pricey Dior …

Read more
1
February

Slime in Nature

There are so many things that look like slime or feel like slime in nature. SNAILS Most often, when people think of nature slimes, they think of snails. Snail slime is actually mucus. The slime most associated with slugs and snails does a super important job. It helps these little guys move and groove. This …

Read more