My friend Kelly is a pretty good writer, and she participates in writing-centric blog parties and linkups every once in a while. I saw she joined the Scintilla Project, and was intrigued. So naturally, I signed up. Which puts me even farther behind her in the project, but honestly I joined [...]
I mentioned a few Sweet Tunes Thursdays ago that I got a record player for Christmas from Mark’s parents, and it became my favorite gift ever (yes, ever! Except that time I got a dog for my birthday … Barney kind of trumps [...]
I aced the test that I took last week. It’s a class that’s full of undergraduates, and it’s also a class that I might take a bit too seriously. It’s a design history class with a professor who’s kind of easy-going. I sit up front. I over-study.
And I’m kind of a teacher’s pet.
[...]
It’s no secret that I love Megadeth. In fact, I’m what you might call a mega-ficionado, given the fact that I own Megadeth potholders, towels, and a Dave Must-apron.
However, I stumbled across a Megadeth song I didn’t know existed. It’s actually an Alice Cooper song, so I’m doubly surprised I [...]
I had a really great Sweet Tunes Thursday post scheduled for today about all the records that Mark and I bought this month (it’s a lot!), but I realized it’s Valentine’s Day today (and for those of you who care, that record post is happening next week — PROMISE).
For the first time [...]
I’m not going to cry complain about how I walked 2 steps outside my door yesterday to let the dog out to pee and promptly sprained my left knee (yes, now I have a sprain on both sides of my body).
Or about how Mark did the exact same thing with his wrist.
Or how [...]
I’ve become a reading machine — Mark got me a Kindle Fire HD for Christmas, and I’ve been mowing through books like it’s my job. I always loved reading, but, — this may sound terrible — holding books has become tedious to me since my hands are so small, and the books I want to [...]
so I’m kind of done making bucket lists. Summer was fun because there are always things I say I want to do every summer and never do them. Fall and winter get to be impossible because I want to take all the “down time” that I think I’m going to have and make all sorts [...]
We’re not going to talk about how I spent the last 24 hours deep cleaning my apartment (seriously, 15 hours was cleaning) because I came home to a mouse invasion (EWWWWWWWW).
Nope.
Instead, I’m going to quickly go over this week’s workouts and get on to the cuteness that is my little dog, Barney, because [...]
It’s almost here, which makes for a very Marvelous Monday!
I don’t send out holiday or Christmas cards, so instead, here’s a lovely e-card for you to enjoy.
(not even kidding, that’s Mark’s guitar face)
And, these photos of Barney hating life with his snow gear on. Seriously, poor little dude, [...]

Hi there. I'm Calee (pronounced CAL-e). If that's too hard, just call me Cal. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 28ish, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.















