An early morning blog post including some adorable Barney-ness and some delicious foodie finds.
Happy Monday morning!
I had a rough start to the day. My shoes fell out of my bag on the way to work on my bike this morning. And it was windy. So I’m windblown and sweaty.
But that’s okay. You know why? Because I have some caffeine in me. And I’ve got a cool [...]
‘Tis the season for Christmas music. Normally I say “Bah humbug” to boring old holiday tunes, but I’m really interested in the She and Him Christmas album. Take a listen!
Speaking of festive, my friend Kelly is having an ugly sweater contest in which Mr. Barnabus Stinson, [...]
Yesterday was a fun day, filled with lots of exciting things.
First, we took Mark’s NEW CAR for a long drive to Eastern Iowa.
[brand new mazda 3 hatch in graphite]
He got a new car last week after his poor Rav4 blew a tire. It was on it’s [...]
Last month was crazy. Here is a sneak peek at things that happened before I get to blogging about them …
… Mark’s brother Nick’s birthday in Stillwater …
… Mark’s 25th birthday in Chicago …
… awesome new fabric …
Happy birthday, USA! I’m using my national holiday today to enjoy some cancer-inducing sunshine while blogging.
I also decided to do something funky with my nails. I had a gift card for Target from work from our “appreciation day” a couple weeks back. So I spent about a half hour in [...]
My mom posted a bunch of pictures of my niece on Facebook today, and as usual, they were frighteningly cute. I had to share this one with you — it’s Emee reading to my dog, Barney. He intently listened apparently for quite a while.
I don’t think I’m going to get [...]
Barney went home with my parents a couple weeks ago when I moved into Mark’s non-dog-friendly place.
I miss the little bastard and his cute fluffy fur coat, which was especially fluffy after a bath.
Did I mention he doesn’t like the blow [...]
I must admit. I’ve been entirely too busy watching Seasons 1-2 of Buffy to blog.
I kid. I kid. But seriously. I may have been doing that.
Regardless, I have been extremely busy making everybody’s Christmas gifts. I will blog about all of them after I’ve gifted them (obviously — don’t want to spoil the [...]

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, 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.
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