While I’m out at BLEND this weekend, I scheduled some pretty primo guest bloggers for your enjoyment. Today’s guest blogger is Kelly from [ insert clever title here ].
It’s been a while since I’ve done a flashback Friday. When I asked one of my best friends, Kelly, to guest post, she [...]
I had a lunch adventure yesterday. It was my first time with Indian food. Finally.
But first, happy birthday to my friend Kim! She’s like the cutest person I know, and we’ve been good friends for almost 10 years now. We met during our freshman year [ woo freshman year! ] at [...]
Today is my last day at Drake.
But it’s also my little sister’s birthday! Happy birthday, Coree! She turns 23.
[23 years ago I became a big sister — and my dad was apparently rocking a mustache]
[coree rocked a barney sweathsirt while showing papa and gram how to headbang like [...]
A belated happy birthday to me: Margarita time. I had my birthday party last night since I’ve been over-scheduled all month (and into next month too … ugh). What better way to celebrate than cheap [awesome] Mexican food and MARGARITAS.
I didn’t realize it was ISU’s homecoming yesterday until the game [...]
Three years ago my beautiful and bossy* niece, Emee, was born. Man how time flies. Now she’s art directing my coloring and has hair halfway down to her butt.
*side note … I don’t know where she gets these things …
27 is still close enough to 25 to be considered mid-twenties, right?
What will this year bring? Who knows. I already have ONE big change in store, but I’m not sharing just yet (oh the suspense is killing all of my 5 readers). Cat will be out of the bag by the end of the [...]
I’d like to start out by saying Happy Birthday to my friend Lora and to another good friend who shall remain nameless.
You know who you are. You’re lucky I didn’t send you a birthday card. Fortunately, I didn’t think to save your address from a previous letter you’d sent me. But I WILL GET [...]
Happy birthday to my little sister, who is unbelievably 22 today.
In honor of her birthday, I share this glorious photo of us as kids. And yes. We are doing Beavis and Butthead. My mom has to be proud.
Also, I think it’s funny that I’m doing the metal hand correctly [...]
OM nom nom nom nom!
What could be better than combining chocolate and beer? Frosting it. With cream cheese frosting. Oh, and putting it in a portable and cute cupcake form.
Last Sunday was my b-day and my friend Danielle and I made Guinness cupcakes for our friends to enjoy at my little gathering.
I [...]
So I turned 26. Last Sunday. I’m a little late on this post, but I’m a little partied out. Not to mention I’ve had a ridiculously busy week at work! We moved from our old office to a brand new space that was built out just for us.
Anyway, 26-year-old festivities began back in [...]

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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- [insert clever title here]
- 33% disaster
- A Love Letter to a New Year
- Best Body Fitness
- BS in the Midwest
- Candace Illustration
- Cara Corey
- Designing Daily
- DIY or Buy
- Freckles and Spice
- Gluten Hates Me
- HEY! Jen Renee
- jaclynne.jaci.jax
- Kiss My Broccoli
- Lindsay's List
- look a little closer
- Made by a Brunette
- meals and moves
- No Sugar, Sweet Life
- Oatmeal after Spinning
- Oatmeal in my Bowl
- Radical Possibility
- sewzinski
- Sprint 2 the Table
- the hipster housewife
- things we make
- turtle soup
- Yes I Want Cake
READ
- Anna Maria Horner
- Annie's Eats
- Bake at 350°
- Carrots 'n' Cake
- comfortstitching
- design*sponge
- DESIGNLOVEFEST
- designworklife
- Eat, Live, Run
- french paper sample room
- Geek Crafts
- Gen Y Foodie
- Healthy Tipping Point
- Honey I Shrunk The Gretchen
- iowa girl eats
- Love Veggies and Yoga
- made by mike
- Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Blog
- Oh Fransson!
- p.s. i quilt
- poppytalk
- Red Pepper Quilts
- sew mama sew
- Smitten Kitchen
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