It’s been pretty cold the last few days. I didn’t have any coverage for my ears and I’ve been rocking the old lady shawl [ ie. I took an adorable cowl and figure-eighted it so it acted like a hood too ].
I decided to whip up this bad boy. It’s pretty warm. Not to [...]
It’s getting colder outside here in Iowa, but not cold enough to bust out the full-on winter gear.
It’s the season for wrist warmers and convertible gloves and mittens.
One of my favorite men’s patterns is Cigar Gloves from knitty.com. I made a pair for Mark and one for his dad 2 [...]
Since I’m too lazy to walk over and run on a treadmill in this below 0° weather… I’m taking a 10 minute break to blog it up over lunch.
Nothing too exciting is going on this week other than the fact that it’s ridiculously cold out. Temperature in Anchorage, Alaska is 41° today. Temperature here: [...]
I’m meeting a friend for brunch today so I got up early to try to get a run in. Didn’t do so hot on 6 hours of sleep with the ice and the wind, but 5K will do.
Of course, I swear my Nike+ KNOWS when I’m tired or when I’m not motivated and decides [...]
It was freak-ing cold out… (8°)
Got some new under armour for Christmas. A Sub-Zero cold gear mock in — what else? — Calee pink.
Long story short — the new underarmour rocks. I have another subzero mock in teal, but it’s the “compressed” style (so it’s tighter around the torso) [...]
Seriously.
Just went for a snow run. A REAL snow run. It must have snowed 4 inches last night and I swear to God this town doesn’t own a plow.
I went out in the country again for the most part, which again, wasn’t so bad, but there were some snomobilers that assumed I’d get [...]
…and the boyfriend wanted to move to Alaska to go to school. No thank you.
Went for a run in about -2° weather today. Not as bad as it may sound, actually. There was no wind, which made things a heck of a lot easier. There was a lot of snow and ice though so [...]

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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