Guys. I am almost too tired to write one last recap post. Everybody else did a glorious job. And once those are all compiled, I will give you the link to read everybody else’s posts. Because there are some really hilarious recaps out there.
Sunday morning we woke up again for some boot camp action. [...]
In case you forgot, I was at Blend this weekend. It. Was. AWESOME.
These people are my people. In short? I learned:
Sarah from the Smart Kitchen wants to come to Iowa because she has a (secret?) love of musicals and one takes place at the Iowa State Fair. [...]
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 post about my double date on Saturday night scheduled for today, but my mom finally scanned this photo that I’ve been wanting her to scan for a while. So instead, you get the worst photo of me ever.
A post on The Lunchbox Diaries entitled “Dear Self” prompted me [...]
I’m obsessing over quinoa. Now I’m even eating it for breakfast. Read on for the recipe.
Head on over to Twenties Hacker today to check out my lunch crunch workout. I made it myself.
I’m not supremely awesome at videotaping myself. So enjoy that awkwardness. But seriously, try my workout. It’s a killer.
Speaking of killers, my friend Molly’s dog, Tucker, got hit by a car [...]
So I have this awesome friend that I met through twitter.
I know. I’m a socially awkward geek. So sue me. But he’s an even bigger one, which is where he gets the moniker: Nerdboner.
I met him in person a while back and we got some pizza … and
One of my besties just gave birth to her first baby at 5:26 AM. Little miss Stella Rose … I can’t wait to meet her!
I recently attended the wedding of the first of my 3 college roommates to get married.
For those of you who don’t know, I lived with boys. And one of my long-time girlfriends. She informed me that I need to get on that engagement thing because my other male former-roommate is now engaged. Just us [...]
Five years ago today I posted this photo on Facebook:
And two years ago today we went from close friends to being nearly inseparable. I’m going to be disgustingly sappy, but I’m so thankful I found everything I ever dreamed of and more all rolled into one amazing guy. And he’s [...]

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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- A Love Letter to a New Year
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