Oh HI there. I have more recaps of last weekend — but hey, thanks for sticking with me if this doesn’t interest you. I know that a good portion of my audience is into the crafty stuff. There will be more of that next week after I get back from Renegade.
Also, [...]
To the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012.
Have a safe and fun evening. I’ll be at the bash Mark’s brother’s friends throw annually.
Here’s a shot by Justin who took a shot of us doing shots (I hope it wasn’t Scotche) and ringing in 2011. It [...]
My friend, Steph, had a cookie decorating party yesterday. I got pretty stoked about this because I LOVE DECORATING COOKIES — as long as I’m not baking them or making the frosting.
I brought my sprinkles and my gel food coloring and we got down to business with some mulled apple [...]
It’s SewMamaSew’s giveaway day today.
Check out all the super sweet giveaways (in addition to mine) on her blog today.
So what am I giving away? I’m giving away one of my little zippy pouches. My Classy Lady Lacey zippy pouch to be exact.
It’s been a VERY long time since I’ve done a giveaway. (In case you’re curious, I did one at the beginning of June of 2009, another in the middle of June 2009, one at the
My friend Matt found this really odd personality test while stumbling online the other day. There are no language cues. Just weird shapes. You have to pick A or B on all of them. And it’s so weird because all three of my friends that took it had analysis that pretty much fit them to [...]
My friend Kelly posted her pix from Prom 2011 on facebook. And here they are … note the amazing dancing skills. Mostly honed from the MJ Dancing game Mark got me for Christmas for the Wii.
My friend Matt recently introduced me to a web comic that is written by a 5-year-old and illustrated by his 29-year-old brother.
The story is about Axe Cop — a cop, who was a regular cop, until he found the perfect axe — and Dinosaur Soldier — another cop, who used to have a flute (thus named “flute [...]
I’m not going to do a year in review like so many other people have done. Instead, I’ll tell you what I’m looking forward to in 2011.
Chicago Bears in the playoffs Being in one of my best girlfriend’s weddings Maybe moving somewhere new (in Ames) with a new roommate (or two) — hopefully somewhere [...]

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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