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 [...]
Me vogue-ing. Summer between 8th and 9th grade.
This was right before my friend Nikki’s and my infamous brilliant bike tour from one po-dunk Eastern Iowa town to another. The 10-mile trek took us longer than anticipated because we took a wrong turn and ended up going 16 miles instead. I [...]
This week’s humpday blog love goes to my friend Adria, who ironically thinks I’m mad at her because I haven’t had a chance to talk to her for a couple weeks. But no, I am not! And I realized my blog love post was about her blog this week (I schedule them all in [...]
Bad news for my hometown this past weekend. The dam a few towns upstream BROKE.
The Delhi dam was built in the 1920s and created a recreational lake that a lot of people had homes around. My family had a cabin out there for years. I caught my first fish there. [...]
Last weekend I trekked back to my hometown to go to a friend’s baby shower. I made her some adorable gifts (which I have and will be blogging about). I was really on the fence about going because I didn’t think my finances would allow me to make another trip this month, but a freelance [...]
It got split in two again by the nike+ that apparently thought I was done. Oh well.
Went out to the Monticello sign on HWY 38 and back again. Gravel is good to the knee.

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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