I was crazy busy this weekend making a ton of bags for a sale this upcoming Saturday. FORTY FIVE of them to be exact. I almost ran out of zippers from my bag o’ 100 zippers and I’m going to have to re-order from the bulk zipper lady on etsy before I can make any [...]
Three things.
Originally I had two things, but I got an e-mail this morning about something fun and I had to share.
ONE: I finished this little sampler that I’ve been working on. I think I figured out how to do most of the stitches I wanted to figure out. So I’m moving on from this [...]
Maybe.
Just maybe I’m back.
And I can thank my fabulous former roommate for running a marathon last month — 20 minutes faster than she anticipated even!
What am I talking about?
For those of you who’ve forgotten, I used to love running — in fact, that was the ENTIRE [...]
I haven’t run more than 9 miles since last year’s half marathon, but I ran 10 last weekend.
And shattered my old 10 mile PR! By 14 minutes.
Check it out — here are my race times (some are embarrassing — note that my mile time for the marathon is my WALKING pace, though I [...]
… and I’m not talking public relations.
I’m talking personal record.
I made myself get out of bed this morning bright and early (5:30) and get out and run (6:30 — takes me an hour to fuel/hydrate/wake up).
I go out not expecting to do much, but I figure if I can do 3ish miles [...]
yay for those of you that aren’t big MJ fans (which includes, as I’m finding out, a LOT more of you than I thought).
So I was so wrapped up with being upset about MJ *still* the other day when I ran that I totally didn’t blog about my awesome run. Yeah, I’ll go ahead [...]
It’s 73ish degrees out and 50 degrees warmer than 2 days ago when I ran — yes, I live in Iowa.
Most people would think that this weather is fabulous for a run. Not when you’ve been running all winter and the temperature suddenly jumps up. My body is set for [...]
Went for a run on my original running route, which includes the “hill of death” — a half mile nearly straight up and down. YUCK.
Almost killed me but I refuse to stop on a hill, especially that one since it took me nearly 2 years to be able to actually climb it.
Anyway…add these [...]

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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