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 [...]
well, I spent 90% of this day driving around Ames trying to figure out how the hell to A) get across town and then B) get out of town to Des Moines.
As it turns out, apparently I’m living on the island of Ames.
After driving around for nearly 3 hours, I decided it would [...]
This past weekend, Mark and I trekked up north to his family’s place in the Twin Cities to hit up his brother’s 30th Birthday and Housewarming party. Our friend Ben met us at Mark’s parents’ house on the way back from a camping trip in Canada. Ben’s car had been broken into a few different [...]
I just got all my stuff moved, and I’m settling in. Time to check out my awesome new porch on the roof with the cool spool table.
Nothing like beers, brats and cigars to start the summer off.
Our friend Matt lighting his cigar
Mark [...]
So here I am on a normal hermiting Saturday afternoon. Elbow deep in crafting. Getting ready to put it all away and go work out.
I’ve been making shrink jewelry all day and I went outside to spray acrylic coating on the pieces to seal them. For all who don’t know, I have a huge [...]
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 [...]

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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