I love this photo of Kristin. Isn't she adorable? So happy about IKEA's lingonberry drink.

And that's some smile... right? I love that smile! That smile has lifted many a mood and made many a day for me. That smile has brightened up many a room.

What I also love about this photo is you can see Kristin's amazing progress since she started eating better and exercising. This photo was taken just six months ago. Quite a change, huh? I am so proud of her.

On Mother's Day, Kristin will be participating in the Walk to Empower organized by Y-ME. Y-ME is a non-profit dedicated to providing resources, information and emotional support to those fighting breast cancer from breast cancer survivors who have first-hand experience. The best part? They do all of this absolutely free-of-charge.

You can read about Kristin's decision to walk on her blog, Healthy or Bust.

If you are able to donate to this wonderful cause and support Kristin in the Walk to Empower, I would be very grateful and I know Kristin would be very appreciative too.

You can donate for Kristin here.

Thanks.

PS - Also, if you'd like to leave her a supportive comment on her blog, that would be ultra-cool too.

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Why when you are waiting for an elevator and someone walks up to the elevator and the button is lit, indicating you've pushed it prior to that person's arrival, which means the elevator is on its way, do they insist on pushing it again?

Or worse yet, they hit the button three times rapidly. Tap, tap, tap.

Oh boy, I guess it will get here three times faster now. Thanks (Dumbass.)

I don't get it. Why?

Why does my cat decide to cough up a hair ball on my bed RIGHT AFTER I just returned from the laundromat for that week.

And why the bed? Why ALWAYS the bed?

Argh! Why?

Why, when you are getting busy with a guy, do you have to stop and say, "Don't put your hand there," which should be pretty clear since you've MOVED IT every time he's put his hand there.

"You don't like that?"

"Nope." Isn't the fact I've purposely placed your hand elsewhere — to a place I DO like your hand to be — indicate I don't want it where it is currently?

"But, why don't you like it?"

"Because I don't."

"But why?"

Am I suddenly making out with a toddler? Why do I need to give you a specific answer? I said I don't like it, so therefore STOP DOING IT.

Grrrr! Why?

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Ugh. I paid all my bills this weekend and now I'm staring at the crumbs at the bottom of my bank account. Maybe if I push them all together, I can make a cookie.

What better thing to do when you're strapped for cash, than look at stuff you can't afford to buy!

• The new album by The Weepies is out today and you can get it for $5 at Amie Street! Now this I can afford!

• Totally rad graphic artist Frank Chimero opened a store for his awesome illustrations of the states.

• I never wear jewelry (or a watch) but I love this pendant.

• These and these make my head spin with design possibilities for banner ideas.

• I want to fill this with iced cold lemonade. Or iced tea. Or margaritas. Yeah... that last one.

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My friend St. John invited me to Saturday's Diamondbacks game. I like the idea of baseball. It's all American like apple pie, afterall. But every time I go to a game, I forget one thing.

Baseball is so freaking boring.

Seriously, I was nodding off in the first several innings. It is a sport of sitting and waiting for something — anything — to happen. It's like Waiting For Godot only with beer. And rednecks.

Oh and people worried about your eternal damnation.

That being said, what I LOVE about baseball is the over-saturated advertising the minute you step into the stadium. It's everywhere. Normally, I'd balk at this commercialism but I embrace it because it brings me the sheer joyous entertainment known as the Taco Bell Food Fight!

They pick three people and put them in these cumbersome costumes — a taco, a burrito and a Pepsi® — and have to run from one side of the field to the other, sometimes knocking each other over.

It's like something the Japanese came up with. And you know how brilliant they are.

It. Is. Genius!

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Tip of the day. When your hosting company emails you about a php upgrade and the email reads like Charlie Brown's teacher sounds because you don't know crap about php and rather think about it you instead obsess about why the current cycle of America's Next Top Model sucks balls, don't ignore that email and think, "I'll deal with this later."

When later happens, your site goes boom.

So. Not. Fun.

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What it is.

07:09

Ouch. And I have a tiny car. At least I didn't have to fill the whole tank.

07:44

This is Amy. We used to work together. She's awesome in so many ways. Years ago she started her own volunteer organization called Charity Chicks. Every year she leads a team for Make A Difference Day. This year her team cleaned out a child care center at a shelter for women and children, and I helped. After that, there was a literacy fair where we gave out sugary treats and books to the kids living at the shelter. It was really cool.

Be sure to check out Amy's blog, One Girl, Two Dogs and a Mission.

10:19

One of the rooms I helped clean. All toys are now disinfected with bleachy goodness.

11:22

That's me!

13:12

Deek's dog is very camera shy.

13:15

I had to trick her.

13:33

I had lunch with Deek today. He'll be moving far away this summer. I'm kinda bummed about it.

13:50

I loves me some hummus.

After lunch, I came home to take a short nap. 3 hours later I woke up and it was 7:10 pm. Eek!

19:49

Hrm... nothing but cheese and olives. Time to go to the store.

20:26

This is so wrong.

20:52

This is so right.

20:55

Movie night. 28 Days Later, Volver and For the Bible Tells Me So.

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Initially I was going to title this post, "Drowning," but then I thought, "Oh THAT'S melodramatic, Mary. Dial it back a few clicks." Next thing you'll know, I'll start quoting Virginia Woolf and taking long, solitary walks down by the river.

You can stop rolling your eyes now. I have.

My head is full of thoughts lately. Bobbing up and down, colliding into each other. Bouncing on the surface. There's so much going on in there and yet it feels like so little.

So many things I don't want to think about.

Not yet.

And then a little treasure pops on my screen and reminds me it's not so bad after all.

And here's a little something something for you to say thanks for visiting my blog, even when I have very little to say.

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Amy's post about search hits, reminded me I haven't looked at mine lately.

Of course, I get a lot of hits for cheap [fill in the blank]. Mostly guitars but lots of other stuff too. I was surprised by this one.

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I'm no expert on fashion but is there such a thing?

And I still get people asking if these people are gay. You can add Chris Leavins to that list too.

Interest in Pete Yorn is down.

Here are some other recent search terms.

"best peanut butter sandwich"

I'm not sure what would make it the best, but I imagine it would include potato chips in it.

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You may want to take that up with him. And I'm sure they are lovely.

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Halloween must be very interesting at your house.

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I'm not certain about this one, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say, "yes."

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Now, are they wanting to control Anne Heche or have Anne Heche control them?

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At least they aren't looking for photos of blue lesbians.

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I can use my mad Photoshop skills to accommodate this request. Enjoy!

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Happy April Fools Day! Here at cheapblueguitar.com, we celebrate being a fool 365. Or in this year's case, 366.

New month. New banner. You may need to bypass your cache to see the changes.

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Enjoy your day!

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