For Dazey:

Take a moment my friend
and try a new experience

Stand outside, and look
what you see might surprise you
The sun is bright, the day is vibrant, spring is blooming (well, almost)

Stand outside, and close your eyes
what you hear might surprise you
the birds are singing, the children are playing, life is calling

Stand outside, close your eyes and ears
what you smell might surprise you
the air is crisp and the earth is changing

Stand outside and open your arms
what you find won't surprise you
life is expecting but your escape is waiting,

Journey - Open Arms

Lying beside you
here in the dark
feeling your heartbeat with mine
softly you whisper
you're so sincere
how could our love be so blind?
we sailed along together
we drifted apart
I'm here, you are by my side

So now I come to you
with open arms
nothing to hide
believe what I say
so here I am
with open arms
hoping you'll see
what your love means to me
open arms

Living without you
living alone
this empty house seem so cold
wanting to hold you
wanting you near
how much I wanted you home
but now that you come back
tonight into day
I need you to stay

So now I come to you
with open arms
nothing to hide
believe what I say
so here I am
with open arms
hoping you'll see
what your love means to me
open arms

My friend over at "Uninspired thoughts" aka Donuts are my Life made me think of this post. (BTW: one of the coolest names on blogstream, in my opinion.)

Now, I am somewhat of a donut expert (having worked at a Dunkin' Donuts in high school and having eaten about 100,000 of them....) so I think I am qualified to write this post.

• Raised glazed: Plain jane with a little honey? Not me.
• Raised chocolate frosted: Plain jane with a little chocolate flavoring? Hmmm. Maybe
• Cake with frosting and rainbow sprinkles: Perhaps my all-time favorite. What does that say about me? I don't want to know.
• Good old fashioned Boston Creme: Nah never liked them.
• Good old jelly filled: I've always been sweet on strawberries.
• Krispy Kreme raised glaze: Ok, this is a really good one.Sweet all over and good to the last finger-licking bite.
• Cinnamon-Crumb cake: Flavor and spice and everything nice.
• The Long John: Get your mind out of the gutter, Donut!
• French Cruellers: Not much on the french.
• The Dunkin' Donut: It even comes with a handle. The old people used to like to dunk it in their coffee.

I'm sure I'm leaving out some really good and tasty ones, but ,,,,,,

So, I'm either a Rainbow sprinkle or a Krispy Kreme raised glaze. All right, I just decided I'm more like the Krispy Kreme: Sweet all over and good to the last finger-licking bite.

What about you?

Johnny is 10 years old and weighs 200 pounds.
You see, little Johnny isn’t so little anymore; he’s obese because his eating habits are poor and his parents aren’t paying attention.
He eats too many sweets and plays computer and video games four hours per day. He doesn’t exercise, and is at serious risk for Type II diabetes.
For our purposes, little Johnny is fictional, but he could be one of the radically increasing number of obese children in this country, a number so alarming officials rank childhood obesity as a critical public health threat.
The numbers are startling. Since 1970, according to the Institute of Medicine, the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2 to 5 years and adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, and it has more than tripled for children aged 6 to 11 years. About nine million children over six years of age are obese.
The reasons for childhood obesity are myriad. Topping the list for the so-called Nintendo generation are poor eating habits and lack of exercise, both of which — good or bad — are established during childhood.
Most children aren’t learning proper nutrition. And as busy as parents are now days, they’re looking to schools for help.
Problem is, schools haven’t always had the most nutritious fare. For a long time, schools focused on fried food: If they fried it, kids would like it.
Thankfully that trend is changing. Public schools are focusing more on healthy food choices, limiting junk food and offering students more salad and fruit options.
Schools are only part of the problem, or solution. Parents need to take more responsibility.
Parents can serve as positive role models for their children by making wise choices in nutrition and exercise — and by paying attention. According to the Institute of Medicine, parents can also:
• Provide healthy food and beverage choices;
• Education their children about food, food choices and portion sizes;
• Encourage and support regular physical activity;
• Limit television, computer and video game time to fewer than two hours per day.
These steps are common-sense approaches, for sure. Somewhere along the line, we’ve all lost sight of them. Look around, if it’s not your child, chances are it’s one of their friends who is obese and could be headed for a lifetime of medical problems, or worse.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
With the right choices and encouragement, Johnny can learn about nutrition, get off the couch and become more healthy. Little Johnny doesn’t have to be one of the alarming statistics mentioned here.

The only country in the Middle East without a desert: Lebanon.

Alaska has a sand desert with dunes more than 100 feet high.

A popcorn kernal must contain at least 13.5 percent water to pop.

The Mayflower was dismanteld by the Pilgrims and turned into a barn.